The Centre for the Study of Theory and Criticism
University of Western Ontario


1998 CONFERENCE

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The Histories of Theory

Sunday April 19
Morning Schedule

9:00-10:30 Concurrent Sessions (11.1-11.2)

11.1 Histories of Sexuality. Moderator: Christine Roulston (Western Ontario).

  1. Richard Dellamora (Trent) "Apocalyptic Irigaray."
  2. Marie Carrière (Toronto), "Essential Questions: Feminism, Sex, Gender, and Difference."
  3. Thomas Kim (Boston College), "Materialism, Discourse, and the Politics of Citationality in Queer Theory."

11.2 Film Theory: Special session organized by Janina Falkowska (Western Ontario). Chair: Janina Falkowska.

  1. Bohdan Y. Nebesio (Wisconsin), "The Theoretial Legacy of the Soviet Montage Tradition."
  2. Waclaw M. Osadnik (Alberta), "Russian-German Relationships in Film Theory."
  3. Marek Haltoff (Western Ontario), "Karol Irzykowski's The Tenth Muse and Pre-War Polish Film Theory."
  4. Janina Falkowska, "Conceptual Theories of Identification in Cinema."

10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30 Concurrent Sessions (12.1-12.2)

12.1 (Post)colonial Crossings. Moderator: TBA.

  1. Philip Leonard (Nottingham Trent), "Genealogies of Politics: Post-Structuralism and Post-Colonial Theory.
  2. Jorge Marcone (Rutgers), "The Modern and Postmodern `Discoveries' of Orality: The Vindication and Re-inscription of Oral Discourse in Critical Theory."
  3. Terry Goldie (York), "Queerly Postcolonial."

12.2: Questioning Critique. Moderator: TBA.

  1. Nicole Fugmann (Oxford), "Postmodern Critique as Inter-Discipline: Ethics and Aesthetics"
  2. Dino Felluga (Purdue), "Culture Studies and the Problem of Ground."
  3. Nikolas Kompridis (Wilfrid Laurier), "Reorienting Critique: From Irony to Transformation."
  4. John Elliott (Konstanz), "The Excellence of No; or, New Directions For Theory After Culture."
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