Contemporary Writing Environments
8-10 July 2004
Brunel University, West London
Deadline for proposals: 1 March 2004
Brunel Centre for Contemporary Writing is hosting an international
conference on contemporary writing and invites submissions for papers
under
the heading: Contemporary Writing Environments. The conference is the
first
of what will be a biennial event and will take place over three days from
Thursday July 8th-Saturday to July 10th 2004 on Brunel Campus, West
London.
The confirmed Keynote Speaker is Charles Bernstein, internationally
renowned poet and theorist. Confirmed plenary speakers are: Julian
Wolfreys, Thomas Docherty, Peter Nicholls, Andrew Gibson, Nicholas Royle
and Dennis Walder. The conference will also host a number of readings by
poets and novelists, concluding with Sarah Waters, author of Tipping the
Velvet.
We are interpreting the title Contemporary Writing Environments very
widely
and hope that the conference will be a broad church not only in terms of
types of contemporary writing considered, but also in terms of approaches
to this writing. Possible themes for panels might include the following:
- Writing and the environment
- Virtual Environments
- Contemporary writing locations
- Material Environments
- The cultural space of contemporary writing
- Contemporary writing and theory
- Cognitive environments
- The ethical environment
- Disciplinarity as environment
Abstracts of no more than 200 words should be submitted to both Dr
Stephen
Benson AND Dr William Watkin:
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A number of panels have already been proposed and we welcome further
suggestions. Each panel will consist of three papers.
Closing date for submission of abstracts: 1 March 2004
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