Apologies for cross posting.

 Please find details of this conference below - all abstracts
welcome. I shall be organising a panel for Media and Communication Studies
but we are still looking for volunteers to coordinate panels For Film
Studies and Cultural Studies - please let me know if you are interested. If
you could also draw this call to the attention of other coleagues,
departments or lists I would be very grateful.

 William Merrin


 CALL FOR PAPERS


 ENGAGING BAUDRILLARD:

 An International Multi-Disciplinary Conference

 4-6th September 2006

 at

 Swansea University, United Kingdom


 Celebrating the establishment of the International Journal of
Baudrillard Studies <http://www.ubishops.ca/baudrillardstudies/>  we are
pleased to announce the first international, multi-disciplinary conference
on Baudrillard's work to be held in the United Kingdom.

 Jean Baudrillard is one of the world's most well-known, important,
and talked about thinkers; the author of over 30 books and innumerable
articles; and the inventor of a vast array of influential concepts and
suggestive strategies that have touched upon an extremely diverse range of
fields.

 Although his work was initially received within the context of
debates over postmodernism, the last decade has witnessed a more rounded
and nuanced appreciation of the full complexity of Baudrillard's oeuvre.
The enrichment of our engagement with his ideas, concepts and strategies
has primarily been accomplished in a variety of disciplinary contexts.
However, the proliferation of engagements across a host of academic
disciplines and non-academic arenas poses the problem of how we can gather
together and make sense of the numerous versions of Baudrillard.

 Accordingly, the conference aims to explore how Baudrillard's work
has been taken up within different disciplines; to consider how these
relate to one another; and to ponder their likely legacy.  Thus, the
conference will bring together people from all disciplines who have engaged
with Baudrillard's ideas, including enthusiasts, critics and sceptics.

 Abstracts are invited for papers from scholars in all disciplines.
The conference will be organised into panels, themed by academic
discipline, exploring Baudrillard's contribution to each field and
considering how specific scholars have taken up, interpreted and employed
his ideas.  Possible disciplinary panels include:

  *       Sociology
  *       Cultural Studies
  *       Media and Communication Studies
  *       Geography and Urban Studies
  *       Cyberculture
  *       Politics, International Relations & Conflict
Studies
  *       Literature & Literary Theory
  *       Gender Studies
  *       Photography and the Arts
  *       Visual Culture
  *       Film Studies
  *       Architecture
  *       Anthropology
  *       Philosophy
  *       American Studies
  *       French Studies
  *       Management Studies
  *       History and Cultural History


  Abstracts of no more than 200 words should be sent to
William Merrin <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > by 30th
September 2005.


 Participants should also please indicate which disciplinary panel
(s) they would like to present within. Possible panels are listed above but
suggestions for others are also welcome at this initial stage. As the
conference aims to promote the future of Baudrillard studies we would
especially welcome abstracts from doctoral students & non-academics
currently employing Baudrillardian ideas and themes in their work. A
selection of papers will be published in (1) International Journal of
Baudrillard Studies <http://www.ubishops.ca/baudrillardstudies/> ; (2)
special issues of other international journals; and (3) an edited book.

 Located in the South Wales region of the United Kingdom, with
direct and easy access to Cardiff and London, the Swansea University campus
is flanked by parkland, gardens, and leisure activities. The campus enjoys
an enviable beachfront location on the edge of the Gower Peninsula. The 19-
mile Gower Peninsula was the UK's first designated area of outstanding
natural beauty, and its picturesque coastline with long, sandy beaches and
rocky coves has made it one of the UK's premier surfing venues.


 For all enquiries please contact:

 William Merrin
 Department of Media and Communications
 Swansea University
 Singleton Park
 Swansea
 SA2 8PP
 United Kingdom

 Email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
 Tele: (01792) 205678 (ext. 3765)
 Web: http://www.swan.ac.uk/mediastudies/staff.html
<http://www.swan.ac.uk/mediastudies/staff.html>


 Richard G. Smith
 Department of Geography
 University of Leicester
 University Road
 Leicester
 LE1 7RH
 United Kingdom

 Email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
 Tele: (0116) 2523845
 Web: http://www.leicester.ac.uk/geography/people/rgs10.html
<http://www.leicester.ac.uk/geography/people/rgs10.html>


 Marcus A. Doel
 School of the Environment and Society
 Swansea University
 Singleton Park
 Swansea
 SA2 8PP
 United Kingdom

 Email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
 Tele: (01792) 513090
 Web: http://geography.swan.ac.uk/personal/mad/index.htm
<http://geography.swan.ac.uk/personal/mad/index.htm>