Many thanks indeed for this - it is of considerable interest
D.C. Rose
Editor, THE OSCHOLARS
Department of English/Centre for Irish Studies
Goldsmiths College
University of London
SE14 6NW
--On Tuesday, November 27, 2001 5:22 pm +0000 dhsweb
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> I hope that the message below which I have forwarded from another list
> will be of interest.
> Lesley Whitworth
> List Administrator
>
>> The Language of Fashion / Fashioning Language
>> One-Day Symposium to be held at the University of Aberdeen, Saturday 23rd
>> March 2002
>>
>> From 18th-24th March 2002, a trio of prominent young Austrian artists,
>> Astrid Becksteiner (video artist), Lisa D. (fashion designer) and Petra
>> Gangelbauer (writer) will be in residence at the University of Aberdeen,
>> working on a collaborative project on 'Clothing'. Both individually and
>> collectively, they will be reflecting on the multiple meanings of
>> 'clothing' in their particular medium, and will present the results of
>> their work in a performance to take place on Saturday 23rd March 2002 as
>> part of a one-day symposium on 'The Language of Fashion / Fashioning
>> Language'.
>>
>> We now invite proposals for papers that creatively engage with the title
>> of the symposium. In selecting papers, we will seek to facilitate a
>> cross-cultural, cross-temporal and cross-disciplinary approach.
>> Possible topics include:
>> Writing Fashion
>> Display and Disguise
>> Fashioning the Self
>> Fashion and Social Theory
>> Text as Clothing
>> Writing on the Body
>> Clothing as Projection Surface
>>
>> Proposals for 30-minute papers, accompanied by a 200-word abstract,
>> should be sent (preferably by email) to:
>>
>> Dr Janet Stewart
>> Dept. of German
>> Taylor Building
>> University of Aberdeen
>> AB24 5BH
>>
>>
>> Tel. 01224 272488
>> Fax: 01224 272562
>>
>>
>> Email: [log in to unmask]
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>> ***********************
>> Dr. Janet Stewart
>> Dept. of German
>> University of Aberdeen
>> Taylor Building
>> ABERDEEN AB24 3UB
>>
>> Tel: 01224 272488
>> Fax: 01224 272562
>>
>> ***********************
>>
>>
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