[csaa-forum] CFP forthcoming conferences

[John Gunders]

I am hoping these CFP may be of interest to some of your Cultural Studies Association members: is it possible to circulate the details?  I’ve pasted in the content below, and also included it in attachment form.

Information on our ‘community of interest’, The Sacred in Religion and the Arts (SLA), is available on the  SLA website:http://www.acu.edu.au/about_acu/faculties,_institutes_and_centres/arts_and_sciences/research/sla

Best wishes
Elaine

Dr Elaine Lindsay
Research Development Coordinator | Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Australian Catholic University
North Sydney Campus (Mackillop)
Level 4, 23 Berry Street, North Sydney, NSW 2060
PO Box 968, North Sydney, NSW 2059
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The David Malouf Symposium
Call for papers

A one-day symposium on David Malouf, his writing and its reception, will be held at Australian Catholic University, 40 Edward Street, North Sydney NSW 2060 on Friday, 31 May 2013.

250 word abstracts are invited and should be forwarded to Dr Elaine Lindsay at MaloufSymposium at acu.edu.au<mailto:MaloufSymposium at acu.edu.au> by 15 February 2013, using the subject header ‘Malouf abstract’.  Submissions should include the author’s name, affiliation, email address, title of abstract, body of abstract, and a short biography.  Acceptances will be advised by 15 March 2013.

Papers that place David Malouf’s life and work in an international context, or address broad themes in his writing, his choice of genres, his relationship with the visual arts, music and theatre, or his influence on contemporary writers are particularly welcome.

The symposium is presented in conjunction with the Association for the Study of Australian Literature; contributors to the Symposium may be invited to expand their 20 minute papers to 4,500 -6,000 word essays for publication in the peer-reviewed Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature (http://www.nla.gov.au/openpublish/index.php/jasal) in an issue marking David Malouf’s 80th birthday in 2014.

Further details, including Symposium registration, will be posted on http://www.acu.edu.au/485552. Inquiries can be directed to the convenors,Michael.griffith at acu.edu.au<mailto:Michael.griffith at acu.edu.au> or Elaine.lindsay at acu.edu.au<mailto:Elaine.lindsay at acu.edu.au>.


Addressing the Sacred through Literature and the Arts
Friday 2 August – Saturday 3 August 2013
Australian Catholic University, 25A Barker Road, Strathfield NSW 2135

‘Addressing the Sacred’ is the second in a continuing series of conferences presented by The Sacred in Literature and the Arts (SLA), a community of interest that aims to bring Australian and international writers, artists, musicians, academics, religious and members of the general public together to talk about the interplay between the arts and the sacred.

Call for Papers and Presentations

Definitions of the sacred extend from the narrow to the broad, from referring exclusively to a deity or religious ceremony to describing that mystery which is at the core of existence and has the power to transform our understanding of life.  It is both a technical term used in the scholarly study of religion and a popular term used to describe something which is worthy of respect.

As artists we can explore our own sense of the sacred through our artwork.  As audiences we can seek traces of the sacred in works of art.  Through the act of interpretation we become co-creators, though what we perceive as the sacred may be far from that which inspired the original artist.

This conference seeks to address both the acts of creation and co-creation, to encourage a dialogue between artists, scholars and audiences in a mutual exploration of the sacred.  At its heart is the idea that the sacred enables us to move beyond a utilitarian understanding of the world and infuses our everyday life with mystery.

Abstracts of 250 words are invited for 20-minute papers and presentations that address the conference theme; they may be from artists talking about their work in relation to their concept of the sacred, researchers presenting new insights into the sacred dimension of  pre-existing works, or interpreters bringing to light new understandings of the presence of the sacred.   Abstracts should be should be sent to Elaine Lindsay atSLAConference at acu.edu.au<mailto:SLAConference at acu.edu.au> by 8 March 2013, using the subject header ‘SLA 2013 abstract’.  Submissions should include the author’s name, affiliation, email address, title of abstract, body of abstract, and a short biography.  Acceptances will be advised by 12 April 2013.

It is intended that a publication will result; contributors to the conference may be invited to develop their papers into extended essays for a themed volume.

Further details of the conference, including conference registration, will be posted on: http://www.acu.edu.au/485556.  Inquiries can also be directed to the convenors, Associate Professor Michael Griffith (Michael.griffith at acu.edu.au<mailto:Michael.griffith at acu.edu.au>) and Dr Elaine Lindsay (Elaine.lindsay at acu.edu.au<mailto:Elaine.lindsay at acu.edu.au>), Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Australian Catholic University.


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