[Commlist] CFP: “Fear in Culture and Culture of Fear”// 15-17 June 2023, Tallinn, Estonia

International Conference “Fear in Culture and Culture of Fear”
15–17 June 2023
Tallinn University, Estonia

Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2023

The 13th Annual Lotman Conference at Tallinn University aims to bring 
together discussions about fear from various disciplines, including 
communication and media studies. Fear plays an important role in human 
culture on the individual as well as on the collective level serving as 
one of the constraints that regulates people’s choices and behaviour. 
However, at times the mechanism of fear seems to spiral out of control, 
and fear spreads like an epidemic infecting meaning-making processes in 
various areas of culture. We invite theoretical explorations, historical 
inquiries and concrete case studies that would help to illuminate the 
phenomenon of fear from different perspectives and together provide a 
multifaceted understanding of the complex workings of fear in culture.

More information can be found in the Call for Papers on the conference 
website 
https://www.tlu.ee/en/taxonomy/term/194/fear-culture-and-culture-fear 
<https://www.tlu.ee/en/taxonomy/term/194/fear-culture-and-culture-fear>

Confirmed plenary speakers are:
Mihhail Lotman (Tallinn University, University of Tartu)
Joanna Bourke (Birkbeck, University of London)
Andrei Zorin (University of Oxford)
Evgeny Dobrenko (Ca' Foscari University of Venice)

The topics of interest include but are not limited to:
Semiotic mechanisms of fear
Media and dissemination of fear
Fear and the digital culture
Fear in the collective memory
History of fear
Representations of fear in artistic texts
Fear and the environment
The politics and economics of fear
Fear and conspiracy theories
Fear, hate and violence
Fear and indeterminacy
Cultural psychology of fear
Philosophy of fear
Fear in folklore
Fear and religious beliefs

Communication and Media Studies scholars are very welcome.

The official languages of the congress are English and Russian.

Questions about the conference can be sent to the conference secretary, 
Dr. Darja Dorving, (darja.dorving /at/ tlu.ee) <mailto:(darja.dorving /at/ tlu.ee)>.

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