Notices: Conferences, Calls for Papers, Submissions
Volume 12, Number 1
September, 2001
Technotopias: Texts, Identities, and Technological Cultures
An Interdisciplinary Conference organized by the Department of English Studies, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom
10 to 12 July 2002Guest Speakers: Wendy Chun, Harry Collins, Judith Halberstam, Colin MacCabe, Bryan Turner.
The University of Strathclyde is a world leader in science and engineering; yet, like many similar institutions, it maintains a strong commitment to the humanities. In societies that seem to place increasing emphasis on the application of technology and scientific knowledge, this kind of commitment is sometimes seen as irrelevant. For humanities departments, this situation raises new questions of identity within both university faculties and cultural discourse itself. In light of this situation, Technotopias aims to investigate the complex historical and contemporary interplay between the humanities and technology. Firstly, Technotopias aims to reflect upon the place of the arts within modern academia; secondly, to investigate the complex historical and contemporary interplay between the humanities and technology; and finally, to address the impact of these relationships upon the formation of physical and cultural identities.
To realize the interdisciplinary nature of this conference we invite papers from all fields of literary and cultural criticism, as well as the scientific and technological disciplines, at both post-doctoral and post-graduate levels.
Suggested topics include:
Literatures of technology: historical contexts
Frontiers of the imagination: science and fiction
(Post) modern texts/(post) industrial spaces
Technologos: technology and the word
The science of Angellica: gender and technology
Culture, technology, and the body
Technologies and the self
New media, old academe
Paradigms of utility in academiaAbstracts of 200 words for a 20-30 minute paper are due by 31 December 2001 to:
Technotopias Organising Committee
Department of English Studies
University of Strathclyde
Livingstone Tower
26 Richmond Street
Glasgow
G1 1XH
UKE-mail enquiries: technotopias@strath.ac.uk
Website: http://www.strath.ac.uk/ecloga/technotopiascfp2.htmSubmission deadline: 31 December 2001
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Perspectives on Evil and Human Wickedness
3rd Global Conference
15 to 20 March 2002
Prague, Czech RepublicThis inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference seeks to examine and explore issues surrounding evil and human wickedness. Perspectives are sought from those engaged in the fields of anthropology, criminology, cultural studies, legal studies, literature, philosophy, psychology, sociology, and theology. Perspectives are also sought from those working in the caring professions, the media, prison services, politics, psychiatry, and other work-related and vocational areas.
Papers, reports, works-in-progress, and workshops are invited on issues related to any of the following themes:
The nature and sources of evil and human wickedness
Moral intuitions about dreadful crimes
Psychopathic behavior--mad or bad?
Choice, responsibility, and diminished responsibility
Social and cultural reactions to evil and human wickedness
The portrayal of evil and human wickedness in the media and popular culture
Suffering in literature and film
Individual acts of evil, group violence, holocaust and genocide; obligations of bystanders
Terrorism, war, ethnic cleansing
The search for meaning and sense in evil and human wickedness
The nature and tasks of theodicy
Religious understandings of evil and human wickedness
Postmodern approaches to evil and human wickedness
Ecocriticism, evil, and suffering
Evil and the use/abuse of technology; evil in cyberspace.
Papers will be considered on any related theme. 300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday, 4 January 2002. Full draft papers should be submitted by Friday, 15 February 2002. The conference is part of a larger series of ongoing conferences run under the general banner "At the Interface." It aims to bring together people from different areas and interests to share ideas and explore various innovative and exciting discussions.
E-mail enquiries:
Dr. Rob Fisher
theodicist@wickedness.netWebsite: http://www.wickedness.net
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Modern Language Association Publication Prizes 2002
Annual Prizes with Competitions in 2002:
James Russell Lowell Prize
Deadline: 1 March 2002
Definition: For an outstanding literary or linguistic study, a critical edition of an important work, or a critical biography. Open to studies dealing with literary theory, media, cultural history, or interdisciplinary topics.
Eligibility: Books published in 2001; authors must be current members of the MLA.
Copies Required: Six.MLA Prize for a First Book
Deadline: 1 April 2002
Definition: Same as for James Russell Lowell Prize.
Eligibility: Book must have been published in 2001 as the first book-length publication of a current member of the MLA.
Copies required: Six.MLA Prize for Independent Scholars
Deadline: 1 May 2002
Definition: For a scholarly book in the field of English or other modern languages and literatures.
Eligibility: Books published in 2001. Authors enrolled in a program leading to an academic degree or holding a tenured, tenure-accruing, or tenure-track position in postsecondary education at the time of publication are not eligible. Authors or publishers must request an application form from the MLA. Authors need not be members of the MLA.
Copies required: Six. Return completed application with copies.Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize
Deadline: 1 May 2002
Definition: For an outstanding book published in English in the field of Latin American and Spanish literatures and cultures. Competing books should be broadly interpretive works that enhance understanding of the interrelations among literature, the arts, and society.
Eligibility: Books published in 2001; authors need not be members of the MLA.
Copies required: Six.Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Comparative Literary Studies
Deadline: 1 May 2002
Definition: For an outstanding scholarly work in comparative literary studies involving at least two literatures.
