9.0029 Cultural Studies Conference (1/84)
Elaine Brennan (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Sun, 21 May 1995 14:55:05 EDT
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 9, No. 0029. Sunday, 21 May 1995.
Date: Tue, 16 May 1995 23:26:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Martin Irvine, Georgetown University" <M_IRVINE@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu>
Subject: Cultural Studies Conference, Georgetown
CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT:
Cultural Frictions:
Medieval Cultural Studies
in Post-Modern Contexts
A Local and World-Wide Interactive Conference at
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
*
October 27-28, 1995
Sponsored by:
* Georgetown University
(Medieval Studies Program and
Graduate Program in Communication, Culture, and Technology)
* George Washington University
(Program in Human Sciences)
* The Catholic University of America
* The University of Virginia
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Carolyn Dinshaw, UC-Berkeley
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE:
This conference will be devoted to the ways in which medieval
literary studies are being reconceived and redefined with the
models for social and cultural history developed in recent work
on cultural studies and post-modern theory.
Post-modern theory is also beginning to notice the impact of the
new networked hypermedia environment of the World Wide Web on
literary studies and the humanities, and the Web as a new context
for cultural studies will be both a topic for discussion as well
as the medium for transmitting this discussion worldwide during
the weekend of the conference.
THE WORLD-WIDE INTERACTIVE FORMAT:
ACTING LOCALLY, THINKING GLOBALLY
Papers presented at the conference will be published on the World
Wide Web through the Labyrinth about 5 days before the meeting at
Georgetown. Each paper will have a hyperlink to a comment form,
which will allow readers around the world to respond to the
papers and thus participate in the conference remotely. The
comment files will also allow comments, either by the authors of
the papers or by other virtual (or real) conference participants.
The last session of the conference will be devoted to reviewing
and discussing the accumulated global commentary on line, with a
live Internet connection and projection monitor. Conference
participants at Georgetown will also be given access to computer
labs with Net and Web software.
REGISTRATION AND LOCAL ACCOMODATIONS
The registration fee for the day-and-a-half conference will be
$25 for regular participants and $15 for students. Blocks of
hotel rooms will be reserved at the Georgetown University
Conference Center and at some local hotels for those wishing
overnight accomodations. For further information and registration
materials, send e-mail to:
Martin Irvine(irvinemj@gusun.georgetown.edu),
or surface mail to:
Professor Martin Irvine
Cultural Frictions Conference
Department of English
305 New North Building
Georgetown University
Washington, DC 20057
Phone: (202) 687-7533
CONFERENCE WEB SITE
For further information and Web resources in cultural studies,
visit the Conference Web Site, which will be under development
through October '95:
http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/conf/cs95/