[ecrea] cfp: edward w. said: public intellectual, cultural critic, activist

Both Brett and I are very pleased to announce that the Department of 
Media, Film & Communication, University of Otago (New Zealand), will be 
hosting a one day symposium to mark a decade since the passing of Edward 
Wadie Said on 25 September 2003.

The symposium is scheduled to take place on 2 Oct 2013. The keynote 
addresses will be delivered by  Prof. Vijay Mishra (Murdoch Uni), 
renowned scholar in Postcolonial Studies, Cultural Theory, and Diaspora 
Studies.

The CFP is appended below. The event is free of cost. There will be no 
registration fee and no catering support (many restaurants are located 
within close walking distance of the conference venue). Coffee and tea 
will be made available throughout the day.

I look forward to your participation.

with best wishes, vijay

Dr Vijay Devadas
Media, Film & Communication
University of Otago

EDWARD W. SAID: PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL, CULTURAL CRITIC, ACTIVIST

A ONE-DAY SYMPOSIUM

Department of Media, Film & Communication, University of Otago (Dunedin, 
New Zealand)

2 Oct 2013

2013 marks a decade since Edward W. Said passed: on 25 September 2003, 
the world lost a leading public intellectual, cultural critic, activist, 
fighter, and scholar's scholar. Said is a major figure whose work has 
had a tremendous impact in various disciplines and fields of study in 
the Humanities.  Rich, multilayered and finely textured, Said offers 
numerous concepts, tactics, and modalities of intervention that serve us 
well in understanding, challenging and over-turning dominant power, 
subject-constituting regimes, and forms of identity-politics. He teaches 
us what the purpose and aim of the intellectual is. In his own words,  
“the intellectual … is neither a pacifier nor a consensus-builder, but 
someone whose whole being is staked on a critical sense, a sense of 
being unwilling to accept easy formulas of ready-made clichés, or the 
smooth, ever-so-accommodating confirmations of what the powerful or 
conventional have to say and what they do. Not just passively 
unwillingly, but actively willing to say so in public” (from 
Representations of the Intellectual). As Tariq Ali notes, ‘his voice is 
irreplaceable, but his legacy will endure. He has many lives ahead of him’.

In this spirit and as a tribute to Edward Wadie Said, the Department of 
Media, Film & Communication, University of Otago, New Zealand, will be 
hosting a one-day symposium. We invite contributions from any field to 
discuss various aspects of Edward Said’s work.

We strongly encourage postgraduates and early career researchers to be 
part of this event.

Please send a 250-word abstract and a short bio to 
(said-conference /at/ otago.ac.nz) by 1 August 2013.

Professor Vijay Mishra, Murdoch University, Australia, will deliver the 
keynote address.

The event is free of cost. There will be no catering support (many 
restaurants are located within close walking distance of the symposium 
venue). Coffee and tea will be made available throughout the day.

For non-presenters, we would greatly appreciate it if you could RSVP to 
(mfco /at/ otago.ac.nz) by 20 September 2013.

CONVENORS        Dr. Vijay Devadas & Dr. Brett Nicholls

VENUE:                   Department of Media, Film & Communication, 
University of Otago, Dunedin Campus, Richardson Building, 6th Floor, 
Room 6N4.





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