[eccr] Conference Engaging Baudrillard

>Apologies for cross posting.
>
>  Please find details of this conference below - all abstracts
>welcome. I shall be organising a panel for Media and Communication Studies
>but we are still looking for volunteers to coordinate panels For Film
>Studies and Cultural Studies - please let me know if you are interested. If
>you could also draw this call to the attention of other coleagues,
>departments or lists I would be very grateful.
>
>  William Merrin
>
>
>  CALL FOR PAPERS
>
>
>  ENGAGING BAUDRILLARD:
>
>  An International Multi-Disciplinary Conference
>
>  4-6th September 2006
>
>  at
>
>  Swansea University, United Kingdom
>
>
>  Celebrating the establishment of the International Journal of
>Baudrillard Studies <http://www.ubishops.ca/baudrillardstudies/>  we are
>pleased to announce the first international, multi-disciplinary conference
>on Baudrillard's work to be held in the United Kingdom.
>
>  Jean Baudrillard is one of the world's most well-known, important,
>and talked about thinkers; the author of over 30 books and innumerable
>articles; and the inventor of a vast array of influential concepts and
>suggestive strategies that have touched upon an extremely diverse range of
>fields.
>
>  Although his work was initially received within the context of
>debates over postmodernism, the last decade has witnessed a more rounded
>and nuanced appreciation of the full complexity of Baudrillard's oeuvre.
>The enrichment of our engagement with his ideas, concepts and strategies
>has primarily been accomplished in a variety of disciplinary contexts.
>However, the proliferation of engagements across a host of academic
>disciplines and non-academic arenas poses the problem of how we can gather
>together and make sense of the numerous versions of Baudrillard.
>
>  Accordingly, the conference aims to explore how Baudrillard's work
>has been taken up within different disciplines; to consider how these
>relate to one another; and to ponder their likely legacy.  Thus, the
>conference will bring together people from all disciplines who have engaged
>with Baudrillard's ideas, including enthusiasts, critics and sceptics.
>
>  Abstracts are invited for papers from scholars in all disciplines.
>The conference will be organised into panels, themed by academic
>discipline, exploring Baudrillard's contribution to each field and
>considering how specific scholars have taken up, interpreted and employed
>his ideas.  Possible disciplinary panels include:
>
>   *       Sociology
>   *       Cultural Studies
>   *       Media and Communication Studies
>   *       Geography and Urban Studies
>   *       Cyberculture
>   *       Politics, International Relations & Conflict
>Studies
>   *       Literature & Literary Theory
>   *       Gender Studies
>   *       Photography and the Arts
>   *       Visual Culture
>   *       Film Studies
>   *       Architecture
>   *       Anthropology
>   *       Philosophy
>   *       American Studies
>   *       French Studies
>   *       Management Studies
>   *       History and Cultural History
>
>
>   Abstracts of no more than 200 words should be sent to
>William Merrin <(w.merrin /at/ swan.ac.uk) <mailto:(w.merrin /at/ swan.ac.uk)> > by 30th
>September 2005.
>
>
>  Participants should also please indicate which disciplinary panel
>(s) they would like to present within. Possible panels are listed above but
>suggestions for others are also welcome at this initial stage. As the
>conference aims to promote the future of Baudrillard studies we would
>especially welcome abstracts from doctoral students & non-academics
>currently employing Baudrillardian ideas and themes in their work. A
>selection of papers will be published in (1) International Journal of
>Baudrillard Studies <http://www.ubishops.ca/baudrillardstudies/> ; (2)
>special issues of other international journals; and (3) an edited book.
>
>  Located in the South Wales region of the United Kingdom, with
>direct and easy access to Cardiff and London, the Swansea University campus
>is flanked by parkland, gardens, and leisure activities. The campus enjoys
>an enviable beachfront location on the edge of the Gower Peninsula. The 19-
>mile Gower Peninsula was the UK's first designated area of outstanding
>natural beauty, and its picturesque coastline with long, sandy beaches and
>rocky coves has made it one of the UK's premier surfing venues.
>
>
>  For all enquiries please contact:
>
>  William Merrin
>  Department of Media and Communications
>  Swansea University
>  Singleton Park
>  Swansea
>  SA2 8PP
>  United Kingdom
>
>  Email: (w.merrin /at/ swan.ac.uk) <mailto:(w.merrin /at/ swan.ac.uk)>
>  Tele: (01792) 205678 (ext. 3765)
>  Web: http://www.swan.ac.uk/mediastudies/staff.html
><http://www.swan.ac.uk/mediastudies/staff.html>
>
>
>  Richard G. Smith
>  Department of Geography
>  University of Leicester
>  University Road
>  Leicester
>  LE1 7RH
>  United Kingdom
>
>  Email: (rgs10 /at/ le.ac.uk) <mailto:(Rgs10 /at/ le.ac.uk)>
>  Tele: (0116) 2523845
>  Web: http://www.leicester.ac.uk/geography/people/rgs10.html
><http://www.leicester.ac.uk/geography/people/rgs10.html>
>
>
>  Marcus A. Doel
>  School of the Environment and Society
>  Swansea University
>  Singleton Park
>  Swansea
>  SA2 8PP
>  United Kingdom
>
>  Email: (m.a.doel /at/ swan.ac.uk) <mailto:(m.a.doel /at/ swan.ac.uk)>
>  Tele: (01792) 513090
>  Web: http://geography.swan.ac.uk/personal/mad/index.htm
><http://geography.swan.ac.uk/personal/mad/index.htm>

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