CCLCS Postgraduate Colloquium 2006
Parallax: Bending Boundaries, Blending Theories
Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 November
9.00am-5.00pm,
Rooms SG01 and SGO3
Manton Rooms, Ground Floor, Menzies Building
Monash University,
Clayton Campus.
The Centre for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies organises an annual Postgraduate Colloquium, where postgraduate students from the Centre and the wider Faculty are able to share ideas and expertise. The Colloquium is an opportunity for postgraduate students and emerging scholars, conducting research in literary studies, cultural studies or critical theory, to present aspects of their work to a friendly but engaged audience. The Colloquium seeks to provide a forum for stimulating academic exchange in a relaxed and supportive atmosphere. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
This year's theme will be Parallax: Bending Boundaries, Blending Theories, inviting participants to reflect on their own research in the light of the interdisciplinary character of knowledge in the new millennium. The inspiration comes from the The Parallax View, the latest book by the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj iek. The feature documentary "IEK!", which explores the eccentric personality and esoteric work of this "wild man of theory", will also be screened during the Colloquium. The overall intention remains the sharing of original ideas and research: participants are under no obligation to narrow their focus to fit in with the theme.