DEADLINE EXTENDED: submissions now due June 15, 2014.
Reconceptualizing Narrative: Structures, Systems, Boundaries
Rice University English Graduate Symposium
September 5-6, 2014
As we witness the rapidity with which various systems-theoretical approaches have begun to gain critical and literary currency, we would like to consider the relations among narrative, structure, and system.
The 2014 Rice University English Graduate Symposium welcomes individual and panel proposals that address any of the following topics as they relate to any and all forms of narrative across all time periods and disciplines:
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American literature American studies anthropology art history biopolitics British literature comparative literature critical animal studies critical race cultural studies ecocriticism and environmental studies film studies gender and sexuality historiography history |
history of the book literary and cultural theory materialisms narrative theory poetry philosophy political economy/capitalism postcolonial studies posthumanism psychoanalysis religious studies science studies speculative realisms systems theory transnational studies |
This year’s featured keynote speakers are Bruce Clarke of Texas Tech University and Donald Pease of Dartmouth University.
Abstracts should not exceed 300 words. Individual paper proposals and panel proposals accompanied by an additional brief panel rationale will be accepted. The time allotted for each presentation is 20 minutes. Please email abstracts to rice.symposium@gmail.com as a Word document or PDF.
The deadline for submissions is June 15, 2014. The conference committee will notify applicants by July 1, 2014. Authors accepted to the conference will receive further information regarding payment and travel arrangements. A $50 registration fee includes conference pack, meals, and libations.