William Blake & os Labirintos da Recepção


William Blake & os Labirintos da Recepção


O Professor Jason Whitaker (Universidade de Lincoln), a Doutora Sibylle Erle (Diretora da Blake Society) e a Doutora Camila Oliveira (Universidade de Lisboa) discutirão as diferentes formas sob as quais o poeta, pintor e gravador William Blake (1757-1827) recebeu diversas tradições e foi recebido por sucessivas gerações de leitores numa miríade de contextos sociais, políticos e culturais. 

Os Seminários de Outono 2023 do CEAUL são organizados pela Doutora Camila Oliveira & pela Professora Alcinda Pinheiro de Sousa (GI1), membros do projeto de investigação sobre formas culturais e literárias de recepção e memória (GI1 e GI2).


(Eco)Poéticas da Alteridade


(Eco)Poéticas da Alteridade 


O poeta Kwame Dawes estará na FLUL no dia 26 de outubro e participará num seminário aberto do Mestrado em LACM, (Eco)Poéticas da Alteridade, entre as 13h00 e as 15h00 (sala C215), seguindo-se uma leitura pública de poemas e uma conversa no anfiteatro III às 15h30. Quem quiser participar no seminário deverá confirmar a sua presença para o endereço margaridagato@edu.ulisboa.pt, por razões de limitação de espaço. Seguem em anexo alguns poemas que podem ser discutidos, com especial ênfase em “Progeny of Air”, “The Return of the Cankerworm”, “Requiem”, “Language” e “Land-Ho”. Todos/as são bem-vindos/as à leitura no anfiteatro III, conforme o convite e o cartaz em anexo, de que se agradece a divulgação.

Biografia e enquadramento: Filho de pai nigeriano, nascido no Gana em 1962, Kwame Dawes passou a infância e a juventude na Jamaica, de onde migrou para o Canadá, doutorando-se na Universidade de New Brunswick, e  foi depois para os EUA, sendo atualmente Chancellor’s Professor of English na Universidade do Nebraska. A sua condição diaspórica e a sua vocação multidisciplinar (dedicando-se à à interação entre poema, corpo e música, sendo seu o primeiro estudo das letras de Bob Marley) contribuíram para uma poesia onde os espíritos de vários lugares confluem com o esforço do espírito humano, a braços com o seu “duende” e o seu ludibriador. A vitalidade da sua poesia, as diversas formas por que se expressa (também ensaio, ficção e crítica, somando ao todo 36 livros), e o reconhecimento no mundo literário de língua inglesa propiciaram o convite para a sua participação no encontro de poesia Lisbon Revisited, que a Casa Fernando Pessoa organiza desde 2018 e este ano terá lugar entre 27 e 29 de outubro. Parceiros do encontro, o CEAUL e o American Corners trazem-no à FLUL um dia antes.  

Memórias Viajantes. Viagem 1


Memórias Viajantes. Viagem 1


Memórias Viajantes. Viagem 1 é simultaneamente um celebrar da exposição de 1983, e o lembrar dessa exposição e do seu conteúdo, através do olhar, da técnica e da tecnologia do ano de 2023. Terá lugar no Museu de Marinha, Lisboa, de 21 de Outubro 2023 a 29 de Fevereiro 2024. 


Crossroads in Cultural Studies 2022 conference – online, 17-19 November, 2022


Crossroads in Cultural Studies 2022 conference – online, 17-19 November, 2022


The Association for Cultural Studies (ACS) and the University of Lisbon Centre for English Studies (CEAUL/ULICES) are delighted to announce that the Crossroads in Cultural Studies 2022 conference is finally happening – the conference will be held in an online format from November 17 to November 19, 2022.

The Crossroads in Cultural Studies conference, customary a biennial event, brings scholars together to engage with the past, present and future of cultural studies scholarship. The conference has played an important role in the creation of a global discussion of Cultural Studies. It has become a major international conference where scholars from all five continents gather regularly to exchange research, views, and insights. In 2020, the conference was initially planned to be held in Lisbon, Portugal, in July, but has been rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Crossroads in Cultural Studies 2022 is co-organised by the Association for Cultural Studies (ACS) and the University of Lisbon Centre for English Studies (CEAUL/ULICES), at the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon. It is the first online installment of the conference.

We welcome participants whose proposals have been accepted for the 2020 conference as well as non-presenting attendees.

Dates: 17-19 November, 2022
Venue: Online on Zoom

More information about the programme is available here
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For questions regarding the registration process and registration/membership fees, please contact: info@cultstud.org
For questions regarding the conference generally, please contact: crossroads2022@cultstud.org

The following Conference Registration Fees cover participation in all academic events during the online conference.

Early Bird Registration fee ONLY for ACS members – 25 EUR
Early Bird Registration fee for non-ACS members – 85 EUR
The fees for Early Bird Registration shall apply until and inclusive of September 15th, 2022.

Regular Registration fee ONLY for ACS members – 40 EUR
Regular Registration fee for non-ACS members – 100 EUR
The fees for Regular Registration shall apply after the Early Bird Registration ends until November 19th, 2022.

ACS members are eligible for a reduced registration fee. Please note that to be eligible for a reduced registration fee, your ACS membership has to be valid at the time of conference registration. The membership fee can be paid separately, prior to the conference registration at https://www.lyyti.fi/reg/ACS_membership . More information about the membership tiers and benefits can be found at https://www.cultstud.org/wordpress/membership/

For questions regarding the registration and membership fees, please contact: info@cultstud.org

FOR PRESENTERS: We ask all the speakers to register by August 15th to confirm their attendance.

This event is financed by national funds through the FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., within the scope of the projects UIDB/00114/2020 and UIDP/00114/2020.


ESC – ENGLISH STUDIES COURSE


ESC – ENGLISH STUDIES COURSE | Academic Writing Skills Course: English for Academic Purposes (EAP)


Este curso híbrido (presencial e online) com um total de 50 horas visa ajudar docentes, investigadores e alunos inscritos em mestrado ou doutoramento a desenvolver as suas competências de produção de ensaio e de outros tipos de texto que circulam no contexto académico. Seguindo uma metodologia do tipo oficina, o curso alia momentos expositivos a atividades de teor prático (exercícios de escrita) que serão discutidas com a docente e os restantes formandos.

Datas: De 2 de Outubro de 2023 a 10 de Janeiro de 2024

Horário: Segundas [sala A114] e Quartas [sala C245.B] das 16.00 às 18.00

Créditos Atribuídos: 1.8 ECTS

Inscrição: Todos os interessados devem preencher o formulário de inscrição (disponível aqui) e enviá-lo para o seguinte endereço: gestao.ceaul@letras.ulisboa.pt

Inscrição (investigadores, docentes, alunos de mestrado e doutoramento): 15€

Data limite para inscrição: 29 de Setembro de 2023

Nível de Língua Inglesa: Os interessados devem ter conhecimentos prévios de Inglês (nível B2).[1]


[1] Não havendo um certificado de nível linguístico nem um comprovativo de inscrição numa unidade curricular de Inglês nível B2 (ou superior), realizar-se-á um teste prévio de aferição de nível.


CFP: Messengers from the Stars


Call for Papers
Messengers from the Stars: On Science Fiction and Fantasy
No. 7, 2024

Guest Editor: Ana Daniela Coelho
Co-editor: Diana Marques

Messengers from the Stars is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal, offering academic articles, reviews, and providing an outlet for a wide range of creative work inspired by science fiction and fantasy. The 2023 issue will be dedicated to the following theme:

Adapting Fantasy and Sci-Fi in the Age of Streaming

Adaptation, whether recognized as such or not, has long been a staple in Fantasy and Sci-Fi productions of different media. Given the undeniable importance of streaming and the increasing number of new productions, this tendency has only grown stronger in recent years, as the plethora of available material is joined by multiple-platform strategies, where both narrative and audience engagement are enhanced.

2022 has borne witness to expanding universes – HBO’s House of Dragon or Amazon Prime’s The Rings of Power –, as well as to new adaptations – Wheel of TimeShadow and Bone. Beyond the more usual literature-to-film movement, adaptations from, to or including fewer central media or formats, such as comics – Sandman (Netflix, 2022-) – or videogames – The Witcher (Netflix, 2019-), The Last of Us (2023-) – also made their debut in the last few years.

In addition, transmedia storytelling and expansion of narratives beyond one main story arch are increasingly common, as new productions are brought to light – Arcane (Netflix, 2021-) –, and pioneering projects were remembered and celebrated, as in the case of the recent 10th anniversary of web series The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (2012).

Thus, for this issue we are looking for articles that delve deeper into the topics of streaming and adaptation of Fantasy and Sci-Fi works, in particular objects that exploit the new capacities brought about by new platforms, namely transmedia strategies.

