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Individuals and Ideologies, Chimères 2019 Conference (Univ. of Kansas)

Individuals and Ideologies, Chimères 2019 Conference (Univ. of Kansas)

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Individuals and Ideologies

Call for Papers, Chimères 2019 Conference

University of Kansas, April 13, 2019

The Department of French, Francophone & Italian Studies of the University of Kansas invites researchers to submit proposals for its spring conference to be held April 13, 2019 in conjunction with Chimères, a peer-reviewed Journal of French & Francophone Literatures and Cultures. Chimères is a graduate-run journal that is MLA-listed and has been in publication since 1967. Our entire archive is digitized; the latest issue (which can be viewed online here: https://journals.ku.edu/chimeres) has had over 40,000 individual downloads for the year to date. Selected papers will be considered for publication in the winter 2019 edition of the journal.

Our spring conference will explore notions of individuals and ideologies in terms of literary, cultural, cinematic, and historical identities and expressions as found in French and Francophone works.

Our keynote speaker will be science-fiction specialist Professor Nicholas Serruys of McMaster University.

Possible topics could include, but are not limited to:​

  • Spirituality  
  • Self & Society 
  • Moral & Political Ideals 
  • Totalitarianism 
  • Fascism 
  • Neo-Liberalism 
  • Humanism & Post-Humanism 
  • Censure & Censorship 
  • Utopias & Dystopias 
  • Colonialism & Post-Colonialism 
  • Identity & Alterity  
  • Traumas & Traumatisms 
  • Self-Expression & Emotions 
  • Sexual & Social Constructs 
  • Images & Media Culture 

Papers are invited from any area of French and Francophone studies and may be in English or French.  Prospective presenters may submit an abstract of no more than 250 words by January 8, 2019.  

All queries or submissions should be sent to chimeres@ku.edu. Please attach a Word document to your message that includes your abstract, name, institution, email address, and a brief bio of 100 words or less.