The Global and the Local in Postmillennial Europe (9th SELICUP Conference)

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Deadlines:
Abstract submission deadline: 20 May 2021
Notification of acceptance: 30 June 2021
Early bird registration: 1 July – 31 August 2021
Standard registration: 1 – 30 September 2021

Call for Papers (updated 25 Mar 2021)
ABSTRACT TEMPLATE

Programme of the conference available here (updated with links to conference rooms)
Conference booklet available here

CALL FOR PAPERS
Scholarly debates increasingly revolve around the influence of global economic processes on cultural production. As Jeffrey Nealon (2012) argues, contemporary concerns with the ‘structuring mutations in the relations among cultural production and economic production’ have gained prominence as a reaction to intensified neoliberalism and globalization. Nealon has noted how capitalism has lately increased its control over social and cultural mechanisms—an increase he relates to the ‘intensification of the existing biopolitical sources’. The relationships between globalization, cultural production and identity construction are further complicated by the myriad processes that have fundamentally reconfigured the economic, political, social and cultural spheres. Representing both the ‘tendency towards homogeneity, synchronization, integration, unity and universalism’ and the ‘propensity for localization, heterogeneity, differentiation, diversity and particularism’ (Bornman, 2003), globalization seems to give rise to structural tension in postmillennial societies.

This tension is particularly apparent in the interactions between globalization and identity discourses. Since the former has affected all traditional processes of identity construction, there are many in postmillennial societies that are experiencing identity struggles, in a complex process that may include self-construction (Bauman, 2001; Bornman, 2003), the creolization of identities (Bourriaud, 2009), the rise of hyperindividualism (Lipovetsky, 2005) and pseudoautism (Kirby, 2009), the collapse of the sense of community (Bauman, 2001) and the rise of surrogate communities—interest groups, professional groups, virtual groups (Bornman, 2003); the appearance of new identities—not only a cosmopolitan identity marked by a sense of disembeddedness but also a global identity that implies ‘global self-reflection’ and ‘identification with the total of humankind’ (Bornman, 2003).
On the other hand, the pressure of globalization has also revitalized ethnic, regional, and communal identities and encouraged the emergence of ‘glocalization’ (Robertson, 1995), which includes the ‘innovative hybrid practices that local cultures have invented to assert their identity’ (Tartaglia and Rossi, 2015). This has also provoked an increase in regionalism rooted in local identity; i.e. an identity which ‘harbours emotional and symbolic meanings that people ascribe to a sense of self and the attachment to place’ (Tartaglia and Rossi, 2015). The complex tension emanating from opposing forces like globalization and glocalization, global and local identities, the creolization of culture and the preservation of ethnic and regional cultural specifics lies at the centre of current phenomena affecting languages and cultures around the world—becoming especially visible in the sphere of literature and the media.

Since mass production, consumption and communication have all produced a world in which it is increasingly difficult to identify a cultural centre, the previously dominant postmodernist and postcolonial theories no longer have the capacity to effectively address the changing character of the globalized world, as several scholars have noted (O’Brien and Szeman, 2001; Lipovetsky, 2005; Bourriaud, 2009; Kirby, 2009; Vermeulen and van den Akker, 2010; Nealon, 2012). An effective examination of the influence of globalization on literary, cultural and media production and its effects on contemporary identity struggles calls for the employment of novel research strategies.
In light of the above, this conference will foster the analysis of contemporary cultural productions. It will do so by providing an interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of the intersections between theoretical approaches to globalization, identity and those recent formulations attempting to define a new cultural paradigm.

The conference will prioritize (but will not be necessarily limited to) the following thematic strands:

• The influence of globalization and the evidence of identity struggles across languages and cultures
• Local vs global spaces in contemporary literature and media
• The role of the so-called ‘transnational novel of globalization’ in contemporary literature
• A new cultural paradigm? Theoretical approaches and case studies
• Gender challenges in postmillennial societies
• Sustainability and ecocriticism: new perspectives from the humanities and social sciences
• The emergence of new fields of sociocultural inquiry: city and urban studies, cultural mapping, food studies, neuro-literary studies…

The Organizing and Scientific Committee will also be happy to consider individual paper or whole panel proposals addressing the conference’s main topic from perspectives other than those specified in the above-mentioned thematic strands.

