[New-Poetry] "Gender Trouble", Modern/Post-Modern Literature and Art

[Anny Ballardini]

>From: Gordon MARSHALL [mailto:gordonmarshall at halic.edu.tr]
>Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 10:15 AM


CALL FOR PAPERS: "Gender Trouble"
Modern/Post-Modern Literature and Art

We are seeking papers for a symposium to be held at Haliç
University in Istanbul, Turkey, 17-18 April 2008. Papers
that analyze gender related issues in literature and the
arts from the beginning of the 20th century to the present
are welcome, as are those that take largely theoretical and
interdisciplinary approaches. Proposals should not exceed
300 words for papers lasting 20 minutes.

Papers may consider but are not limited to the following
topics:

- (Self-)Representations of women/men in literature
and the arts
- Gender and life writing
- Gender in theory as theory
- Performing gender
- Linguistic representations of gender
- Gender in translation
- Gender and ethics
- Gender and contemporary film / photography
- Gender and mass media / popular culture
- Gender and public space

Please send your proposal and a brief curriculum vitae by
January 7, 2008 to: halic2006 at yahoo.com Selected
contributors will be invited to expand their papers into
essays to be published in a collection.

We are looking forward to your proposals and hope to see
you here in Istanbul.

Dr. Sırma Soran Gumpert
Department of American Culture and Literature
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Halic University
Istanbul, Turkey