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C A L L F O R P A P E R S
PostModern Productions: text - power - knowledge
3rd interdisciplinary, international (post)graduate conference
at Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen/Nuernberg
in Erlangen (Bavaria, Germany)
24 - 26 November, 2000
The Departments of English, Political Science, and Sociology invite
young scholars (from graduate students to assistant professors) to
participate in the third interdisciplinary, international (post)graduate
conference at Erlangen University (Germany).
Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
political economy of the sign
discourse between region and globalization
Marxism and postmodernism
postindustrial societies, post-Fordism and late capitalism
space, power, economy
social inequality and symbolic violence
postmodern and post-structuralist theories
modernity, postmodernity, postModernism?
crisis of representation: literature, culture, and difference
between avant-garde and academia: Cultural Studies between
disciplinarity and anti-disciplinarity
postModern productions in art, architecture and music
hybridity and queer studies
feminism
postmodern histories
mass media between language and power
and many more
Keynote speaker: Fredric Jameson (Duke University, USA)
Selected papers will be published in the conference proceedings. The
1998, 1999 and 2000 conference proceedings can be ordered under
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Deadline for paper proposals: 15 September, 2000
(other participants may register until shortly before the conference
starts)
Please register on our online submission form (http://www.gradnet.de)
Each panel will consist of three to five speakers and will last 2 to 2.5
hours. The allotted time for each paper is about 12 minutes, which means
to provide ample time for discussion. Contributions of 3 to 10 pages
from the delegates will be posted on our web page in order to facilitate
discussion and scholarly exchange. The deadline for the submission of
these short contributions is 15 October, 2000.
All information (registration form, program etc.) available on our web
page: http://www.gradnet.de
If you have questions, please feel free to contact Katharina or
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Organizers: Johannes Angermuller (Sociology), Katharina Bunzmann
(American Studies), Martin Nonhoff (Political Science), Christina Rauch
(English)
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Markus Wiemker
Institute of Sociology
University of Aachen, RWTH Germany
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