[ecrea] CFP 2011: Storytelling, Memories and Identity Constructions

HUC 2011: Storytelling, Memories and Identity Constructions
Mexico: 4 - 9 November 2011

Deadline for paper proposal submissions: 15 July, 2011
(Deadline has been extended for all sessions and sub-conferences)
Conference Languages: English, Castilian, German, French and Nahuatl
Languages for presentation: English, Castilian.


The primary focus for the 7th edition of this inclusive and
interdisciplinary annual conference organized by Enkidu Magazine and the
International Society for Cultural History and Cultural Studies (CHiCS)
in Mexico City with the support of the National Human Rights Comission
of Mexico, is to interrogate storytelling, memories and identity
constructions from a wide range of perspectives, and in their manifold
cultural and social manifestations.

We welcome submissions from all branches of the social sciences,
humanities, as well as the arts.

Interpretations of the conference themes ranging from the predictable to
the surprising are encouraged.

Among the themes of interest are the following:

- Cultural texts

- Narrative and Linguistics
- Linguistic borders and translation
- Narrative and Myth
- Storytelling in rituals, customs, and fetishism.
- Storytelling and Visual/Performing Arts and Music
- Oral Tradition and Contemporary Chronicle
- Postmodernity and its narratives
- Voice and reflexivity in oral and written texts
- Colonial and Postcolonial Narratives

- Conquest and Political Memory
- Globalization and indigenous cultures

- Migrations and Diasporas
- Story, Dialogue and Discourse
- Memory and truth-telling
- Testimonial Narratives
- Memory and Written Record
- Imaginary Homelands
- Displacement Heritage
- Global Spaces and Cultural Memories
- Text, Context and Intertext in Storytelling and Performance
- Children’s Stories- Language, Authority and Silence

Interdisciplinary perspectives are especially welcome since all these
topics in themselves stretch across several disciplines: history,
literary studies, linguistics, psychology, political sciences,
educational sciences, ethnology, queer studies, anthropology, sociology...

Graduate students are encouraged to participate.

The conference has developed into a unique international academic forum
for interpretative approaches in the humanities and social sciences. The
conference has traditionally also been a forum for discussing creative
historical and political memory, remembering and forgetting of the past,
as well as translations between cultures and re-negotiations and
re-constructions of cultural identities in one one way or another.

The conference is organised into a large number of thematic sessions and
sub-conferences addressing a highly diverse series of themes. The
conference has an exceptional multilingual and multi-cultural approach,
typically bringing together participants from all over the world to
share and exchange their research, experiences and ideas in a truly
multicultural, multilingual and interdisciplinary academic environment.

The conference sessions are conducted in Castillian and English.
Occasionally, the conference also has sessions conducted in German and
French. Some sessions will be bilingual and conducted in both languages
with interpreters (on request). Other sessions will be conducted in one
of the two conference languages, and the session moderator will give
summaries of the paper in the other language. Many sessions are being
conducted with interpreters for sign language (on request).

Papers are welcomed on virtually all related topics and themes,
independently of time period and space. Also papers of comparative
phenomena will be considered. Interdisciplinary perspectives are
encouraged. The conference aims at bringing together academics working
in all relevant disciplines as well as activists, artists and other
professionals, and promoting innovative multidisciplinary and
multicultural exchange and dialogue.

CHICS' academic conferences are characterized by traditional paper
presentations in panel sessions with three speakers each, followed by
lively exchange, dialogue and interaction between speakers and audience
in many small groups, workshops and seminars rather than by formal
plenary sessions. Our conferences provide a forum for diverse voices
from all over the world, to come together and make connections across
linguistic, cultural and academic barriers.

* Paper and panel proposals

The conference languages for presentation will be English and Castilian.

500 word abstracts should be submitted to the organising committee in
English, Castilian, German or French.

Final papers should be of approximately 20 - 30 minutes duration (circa
8 - 10 pages). Other forms of presentation, for instance workshops,
panel debates and poster sessions will be considered on request.


* Proposals for individual papers

Abstracts are to be submitted along with the presenter’s name, short
bio, address, telephone, email, and institutional affiliation.

It is recommended to use this form when submitting a paper proposal:
http://enkidumagazine.com/chics/huc/registration.htm However, abstracts
will also be accepted as e-mail attachments to (huc /at/ enkidumagazine.com)
All correspondence for this conference will be conducted via email. You
will be notified by 15. July whether your proposal has been accepted or
rejected.

