[ecrea] CFP: Resonances of the Work of Judith Butler

Critical Theory in the Humanities: Resonances of the Work of Judith Butler

Deadline CPF: Oct 1, 2016
www.butleramsterdam.com


On April 5-7, 2017, the interdisciplinary research institute for the 
humanities CLUE+ at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam organises a three-day 
international conference on resonances of the work of the critical 
theorist and philosopher Judith Butler.

The aim of the conference is to increase awareness of the relevance of 
critical theory for the whole of the humanities and to promote 
interdisciplinary thinking. The breadth of Butler’s work – touching upon 
questions of identity in philosophy, ethics, politics, religion, and the 
arts – can serve as a stepping stone for a fruitful intellectual 
exchange between the various disciplines. In this spirit, the conference 
will be supplemented with a number of student initiatives, including 
workshops, a graduate seminar, and a film programme.

The conference will include evening lectures by Judith Butler, Achille 
Mbembe, and Jean-Luc Nancy, keynote lectures by Adriana Cavarero, Erika 
Fischer-Lichte, Amelia Jones, and Charlotte Witt, and a conversation of 
Judith Butler and Jacqueline Rose.
It will close with a performance programme at the Stedelijk Museum 
Amsterdam.

We invite contributions that engage with, or are inspired by, Butler’s 
critical thinking in all its facets, including (but explicitly not 
limited to) the following fields of inquiry:
•    Ethics: The Constitution of the Self
•    Politics and the Performative
•    Gender and Critical Theory
•    Performativity and Self-Fashioning in the Arts

We welcome submissions from established academics, early-career 
researchers, and doctoral students. Paper proposals of 300 to 500 words, 
accompanied by a short biography (100 words), can be submitted via our 
website (www.butleramsterdam.com) before October 1, 2016. Acceptance 
will be announced by December 1, 2016. Paper presentations will be 20 
minutes in duration. The estimated fee for participation will be 50 
euros, plus another 50 euros for an optional conference dinner.

Convening committee: Marieke Berkers, Wouter Goris, Annemie Halsema, 
Katja Kwastek, Roel van den Oever.

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