Issue 16 of Colloquy: text theory critique is now online and freely available for your perusal at www.colloquy.monash.edu.au It contains a themed section dedicated to reflections upon Walter Benjamin's "Critique of Violence" and Jacques Derrida's "Force of Law" and comes accompanied by its own substantial introduction, which deals with the ideas and authors included in it. Alongside this excellent array of postgraduate articles, this issue includes four general articles, a translation (of some highly recommended Japanese poems regarding war and peace) and a selection of book reviews. As usual, then, an exciting mix with a broad variety of interests all concerned with the general Colloquy CFP request: for submission of articles related to literary or cultural theory (pure or applied), authored by those involved in research in English, communications, languages, performing or recorded arts, and inspired by a wide range of political and/or aesthetic positions. Colloquy is presently seeking unsolicited submissions for future issues.
Issue 17, to appear in June 2009, will feature general articles as well as papers devoted to two themes. These are: Alternative visions: philoso- phies of freedom in South Asian Diasporic Writing, and International and Intercultural Communications in the Age of Digital Media. Issue 18, due out in December 2009, will concentrate on articles aris- ing from the conference Demanding the Impossible: The Third Australian Conference on Utopia, Dystopia and Science Fiction, held at Monash Uni- versity in December 2007. The conference featured keynote speakers Terry Eagleton, Tom Moylan, Lyman Tower Sargent and Lucy Sussex. The submission deadline for Issue 18 is June 15, 2009. Academic arti- cles, review articles, book reviews, translations, opinion essays and creative writing will be considered. -- Colloquy: text theory critique Centre for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies Building 11 Monash University Clayton, Vic 3800 Australia tel: +61 3 9905 9009 fax: +61 3 9905 5593 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.colloquy.monash.edu.au/ _______________________________________________ SydPhil mailing list [email protected] List Info: http://lists.arts.usyd.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/sydphil NEW LIST ARCHIVE: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
