CFP: Me, Myself & Eye: Mediating Identity (grad) (2/28/07; 5/4/07)
Me, Myself & Eye: Mediating Identity (Graduate
Conference)
4 May 2007, La Trobe University
Spend a day at an interdisciplinary conference
organised by postgraduates from the English Department
at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
We are interested in:
* Through the Looking Glass – Perception and
self-perception in (auto)biographical writing
* Portrait of the Artist – The artistic Eye/I
* Who am I/Eye? – The ego and narcissist
(self-)reflection
* Keeping an Eye on Writing - Literary criticism and
the literary market
* Room with a View – Social identity, status and
communal perception/judgment
* Medusa's Laugh – Gender identities and the
pleasures/horrors of (returning) the gaze
* He's looking at you, kid – the mediation of the
world in film, photography and the media
… and any other perspectives.
Presentations can include talks, readings, show and
tell, panel discussions, performances and visual
displays.
Closing date for submissions:
Tuesday 31 December 2006-10-10
Send expressions of interest to the email address
below.
Include a short biographical note and a 200 word
outline of your presentation. Include the length of
your presentation (approx. 20 minutes) and your
technical requirements.
Email:
me_myself_and_eye2007_at_yahoo.com.au
See you there!
Organising Committee: Gayle Allen, Tom Crosbie, Dina
Dounis, Elisabeth Hanscombe, Dinah Partridge, Juliane
Roemhild, Jennifer Sell.
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