The Sixth Annual Conference of the Graduate School of Arts and Humanities, University of Glasgow

19-21 October 2007

R/Evolutions: Mapping Culture, Community, and Change

http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/revolutionsandruptures

Can revolution and evolution coexist? Revolution recalls radical change while evolution signifies gradual transformation. The potent political and scientific terms are so well-known that the mutual origins of these words are often forgotten. This conference seeks to address the common roots and fundamental disjunctions of revolution and evolution within the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and Education through a new look at interdisciplinary methods. This graduate conference will explore the links between world-changing ideologies in the Arts and Humanities, aiming to generate new perspectives and create fresh communication between seemingly unrelated fields. Possible questions to consider include; What is the nature of cultural R/Evolution? Can art change the world? Can the Arts and Humanities produce radical new knowledge? How can the effects of material and ideological change be traced?How do traditional research fields or areas approach changes in research theory and methodology? Can interdisciplinary methods in research better record innovation and change? How do R/Evolutions impact society and those who write about it?

Suggested themes include but are not limited to :

* Manifestos and culture
* Science and technology in the arts and humanities
* Power and Pedagogy
* Artistic and political avant-gardes
* Hybridizations and Proliferations
* Activism and aesthetics
* Writing and resistance
* R/Evolutionary time; r/evolutionary space
* New human identities
* Gender r/evolutions
* Radical faith and dissent
* Rupture
* The limits of reason
* The ethics of violence and war
* Defining revolution, debating evolution
* Manifestos and the margins
* The discourse of change
* Historiography and change
* Resisting reform

Abstracts should be a maximum of 200 words. They should be submitted in English, and labeled with the speakers name, institutional affiliation, paper title as well as a list of any audio-visual requirements. The University of Glasgow invites you to join the sixth conference, which promises to both continue a tradition in stimulating intellectual and social interaction and open novel avenues of research within this vibrant community.

For further details please email revolutions@arts.gla.ac.uk.