Don't Panic: the Apocalypse in Theory and Culture. Call for Articles
Following the recent success of Don?t Panic: the Apocalypse in Theory
and Culture, a two day postgraduate conference held at the University
of Kent, we are calling for contributions to a future issue of Skepsi,
the online interdisciplinary research journal, run by postgraduate
students of the University of Kent?s School of European Culture and
Languages, and now in its fifth year.
In an effort to capture and expand the broad and interdisciplinary
interest in the Apocalypse, we are seeking to gather ideas,
explorations, critiques and theories that examine this topic. Recent
crises, such as those of the world economy,
terrorist/counter-terrorist attacks and ecological collapse provoke a
reconsideration of the Apocalypse. Hence, the apocalyptic discourse in
a wide range of disciplines has been rekindled. Is it still possible
and politically advisable to consider the end as something that can be
resisted, deferred and, by extension, is a revival of apocalyptic
discourse needed?
Some of the questions in which we are interested include: What does
a return of the apocalypse mean today? How should theory respond in
times of crisis? What do our narratives of the Apocalypse tell us
about our perceptions of the end?
Suggested topics include the following and their interrelations:
Capitalist crisis
Bio-politics, bio-economy
Post-humanism
Eco-theory
Apocalypse in literature and Film (Zombie, disaster genres, etc.)
Cultural and sociological studies of the apocalypse
The theology and mythology of the Apocalypse
Submissions are invited from academic staff, postgraduate students
and independent scholars. Any of the submitted articles selected by
the Editorial Board after peer review will be published in a
forthcoming issue of the journal, to be published in Spring 2014.
Articles, which should not exceed 5,000 words, should be sent,
together with an abstract of about 250 words and brief biographical
details about the author, to:
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The deadline for submission is 15 December 2013
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