36.1260, Calls: French and Italian Graduate Student Annual Symposium (USA)

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Subject: 36.1260, Calls: French and Italian Graduate Student Annual Symposium (USA)

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Date: 13-Apr-2025
From: French and Italian Graduate Student Annual Symposium University of Texas at Austin [utfritas at gmail.com]
Subject: French and Italian Graduate Student Annual Symposium


Full Title: French and Italian Graduate Student Annual Symposium
Short Title: FRITAS
Theme: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Power

Date: 14-Nov-2025 - 14-Nov-2025
Location: AUSTIN, USA
Contact Person: French and Italian Annual Symposium
Meeting Email: utfritas at gmail.com
Web Site: https://sites.google.com/utexas.edu/utfritas/home?authuser=1

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis;
Philosophy of Language; Sociolinguistics

Call Deadline: 11-Jul-2025

Call for Papers:
The Department of French and Italian at the University of Texas at
Austin invites submissions for our annual symposium, to be held on
November 14th, 2025. This year’s theme, Interdisciplinary Perspectives
on Power, seeks to explore the dynamics of hegemony, oppression, and
resistance
across various fields of study.
We follow Stuart Hall's definition of power, bringing together
Gramsci, Foucault, and Said’s perspectives to argue that power takes
many forms, from coercion to consent, and “ cannot be thought of in
terms of one group having a monopoly of power [...] It includes the
dominant and the dominated within its circuits.” Power is constrictive
yet productive, creating new discourses as easily as it restricts
existing ones. Power is not the sole dominion of oppressive
apparatuses, as Foucault reminds us, “Where there is power, there is
resistance.” For our inaugural symposium, we welcome papers or
interventions from a variety of methodological and theoretical
perspectives. As we hope to promote transdisciplinary conversations,
we especially encourage contributions that engage with multiple
disciplines or resist disciplinary convention.
We welcome papers that engage with this theme from a variety of
disciplinary angles, including but not limited to:
- Social Movements and Activism
- Literary Studies
- Film and Drama
- Linguistics and Language Hegemony
- Postcolonialism and Subaltern Studies
- Identity Formation and Marginalized Voices
- Environmental Humanities and Ecocriticism
- Religious Perspectives on Resistance
- Pedagogy and Resistance in Education
- Visual Arts, Art History, and Art Practices
- Creative Writing and Performance-Based Resistance
- Feminist and Queer Studies
Submissions may come from any discipline and any time period.
Presentations and abstracts must be submitted in English. We
especially encourage papers that draw upon French and Italian
traditions related to these themes. The symposium also welcomes
creative presentations, including short film screenings,
end-of-the-day performance presentations, and discussions involving
community activists and educators.
Submission Guidelines:
- Abstract length: 250–500 words
- Languages: Abstracts may be submitted in English, and presentations
must be in English
- Deadline for submission: June 11th, 2025
- Notification of acceptance: On a rolling basis
- Presentation format: 15–20 minute presentations, followed by
discussion
Please submit your abstract along with a short bio (100 words) to
utfritas at gmail.com by June 11th, 2025
For any inquiries, please contact utfritas at gmail.com
We look forward to your submissions and to an engaging symposium!



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