The 2nd *Derrida Today* – International Conference
To be held at: The British Academy, London – July 19 – 20, 2010
Hosted by: Kingston University (London) and Macquarie University (Sydney).
Keynote speakers include:
1) Geoffrey Bennington
2) Peggy Kamuf
3) Third Keynote to be confirmed
(Keep updated for further keynote and venue and registration information, by checking the Derrida Today Conference website at: www.derridatoday.org/ )
Due Date for Abstracts and Panel Proposals: 30th November 2009
CALL FOR PAPERS:
The Derrida Today Conference will focus on the ongoing value of Derrida’s work to the political-ethical, cultural, artistic and philosophical futures that confront us.
The conference will be broadly interdisciplinary and invites contributions from a range of academic and cultural contexts. We will accept papers and panel proposals on any aspect of Derrida’s work or
deconstruction in relation to various topics and contemporary issues, such as: philosophy and other theoretical/philosophical thinkers, literature, psychoanalysis, architecture and design, law, film and visual studies, haptic technologies, photography, art, music, dance, embodiment, feminism, race and whiteness studies, politics, ethics, sociology, cultural studies, queer theory, sexuality, education, science (physics, biology, medicine, chemistry), IT and multimedia, etc.
ABSTRACT DEADLINE AND INFORMATION:
Due Date for Abstracts and Panel Proposals: 30th November 2009
Individual Abstracts & Panel Proposals should be sent as an attachment to: derridatodayconference@gmail.com All enquiries to this email address as well.
Individual Participants: submit 200 word abstract for a 20 minute paper (with 10 minute discussion time), please include a bio, affiliation and contact details.
Panel Proposals: Panels will consist of 3 papers of 20 minutes delivery and 10 minutes discussion time each. Panel organizers should submit an overall panel proposal of 100 -200 words, plus individual abstracts of 200 words for each paper, along with bios and contact details of each member of the panel. The panel organiser should also supply their bio and contact details.
For further information about the conference go to the conference website at: http://www.derridatoday.org
For further information about the Derrida Today Journal go to: http://www.eup.ed.ac.uk/journals/content.aspx?pageId=1&journalId=12856
Participants will be invited to submit article length versions of their papers for consideration for publication in the Derrida Today journal.
Organising Committee:
* Martin McQuillan (Kingston University)
* Nicole Anderson (Macquarie University)
* Simon Morgan-Wortham (Kingston University)
* Nick Mansfield (Macquarie University)
* Stephen Barker (University of California, Irvine)
* Eleanor Byrne (Manchester Metropolitan University)