CFP: Art and the Academy (grad journal; 6/30) (fwd)

[Kathy Chung]

Hi,

Thought this topic might be of particular interest for theatre and
performance types...

Cheers, --- Kathy.


>Date:         Tue, 13 Apr 1999 16:49:57 -0400
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>Subject:      CFP: Art and the Academy (grad journal; 6/30) (fwd)
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>_POSTSCRIPT_
>
>                Requires submissions for its upcoming special issue:
>
>                             ART AND THE ACADEMY
>
>_Postscript: A Journal of Graduate Criticism and Theory_, is a journal
>put out annually by the graduate students at the Department of English
>at Memorial University of Newfoundland, for graduate students'
>interdisciplinary academic work.  Submitted essays are subjected to
>blind review, and are reviewed by either graduate students or faculty
>members, depending on the area of specialization.  Postscript welcomes
>the submission of essays on literature, language, theory and pedagogy.
>Our next issue is a special issue on the relationship between art and
>academia.  Some suggested topics for this issue include, but are not
>restricted to, the following:
>
>        — the creative world versus the academic world (theorizing the
>"creative" versus the "academic" cultures; the status of either or both
>(including funding); the interaction or mutual exclusivity of the two;
>tensions between the two
>        — theories of pedagogy and/or programs (degrees in either
>creative or
>academic or both, or teaching in either or both the creative and/or
>academic ‘camps')
>        — theorizing the representation of authors/academic scholars in
>fiction
>        — theorizing authors and/or academics as icons
>        — mediating between academic and creative writings
>(profs/students who
>practice both)
>        — value of "art" (creative) versus the value of academia
>(theory)
>        — art and academia and issues of identity
>(sex/gender/race/ethnicity/class/religion)
>        — the debate on wether the author is dead, the reader is
>privileged, or
>the author's intension is revisited
>        — responding to the cultural myth that all academics are failed
>creative writers who have "pen" envy
>        — academic/creative vampirism (an exchange?)
>        — what happens when theorists or academics write fiction/poetry?
>        — is theory a form of Art?  Is it a "creative" form? Is it
>fiction?
>
>Papers responding to these and other issues of this current debate
>within the humanities are encouraged.  Papers should be 3000-5000 words,
>unpublished, and in order to ensure anonymity, must include a cover page
>with contact information, the title of the paper, and a brief,
>biographical note.  Papers will be returned only if a document-sized
>SASE is included.  Submissions also require both a hardcopy and the
>paper on computer disc in Wordperfect format only.
>
>Submissions should be sent/postmarked by June 30.
>
>Send submissions and/or queries to:
>
>                        Editors, Postscript
>                        Department of English
>                        P.O. Box 58, Arts Building
>                        Memorial University of Newfoundland
>                        St. John's, NF          A1C 5S7
>                        CANADA
>
>You can also contact the current editors through email:
>
>Batia Boe Stolar at c77bbs at morgan.ucs.mun.ca
>Stephanie Lewis at e72sel at morgan.ucs.mun.ca
>
>