[Air-l] Call for Papers: Cultures of Evil

[PsycheCulture at cs.com]

8th Annual University of South Carolina Comparative Literature Conference, 
February 9-11, 2006

CALL FOR PAPERS: Cultures of Evil and the Attractions of Villainy

Keynote Speakers: Agnes Heller (New School), Geoffrey Bennington (Emory), 
Alberto Moreiras (Duke)
Special Guest: Edmundo Desnoes (Author and Screenwriter)

In the aftermath of the genocide in Rwanda, the arrest of General Pinochet, 
the various indictments of Henry Kissinger, the Iraqi war, and torture, a new 
internationalized panorama of critique has emerged that reassesses previous 
assumptions concerning political ethics. This conference takes up a central issue 
of today’s post-Cold War world--that of evil--and explores the refiguration 
of the traditional villain. 

As globalization has broadened cultural horizons, scholarly research has 
sought to address these new complexities with interdisciplinary approaches, which 
this conference aims to encompass. 

We welcome proposals for papers and panels on topics that might include (but 
are not limited to) the following: Postnational Justice, The Villain in 
Literature, Post-Derridian ethics, Representations of law in film and literature, 
Globalization and culture, Politics of Performativity, Third World Cinema, Cuba, 
New imperialisms, perception of evil in shaping acts of war and terror, etc.

Please send one-page abstracts for twenty-minute papers to the conference 
organizers at the following e-mail address: 

CulturesofEvil at earthlink.net


Or write to: Maria Mabrey, Conference Coordinator
Comparative Literature Program
1620 College St.
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208

Deadline for proposals: November 15, 2005.