[csaa-forum] Texts and their Limits: Australia's Triennial Literary Studies Convention July 20-24, 2021

[Tom Clark]

TEXTS AND THEIR LIMITS: AUSTRALIA’S TRIENNIAL LITERARY STUDIES CONVENTION
JULY 20-24, 2021     
             
*1st Call for Proposals*

What is the nature of text – and how do we define where it begins and where
it ends? How might such definitions influence the ways in which we read and
accord significance to different kinds of textual production? And at a time
of political, social and environmental crises, what roles have texts played
in the deep cultural divisions we see around us, and what are the
possibilities for texts to heal division, discrimination and despair? Are
there limits to the social benefits that texts can provide in troubling
times?  

We seek proposals for papers which address these questions across a broad
range of textual disciplines and practices from literary, historical, and
cultural studies as well as languages, linguistics, and semiotics. This
expressly includes exegetical work within creative arts fields of study.
Some possible sub-themes which might be included under Texts and their
Limits are: 
• Limits around the texts that scholars deem worthy topics for Literary
studies. 
• The physical and psychodynamic limitations of texts and of the media that
carry them. 
• Spatial, diachronic, and cultural limits on the distribution and
comprehension of texts. 
• Ethical and legal limits around the production, reception, and exchange of
texts. 
• Limits to what is accepted practice in Literary Studies and related
fields. 
• Limits that bear on the teaching and learning of textual studies.  
• Texts negotiating the limits to what is sayable, how, and to what ends. 
• ...And so much more. 
 
In 2021, the Literary Studies Convention will be a fully digital event.
Organisers are still developing the format and platform details. In this 1st
CfP, we seek proposals for: 
• Individual presentations (15 minute presentations) — please include all
presenter names and affiliations, proposed title, and an abstract of up to
200 words.  
• Interactive panels or workshops (60 or 90 minute timeslots) — please
include all presenter and chair/facilitator names and affiliations, proposed
title of the session, and an abstract of up to 600 words. This abstract
should include a clear view of the session’s proposed interactive
activities. 
 
Please submit your proposals to mailto:litstudiesproposals at gmail.com by
Wednesday 27 January, 2021.