Spaces of (Dis)location: Call for Papers
The College of Arts, University of Glasgow, is excited to announce Spaces of (Dis)location, a two-day multidisciplinary graduate conference taking place on 24th – 25th May 2012.
As national and cultural boundaries are blurred in our increasingly global society, the ideas of space and location – whether physical or metaphysical, real or imaginary – are evolving. This notion provides the stimulus for a conference that we hope will inspire creativity and debate across many subjects in the arts and humanities.
A major aim of this conference is to foster networks and connections across different institutions and subjects. It is also our intention to publish an edited volume with articles from this conference through the University of Glasgow’s international postgraduate research journal eSharp.
Possible topics may include, but are not limited to:
- Ideas of space: physical and imaginary
- Globalization
- Localism
- Cultural and natural spaces
- Adaptation (literary, linguistic, cinematic, etc.)
- Cultural diaspora
- Immigration
- Spaces of performance
- The space of the body
We welcome submissions of abstracts for papers in the classic 20-minute format, but are also keen to accept different presentation formats. There will be a poster session and a Pecha Kucha session on each day of the conference and we would welcome your submissions in these formats too.
A Pecha Kucha presentation consists of 20 slides, each shown for exactly 20 seconds, so the entire presentation will therefore last 6 minutes and 40 seconds. It is an engaging and challenging format for researchers at every stage of their career, but provides a particularly creative format for those just starting their research to receive feedback on their project design and initial findings.
The poster sessions will take place during the conference lunch break. Participants will have the opportunity to briefly introduce their poster and then the posters will all be on display during the break.
In addition to the poster and Pecha Kucha formats, we will also accept proposals for short performances or films which reflect the themes of the conference. If you wish to submit such a proposal, please also provide us with any technical specifications that your piece will require.
Please submit abstracts or proposals of no more than 250 words as e-mail attachments to: arts-pgconference@glasgow.ac.uk. Please include a 50 word biography and specify which presentation format you would like to employ.
Deadline for submissions is Friday 9th March 2012.
Please note, there is no fee to attend this conference, but it will be necessary to register. Registration will open at the end of April and further details will be available here nearer the time.
We are currently considering the possibility of providing a small travel grant for speakers. Nothing is confirmed at the moment, but we will update the site with this information when we have it.
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