Croatian Association for American Studies (CAAS) announces a Call for Papers for the 6th Annual Workshop in American Studies to be held in Zadar, Croatia, 15-16 June 2018. This year\u2019s topic of the CAAS American Studies workshop focuses on representations of age and ageing in American society and culture. We are delighted to announce that our guest speaker is Prof. Dr. Roberta Maierhofer (University of Graz), a renowned ageing studies and American studies scholar. Click for more details.<\/p>\n
6th Annual CAAS American Studies Workshop, Zadar, Croatia, 15-16 June 2018: Representations of Age and Ageing in American Culture<\/strong><\/p>\n This year\u2019s topic of the CAAS American Studies workshop focuses on representations of age and ageing in American society and culture. Acknowledging trends such as the \u201cmassification of old age,\u201d \u201clongevity revolution\u201d (Butler), and the changing demographics of the Western societies, we ask the presenters to address a plethora of issues that encapsulate our society\u2019s attitudes to age, to ageing, to ages of man, to bodily and mental changes pertaining to different ages, and to cultural assumptions and misconceptions attending to different ages (young, middle, old). How do the humanities and social sciences, and literary and cultural texts in particular, address the transformations\u2014mental, social, bodily, health\/medical, cognitive, emotional, economic\u2014accompanying the processes of senescence? How do the race, class, and gender factors, separately or in conjunction, inflect the process of ageing? Welcoming comparatist approaches to the set topic, we hope to receive inquiries and research into cultural specificities of age and ageing in different societies. We conceive of the topic in broad interdisciplinary terms, working at the intersection of American studies, ageing studies, medical humanities, literary gerontology, the corporeal turn, studies of affect and emotions, and the like, and thus invite proposals touching on any of these fields. In short, we pose the underlying question: how is \u201cage identity constructed in literature and in society, for both young and old\u201d (Maierhofer)? Deadline for the submission of proposals is March 31, 2018.<\/strong> Notification of acceptance will be sent out by April 15, 2018.
\nWe are delighted to announce that our guest speaker is Prof. Dr. Roberta Maierhofer<\/a> (University of Graz), a renowned ageing studies and American studies scholar.
\nMore particular concerns should address the following broadly devised topics, among others:<\/p>\n\n
\nPlease send your proposals of no more than 300 words, and a short bio, by March 31, 2018 to all of the following addresses: jsesnic@ffzg.hr; mlukic@unizd.hr; scvek@ffzg.hr . Please note that each presentation is allotted 15 minutes of talk time, followed by discussion.
\nRegistration and payment deadline: May 30, 2018.
\nWorkshop fee: 300 HRK (40 euros)
\nWorkshop fee for non-waged participants (students, postdocs, etc.): 150 HRK (20 euros)
\nFor CAAS and AASSEE members, their annual membership fee is the equivalent of the workshop fee.<\/p>\n