[ecrea] CfP Interventions: New Perspectives on Politics, Freedom, and Democracy

        *Interventions: New Perspectives on Politics, Freedom, and
        Democracy *

        The 2nd Annual Conference of the Journal of Languages, Texts and
        Society.
        A collaboration between University of Leicester, University of
        Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University
        *Friday 10th May 2019 - Leicester, UK. *

        *Keynote Address from Professor Robert Eaglestone, Royal Holloway *


We are excited to announce the CfP for Interventions: New Perspectives 
on Politics, Freedom, and Democracy, to be held on the 10th May 2019 in 
Leicester. Interventions is an interdisciplinary conference in 
partnership with the Journal of Languages, Texts, and Society exploring 
the relationship between languages, literary forms, performance 
con/texts, and their socio-political contexts.
Recent political ruptures around the globe have led to uncertainty in 
the future of national state structures and their ability to represent 
twenty-first century public interests. Mass migration, uneven 
globalisation, climate change, and the rise of new technologies and 
marketplaces place pressure on Western democratic institutions and 
liberal societies to adapt. These shifts are also occurring in a period 
of declining public trust in political representatives and the corporate 
sector following the global financial crisis and recent Russian 
interference in the United States democratic process.

In Europe, the UK’s Brexit decision in 2016 reflected a widespread 
rejection of mainstream British politics and its metropolitan elite in 
favour of right-wing, populist ideologies. Similarly, in the United 
States, President Trump’s agenda of economic and populist nationalism 
marks a disconnection between democratic structures and notions of 
‘freedom’. These socio-political contexts have had implications within 
the academy too, as universities have come under media attack for 
restricting students’ intellectual freedom. Earlier this year, 
universities across the country pledged to provide clearer rules to 
protect free speech and open debate on campuses, after former 
Universities Minister, Jo Johnson, claimed that universities were, 
"undermining the principle of free speech" (BBC, 2018).
In light of these changes, the second annual LTS conference aims to 
critically explore pertinent socio-political issues and their cultural 
representations. Papers of*twenty minutes* might include, but are not 
limited to:
- Post-truth politics
- Neoliberalism and freedom
- Democratic participation
- Class and austerity politics
- Globalisation, migration, and citizenship
- Censorship, offense, and free speech
- Autonomy and marginalised identities
- Resistance and activism in the arts and humanities
- Theoretical interventions with regard to freedom and democracy
- Cultural responses to political events
- Social media and social movements
- Politics and the academe
- Corporations, governments, and accountability
- Politics and mental health
- Technologies and democracy
- Anti-semitism and Islamophobia

We invite submissions from scholars and creative practitioners working 
across the arts and humanities, including: English Literature, Language 
and Linguistics, Creative Writing, Politics, Sociology, Critical Theory, 
Cultural Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Geography, History, and 
Film and Media Studies. Presentations other than traditional academic 
papers – e.g. short films, photography, artwork and readings – are 
especially welcome.
There will also be the opportunity to publish conference papers as 
articles in a special edition of the journal, please indicate on your 
proposal if you wish to be considered.

*Papers and Creative Work *
Individual papers and creative pieces should be twenty minutes in 
length. Please send an abstract of no more than 250 words to 
*(interventions2019 /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(interventions2019 /at/ gmail.com)>*.

*Panels *
Panel presentations should be sixty minutes in length. Please send an 
abstract of no more than 800 words and scholar biographies of no more 
than 100 words per person to *(interventions2019 /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(interventions2019 /at/ gmail.com)>*. All male panels will not be accepted.

All abstracts must be submitted on or before Friday *1st February 2019*. 
Decisions will be communicated by the end of February. If you have any 
access requirements, please email us and we will do our best to 
accommodate you. There is no fee charged for attending this conference. 
A small number of travel bursaries are available for postgraduate 
speakers on a competitive basis. Please briefly note on your abstract if 
you would like to be considered for this.


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