Eligibility: Books published in 2001; authors must be members of the MLA.
Copies Required: Four.Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for French and Francophone Studies
Deadline: 1 May 2002
Definition: For an outstanding scholarly work in French or francophone linguistic or literary studies.
Eligibility: Books published in 2001; authors must be members of the MLA.
Copies Required: Four.Kenneth W. Mildenberger Prize
Deadline: 1 May 2002
Definition: For a work in the field of teaching foreign languages and literature.
Eligibility: Books published in 2000 or 2001; authors need not be members of the MLA.
Copies Required: Four.
Note: The Kenneth Mildenberger Prize competition alternates between books, in even-numbered years, and articles published in refereed journals, in odd-numbered years.Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize
Deadline: 1 May 2002
Definition: For a research publication in the field of teaching English language, literature, rhetoric, and composition.
Eligibility: Books published in 2001; authors need not be members of the MLA.
Copies required: Four.Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Publication Award for a Manuscript in Italian Literary Studies
Deadline: 1 August 2002
Definition: For an outstanding manuscript dealing with any aspect of the languages and literatures of Italy.
Eligibility: Manuscripts accepted for publication before award deadline; authors must be current members of the MLA.
Copies Required: Two, plus contact and biographical information.William Sanders Scarborough Prize
Deadline: 1 May 2002
Definition: For an outstanding scholarly study of black American literature or culture.
Eligibility: Books published between 1997 and 2001; authors need not be members of the MLA.
Copies Required: Four.Biennial Prizes with Competitions in 2002:
MLA Prize for a Distinguished Bibliography
Deadline: 1 May 2002
Definition: For an outstanding enumerative or descriptive bibliography.
Eligibility: At least one volume must have been published in 2000 or 2001. Editors need not be members of the MLA.
Copies Required: Four.Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Studies in Germanic Languages and Literatures
Deadline: 1 May 2002
Definition: For an outstanding scholarly work on the linguistics or literatures of any of the Germanic languages (Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian, Swedish, Yiddish).
Eligibility: Books published in 2000 or 2001; authors must be members of the MLA.
Copies Required: Four.Howard R. Marraro Prize
Deadline: 1 May 2002
Definition: For an outstanding scholarly work on any phase of Italian literature or comparative literature involving Italian.
Eligibility: Books or articles published in 2000 or 2001; authors must be members of the MLA.
Copies Required: Four.Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for a Translation of a Literary Work
Deadline: 1 April 2002
Definition: For an outstanding translation into English of a book-length literary work.
Eligibility: Translations published in 2001; translators need not be members of the MLA.
Copies required: Six, plus pages of text in the original language.
Note: As of 2000, the Lois Roth Award for a Translation of a Literary Work will be given each odd-numbered year. Each competition is open to translations published in the year preceding the year in which the award is given. Definitions and criteria are the same for both awards.Fenia and Yaakov Leviant Memorial Prize
Deadline: 1 May 2002
Definition: For an outstanding translation into English of a Yiddish literary work.
Eligibility: Translations published between 1997 and 2001; translators need not be members of the MLA.
Copies Required: Four.
Note: This prize will be awarded alternately to an outstanding translation or an outstanding scholarly work in the field of Yiddish. For 2004, the prize will be awarded to an outstanding scholarly work in the field of Yiddish published between 1999 and 2003; cultural studies, critical biographies, or edited works in the field of Yiddish folklore or linguistic studies are eligible to compete.Biennial Prizes with Competitions in 2003
(Detailed anouncements of these awards are available on request.)Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for a Translation of a Scholarly Study of Literature
For translations published in 2001 or 2002.Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Studies in Slavic Languages and Literatures
For books published in 2001 or 2002.Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Italian Studies
For books published in 2002 only.Morton N. Cohen Award for a Distinguished Edition of Letters
For books published in 2001 or 2002.MLA Prize for a Distinguished Scholarly Edition
For books published in 2001 or 2002.Lois Roth Award for a Translation of a Literary Work
For translations published in 2002 only.Kenneth W. Mildenberger Prize
For articles published in 2001 or 2002.Information on MLA Prizes:
An application form is required for submissions to the MLA Prize for Independent Scholars. To enter books into competition for other prizes, no special form or procedure is needed, but shipments of books should be preceded or accompanied by letters identifying the works and, where necessary, confirming the author's membership in the MLA. Shipping labels should indicate the names of the prizes for which the books are competing. Each item in the main list indicates, under the heading Eligibility, whether membership in the MLA is required. An author who is not a member of the MLA at the time of publication may become eligible to compete by joining the association before 1 May of the following year. No book may compete for more than one MLA prize.For all MLA book prizes the cash award is $1,000. Prizes supported by the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione funds carry an award of $2,000, except for the manuscript award. The award in competitions for the Leviant Memorial Prize and scholarly articles is $500. For detailed information about specific prizes, call or write the MLA, 26 Broadway, 3rd floor, New York, NY 10004-1789 (646-576-5141; awards@mla.org).
Unless otherwise noted, "literary studies" here encompasses works of literary history, literary criticism, philology, and literary theory, as well as works dealing with literature and other arts and disciplines. Translations are eligible only for the three awards specifically devoted to that category.
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