[csaa-forum] antiTHESIS conference deadline extension

[Nathaniel Tkacz]

"Rum, Sodomy and the Lash": Extended Deadline for Submissions
An Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Symposium on Piracy.
Friday July 13th, 2007
Graduate Centre University of Melbourne


"Rum, Sodomy and the Lash" is a one-day symposium organised by the
editors of antiTHESIS and postgraduates in the School of Culture and
Communication at the University of Melbourne.

To mark the creation of the new School of Culture and Communication,
which includes the areas of Cultural Studies, English Literary
Studies, Creative Writing, Cinema Studies, Art History, Theatre
Studies, and others, the symposium will bring together scholars across
disciplines for a day of debate and academic exchange.

Despite its negative representation in official histories, piracy presents a
site of contestation and alterity within an increasingly rationalised and
globalised modernity.  Piracy brings the concepts of ownership and territory
into question; digital piracy disrupts the opposition between work and play,
producer and consumer (Klline, 2003).  As such, piracy as concept and as
practice offers a way to re-think issues within and between disciplines.
Possible themes include, but are not limited to:

- piracy and new media
- piracy and the state
- cultural representation of pirates
- copyright and intellectual property
- plagiarism, literary appropriation and allusion
- musical piracy
- terrorism and piracy
- immigration, liminality and piracy
- maps, geography and exploration
- treasure and trade
- piracy, gender and sexuality
- transdisciplinarity and shifting disciplinary boundaries
- other related creative submissions

Please be aware that these are suggestions only – we welcome novel
interpretations of the theme.  Proposals of no more than 250 words are
sought for 20 minutes papers. Please send abstracts in the text of an
email to editor.antithesis at gmail.com. The deadline for submissions has
been extended to Friday, June 8th, 2007.

Submissions can include:

- an individual paper
- a jointly authored paper
- session proposals
- creative/media presentations

All submissions should include:

- a title
- a 250-word abstract or sample if a creative piece
- a list of three keywords relating to the proposal
- a brief biography
- details of audiovisual requirements

Presenters are encouraged to develop their papers for submission to
volume 18 of the fully-refereed antiTHESIS, Australia's
longest-running interdisciplinary postgraduate journal.

For further information, contact editor.antithesis at gmail.com.

"The only traditions of the Royal Navy are rum, sodomy and the lash"
-- Anthony Montague-Brown


-- 
Nathaniel Tkacz
PhD Candidate
School of Culture and Communication
University of Melbourne
Ph: 0438 759061