International Interdisciplinary Conference
Published: Wed 23rd September
CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR THE STUDY OF CULTURAL IDENTITY,UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND AMERICAN STUDIES,
ST. CYRIL AND ST. METHODIUS UNIVERSITY OF VELIKO TARNOVO, BULGARIA
The conference aims at exploring comparisons, interactions and contestations within and across cultures by bringing together scholarship in literary and cultural studies, linguistics, translation studies, history, sociology, geography, film, media, political science and other related areas of the humanities and social sciences. Topics include (but are not limited to) basis and mechanisms of intercultural comparison, intercultural comparison and/in cultural identity construction, intercultural comparison and language politics, cross-cultural interactions and their theorization, interactions and/in intercultural encounters, interactions and/in/through cultural exchange, cross-cultural interactions in/and architecture and town planning, cross-cultural interactions in/and culinary and sartorial practices and customs, contestation and/in socio-cultural practices, contestations of “tradition” and their representations in literature, the visual arts and the media.
While the conference is targeted at scholars working in the broad area of English, it is also hoped that it will attract colleagues in Irish and Celtic studies. Comparisons and interactions between Irish culture and Eastern/Central European cultures will be of particular interest as well as parallels between Celtic and Eastern/Central European languages and literatures.
The conference will start in Bucharest, the capital and key cultural centre of Romania, will include a visit to Ruse, Bulgaria, the birthplace of Nobel prize laureate Elias Canetti, and will conclude in Veliko Tarnovo, “the ancient capital of Bulgaria, famous for its old university and monasteries, its storks and its frescoes, its castle and its ancient Arabesque merchants' houses” (Malcolm Bradbury).
Abstracts (ca 500 words) and short bios (ca 7-8 lines) are due by 1 February 2010. Please e-mail to both Mihaela Irimia, mirimia2003@yahoo.com, and Ludmilla Kostova, lkostova@mbox.digsys.bg.
Degree Courses
A number of degree courses related to the study of wider Europe are available at NUI Maynooth, including:
