29.2467, Calls: English, Linguistics & Literature/UK

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Subject: 29.2467, Calls: English, Linguistics & Literature/UK

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Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2018 11:17:31
From: Mary Brewer [m.f.brewer at lboro.ac.uk]
Subject: Modern Mythologies

 
Full Title: Modern Mythologies 

Date: 19-Sep-2019 - 21-Sep-2019
Location: London, United Kingdom 
Contact Person: Nigel Wood
Meeting Email: n.p.wood at lboro.ac.uk
Web Site: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/aed/staff-research/research-groups/artsinthepublicsphere/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Ling & Literature 

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Call Deadline: 30-May-2019 

Meeting Description:

The conference has arisen in response to growing questions about the
relationship between cultural mythologies and the Public Sphere. Some of the
main issues to be investigated (but not limited to) include traditional and
emerging theories of the public sphere, literature and drama as a public art,
the politics and language of creativity, the public sphere as a form of
narrative, the place and role of religion in a multicultural society, the role
of the university in promoting cultural production, and technology's role in
promoting (or prohibiting) the 'public good'.

This conference is supported by the Arts in the Public Sphere Research Group,
Loughborough University
(http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/aed/staff-research/research-groups/artsint
hepublicsphere/).

The Arts in the Public Sphere research group comprises academics working
across a range of disciplines in the arts, humanities and social sciences,
including literary studies, history, drama, linguistics, semiotics, fine art,
graphics, and sociology. It aims to explore from an interdisciplinary
perspective the historical and contemporary relation between the
artist-as-producer to a variety of public spheres, to investigate how
contemporary social groups understand matters of ‘public interest’, and to
assess how the idea of the ‘common good’ is approached and represented in the
arts, humanities, and the social sciences.


Call for Papers:

The conference has arisen in response to growing questions about the
relationship between cultural mythologies and the Public Sphere. Some of the
main issues to be investigated (but not limited to) include traditional and
emerging theories of the public sphere, literature and drama as a public art,
the politics and language of creativity, the public sphere as a form of
narrative, the place and role of religion in a multicultural society, the role
of the university in promoting cultural production, and technology’s role in
promoting (or prohibiting) the ‘public good’. Participants drawn from a wide
international constituency of academics and community partners will debate
these questions as well as advise on possible strategies to help ensure the
future of contemporary cultural practices that address how to keep the Public
Sphere ‘public.’  Discussions will take place in a variety of formats,
including panels, workshops, exhibitions, poster presentations, and Q&As.  

The conference seeks to create ongoing networks of researchers, practitioners,
and professionals in fields related to the question of modern mythologies and
the Public Sphere. The conference will offer two opportunities for
publication. Contributors may submit material for consideration to a special
issue of the peer-reviewed journal CounterText : “Literature in the Pubic
Sphere – Now” (https://www.euppublishing.com/loi/count), and a special issue
of the peer-reviewed journal Humanities on “The Public Place of Drama in
Britain, 1968 to the Present Day”
(http://www.mdpi.com/journal/humanities/special_issues/Drama).

We invite you to submit proposals for panels, workshops, or posters.  We
particularly welcome submissions from postgraduate students. 300 word
proposals should be submitted simultaneously to the organizing chair,
Professor Nigel Wood: n.p.wood at lboro.ac.uk and the conference administrator:
Tina Harvey: aed.research at lboro.ac.uk on or before May 30, 2019. Suggestions
for panels would be welcome and should be indicated before January 10, 2019.




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