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INCS: INTERDISCIPLINARY NINETEENTH-CENTURY STUDIES
and
LONDON CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
PRESENT
NINETEENTH-CENTURY WORLDS: LOCAL / GLOBAL
July 10-12, 2003
An Interdisciplinary Conference To Be Held In London, UK
London Centre of The University of Notre Dame
Trafalgar Square
Conference Website: www.nd.edu/~incs
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Jane Rendall, Department of History, University of
York
Paper or panel proposals are invited on any aspect of the
construction of "worlds" (cultural, epistemological, scientific,
discursive, geopolitical) in the nineteenth century. INCS is an
association of scholars in History, Women's Studies, Art History,
Anthropology, Science Studies, Philosophy, various literatures, and
other disciplines devoted to the interdisciplinary exploration of
nineteenth-century culture and its relation to our contemporary
world.
Possible proposal topics might include but are not limited to:
-nationalisms
-histories of the world
-regional culture
-worlds of knowledge
-cartography
-population migrations
-imperial politics
-microscopic worlds
-globalization
-global commerce
-travel writing
-"contact zones"
-partitioned worlds
-aesthetic worlds
-museums and exhibitions
-gendered worlds
Discussions and paper presentations will be in English.
Longer versions of INCS papers are regularly published in the
affiliated journal, Nineteenth-Century Contexts: An Interdisciplinary
Journal. www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/08905495.html
Send 200-400 word abstracts by November 1, 2002 to:
[log in to unmask] Notification of acceptance will be mailed
electronically in December 2002. Sessions at the conference are
devoted to discussion following 5-7 minute presentations. Complete
papers are available in advance at a password-protected section of
the conference website.
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