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| MAIN INFO |
Sex, Death, and Boredom is the annual academic conference sponsored by the Graduate English Association and the English Department, held in spring term 2010 on February 12th at the Fordham Lincoln Center campus in Manhattan.
This year’s one-day conference asks presenters to engage with the interconnections amongst sex, death, and boredom, and to challenge conventional definitions of each. Each hour-long panel will feature between three and four ten-minute presentations allowing twenty to thirty minutes of discussion. Our aim is to foster both the exchange and creation of knowledge throughout the conference. In addition to traditional academic papers, the committee welcomes creative literary work, performance art, and multimedia presentations that address the conference theme.
It is our pleasure and honor to welcome Simon Critchley as our keynote speaker. |
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| SUBMISSION INFO |
The Graduate English Association seeks submissions for our annual interdisciplinary conference Sex, Death, and Boredom on February 12, 2010. We ask presenters to engage the interconnections amongst sex, death, and boredom, and to challenge conventional definitions of each.
Due to the importance the committee places on the thorough interrogation of the topics and the exchange of ideas that can take place amongst scholars of different disciplines in such a venue, we have decided to devote a large portion of every session to discussion. Consequently, each panel will consist of three, possibly four short ten-minute presentations followed by a twenty or thirty minute discussion amongst panelists, conference attendees, and a moderator. It is our hope that these extended discussions will keep the sessions lively while also developing, challenging, and even altering the ideas relayed in the presentations. Our aim in structuring the sessions in such a way is to foster not only the exchange of knowledge but the very creation of knowledge throughout the conference.
In addition to traditional academic papers, the committee encourages creative literary work, performance art, and multi-media presentations that in some way address the topic.
Pre-formed panels will be accepted for review but are not necessary for submission. We are particularly interested in provocative work that will inspire discussion. Possible topics may include: |
- Pornography and Boredom
- Boredom and Death
- Necrophilia
- Cultural Constructions of Boredom
- Manifestations of Boredom in Certain Periods in History
- Chapbook Culture and Elicit Material
- Grave Robbing
- Catholic Universities and Sex
- Voyeurism, Participation, and Performance
- Power and Sado-Masochistic Practices
- Boredom and Technology in the 21st Century
- Auto-Erotic Asphyxiation
- The Movie Ghost
- Photographs of the Dead Seances
- Academia and Boredom
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The deadline for submissions is December 12, 2009. Please email 300-word abstracts of academic papers to sexdeathandboredom@gmail.com. Word documents only, please.
For creative work, please limit your submission to ten pages (or three to five poems). A description and/or images of the performance piece may be submitted electronically in a single Word document to the above address or by post to:
GEA Conference
Attn: William Fenton
English Department
Fordham University
Bronx, NY 10458
If you have questions about anything pertaining to the conference or your paper submission, contact fenton@fordham.edu. |
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| LOCATION INFO |
| Our conference will be held at the Fordham Lincoln Center Campus in Manhattan. Fordham University's Lincoln Center campus is located at the northwest corner of Columbus Avenue at 60th Street (113 West 60th Street, New York, NY 10023). Directions from various points will be posted on this site shortly. |
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