Neither Strange nor Familiar: Contemporary Approaches to Hybridity
Friday, October 22nd, 2010 – Saturday, October 23rd, 2010
| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, October 22, 2010 | 3:00PM - 5:00PM | External Event, Sidney Smith Hall |
| Saturday, October 23, 2010 | 8:00AM - 6:00PM | External Event, Sidney Smith Hall |
Description
This conference will provide an interdisciplinary venue where historians, anthropologists, ethicists of science and technology, political scientists, literary geographers, sociologists, and many others, can exchange their diverse understandings of and approaches to hybridity. The conference will stimulate epistemological and methodological discussions, while identifying the future directions in this evolving field. We welcome proposals for papers from scholars working across a range of fields (including literature, history, politics, cultural studies, etc.). The keynote speaker, Professor Stephan Palmié of the University of Chicago, one of the foremost experts in the field, will open the conference with a discussion on the uses and abuses of the notion of hybridity.
Location:
Friday, 22 October, Key Note Address (3 to 5 PM) Sidney Smith Hall Room 2102
Saturday, 23 October, Panels, Round Table, and Reception (8 AM to 8 PM) Sidney Smith Hall Rooms 2096-2098, 2120
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