[ecrea] CFP: International Conference "Images of Terror, Narratives of (In)security: Literary, Artistic and Cultural Responses"

International Conference
Images of Terror, Narratives of (In)security:
Literary, Artistic and Cultural Responses
CALL FOR PAPERS AND PANELS: 20th November

23rd and 24th April 2013
University of Lisbon



One of the greatest paradoxes of the 21st century is the fact that, even 
though western societies have reached an outstanding scientific and 
technological development, fear and insecurity continue to be very much 
alive in public discourse as well as in our private life. Concerns about 
terrorism, urban criminality, global epidemics, computer piracy and 
organized crime and, more recently, about the outcomes of the financial 
and economic crises circulate widely in the media and their highly 
politicized representations shape much of our everyday life.


Since the launching of the “war on terror” in the wake of the September 
11th attacks, anxieties about security have grown intensively, 
justifying the strengthening of security policies and practices, not 
only in the US but all over the world. Despite this trend, other less 
“spectacular” forms of terror continue to have actual repercussions in 
our lives. In fact, a survey by the European Commission (released in 
November 2011) found that 34% percent of Europeans consider the 
financial situation rather than so-called “terrorism as the biggest 
threat to European security.
To what extent are many of these (in)securities real, exaggerated or 
constructed? What explains the disparate amount of attention paid to 
different sources of insecurity? Why do certain forms of “terror” 
achieve the status of “spectacles” and “memorable events”, while others 
receive comparatively little attention by the media and popular discourse?


In this conference we aim to examine how literature, art and culture 
have dealt with notions of insecurity and to what extent they have 
provided significant challenges and responses to hegemonic discourses.
Participants are encouraged to examine notions of insecurity from a wide 
variety of disciplinary perspectives. Issues to be discussed might 
include, but are not limited to:

- Philosophical approaches to (in)security
- Literary approaches to (in)security
- Psychoanalytic approaches to (in)security
- Politics of (in)security
- The relation between insecurity and art
- Insecurities associated with economic/financial crisis
- (In)securities in Visual Culture
- Representations of the “War on Terror”
- Critical readings of “9/11” novels/films
- Representations of the terrorist attacks in London and/or Madrid
- Urban (in)securities and their representations
- Depictions of the Arab Spring
- The role of the media in the construction and/or dissemination of 
(in)securities
- The role of technology in the construction and/or dissemination of 
(in)securities



Confirmed Guest Speakers:
Professor Liam Kennedy (University College Dublin, Ireland)
Professor David Murakami Wood (Queen’s University, Canada)
Professor Kristiaan Versluys (Ghent University, Belgium)


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We are accepting proposals for:
• individual proposals for a 20-minute paper
• joint proposals for thematic panels consisting of 3 papers (20 minutes 
each)

Please include the following information in your proposal:
a) the full title of your paper / of your panel and respective papers;
b) abstract (ca. 200 words per paper);
c) your name;
d) your institutional affiliation;
e) your e-mail and postal address;
f) a short biographical note (ca. 100 words).

Please submit your abstract and inquiries to:
(conferencecilm2013 /at/ gmail.com) (subject header: abstract proposal)

Deadline for proposals: 20 November 2012
Notification of acceptance: 12 December 2012

Selected papers delivered at the Conference will be eligible for 
publication.
Working languages: English and Portuguese



For more information please check:
http://www.cilm.comparatistas.edu.pt/index.php/news/75-images-of-terror-narratives-of-insecurity-literary-artistic-and-cultural-responses-call-for-papers.html





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