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From: JC <[email protected]> 'One Culture?' The Thematics of Art, Science and Change in the Twenty-First Century. A One Day-Conference on Saturday 27th may 2000 at the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of North London on the relationship of Art and Science and the Depiction of Science in Narrative and Cultural products. CALL FOR PAPERS Organised by The London Network for Modern Fiction Studies in conjunction with the University of North London this one-day conference considers broadly issues of Culture & Science, and Science and the Arts. The often gendered division between art and science, romanticism and utilitarianism, fact and fiction, the split typified between the two cultures of F.R.Leavis and C.P.Snow has persisted for more than two centuries: now perhaps with recent developments in chaos theory, complexity theory and neuroscience in the last twenty to thirty years we find ourselves on the edge of a new scientific revolution in which what counts as science and the rational is shifting or about to change. Are we moving toward talking of one culture and one life-world? Is a new critical sensibility emerging that will affect the nature of study, research and exegetical structures? The conference attempts to explore a variety of aspects concerned with these themes and the general relationship of narrative, depiction and theory with images and knowledge of science. Interdisciplinary, textual and theoretical contributions are particularly welcome, but clearly the range of subject areas relevant to the day would be plural. The following is suggestive rather than inclusive: the so-called hard sciences, mathematics, social sciences, political sciences, neurosciences, psychology, cultural studies, literary theory, textual exegesis, film studies, philosophy, the philosophy of science etc.. The range of topics and/or panels might include: Philosophy of Science The Logic and Implications of Chaos Complexity Theory Authorizing Science - telling the tales of scientific experiment and development Facts as Fictions Science and Narrative The Psychoanalyst as Narrative Presence The Literary Mind/the Brain as Text Neuroscientific Stories Bio-poetics and Bio-aesthetics Fictions in Science Science Fiction and the Ongoing Development of Technololgy Mad Scientists, Body Snatchers and Intellectuals The Social and Political Narratives of Science Demon Seeds and Baby Milk: Eugenics, Bio-technologies and the GM world This conference is part of a sequence that takes place during six days in May/June 2000, a further part of an ongoing successful series of literary and theoretical events organised by the London Network for Modern Fiction Studies. The 'One Culture?' conference is situated near the heart of London at the University of North London adjacent to underground links minutes from the research facilities of the New British Library at Euston, and so offers an ideal opportunity for the scholar to contribute to the critical and literary culture of London while pursuing their own ongoing research. Deadline for Submissions: Monday 3rd April 2000 Anticipated registration fee: 16 (11 students, postgraduates and concessions) Contact for Submissions or Further Details (e-submissions preferred and should be disk or file attachments Word/Wordperfect pc format): Dr. Philip Tew Co-Director: London Network for Modern Fiction Studies 22a Fairmead Road LONDON N19 4DF 0956 951930 [email protected] ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------Syndicate mailinglist-------------------- Syndicate network for media culture and media art information and archive: http://www.v2.nl/syndicate to unsubscribe, write to <[email protected]> in the body of the msg: unsubscribe [email protected]