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Call for Papers Theme: Except Asia Subtitle: Agamben's Work in Transcultural Perspective Type: Interdisciplinary Conference Institution: Department of English, National Taiwan Normal University Institut d’Etudes Transtextuelles et Transculturelles, Université Jean Moulin Location: Taipei (Taiwan) Date: 25.–27.6.2013 Deadline: 15.9.2012 __________________________________________________ Over the past several decades, Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben’s work has attracted a growing amount of interest spanning a wide range of disciplines in the humanities and the social sciences. The increasing recognition accorded to Agamben’s oeuvres has more recently resulted in the beginning of a serious dialogue about the transcultural aspects of his work, particularly with regard to the epistemological legacy of colonization, state-building, and revolution in the non-Western world. This conference aims to explore the enormous transversal potential of Agamben’s work by staging its transdisciplinary and transcultural dimensions. It is open to non-specialists (“specialization” defined here in relation to both Asia and Agamben) from any discipline interested in the mix and mutation of Asia and Agamben as a platform for transcultural investigation. The conference welcomes submissions from different disciplines, including (but not limited to) anthropology, area studies, art history and criticism, cultural studies, film studies, geography, history, literary studies, philosophy, political science, religious studies, sociology, and visual studies. For details, please visit the conference website: http://www.concentric-literature.url.tw/AgambenConference/ Submissions 500-word abstracts in English should be submitted to <[email protected]> before September 15, 2012. Abstracts should be accompanied by a list of keywords and a brief curriculum vitae. Notice of accepted abstracts will be sent out by e-mail before October 10, 2012. Full-length conference papers (approximately 4,000-5,000 words) are due a month prior to the conference. Papers may be compiled into a reader for conference participants. Publication projects are planned following the conference. Details will be announced in due course. Conference Venue: National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan Conference Language: English Featured Speakers Simone Bignall School of Humanities, University of New South Wales, Australia Joyce C. H. Liu Graduate Institute for Social Research and Cultural Studies National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan Brett Neilson Institute for Culture and Society, University of West Sydney, Australia Mark Rifkin Department of English, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA Naoki Sakai Department of Comparative Literature / Department of Asian Studies Cornell University, USA Marcelo Svirsky School of History and Politics, University of Wollongong, Australia Contact: Chun-yen Chen Department of English National Taiwan Normal University 162 Heping East Road, Section 1 Taipei 106 Taiwan Phone: +886 (0)2 77341760 Fax: +886 (0)2 23634793 Email: [email protected] or [email protected] Web: http://www.concentric-literature.url.tw/AgambenConference/ __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
