Dear Colleagues:
Please, see the call for panels and papers for the Concurrences conference
below and as a pdf file.We would be pleased if you can kindly circulate
same to members of your network/association/institution.
Concurrences in postcolonial research - perspectives, methodologies,
engagements
Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden, 20-23 August 2015
In recent years, postcolonial research has set out to challenge dominating
statements of the past and present. This is where the concept of
concurrences comes in, which is a guiding term for this conference. It is
also the general focus for Linnaeus University Centre for Concurrences in
Colonial and Postcolonial Studies. We are interested in concurrent stories
with varying claims to reality and fiction, and with different, diverging,
and at times competing claims to society, culture, and historical past. For
example, dominant Western narrations about colonial power relationships may
be challenged by alternative sources such as heritage objects and oral
traditions. These may counteract the conventions of the Western archives
and enable the voice of minorities or dominated groups to be heard. In that
way, concurrences can work both as a methodology and a theoretical
perspective. By studying concurrent stories connected to cultural
encounters one may pinpoint asymmetrical power relations. In this context,
concepts such as voice, place and archive may be developed. Against this
background, the present conference will be structured around six major
themes:
- Archives and transformations
- Nordic colonialism
- Entangled hi/stories of home and away, including
travel writing
- Ecological issues and the right to water and land
- Migration and globalization
- Visual and material culture
It will be possible to suggest additional themes. We invite scholars from
the humanities and social sciences and others with an interest in
postcolonial issues to submit abstracts for organized panels and individual
presentations.
The abstracts for panels should be no more than 300 words, and should be
submitted to Åse Magnusson ( [log in to unmask]<mailto:
[log in to unmask]> ) no later than 7 September 2014.
Abstracts for individual papers, comprising no more than 200 words, should
be submitted to the above mentioned email address no later than 15 January
2015.
For questions and further information about the conference, please contact:
Hans Hägerdal ( [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> )
Åse Magnusson ( [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> )
Vitalis Pemunta ( [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> )
Margareta Wallin Wictorin ( [log in to unmask]<mailto:
[log in to unmask]> )
Linnaeus University ( http://lnu.se<http://lnu.se/> ) is a double campus
comprising Växjö and Kalmar. The conference will take place in Kalmar, by
the east coast of southern Sweden. Kalmar has direct train connection with
Copenhagen Airport (less than 4 hours travel time). Information about
conference fee will follow later. A conference web page will be set up
within short. For general information about the Linnaeus University Centre
for Concurrences in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies, see
http://lnu.se/lnuc/linnaeus-university-centre-for-concurrences-in-colonial-and-postcolonial-studies-?l=en
Åse Magnusson
Research Coordinator
Linnaeus University Centre: Concurrences in Colonial and Postcolonial
Studies
Linnaeus University
SE-351 95 Växjö
Sweden
lnu.se/lnuc/concurrences
0470-708343
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