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[ecrea] Theorising Wales (CFP)

Sat Sep 26 09:10:57 GMT 2009



Call for papers
Theorising Wales: Gender, Culture and Politics
International conference, 12-14 July 2010

CREW (Centre for Research into the English Literature and Language of Wales)
C-SCAP (Centre for the Study of Culture and Politics)
GENCAS (Centre for Research into Gender, Culture and Society)
in collaboration with the Richard Burton Centre, all at Swansea University

Keynote speakers
Simon Brooks (Cardiff University)
Glenn Jordan (University of Glamorgan)
Gerardine Meaney (University College Dublin)
Chris Weedon (Cardiff University)
Daniel Williams (Swansea University)

Wales is a multiplicity of ideas, visions and imaginings from within and without. Different forms of politics appeal to and promise different versions of Wales. Literature (in both languages) writes and rewrites dozens more. Histories contest them. And the varieties of everyday lives of people in Wales, their labour, leisure, dreams and anxieties always exceed the capacity of any scholar, writer or government minister to catch and contain them.

A range of theoretical approaches which address issues of gender, language, race, sexuality, (post)colonialism and (post)nationalism have begun to enrich and contest our concepts of nation and culture. This conference seeks to further the theorisation of Wales and Welsh cultural studies and cultural politics and to encourage reflection and self-reflexivity in the theories we adopt and adapt. The value and challenges of post-national and transnational models will also be interrogated. Papers which discuss the potential and problems of moving beyond nation-based theories are welcome.

Themes of papers might include:

Writing Wales (Post)colonial WalesBeyond the nation?Nation and GenderFamily WalesGender and historyLanguages in Wales Consuming WalesDigital WalesSinging WalesWelsh economiesIdeologies of Wales Wales and/on TVQueering Wales Religious WalesGoverning WalesFilming WalesSporting WalesVirtual geographiesEngland's WalesWales in the world Welsh capitalismWelsh socialismMetropolitan/rural WalesImaging WalesCultural economies Cultural policiesTourist Wales
Creative Wales Imperial Wales


Please submit abstracts (400 words) to <mailto:(theorisingwales /at/ swansea.ac.uk)>(theorisingwales /at/ swansea.ac.uk) by Monday 4 January 2010. Papers may be submitted and delivered in Welsh or in English.

Organisers Kirsti Bohata (<mailto:(k.bohata /at/ swan.ac.uk)>(k.bohata /at/ swan.ac.uk)), Alan Finlayson (<mailto:(a.finlayson /at/ swan.ac.uk)>(a.finlayson /at/ swan.ac.uk)) and Brigid Haines (<mailto:(b.haines /at/ swan.ac.uk)>(b.haines /at/ swan.ac.uk)),

The conference will be held at the University of Wales Conference Centre, Newtown, Mid Wales <http://www.wales.ac.uk/defaultpage.asp?page=e3000>http://www.wales.ac.uk/defaultpage.asp?page=e3000

Conference Website in Welsh - <http://www.swansea.ac.uk/CREW/Cymraeg/Cynhadleddau/DamcaniaethuCymru/>http://www.swansea.ac.uk/CREW/Cymraeg/Cynhadleddau/DamcaniaethuCymru/

Conference Website in English ? <http://www.swansea.ac.uk/CREW/Conferences/TheorisingWales/>http://www.swansea.ac.uk/CREW/Conferences/TheorisingWales/



Galw am bapurau
Damcaniaethu Cymru: Rhyw, Diwylliant a Gwleidyddiaeth
Cynhadledd ryngwladol, 12-14 Gorffennaf 2010

CREW (Canolfan Ymchwil i Lên ac Iaith Saesneg Cymru)
C-SCAP (Canolfan Astudio Diwylliant a Gwleidyddiaeth)
GENCAS (Canolfan Ymchwil Rhyw, Diwylliant a Chymdeithas)
mewn cydweithrediad â Chanolfan Richard Burton, i gyd ym Mhrifysgol Abertawe

