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READING IBERIA:
IBERIAN STUDIES IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
5th-6th July 2003, University of Birmingham
FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS
The rapid social, cultural and political changes in Spain and Portugal since the
1970s, coupled with the rise of theory and cultural studies in the last decades
of the twentieth century, mean that scholars working in the fields of Iberian
studies have seen their object of study and their methodologies scrutinised and
questioned. This conference will examine the implications that this time of
rapid change holds for British Hispanism. Our aim is to provide a dynamic
platform for discussion in light of the increasing fragmentation of both the
object of study and the methods of approaching it.
Keynote speakers include Professor Paul Julian Smith and Professor Chris
Perriam
Discussion and exchange of views may include, but is not limited to, the
following questions:
* What is Iberia and Iberian Studies? How is Iberia re-imagined in the
British institution? What role do Portugal and the autonomous regions play?
* Identity, gender and sexuality - what impact have these issues had on
reading and discussing Iberian culture?
* What is the place of cultural studies and literature in studying the
foreign language? How is the canon changing? What is the effect of changing
syllabi?
* Metanarratives of understanding Iberia. How do we re-read the past?
How do historical constructions of Iberia impact on our understanding of it
now?
* What are the ethics of cross-cultural study? How do we represent the
'Other' in research and teaching?
The aim of the conference is to promote discussion, with position papers and
workshops opening up the floor to debate. Discussion will be informal whilst
providing a platform for serious exploration of the issues that affect Iberian
studies in theory and practice at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
We anticipate publication of selected proceedings.
We welcome 150-200 word abstracts for 20 minute papers, or proposals for
workshop sessions. Please send abstracts and proposals, by 28th March 2003, to
one of the organisers:
Stuart Davis
Dept of Hispanic Studies
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
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Kirsty Hooper
The Queen's College
Oxford
OX1 4AW
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