A selection of papers will be considered for publication in OCEANIDE (SCOPUS-indexed journal of SELICUP, ISSN 1989–6328) and the SKASE Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies (ISSN 2644–5506).

Conference Rooms

SELICUP Online conference room 1 (21.10.2021 08:00 – 18:00 22.10.2021 08:00 – 18:00)

SELICUP Online conference room 2 (21.10.2021 10:00 – 18:00 22.10.2021 10:00 – 18:00)

SELICUP Online conference room 3 (21.10.2021 10:00 – 18:00 22.10.2021 10:00 – 18:00)

You can also find the links in the Programme of the conference.

Committee

Principal Conference Organizer:

Dr Soňa Šnircová (P. J. Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia)

Organizing Committee:

Dr Zuzana Buráková (P. J. Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia)
Dr Petra Filipová (P. J. Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia)
Dr Martina Martausová (P. J. Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia)
Dr Silvia Rosivalová Baučeková (P. J. Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia)
Dr Július Rozenfeld (P. J. Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia)
Dr Adriana Saboviková (P. J. Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia)
Dr Karin Sabolíková (P. J. Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia)
Dr Soňa Šnircová (P. J. Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia)
Dr Slávka Tomaščíková (P. J. Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia)

Scientific Committee:

Dr Patricia Bastida-Rodríguez (University of the Balearic Islands, Spain)
Dr Šárka Bubíková (University of Pardubice, Czech Republic)
Prof Isabel Carrera Suárez (University of Oviedo, Spain)
Prof Sabine Coelsch-Foisner (University of Salzburg, Austria)
Prof María José Coperías-Aguilar (University of Valencia, Spain)
Dr Reghina Dascal (West University in Timisoara, Romania)
Prof Angela Fabris (University of Klagenfurt, Austria)
Prof Ákos Farkas (Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary)
Prof Milada Franková (Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic)
Dr Eduardo de Gregorio-Godeo (University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain)
Prof Jane Ekstam (Østfold University College, Norway)
Dr Mihai Iacob (University of Bucharest, Romania)
Dr Dragos Ivana (University of Bucharest, Romania)
Dr Rubén Jarazo-Álvarez (University of the Balearic Islands, Spain)
Dr Milena Kaličanin (University of Niš, Serbia)
Dr Janka Kaščáková (Catholic University in Ružomberok, Slovakia)
Prof Wieslaw Krajka (Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin, Poland)
Prof Vesna Lopičić (University of Niš, Serbia)
Prof María Jesús Lorenzo-Modia (University of A Coruña, Spain)
Dr Maria Losada Friend (University of Pablo de Olavide in Sevilla, Spain)
Dr Natalia Magnes (Saint Petersburg State University, Russian Federation)
Dr Sara Martín-Alegre (Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain)
Prof Belén Martín-Lucas (University of Vigo, Spain)
Prof Anne-Marie Motard (Paul Valéry University of Montpellier, France)
Dr Armela Panajoti (University of Vlora ‘Ismail Qemali’, Albania)
Prof Dana Percec (West University in Timisoara, Romania)
Dr José Igor Prieto-Arranz (University of the Balearic Islands, Spain)
Prof Paul Julian Smith (Graduate Center, City University of New York, USA)
Dr Alcina Sousa (University of Madeira, Portugal)
Dr Julia Szoltysek (University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland)
Dr Bledar Toska (University of Vlora ‘Ismail Qemali’, Albania)
Dr Elke Weismann (Edge Hill University, UK)
Prof Nadia Yesypenko (Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine)

Plenary speakers

Dr. Roberta Piazza, University of Sussex, UK

Roberta Piazza is Reader/Associate Professor in English Language & Linguistics at the University of Sussex, UK. Her research interests range from critical discourse analysis of the media (The Discourse of Italian Cinema and Beyond, Telecinematic Discourse co-edited with M. Bednarek and F. Rossi; Values and Choices in Television Discourse co-edited with L. Haarman and A. Caborn) to sociolinguistic studies of personal and social identity (Marked Identities co-edited with A. Fasulo). Recently she has been working with vulnerable and mobile groups, such as Irish Travellers and the Homeless. Her work has appeared in a number of international journals; her most recent work is the edited book Discourses of identity in liminal places and spaces 2019 for Routledge and her monograph The discursive construction of identity and space among mobile people (2021) is published Bloomsbury.