* Proposals for panel sessions

Typically, a panel of academic papers should include 3 (maximum 4)
speakers and 1 moderator (session chair). Each session will last for 2
hours allowing for 30 minutes for each speaker and a further 30 minutes
for questions and discussion. Proposers should submit:

(1) Session title and a session intro (ca 100 words),
(2) Paper titles,
(3) Abstracts for each paper (500 words),
(4) Short biography for each participant and the panel chair (ca 100-150
words),
(5) Institutional affiliation and address for each participant,
(6) Audio-visual and other technical requirements.

If you would like to propose a panel session, and want assistance in
finding speakers and/or a session chair, we can publish a call for
papers for your panel session on the conference web site and distribute
it in our newsletter. If you have an idea for a thematic panel session
and would like us to publish a call for papers on the conference
website, please send us a proposal by e-mail to (huc /at/ enkidumagazine.com)

We acknowledge receipt and answer to all paper proposals submitted
within few days. If you do not receive a reply from us in a week you
should assume we did not receive your proposal; it might be lost in
cyberspace! We suggest, then, to resend your abstract and resubmit your
registration form, and if possible, suggest an alternative e-mail
address. In particular delegates using hotmail or yahoo accounts to
receive conference related e-mails often experience problems receiving
conference information by e-mail.

E-mails from the conference organisers are often delivered to your spam
folder and not to your inbox, unless you remember to add the following
e-mail addresses: (huc /at/ enkidumagazine.com) and (liowlb /at/ enkidumagazine.com)
to your safe-list. The first address is the general e-mail address of
the conference and will be used to send conference newsletters and
general information. The second, is the e-mail address of the academic
coordinator of the conference and will be used for individual
communication with delegates.

* EXHIBITORS, PUBLISHERS AND ARTISTS:

Artists are welcome to suggest exhibitions and displays of art during
the conference.

Organisations, universities and publishers are welcome to sign up for
information stands at the conference center. Commercial exhibitors pay a
modest daily fee.

The following information is required by artists, publishers and other
exhibitors during the conference:

1) Technical Description of the information stand or artwork with
indications of technical requirements for their presentation, the size
and extension of the individual artworks to be presented.

2) Estimated Insurance value of the artworks

3) One image of a representative sample of artistic work from the
exhibitions can be sent by e-mail to the conference organizers in the
format tiff or jpg.

4) Curriculum Vitae of artist (or organisation).

5) Description of Exhibition (300 - 500 words).

6) Short bio of artist (or organisation).


* CULTURAL AND SOCIAL PRE-CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES

The academic sessions with formal paper presentations will take place
between 4 November and 9. November 2011. Before the conference, we will
organise a number of cultural and social activities for conference
delegates and we hope that many international delegates will consider
arriving in Mexico City some days before the conference and participate
in these activities.

In addition conference delegates with name badges will be given
discounts and sometimes free access to various theatre plays, concerts,
film screenings and other events before and during the conference. The
final program for the cultural and social pre-conference activities will
be published on the conference web site and will be announced also in
the conference newsletter, which will be distributed by e-mail in the
months before the conference.


* Disabled Participants

We are pleased to announce that printed conference materials that will
be distributed during the conference, also will be available in large
print or Braille on request. If you require sign language interpretation
during your session, or you would like to distribute handouts or other
materials in Braille during your presentation, please indicate this in
the registration form.

Participants with disabilities are recommended to indicate this in the
form if they require any special support or assistance during the event
or during social and cultural activities before or during the conference.


* REGISTRATION FEE for "Storytelling, Memories and Identity Constructions":

- Waged delegates (speakers): 200 USD
- Students and unwaged delegates (speakers): 150 USD

Payment received via PayPal or bank transfer in advance (Payments
completed before 15 July. A suplement of 50 USD applies after this day
and for payments on location). We recommend everyone to arrange their
payment of the registration fee before the conference. On location, we
have no possibility to process credit cards, nor issue official receipts
and the registration desk will generally be staffed with volunteer
students who are not entitled to receive payments in cash. If you for
any reason prefer to pay on location in Mexico, please inform the
organizers in advance, and we will find a solution for you.

Enkidu and the participating organisations will not be able to provide
travel support for conference delegates. It is therefore strongly
recommended to apply for a scholarship or a grant from other sources.
Delegates from non-OECD countries and students and unwaged delegates
from any country who do not receive financial support to attend the
conference, can apply for a reduced registration fee.


A selection of papers will be considered for publication in an edited
collection. Enquiries about the conference should be sent to
(huc /at/ enkidumagazine.com) .


Centro Cultural Enkidu
http://www.enkidumagazine.com
Calle Ezequiel Montes #37, int. 2
Colonia Tabacalera
06030 Mexico D.F.
http://enkidumagazine.com/chics/huc/intro.htm
(huc /at/ enkidumagazine.com)



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