Siaradwyr
Simon Brooks (Prifysgol Caerdydd)
Glenn Jordan (Prifysgol Morgannwg)
Gerardine Meaney (Coleg Prifysgol Dulyn)
Chris Weedon (Prifysgol Caerdydd)
Daniel Williams (Prifysgol Abertawe)

Mae Cymru yn frith o wahanol syniadau, gweledigaethau a llawn dychymyg y tu mewn a'r tu allan. Mae gwahanol fathau o wleidyddiaeth yn apelio at wahanol fersiynau o Gymru ac yn arddel gwahanol fersiynau o Gymru. Mae llenyddiaeth (yn y ddwy iaith) yn ysgrifennu ac yn ailysgrifennu llawer mwy. Mae hanes yn eu herio. Ac mae'r amrywiaethau o fywydau bob dydd pobl yng Nghymru, eu gwaith, hamdden, breuddwydion a phryderon bob amser yn mynd yn drech na gallu unrhyw ysgolhaig, ysgrifennydd neu weinidog llywodraeth i'w dal a'u cynnwys. Mae ystod o ddulliau damcaniaethol sy'n mynd i'r afael â materion rhyw, iaith, hil, rhywioldeb, (ôl)wladychiaeth ac (ôl)genedlaetholdeb wedi dechrau cyfoethogi a herio ein cysyniadau o genedl a diwylliant. Mae'r gynhadledd hon yn ceisio ymhelaethu ar ddamcaniaethu Cymru ac astudiaethau diwylliannol Cymru a gwleidyddiaeth diwylliannol ac annog myfyrdod ar y damcaniaethau rydym yn eu mabwysiadu ac yn eu haddasu. Fe fydd gwerth y modelau ôl-genedlaethol a thraws-genedlaethol yn cael eu tafoli. Croesewir papurau a fydd yn trafod potensial a pheryglon yr ymdrechion presennol i fentro y tu hwnt i ffiniau theoriau yn seiliedig ar y cysyniad o genedl.

Gallai themâu'r papurau gynnwys:

Cymru'n Ysgrifennu Cymru (ôl)wladycholTu hwnt i 'genedl'Cenedl a Rhyw
Teulu CymruRhyw a hanesIaith yng NghymruDefnyddio Cymru
Cymru DdigidolCanu CymruEconomïau CymruIdeolegau Cymru
Cymru ac / ar y teleduCymru HoywCymru GrefyddolLlywodraethu Cymru
Cymru Byd FfilmCymru Byd ChwaraeonRhith ardaloeddCymru a Lloegr
Cymru yn y bydCyfalafiaeth CymruSosialaeth CymruCymru fetropolitanaidd / wledig Delweddu CymruEconomïau a pholisïau diwylliannolCymru Dwristiaidd Cymru Greadigol
Cymru Imperialaidd


Cyflwynwch grynodebau (400 o eiriau) i <mailto:(theorisingwales /at/ swansea.ac.uk)>(theorisingwales /at/ swansea.ac.uk) erbyn dydd Llun 4 Ionawr 2010. Gellir cyflwyno ac anfon papurau naill ai yn Gymraeg neu'n Saesneg.

Trefnwyr Kirsti Bohata (<mailto:(k.bohata /at/ swan.ac.uk)>(k.bohata /at/ swan.ac.uk)), Alan Finlayson (<mailto:(a.finlayson /at/ swan.ac.uk)>(a.finlayson /at/ swan.ac.uk)) a Brigid Haines (<mailto:(b.haines /at/ swan.ac.uk)>(b.haines /at/ swan.ac.uk)), Cynhelir y gynhadledd yng Nghanolfan Gynadledda Prifysgol Cymru, y Drenewydd, Canolbarth Cymru <http://www.wales.ac.uk/defaultpage.asp?page=e3000>http://www.wales.ac.uk/defaultpage.asp?page=e3000

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