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UCR (dis)junctions 2012: Narratives Mediated<br>
April 13-14, 2012<br>
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Leo Braudy, University of Southern California</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
The deadline for abstract submissions has been extended to Friday, February 24th, at 5:00pm. Details about the CFP and a list of tentative panels/topics are below. Please visit
<a href="http://disjunctions2012.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">http://disjunctions2012.wordpress.com/</a> for more information. If you are interested, please email a 250-300 word description of your project to
<a href="mailto:disjunctions2012@gmail.com" target="_blank">disjunctions2012@gmail.com</a> by the 5pm on Friday of this week.<br>
<br>
Call for Papers:<br>
For (dis)junctions 2012, we are seeking papers that explore the construction and definition of “narrative” in all its mediated and mediating forms. The word narrative is typically associated with storytelling and plot, but for this year’s conference we want
to understand “narrative” as any instance of producing meaning or “truth.” In this regard, a piece of literary criticism, while often explicating a literary narrative, is a type of narrative in itself. Further, in an attempt to be at once inclusive and provocative,
we want to think about the way disciplines across the academy each work to construct particular narratives. History, for instance, seeks to understand the past through contending narratives; the Sciences constantly revises dominant narratives of the physical
world; and even music, while not verbal, still has a trace of narrative in its composition, framed by a beginning and end. To what extent do narratives (in a broad sense of the term) reflect, challenge, or create a sense of both oneself and one’s world? Does
the medium act as a link between the reader/viewer/listener and the “real,” or does the medium come to define the real? How do different academic discourses mediate and create new ontological narratives?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In keeping with previous years, (dis)junctions 2012 welcomes papers from all disciplines inside and outside of the Humanities. Participants may submit to a specific panel or in response to the general call for papers. Traditional genre and period-related
papers, as well as creative writing, spoken word, dance pieces, and installation artwork are highly encouraged. Please look for additional panel-specific Calls For Papers in the weeks to come. Abstracts (250-300 words) may be emailed to
<a href="mailto:disjunctions2012@gmail.com" target="_blank">disjunctions2012@gmail.com</a> by Friday, February 24th, at 5:00pm.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Please note any A/V equipment you may require. We can obtain VCRs, DVDs, and projectors for laptops. Less standard equipment is possible (although not guaranteed) upon request.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Possible panels/topics include, but are not limited to:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="http://disjunctions2012.wordpress.com/panels/adaptation_competition_future" target="_blank">Adaptation, Competition, and the Future of the Novel</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<a href="http://disjunctions2012.wordpress.com/panels/air_culture" target="_blank">Air Culture</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<a href="http://disjunctions2012.wordpress.com/panels/american_realist_narratives" target="_blank">American Realist Narratives and the Advent of the Twentieth Century</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<a href="http://disjunctions2012.wordpress.com/panels/cinematic_narratives" target="_blank">Cinematic Narratives</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<a href="http://disjunctions2012.wordpress.com/panels/classroom_narratives" target="_blank">Classroom Narratives: A Roundtable on Pedagogical Theory and Practice</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<a href="http://disjunctions2012.wordpress.com/panels/constructing_race_empire" target="_blank">Constructing Race and Empire in British Literature</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<a href="http://disjunctions2012.wordpress.com/panels/detective_fiction" target="_blank">Detective Fiction</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<a href="http://disjunctions2012.wordpress.com/panels/economic_inequality" target="_blank">Economic Inequality</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<a href="http://disjunctions2012.wordpress.com/panels/feminist_approaches" target="_blank">Feminist Approaches to Narrative</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<a href="http://disjunctions2012.wordpress.com/panels/futures_passed" target="_blank">Futures Passed</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<a href="http://disjunctions2012.wordpress.com/panels/gothic_narratives" target="_blank">Gothic Narratives</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<a href="http://disjunctions2012.wordpress.com/panels/language_translation" target="_blank">Language Translation</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<a href="http://disjunctions2012.wordpress.com/panels/medical_narratives" target="_blank">Medical Narratives</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<a href="http://disjunctions2012.wordpress.com/panels/medieval_early_modern" target="_blank">Medieval and Early Modern Mediation: Composition and Materiality</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<a href="http://disjunctions2012.wordpress.com/panels/narrating_victorians" target="_blank">Narrating Victorians</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<a href="http://disjunctions2012.wordpress.com/panels/19c_popular_culture" target="_blank">Nineteenth-Century Popular Culture</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<a href="http://disjunctions2012.wordpress.com/panels/new_media" target="_blank">New Media</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<a href="http://disjunctions2012.wordpress.com/panels/prosthetics" target="_blank">Prosthetics</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<a href="http://disjunctions2012.wordpress.com/panels/queerness_coming_out" target="_blank">Queerness and the “Coming Out” Narrative</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<a href="http://disjunctions2012.wordpress.com/panels/race_identity" target="_blank">Race and Identity in American Fiction</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<a href="http://disjunctions2012.wordpress.com/panels/science_literature" target="_blank">Science and Literature</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<a href="http://disjunctions2012.wordpress.com/panels/speculative_fiction" target="_blank">Speculative Fiction</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<a href="http://disjunctions2012.wordpress.com/panels/spiritualism_mediumship" target="_blank">Spiritualism and Mediumship in 19th- and 20th-Century Literature</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<a href="http://disjunctions2012.wordpress.com/panels/steampunk" target="_blank">Steampunk</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<a href="http://disjunctions2012.wordpress.com/panels/wars_mediate%28d%29" target="_blank">“Wars Mediate(d)</a><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br>
Thank you in advance for forwarding this message!<br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
Anne Sullivan<br>
Public Relations Committee</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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