Signal Boost: CFP -- Literature and Science
This just arrived in my inbox, and I'm pretty sure that there are some people on my flist who'd be interested (although obviously those of you attending the Bristol conference won't be able to make it).
The 4th annual conference of The Australasian Association for Literature: Call For Papers
As we prepare to enter the second decade of the 21st Century, it is increasingly apparent that science and literature no longer represent rival or mutually exclusive domains of knowledge. Indeed, science is currently offering literary critics rich and productive ways of re-conceiving literature. Cognitive science and evolutionary theory are two scientific fields that are helping reshape our understanding of the literary object. Equally, literary critics are becoming progressively more interested in understanding how scientific discourse utilizes distinctly literary thinking and technique. We therefore welcome papers on any aspect of the intersection of literature and science. Proposed topics might address:
* Tensions or convergences between literary theory and scientific method
* Applications of scientific method to literature
* Applications of literary theory to science
* Science as a literary theme
* Scientific metaphors
* The nature of the literary object
* The current state of literary theory
* Science fiction
* Utopian studies
* Evolutionary theory and evo-criticsm
* Cognitive science
* Neuroscience
* The philosophy or politics of science
* Literature and material culture
* Issues of genre and gender between literature and science
* Reflections on reading science
* Any other issues that concern the relationship between literature and science
The literary works discussed might be drawn from any period and from any language (though all papers will need to be presented in English).
Proposals should be 250-300 words in length and sent via email, by 30 April 2010 via the submission form.
I'm feeling rather tempted by the "Issues of genre and gender between literature and science" topic, simply because I have an existing abstract for a paper about hegemonic masculinity and queerness in Torchwood and the Sarah Jane Adventures that could easily be adapted to fit into that topic. Of course, writing that paper would probably require a CoE rewatch... *eep*
The 4th annual conference of The Australasian Association for Literature: Call For Papers
As we prepare to enter the second decade of the 21st Century, it is increasingly apparent that science and literature no longer represent rival or mutually exclusive domains of knowledge. Indeed, science is currently offering literary critics rich and productive ways of re-conceiving literature. Cognitive science and evolutionary theory are two scientific fields that are helping reshape our understanding of the literary object. Equally, literary critics are becoming progressively more interested in understanding how scientific discourse utilizes distinctly literary thinking and technique. We therefore welcome papers on any aspect of the intersection of literature and science. Proposed topics might address:
* Tensions or convergences between literary theory and scientific method
* Applications of scientific method to literature
* Applications of literary theory to science
* Science as a literary theme
* Scientific metaphors
* The nature of the literary object
* The current state of literary theory
* Science fiction
* Utopian studies
* Evolutionary theory and evo-criticsm
* Cognitive science
* Neuroscience
* The philosophy or politics of science
* Literature and material culture
* Issues of genre and gender between literature and science
* Reflections on reading science
* Any other issues that concern the relationship between literature and science
The literary works discussed might be drawn from any period and from any language (though all papers will need to be presented in English).
Proposals should be 250-300 words in length and sent via email, by 30 April 2010 via the submission form.
I'm feeling rather tempted by the "Issues of genre and gender between literature and science" topic, simply because I have an existing abstract for a paper about hegemonic masculinity and queerness in Torchwood and the Sarah Jane Adventures that could easily be adapted to fit into that topic. Of course, writing that paper would probably require a CoE rewatch... *eep*