Dear All,
This may be of interest to some of you.
Due to recent publicity in the UK national newspaper the Guardian, this
colloquium has now been extended to run over two days - Friday 24th and
Saturday 25th February 2006.
Like wise the deadline to register an interest or submit a panel/paper
has now been extended to January 7th 2006.
Autism and Representation - Liverpool John Moores University, UK
A Two Day Colloquium hosted by the Association for Research in Popular
Fictions
Friday 24th and Saturday 25th February 2006
Does autism represent a paradigm shift for cultural studies, or indeed,
the humanities? How, in the reflexive awareness of the influence of our
work, can cultural theorists respond to such a phenomenon while
respecting the integrity of autists and their communities?
Topics may include (but are not limited to):
Autism and art , Autism and history, Autism and the media, Autism and
literature, Autistic creativity, Autism and poetry , Autism and the
internet, Autism and advocacy, Autism and gender, Autism and popular
cinema, Autism and documentary, Autism and childhood, Autism and adulthood,
The contemporary 'rediscovery' of autism, Autism, cognitive impairment
and contemporary disability theory, Autism and psychoanalysis,
Medicalised discourses of autism, Contemporary representations of
neuroscientific research, Photography and Autism, Autism and Genre, Autism and
autobiography
We seek papers from any perspective that address the cultural impact of
different articulations of autism.
To register an interest please submit an abstract or outline of up to
250 words with a brief biography by 7th Jan 2006.
Contact: Irene Rose, MCCA, Liverpool John Moores University, Dean
Walters Building, St James Road, Liverpool L1 7BR
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
A list of confirmed speakers is available by request
The Guardian article is available at
http://society.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,5349449-106049,00.html
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