“This shabby piece of equipment”: Modernism and Artificial Intelligence

Session sponsored by the International Lawrence Durrell Society

Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture after 1900

The International Lawrence Durrell Society requests proposals for 20-minute presentations on artificial intelligence in the modernist era. Potential subjects include:

• Futurism and anxiety
• Post-humanism and transhumanism
• Human-machine interaction
• Dystopia and identity
• Subjugation and power
• The confluences of science fiction and modernism
• Robots, androids, and automata
• Technosexuality
• Taylorism and Fordism

Deadline for submission of proposal is 10 October 2023.

Please plan for a presentation of no more than twenty minutes. Submit proposal by email to jdecker@icc.edu

 Include two attachments in pdf, rtf or doc format:

1. The first attachment should consist of a 300-word abstract (double-spaced and titled), omitting all references to the submitter.
2. The second attachment should contain a cover page that includes the following information:

• Name as it will appear in the program
• Address (preferably home address)
• E-mail address (necessary to confirm your acceptance)
• Academic affiliation, if applicable
• Title of paper/work (as it will appear in the program)
• National origin/genre of work(s) discussed (please be specific)
• Personal biographical note (100-150 words)

The 51st annual Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture after 1900 will be held at the University of Louisville, February 22-24, 2024.

Please see the conference’s official website for additional information.