European Studies Colloquium 2013 Programme
European Cooperation/Cooptation:
Ideas of Collaboration and Coordination
Organized by the Centre for European Studies, Â鶹´«Ã½
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27 April 2013, McCain 2021
Opening remarks
(Canada Research Chair in European Studies, Â鶹´«Ã½)
Contemporary Europe
Chair: Ìý(Political Science, Â鶹´«Ã½)
- (French, Â鶹´«Ã½), “Cette Europe qui ne se fera pas:? A Poet Facing European Constructionâ€
- (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) and Robert Summerby-Murray (Â鶹´«Ã½), “Emerging European geographies: trans-border mobility programmes and civic identity in a time of economic crisisâ€
Editing Across Borders
Chair: (English/European Studies, Â鶹´«Ã½)
- (English, Â鶹´«Ã½), “Transatlantic Thelwallâ€
- (English, Â鶹´«Ã½), “Desperately Seeking a Collaborator for aÌý Bilingual Edition of a Bilateral Military Careerâ€
English-Language Co-optations of Italian Literature
Chair: Roberta Barker (Theatre, Â鶹´«Ã½)
- (English/European Studies, Â鶹´«Ã½), “Irish Adaptations of the Latin Love Elegy; Or, Refusing the English Elegyâ€
- Andy Post (English, Â鶹´«Ã½), “The Atheist Tasso: John Thelwall’s Romance of Seductive Partnershipâ€
Europe in Historical Context
Chair: (Theatre, Â鶹´«Ã½)
- (History, Â鶹´«Ã½) “From Conflict to Cooperation to Transformations: Reflections on a Paradigm Shift in the Historiography of the Medieval German Ostsiedlungâ€
- (CRC in European Studies, Â鶹´«Ã½), “Beginnings, Realists and Outsiders: Some Introductory Issues for a History of Georgian Cinema"
Keynote
Chair: (CRC in European Studies, Â鶹´«Ã½)
(History, St. Mary’s University)
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Call for Papers:
For the third annual colloquium in European Studies, we invite proposals for papers of 20 minutes that deal with any aspect of cooperation in Europe.Ìý Papers are welcome from all disciplines and historicalÌýperiods, from antiquity to the present. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
- Collaborative artistic production or research, especially across disciplines, nations, and/or media
- Bailouts, bonds, and other responses to the Eurozone Crisis
- Changing views of collaboration: political, artistic, entrepreneurial
- Military alliances from antiquity to NATO
- Blocs, empires, and unions:Ìý multi-national formations in historical context
- Two heads are better than one, or too many cooks spoil the broth?:Ìý the obstacles and benefits of collaboration
- EU and national research grants (e.g., FP7):Ìý the drive to network
- Perspectives:Ìý the impact of large-scale coordination on smaller groups (linguistic, regional, economic, etc.)
These are suggestions, and we welcome any proposals which engage with the colloquium theme, broadly understood.Ìý We will also be launching the first issue of the new peer-reviewed e-journal, European Studies: History, Society and Culture, published by the Centre for European Studies at Â鶹´«Ã½. Presenters at the colloquium are encouraged to submit essay-versions of their papers to the journal, which publishes twice a year.
ÌýPlease send a 250-word proposal by 31 January 2013 to Julia.Wright@Dal.Ca or Jerry.White@Dal.Ca