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>Apologies for cross-posting
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>EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS
>UNTIL 15 OCTOBER 2003 - REMINDER
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>FIRST INTERNATIONAL TZVETAN TODOROV CONFERENCE IN
>HONOUR OF HIS 65TH BIRTHDAY
>
>‘Tzvetan Todorov and the Future of the Human Sciences’
>
>2427 June 2004
>
>Bakhtin Centre, University of Sheffield, UK
>
>Tzvetan Todorov, who has gradually emerged as a leading
>intellectual figure in Europe, has consistently refused enclosure in
>established disciplines, and has approached human experience
>from a
>variety of angles. The clarity of his style and accessibility of his
>thought enhance the unifying perspective he has adopted within the
>human sciences. A growing trend in the humanities today consists,
>precisely, in questioning the boundaries erected between the various
>disciplines of the human sciences and in addressing the need for
>research in the humanities to develop in new directions. It is our
>belief that critical theory should provide the platform for this
>debate rather than remaining at a ‘theoretical second remove’ and
>commenting only after the fact. It therefore appears imperative to
>create a forum for discussion of the works and thought of Tzvetan
>Todorov in a manner that would bridge the divides between academic
>disciplines, considering that Todorov is an outstanding exemplar of
>what has been achieved in overcoming disciplinary boundaries, and
>of the potential that still remains for doing so.
>
>The conference proposes to assess the position and contribution of
>Tzvetan Todorov’s thought to the human sciences and to evaluate
>the potential of his concept of ‘critical humanism’ as an alternative to
>theory. Therefore, the conference seeks to bring together scholars
>from various disciplines who engage with Todorov’s work and to
>foster cross-disciplinary thought in the humanities (critical theory,
>literature, history, philosophy, philosophical anthropology,
>semiotics…) with a view to publishing at least one thematically
>focused volume of articles.
>
>TZVETAN TODOROV will give a public lecture in the French
>Embassy Lecture Series on 26 June 2004 and will participate in a
>roundtable with the conference participants on 27 June.
>
>Keynote speakers include:
>Stoyan ATANASSOV (University of Sofia) on ‘Todorov or the
>Dialogical Self at the Crossroads of Cultures’;
>Frances FERGUSON (Johns Hopkins University) on ‘Tzvetan
>Todorov on Narratives and Societies’;
>Eugene GOODHEART (Brandeis University) on ‘Todorov, Berlin,
>Kolakowski and Me’;
>Robert ZARETSKY (University of Houston) on ‘Uncommon
>Histories: An Evening with Jean-Jacques Rousseau at the Drury
>Lane Theatre’.
>
>Papers addressing one or more of the following areas will be
>especially welcome:
>-cross-disciplinarity as the future of the human sciences
>-critical humanism: new form of humanism or well-tempered
>liberal humanism?
>-literature as privileged medium for understanding human
>experience
>-ethicalapproaches to history
>-‘exemplary narrative’ as an original contribution to critical
>theory
>-Todorov’s contribution to holocaust studies
>-Todorov as European intellectual
>-historical and/or contemporary sources of or influences on
>Todorov’s thought (for ex. Rousseau, Constant, Bakhtin,
>Ferry, …)
>-crossing cultures: translating Todorov, Todorov in
>translation, etc.
>
>Papers addressing other issues related to the general aims of the
>conference and proposals for panels (see guidelines below) are
>encouraged.
>
>Papers will be organised in panels of 3 lasting 90 minutes. Each
>paper
>should last 2025 minutes (maximum) in order to leave adequate
>time
>for discussion. Advance posting of abstracts, or even full papers, on
>the conference websiteis envisaged.
>
>Publication:
>A selection of the papers presented will be considered for
>publication in a special issue of The Canadian Review of
>Comparative Literature.
>
>Abstracts: Please send 300-word abstracts by e-mail attachment
>in RTF or Word format to k.zbinden@sheffield.ac.uk by 15 October
>2003.
>
>Proposals for panels should include title of panel, names and
>institutional affiliations of chair and three panellists with
>abstracts and name of discussant if appropriate.
>
>Please consult the conference website for updated information at
>http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/academic/A-C/bakh/homeconf.html and
>address
>any query to the conference organisers (Karine Zbinden and David
>Shepherd): by e-mail (mailto:k.zbinden@sheffield.ac.uk or
>mailto:d.g.shepherd@sheffield.ac.uk) or by post to:
>
>Tzvetan Todorov Conference
>Bakhtin Centre
>Arts Tower, fl. 8
>University of Sheffield
>Sheffield S10 2TN, UK.
>
>Please pass on this information to anybody you know who may
>be interested.
>
>
>
>**********************
>Dr Karine Zbinden
>SNF Research Fellow
>Bakhtin Centre
>Arts Tower, floor 8
>Western Bank
>University of Sheffield
>SHEFFIELD S10 2TN, G.B.
>ph. 0044 (0)114 222 7412
>fax ph. 0044 (0)114 222 7416
>http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/academic/A-C/bakh/zbinden.html
>http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/academic/A-C/bakh/todorov.html
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>
>Bakhtin Centre
>Floor 8, Arts Tower
>University of Sheffield
>Sheffield S10 2TN, England
>Tel.: +44 (0)114 222 7415
>Tel.: +44 (0)114 222 7400
>E-mail: Bakhtin.Centre@Sheffield.ac.uk
>URL: http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/academic/A-C/bakh/bakhtin.html
>
>Director: Professor David Shepherd
>Lecturer: Dr Craig Brandist
>SNF Research Fellow: Dr Karine Zbinden
>Honorary Research Fellows: Dr Colin Gardner, Mr Jonathan Hall
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