Call for Papers
Topic: Gender, History,
and Memory
The conference seeks to address the following issues:
- In what ways
do different kinds of representation—such as
literary texts, visual texts, the press, or historiography—contribute
to the construction of cultural memory in Austria? What kinds
of "Geschichte(n)" (history/stories)
and counter-narratives have been produced that have shaped cultural
memory in modern Austria?
- What lines of tradition
have emerged from the artistic contributions to cultural memory
in Austrian? What roles have artists/intellectuals
played in transforming actualized cultural memory by reaching
into unformed "archives" of memory"?
- What convergences
and divergences can we discover in the forms of historical and
cultural memory—and in their discursive
representations? What are the possible reasons for those developments?
What kinds of patterns can we discern when looking at Austrian
culture over a longer period of time?
- What difference does a gender
perspective make to inquiries into cultural memory? Have "alternative" memories
in Austria emerged from marginalized social groups? What kinds
of "Erinnerungsgemeinschaften" (communities
of memory) need to exist in order to transform the status quo
of cultural memory? Can one distinguish "gendered" memories?
Proposal deadline: October 15, 2003
Abstract: 400-500 words, German or English
Inquiries and
submissions:
Maria-Regina Kecht
German Studies, MS-32
Rice University
Houston, TX 77005-1892
Tel: 713-348-5451
E-mail: kecht@rice.edu
Do you teach topics in Austrian Studies?
COME TO THE 2004 MALCA CONFERENCE AT RICE UNIVERSITY AND SHARE
YOUR CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE.
Accompanying the conference, April 22-25,
2004,
there will be a poster session and a display of presented posters
illustrating interesting/exciting courses, course units, multi-media projects,
and student projects pertaining to Austrian Studies.
****Best Practices in Austrian Studies***
We would like to invite you to submit a description
of your proposed poster (presentation)—400-500 words (German
or English).
Deadline: October 15, 2003
Proposals for the poster session need NOT follow the conference
topic of 2004.
Inquiries and submissions:
Maria-Regina Kecht
German Studies, MS-32
Rice University
Houston, TX 77005-1892
Tel: 713-348-5451
E-mail: kecht@rice.edu
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