INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
IMAGE INTO IDENTITY
TO BE HELD 14-17 SEPTEMBER 2000 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HULL,
UK KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Professor EDWARD SAID, Columbia University
Professor JOEP LEERSSEN, Amsterdam University
Professor MARIANNE MCDONALD, University of California at
San Diego (and others)
CALL FOR PAPERS AND SESSIONS
The Organizing Committee is delighted to have the agreement
of Edward Said, Joep Leerssen and Marianne McDonald to give
plenary lectures at the conference IMAGE INTO IDENTITY, and
now invites proposals for papers and sessions from any
academic discipline which will fit the themes of the
conference, as outlined below and overleaf. Proposals from
art historians, historians, literature and film
specialists, anthropologists, psychologists, and
philosophers are particularly welcome.
PROPOSALS for papers of 20 minutes, in the form of a title
and 300-word abstract, should be should be sent by 1 March
2000 to the Chair of the Organizing Committee (address
below), from whom further information is also available.
(Session proposals of three or more papers are also
welcome.) Text in English, please.
Our WEBSITE, http//:www.hull.ac.uk/image_conference/, also
contains all current information, and will be updated for
registration details.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Please contact:
Dr Michael Wintle, Chair
Department of European Studies
University of Hull
HULL
UK HU6 7RX
Tel: 01482 465043
Fax: 01482 465020
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THEMES OF THE CONFERENCE:
In addition to the plenary lectures, there will be parallel
sessions organized within three strands, as follows:
1. IDENTITY AT THE LIMITS
How will identities cross the limit between this century
and the next? How has identity encouraged scholars to go
beyond the limits of their respective fields? What is its
contribution to interdisciplinarity? Does anything exist
beyond the limits defined by identity? Is identity
inescapable? Are identities limiting or liberating?
Identity Ltd. Has identity become too institutionalized?
What is its impact outside the limits of academic
discourse? Has the concept identity reached the limit of
its heuristic power? What, if anything, lies beyond the
discourse of identity?
2. IMAGE INTO IDENTITY
How does imagery, and especially the visual image, assist
in the construction of identity? What is the role of the
visual arts in identity construction? How does musical,
dramatic, cinematographic, and literary imagery express and
affect identity? How can power be transmitted through
imagery (for example in iconography or cartography)? What
is the role of patronage and commissioning? What is the
relationship between gender and imagery, or between
ethnicity and imagery, in identity construction? How does
the photographic image contribute to identity? What is the
imagery of national identity? Of continental identity?
3. INTERCULTURAL CONNECTIONS
How period-specific are identities? Can yesterday's
identity be relevant today? How can classical literature be
made to reach today's audiences? How anachronistic is our
agenda for studying the past? How do identities interact
across regions, nations and continents? How do borders
affect identity? What are the effects of pre-colonial,
colonial, and post-colonial encounters in the construction
of identity? How is identity formed and manifested within
society at the personal and group level? How important are
linguistic and religious differences for identity
formation? How do allegiances to family, gender, class,
race, generation, and region affect identity?
The Organizing Committee expects to publish an edited
selection of the papers presented.
THE UNIVERSITY OF HULL, U.K.
FACULTY OF ARTS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
IMAGE INTO IDENTITY
14-17 SEPTEMBER 2000
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