The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 26.077  Monday, 23 February 2015

 

From:        Richard Tromans <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>

Date:         February 22, 2015 at 8:47:19 AM EST

Subject:    CfP: Texts in Times of Conflict

 

CfP: Texts in Times of Conflict

 

Reflecting on the seismic cultural and political shifts of his own time, Francis Bacon pinpointed ‘printing, gunpowder, and the compass’ as the technological drivers which had ‘changed the appearance and state of the whole world’. Bacon’s identification of communicative (print), violent (gunpowder) and technological (compass) forms of cultural expression and exchange as world-shaping continues to resonate, shaping the production and interpretation of texts.

 

We welcome papers of between 15 and 20 minutes' length on topics including but not limited to:

  • Textual and visual representations, interpretations of and responses to conflict
  • Adaptations which respond to past and/or present conflicts
  • Conflictual relationships between artistic, critical and intellectual movements
  • Processes and agents shaping the design, production, dissemination and consumption of texts
  • Theoretical and bibliographical methodologies
  • Intellectual conflicts surrounding the emergence of new media and technologies
  • Competing or contradictory representations of conflict through identical or different expressive forms
  • State involvement in the production, dissemination and consumption of texts in times of conflict
  • The evolution of media forms and their impact on conflict-based studies

Proposals of up to 250 words should be submitted online at https://gradcats.wordpress.com/call-for-papers/ by Friday 5 June. Alternatively, email them to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

 

Texts in times of conflict will take place on 7, 8 or 9 September. The date will be confirmed by the middle of March.

 

This conference is jointly hosted by De Montfort's Centre for Textual Studies and Centre for Adaptations.

 

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