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Call for Papers Theme: What is Postcolonial Thought? Type: International Conference Institution: Centre de Recherches Interdisciplinaires en Littératures, Langues, Arts et Sciences Humaines (C.R.I.L.L.A.S.H), Université des Antilles et de la Guyane Location: Schoelcher, Martinique (France) Date: 23.–25.11.2015 Deadline: 20.5.2015 __________________________________________________ As the postcolonial appeared and developed in relation to such spaces as Great Britain, Australia, India, Africa, the Anglophone Caribbean and the United States, and has been studied through Anglo-Saxon, as well as Anglophone Caribbean approaches, it has been insufficiently interrogated in France and the Francophone Caribbean. What can be the meanings of a Postcolonial thought? What type of categories are relevant to define categories such as modernity, postmodernity or the contemporary? How does the Postcolonial compare to the thoughts of globalization, of creolization, and to other forms of political and cultural anthropologies? What can postcolonial thought point to in a conversation with the emergence of “new psychic structures”? In what way does it contribute to the understanding of new symbolicities, of new forms of suffering and enjoyment? How does it illuminate the way in which discourses are articulated through new forms of creative movement, the new discursive postures and correspondingly the practices and creations in the field of lively scenes? In what way can postcolonial thought help us grasp new forms of political practices and of political thought? In what way can postcolonial thought be related to anti-colonial and anti-imperialist fights? In addition, and concerning in a more direct way literary and arts studies, what benefit can be derived from the articulation of contemporary issues in dramaturgy, poetology and translation studies, using the postcolonial stance? What can be the postcolonial contribution to the paradigm of Contemporary Art? Participants are encouraged to select from the following tracks for their proposals: 1. Migrations, diaspora, and postcolonial thought 2. Transnational cultural citizenship 3. Power and public space 4. Information and communication in the postcolonial world 5. Cultural geography territories and heritage 6. Urban cultures 7. Gender in the postcolonial world 8. Labour and economy 9. For a postcolonial sociology 10. Economy of thought and psychopathology 11. Theories and philosophies of the postcolonial 12. Artistic and aesthetics practices 13. Ecopoetics and ecolinguistics 14. Postcolonial writings 15. Memory and historicity 16. Power and spirituality The objective of this conference is to prepare the establishment of a Caribbean platform of Postcolonial Studies at the University of the Antilles in connection with its network of French universities, Caribbean universities and other institutions which seek to interrogate Postcolonial Thought, to promote research as well as teachers and students exchanges. One of our goals is to prepare the launching of the Institute of Postcolonial Studies of the University of the Antilles designed as an instrument for the establishment of this Caribbean platform of postcolonial studies. Deadline for submissions is May 20, 2015. Abstracts must not exceed 200 words. Contributors should provide a French version of their paper titles and abstracts, however contributions can be made in other languages. Venue: University of the Antilles Schoelcher Campus Martinique, Caribbean Organizers: Alexandre Alaric [email protected] Olivier Pulvar [email protected] Jean-Louis Joachim [email protected] Rodolphe Solbiac [email protected]‐ag.fr __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
