Fwd: REMINDER: FUTURE OF THE PAST CFP DUE 31 OCTOBER

From: Adam Brown <[email protected]>

CALL FOR PAPERS DUE 31 OCTOBER

THE FUTURE OF THE PAST:
REPRESENTING THE HOLOCAUST, GENOCIDE, AND MASS TRAUMA IN THE 21ST CENTURY

UPDATED WEBSITE: http://futureofthepast2014.wordpress.com/special-events/

The inaugural cross-institutional and inter-disciplinary conference
convened by Deakin University and the Jewish Holocaust Centre, to be held
in Melbourne, Australia

Dates: 6-8 July, 2014

Venues: Deakin University and the Jewish Holocaust Centre, Melbourne

'Questions about the ethics of representation are gaining urgency at a time
when ever more diverse forms of Holocaust representation are emerging
worldwide...'
—Libby Saxton, Haunted Images: Film, Ethics, Testimony and the Holocaust

The proliferation of depictions of the Holocaust and other traumatic events
in popular culture and elsewhere demands continued attention to the means
by which complex human experiences are communicated to and negotiated by
contemporary audiences. From Anne Rothe’s Popular Trauma Culture to Alvin
H. Rosenfeld’s The End of the Holocaust, recent scholarship has engaged
with the ethics of different representational strategies—strategies that
become progressively diverse with expanding technological innovations. Yet
many questions remain unanswered. This conference aims to expose and
explore key issues relating to the Holocaust, genocide and mass trauma,
contributing to ongoing debates over historical and cultural representation.

Paper proposals might address, but are not limited to, the following topics:

● The limitations and possibilities of digital media in depicting traumatic
pasts
● New research in Holocaust and genocide film, literature, art, and
testimony
● The future of remembering traumatic events in monuments and museums
● Mediating gender, sexual violence and trauma
● The politics of identification and reception in representations of
perpetrators
● The appropriation of the Holocaust as a metaphor for contemporary traumas
● Mediating trauma in the now via mobile screens and instant uploads
● Pedagogical uses of genocide representations in and out of the classroom

Please submit a 200 word abstract and short biographical statement for
paper proposals to Adam Brown [email protected] and Danielle Christmas
[email protected] by 31 October 2013.

Panel proposals will also be accepted, which should include a brief 200
word outline of the panel as a whole followed by individual abstracts and
bios.

‘Lightning sessions’ (of 5 minute presentations with discussion) will be
available for students who do not wish to present a full paper. Please
identify this preference and submit a 100-150 word abstract consisting of a
short summary of research, a specific case-study, or a methodological
problem.

A number of travel/accommodation bursaries will be available – please see
the conference website for details.

A selection of papers from the conference will be published as a special
issue of a peer-reviewed journal.

Full details of the conference are available at:
https://futureofthepast2014.wordpress.com/

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Dr Adam Brown
Deakin University
Email: [email protected]
Academia: http://deakin.academia.edu/AdamBrown

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