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From: Stefani Engelstein <[log in to unmask]>
CALL FOR PAPERS
Annual International Symposium and Meeting of the Modern Austrian
Literature and Culture Association (MALCA)
April 22-25, 2004
Rice University
Houston, Texas
Topic
Gender, History, and Memory
The conference seeks to address the following issues:
… In what ways do different kinds of representation-such as literary
texts, visual texts, the press, or historiography-contribute to the
construction of cultural memory in Austria? What kinds of
"Geschichte(n)" (history/stories) and counter-narratives have been
produced that have shaped cultural memory in modern Austria?
… What lines of tradition have emerged from the artistic contributions
to cultural memory in Austrian? What roles have artists/intellectuals
played in transforming actualized cultural memory by reaching into
unformed "archives" of memory"?
… What convergences and divergences can we discover in the forms of
historical and cultural memory-and in their discursive representations?
What are the possible reasons for those developments? What kinds of
patterns can we discern when looking at Austrian culture over a longer
period of time?
… What difference does a gender perspective make to inquiries into
cultural memory? Have "alternative" memories in Austria emerged from
marginalized social groups? What kinds of "Erinnerungsgemeinschaften"
(communities of memory) need to exist in order to transform the status
quo of cultural memory? Can one distinguish "gendered" memories?
Proposal deadline: October 15, 2003
Abstract: 400-500 words, German or English
Inquiries and submissions:
Maria-Regina Kecht, German Studies, MS-32, Rice University, Houston, TX
77005-1892 Tel: 713-348-5451
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Do you teach topics in Austrian Studies?
COME TO THE 2004 MALCA CONFERENCE AT RICE UNIVERSITY AND SHARE YOUR
CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE.
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Maria-Regina Kecht
Dorfplatz 7, A-6170 Zirl, Austria
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