Edward Said's Legacy
October 31- November 2, 2008
University of Ottawa
Carleton University
Call for papers
This bilingual English/French colloquium celebrates the works of one
of the world's most compelling intellectuals, the Palestinian-American
thinker Edward Said (November 1st 1935- September 23rd 2003), author
of Orientalism, Culture and Imperialism, and Out of Place among other
famous books. The colloquium revolves around the theme of
"Counterpoint," extensively used by Said as the interplay of diverse
ideas and various "discrepant" cultural experiences.
As Said writes in Culture and Imperialism: "As we look back at the
cultural archive, we begin to reread it not univocally but
contrapuntally, with a simultaneous awareness both of the metropolitan
history that is narrated and of those other histories against which
(and together with which) the dominating discourse acts." Following
Said's legacy this colloquium envisions a polyphonic,
interdisciplinary engagement from fields as broad as comparative
literature, sociology, anthropology,
history, postcolonial studies, Diaspora studies, musicology, and
political science with a special focus on Middle Eastern politics.
The organizers seek papers/ panel proposals drawing from or expanding
on the following themes:
st 1935- September 23rd 2003), author of Orientalism, Culture and
Imperialism, and Out of Place among other famous books. The colloquium
revolves around the theme of "Counterpoint," extensively used by Said
as the interplay of diverse ideas and various "discrepant" cultural
experiences.
As Said writes in Culture and Imperialism: "As we look back at the
cultural archive, we begin to reread it not univocally but
contrapuntally, with a simultaneous awareness both of the metropolitan
history that is narrated and of those other histories against which
(and together with which) the dominating discourse acts." Following
Said's legacy this colloquium envisions a polyphonic,
interdisciplinary engagement from fields as broad as comparative
literature, sociology, anthropology,
history, postcolonial studies, Diaspora studies, musicology, and
political science with a special focus on Middle Eastern politics.
The organizers seek papers/ panel proposals drawing from or expanding
on the following themes:
Culture and Imperialism: "As we look back at the cultural archive, we
begin to reread it not univocally but contrapuntally, with a
simultaneous awareness both of the metropolitan history that is
narrated and of those other histories against which (and together with
which) the dominating discourse acts." Following Said's legacy this
colloquium envisions a polyphonic, interdisciplinary engagement from
fields as broad as comparative literature, sociology, anthropology,
history, postcolonial studies, Diaspora studies, musicology, and
political science with a special focus on Middle Eastern politics.
The organizers seek papers/ panel proposals drawing from or expanding
on the following themes:
• Colonialism and Imperialism: A Middle Eastern Context
Colonialism and Imperialism: A Middle Eastern Context
• Transnationalism and Reflections on Exile
Transnationalism and Reflections on Exile
• Overlapping Territories and Imaginative Geographies
Overlapping Territories and Imaginative Geographies
• Language, History and the Production of Knowledge
Language, History and the Production of Knowledge
• The Arab World: States, Territories and Refugees.
The Arab World: States, Territories and Refugees.
• Gender, Class and Orientalism
Gender, Class and Orientalism
• Criticism and French Philosophy
Criticism and French Philosophy
• Otherness in the Arts
Otherness in the Arts
• Representations of the Secular
Representations of the Secular
• Power, Politics and Truth
Please send a 200 word abstract of paper/panel proposals to
Power, Politics and Truth
Please send a 200 word abstract of paper/panel proposals to
counterpoints.conference@gmail.com
Deadline for paper/panel submission: July 15th, 2008
July 15th, 2008
For more information please contact: may.telmissany@uottawa.ca Or
may.telmissany@uottawa.ca Or
nahla_abdo@carleton.ca
Organizing committee:
Dr. May Telmissany. Assistant Professor, Arabic Studies
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, University of Ottawa
Dr. Nahla Abdo. Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology,
Carleton University.
. Assistant Professor, Arabic Studies
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, University of Ottawa
Dr. Nahla Abdo. Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology,
Carleton University.
Nahla Abdo. Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology,
Carleton University.
Stephanie Tara Schwartz
Department of Religious Studies, University of Ottawa
Darryl Leroux
Department of Sociology, Carleton University
Erica See
Department of Law, University of Ottawa
