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Stefanie Rixecker
ECOFEM Coordinator
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From: Tiiu Speekby way of Mark Stoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, February 25, 1999 2:33 PM
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Baltic-Scandinavian Interdisciplinary Conference
Culture and Nature
August 7-9, 1999
at Palmse, Lahemaa National Park, Estonia
Supported by NORFA
Featured Speakers:
Peter Quigley, a well-known poststructural theorist from Embrey-Riddle
Aeronautical University, Arizona, USA; Sigmund Kvalöy, a distinguished
ecological philosopher and activist from Trondheim, Norway.
Ecocriticism is a paradoxical mixture of diversity and common
purpose. Problems with applying US-based criticism to other
literatures and the need for situated ecocritical theory have been key
ideas discussed at Culture and Environment Conferences in the US and
England. Ecocriticism is on the way towards recognition in British
universities. The main objective of this Baltic-Scandinavian
interdisciplinary gathering is to bring together scholars working in
different environmental fields and establish a network. Our other
aims: to map purposes and directions of ecocritical research in
Scandinavian and Baltic cultures and literatures; to further academic
interest in identifying local traditions of environmental literature
and local concepts of nature; to help graduate students to find
professors who would share their interests and spread the information
about research materials. Considering the importance of the conference
for establishing the new field in Scandinavian and Baltic region,
provisions will be made for doctoral students.
We invite proposals of 20-minute papers on all aspects of the broad theme
of the
conference. The anticipated subject areas are: ecocritical readings of
culture and literature, ecocritical theory and classroom practice,
deep ecology, poststructural criticism, ecofeminism, ecological
philosophy, phenomenology, environmental psychology, environmental
history, art and environment, environmentalism and media, ecology,
biology, geography.
To facilitate interdisciplinary discussion, there will be no separate
sections; all lectures will take place in one room. The reading time
for papers is 20 minutes with 10 minutes for questions.
Conference organizers: Tiiu Speek, Estonian Institute of Humanities,
Estonia; Werner Bigell, Nesna College, Norway; Bruce Carlson, the
University of Tampere, Finland.
Please send, fax or e-mail one-page abstract and a CV to TIIU SPEEK,
Conference Coordinator by April 30, 1999. E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED], fax:
372-641-64-23. Address: English Department, Estonian Institute of
Humanities, Salme St.12, Tallinn 10413, Estonia.
Welcome to the first meeting of ecocritics in Northern Europe!
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Dr. Stefanie S. Rixecker
Division of Environmental Management & Design
Lincoln University, Canterbury
PO Box 84
Aotearoa New Zealand
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fax: 64-03-325-3841
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