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ECCS 2014 : The European Conference on Cultural Studies 2014 | |||||||||||||
Link: http://eccs.iafor.org | |||||||||||||
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Call For Papers | |||||||||||||
The European Conference on Cultural Studies invites academics and independent scholars from around the world to submit a proposal for presentation at the 2014 Conference in the form of an abstract.
ECCS 2014 encourages participants from a range of inter/disciplinary and theoretical perspectives, including but not limited to: Cultural Studies Sociology Critical Race Theory Social Criticism Queer Theory Gender Studies / Feminist Theory Black Feminism Media Studies Visual Culture Cultural Geography Cultural History Political Theory Orientalism Critical Legal Studies Education Political Philosophy Linguistics, Language and Cultural Studies The conference theme is “Borderlands of Becoming, Belonging and Sharing” and the organizers encourage submissions that approach this theme from a variety of perspectives. This theme can be explored in any way, but the following sub-themes have been suggested by the conference chair, and may provide some inspiration, as well as offer some direction to researchers. Sub-themes: ECCS 2014 welcomes papers that focus on, but not limited to: Trans-cultural displacement/belonging Belonging and the intersections of gender, race, religion, sexuality Seeking refuge, unruly belonging(s) and border politics Trauma and joy of becoming and belonging Communication, new technologies and belonging Cultural narratives of belonging/not belonging Cultural politics of survival/transgression New imaginings/formations of home Citizenship beyond borders Multicultural exhaustion/renewal Belonging in the anthropocene Multiple and complex belongings Re-locating culture across borders Convivial cultures and the imagined communities Creation of shared space(s) of multiple belongings The submission of other topics for consideration is also welcome and we encourage sessions within and across a variety of related disciplines and fields. |
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