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Call for Papers
Theme: Outcast Voices
Subtitle: Reflections on the Marginalized, the Exiled and the
Secondary in Classical and Modern Arabic Culture
Type: International Conference
Institution: Department of Arabic Language and Literature,
University of Haifa
Location: Haifa (Israel)
Date: 10.–12.1.2017
Deadline: 30.4.2016
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The Department of Arabic Language and Literature at the University of
Haifa, Israel, seeks to encourage reflections on marginalized, exiled
and secondary voices, persons, groups, thoughts, arts, language and
trends in classical and modern Arabic culture. Although these
thoughts might perhaps appear as incompatible with one another, the
marginalized, the exiled and the secondary all refer to an arena
which exists parallel to the one formed by the centre and is
controlled by its political, social and cultural systems. This arena,
at times recondite and captivating, is still considered fruitful and
fertile. It represents the deviations from norms, conventions, styles
and thoughts that were formulated by the centre of Arabic culture
over the centuries. The disapproval of these deviations by the
centre has created a space where all the "unacceptable" elements of
Arabic culture are located, and has initiated the emergence of new
identities of marginalized, exiled and secondary voices.
We invite proposals for papers that take an innovative and
interdisciplinary approach to explore this issue in the realm of the
following themes:
(1) Theoretical and philosophical reflections on the marginalized,
the exiled and the secondary in classical and modern Arabic
culture.
(2) Classical and modern secondary perceptions of the Qurᵓān.
(3) Classical and modern secondary perceptions of the Ḥadīth
traditions.
(4) Literature: Marginalized poets; secondary literature; exiled
authors; eccentric characters.
(5) Carnivalesque elements in art and literature.
(6) The clown, the saint and the social reformer.
(7) Language, Linguistics and Dialects: marginal languages and
dialects.
(8) Poetics and Literary Criticism: secondary poetics and literary
critical thoughts.
(9) Philosophy: ostracized philosophers, secondary philosophical
thought.
(10) The Craft of Medicine: quackery and charlatans.
(11) Historiography: “detached” historical writings; secondary
observations on history; suppressed historical narratives.
(12) Movements: marginalized social and religious groups.
(13) Voices of Ambiguity: faces of wisdom under masks of madness.
The official languages of the conference are English and Arabic.
Proposals should include an abstract not exceeding 300 words, a brief
curriculum vitae of the participant, email address, and telephone
number. Proposals should be emailed as attachments in MS Word or PDF
to the organizers of the conference:
Dr. Masud Hamdan at: [email protected]
Dr. Jalal abd Alghani at: [email protected]
The deadline for submissions is April 30, 2016.
Decisions on selected proposals will be sent out by August, 2016.
Selected papers will be considered for publication in an edited
peer-reviewed volume. A final draft of selected papers is to be
submitted within three months from the end of the conference.
Contact:
Dr. Jalal abd Alghani
Department of Arabic Language and Literature
University of Haifa
199 Aba Khoushy Ave.
Mount Carmel
Haifa
Israel
Email: [email protected]
Web:
http://arabic.haifa.ac.il/index.php/he/2012-01-12-19-01-58/73-news-flash/477-call-for-papers-outcast-voices-reflections-on-the-marginalized-the-exiled-and-the-secondary-in-classical-and-modern-arabic-culture.html
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