Prof. Dr. Raoul Eshelman, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany

Raoul Eshelman is Professor of Slavic Literature at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. He received his B.A. from Rutgers University (USA) before studying in Konstanz, where he received his M.A. and PhD. in Slavic Literature. He has been teaching at the Slavic Department at the LMU since 2009. His scholarly interests focus on philosophy after poststructuralism, film studies, postmodernism, and post-postmodernism (performatism).

Abstracts

The book of abstracts for the SELICUP 2021 conference can be downloaded here.
Conference booklet available here

Programme

Programme of the conference available here (updated with links to conference rooms)
Conference booklet available here

Deadlines

Deadlines:
Abstract submission deadline: 20 May 2021
Notification of acceptance: 30 June 2021
Early bird registration: 1 July – 31 August 2021
Standard registration: 1 – 30 September 2021

Call for Papers (updated 25 Mar 2021)
ABSTRACT TEMPLATE
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Submissions

Panel and Abstract submission

We invite proposals for twenty-minute papers. Panel proposals are also welcome. Submissions will be subjected to double-blind peer review. Abstracts (250–300 words) clearly defining the topic and the aims pursued in the paper should be submitted by e-mail as WORD attachments to:
Dr. Soňa Šnircová (selicup2021@gmail.com) by 20 May 2021.
ABSTRACT TEMPLATE

A selection of papers will be considered for publication in OCEANIDE (SCOPUS-indexed journal of SELICUP, ISSN 1989–6328) and the SKASE Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies (ISSN 2644–5506).

Registration

Registration fees

Early bird registration (until 31 August 2021)

1. SELICUP members presenting a paper: €30
2. SELICUP members (attendance only): Free
3. Non-SELICUP members presenting a paper: €50
4. Non-SELICUP members (attendance only, excluding categories 5 and 6 below): €30
5. PhD candidates presenting a paper: €30
6. University students and unemployed persons (attendance only): Free

Standard registration (from 1 to 30 September 2021)

1. SELICUP members presenting a paper: €50
2. SELICUP members (attendance only): Free
3. Non-SELICUP members presenting a paper: €80
4. Non-SELICUP members (attendance only, excluding categories 5 and 6 below): €80
5. PhD candidates presenting a paper: €60
6. University students and unemployed persons (attendance only): Free

*Delegates in categories 5 and 6 should provide evidence of their special status when registering (by attaching e.g. scanned copies of their university registration forms or documents/documentation certifying jobseeker status).

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Payment method

Payment by bank transfer to the conference bank account:

Any fees charged by remitting banks are to be paid by the conference participants. It is the responsibility of the sender to ensure that the conference receives the full amount.

Bank details for transfers:

Beneficiary's name: Slovenská asociácia pre štúdium angličtiny (SKASE – The Slovak Association for the Study of English)
Beneficiary's address: Petzvalova 4, 04011 Košice, Slovakia
Bank name: Všeobecná úverová banka, a. s., Slovensko
Bank address: Hlavná 61, 080 01 Prešov, Slovensko

Account number:

IBAN: SK92 0200 0000 0017 9775 5551
SWIFT/BIC CODE: SUBASKBX

Please ensure that your transfer is identifiable by including the message “SELICUP KOSICE 2021” and your name, e.g. “SELICUP KOSICE 2021 James Jameson.”

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Reception of payment will be confirmed by e-mail. Printed invoices will be issued and sent by e-mail upon request made by e-mail to selicup2021@gmail.com.

Cancellation

The registration fee will be refunded for cancellations made before the deadline (September 30, 2021). No registration fee refunds will be made for cancellations after that date. Cancellations with refund requests should be made by e-mail to selicup2021@gmail.com (bank charges to be borne by participant).

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Conference proceedings

A selection of papers will be considered for publication in OCEANIDE (SCOPUS-indexed journal of SELICUP, ISSN 1989–6328) and the SKASE Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies (ISSN 2644–5506).

Call for Papers – SKASE Journals

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