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Call for Papers Theme: Transcultural and Transmodern Readings Between Eastern and Western Countries Type: 5th International Conference on Orientalism and the Asian and Arab Presence in the Hispanic and Lusophone World Institution: Department of Spanish, Pedagogical State University A.I. Herzen, St. Petersburg School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts, University of California, Merced Location: St. Petersburg (Russia) Date: 12.–13.4.2013 Deadline: 31.12.2012 __________________________________________________ You are invited to present a paper dedicated to one of the following subthemes (other subthemes related to the main theme of the conference will be acepted): * Russian Orientalism * Russia, between the East and the West * Travel narratives about Russia by writers and intellectuals of the Luso-Hispanic world * Can we speak about orientalist discourse when the exoticist gaze comes from formerly colonized countries? * Can a text be considered orientalist if it exoticizes the other without an obvious idealization of self? * Can we talk about orientalism when dealing with non-eastern cultures and peoples? * How can strategic self-orientalization be used for economic or political profit? * Is the 'Orient' still helping Europe and the Western Hemisphere to define themselves? * Orientalism, Occidentalism, strategic Orientalism, and self-orientalization * Occidentalism * Asianness and Arabness in the Americas and the Hispanic world * "Cooleeism" * Asian and Arab literature and culture in the Americas * Asian and Arab characters in Western literature * Nationalisms and the Asian or Arab as the "Other" * Japonisme in literature, film, and other types of cultural production * Asian and Arab testimonials, memoirs, and autobiographies in the Americas and the Hispanic World * Asian and Arab women in the Americas and the Hispanic world and their representation * Jose Rizal and other Spanish-language Filipino Authors * Asian/Arab transculturation, hybridity, and assimilation in the Western World * Erasure and misrepresentation of Asians and Arabs in Western cultural production * Asian and Arab religiosity and "witchcraft" in the Americas * White supremacy and Asians/Arabs in the Americas and the Hispanic world * Chinatowns in the Americas * 'The Orient' in Travel Literature * Performing, Reading, and Writing 'the Orient' * Feminization of 'the Orient' and 'the Orientals' * Asian/Arab identities, cultural difference, and de-ethnification in the Western world * Western travelers and imaginaries in the Near and Far East * Arab and Asian travelers and imaginaries in the West * Asian/Arab transnationalism, exile, and "inner exile" * Racialization of Asian/Arabs * Orientalism and the Asian and Arab diasporas in the Portuguese-speaking world Publication: If presenters are interested, they can submit their papers to our academic journal 'Transmodernity: Journal of Periferal Production of the Luso-Hispanic World' to be evaluated by the editorial committee: http://escholarship.org/uc/ssha_transmodernity Abstract: Please send your abstract via email before December 31, 2012, along with a brief bio-bibliography (maximum of 10 lines) to any of the following emails: Dr. Ignacio Lopez-Calvo: [email protected] Dr. Svetana V. Tyutina: [email protected] Dr. Cristian H. Ricci: [email protected] Languages: Papers can be presented in Spanish or English. Registration: - USA /Asia: $100; Graduate students: $50 - Europe (except Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus): 80 euros; Graduate students: 40 euros - Latin America and Africa: $40 - Russia, Ukrania and Belarus: free Please send a check signed to University of California Regents. The address is the following: Dr. Ignacio Lopez-Calvo School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts (SSHA) University of California, Merced 5200 North Lake Road Merced, CA 95343 USA Organisers: Dr. Ignacio Lopez-Calvo Dr. Svetana V. Tyutina Dr. Cristian H. Ricci Contact: Ignacio Lopez-Calvo, Ph.D. School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts University of California, Merced 5200 North Lake Road Merced, CA 95343 USA Phone: +1 (209) 228-4595 Fax: +1 (209) 228-4007 Email: [email protected] Web: http://crha.ucmerced.edu/sites/crha/files/public/Orientalism5%20CFP.pdf __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
