[ecrea] CFP: Online conference: The Poetry and Poetics of Popular Culture

Call for Papers, 'The Poetry and Poetics of Popular Culture', Online
Conference, 11-12 November 2011.

Hosted by the University of South Australia Poetry and Poetics Centre.
http://www.unisa.edu.au/cil/poetryandpoeticscentre/

Organisers:
Dr Ioana Petrescu, Director, Poetry and Poetics Centre, UniSA
Dr Kit MacFarlane, Lecturer, CIL School, UniSA

Keynote Presenter:
Professor Kirpal Singh, Associate Professor of English Literature at
Singapore Management University.


The Poetry and Poetics Centre of the University of South Australia
invites abstracts for presentations to be part of an international
online conference entitled 'The Poetry and Poetics of Popular
Culture', with a desirable but not exclusive focus on the Australasian
geographical area.

'The Poetry and Poetics of Popular Culture' is seeking an eclectic
range of presentations on poetry and poetics and their relations and
connections to popular culture in all its forms.

As an influential and intellectual discourse, poetry's presence and
influence can be found in all forms of pop culture and everyday life,
from the general presence of poetry in popular film and TV, to the
role and presence of poets as characters, to the prominence of
particular poets in the popular realm, to the poetics of popular media
forms.

> From 'Star Trek' to 'Rumpole of the Bailey', Aristotle's 'Poetics' in
'The Name of the Rose' to James Franco as Allen Ginsberg in 'Howl',
poetry permeates the popular realm.

Similarly, pop culture is equally a presence in poetry, with poets
embracing not only its ubiquitous presence as a topic, but also
delving into its personal individual resonances, and embracing its
forms and structures.

'The Poetry and Poetics of Popular Culture' is an innovative online
conference, with international speakers providing pre-recorded video
presentations and featuring interactive online forums and chat-rooms
so that participants can view and respond to the presentations in the
comfort of their own homes and offices.

Video presentations can take any form the presenter chooses, full of
professional editing and flashy CGI or a traditional presentation
delivered straight to camera with a minimum of fuss. Participants are
welcome to take advantage of the video form, but no technical wizardry
is expected or required.

The only requirement is that video presentations run no longer than
fifteen minutes.

Once recorded, the videos should be sent to the conference organisers
to be made available for streamed viewing over the course of the
conference (11-12 November 2011).

'The Poetry and Poetics of Popular Culture' conference is partnered
with the journal 'Asiatic' (http://asiatic.iium.edu.my/),
editor-in-chief Mohammad A. Quayam, and presenters will be able to
submit written papers based on their video presentations to the
journal to be peer-reviewed for possible publication.

We are proud to announce Professor Kirpal Singh as the Keynote Presenter.

Professor Singh is Associate Professor of English Literature&
Creative Thinking at Singapore Management University and Director of
the Wee Kim Wee Centre.

Registration for guests and presenters is $35, which includes full
access to all online presentations and resources, and participation in
the round table internet conference forum on Saturday 12 November
2011. Payment details will be provided shortly and also made available
on the Poetry and Poetics Centre website
(http://www.unisa.edu.au/cil/poetryandpoeticscentre/).

Video presentations should be submitted by 17 October 2011. Presenters
will be notified of acceptance shortly after submission.

Video submission details will be provided at a later date. Enquiries
to Dr Kit MacFarlane ((kit.macfarlane /at/ unisa.edu.au)).


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