Possible topics may include, but are not limited to:

  • Adaptation of fantasy/sci-fi worlds into streaming/new platforms
  • Transmedia storytelling
  • Audience engagement and fandom
  • Issues of fidelity/creative independence to/from source texts
  • Expanding/reimagining fantasy/sci-fi worlds
  • Relevance of streaming platforms in the adaptation of fantasy/sci-fi works

Submissions, between 4000 and 6000 words in English, must be sent to mfts.journal@gmail.com by December 31st, 2023. The authors will be notified by the end of January.

In addition, you can propose a book or film review. We welcome book and film reviews on current science fiction and fantasy research and PhD dissertations. Reviews should be between 500 to 1,000 words. Longer reviews, e.g. dealing with more than one book, should be agreed upon with the Editorial Board. The guideline for book/film reviews is available here.

All submissions must follow the journal’s guidelines available at: http://messengersfromthestars.letras.ulisboa.pt/journal/submission-guidelines


Media Literacy: from theory to practice (a one-day event)


Numa sociedade crescentemente polarizada, a educação e literacia para os média revelam-se fundamentais. Como pode a promoção da literacia mediática contribuir para o combate à crescente polarização da opinião pública nas sociedades contemporâneas? Qual é o estado-da-arte da literacia para os média em Portugal? Como pode a educação para os média contribuir para a solução de problemas que afetam a nossa sociedade?

Com o intuito de refletir sobre estas questões, o “American Corners Portugal” e o Centro de Estudos Anglísticos da Universidade de Lisboa (CEAUL/ULICES) organizam, em parceria, o evento “Media Literacy: from theory to practice”. Além de contar com uma palestra proferida por Renee Hobbs, referência mundial em literacia digital e mediática, o evento inclui uma mesa-redonda com os especialistas portugueses Isabel Nery, Manuel Pinto e Vítor Tomé, terminando com a realização de um workshop.

A palestra e a mesa-redonda são abertas ao público. O workshop requer inscrição prévia até 29 de setembro de 2023, através do email gestao.ceaul@letras.ulisboa.pt; taxa de inscrição: 10€).

O evento destina-se à comunidade em geral, sobretudo a estudantes universitários (1.º, 2.º e 3.º Ciclo) com interesse por esta área.

Os interessados em participar devem fazê-lo até 29 de setembro de 2023. Para se inscrever basta preencher este formulário e enviá-lo para gestao.ceaul@letras.ulisboa.pt. Depois de concluir este passo, será contactado para saber como proceder ao pagamento da taxa de €10.

Para mais informações sobre o evento, consulte o cartaz ou contacte: cbeecher@campus.ul.pt

NOTA: As atividades realizar-se-ão presencialmente e em língua inglesa.

Program:

9:30 – 10:00Opening Session Anfiteatro III (Sala A201)  
10:00 – 11:00Plenary Lecture: “How Media Literacy Education Helps to Depolarize Society”             Renee Hobbs (University of Rhode Island, USA)
11:15 – 12:45Roundtable Discussion: “Media Literacy in Practice: the Portuguese context” Isabel Nery (CAPP, ISCSP); Manuel Pinto (CECS, Universidade do Minho); Vitor Tomé (CIES, ISCTE-IUL)
15:00 – 17:00Workshop – (Sala B112.B)  (Mandatory enrolment, max. 30 pax.): “Designing Educational Futures: How media literacy education responds to important community needs”             Renee Hobbs (University of Rhode Island, USA)

FORD MADDOX FORD


CFP | FORD MADOX FORD: AT THE DAWN OF AN ERA

Ford Madox Ford was born Joseph Leopold Ford Hermann Madox Hueffer on 17 December 1873 in Merton, Surrey. His name runs through the fabric of the modern novel as he tackled different genres and topics in his vast production of works, namely: The Shifting of the Fire (1892), his first novel; The Inheritors (1901), the first of the three novels he wrote in collaboration with Joseph Conrad; fairy tales such as The Brown Owl or The Feather (1892);  a historical trilogy of Henry VIII’s fifth queen, published under the titles The Fifth Queen (1906), Privy Seal (1907), and The Fifth Queen Crowned (1908) which, according to the critics of his day, raised the genre of historical fiction to new heights; his opus magnum, The Good Soldier (1915), and also the Tetralogy Parade’s End (1924) brought the author worldwide literary recognition insofar as they showcase how he had perfected his technique of point of view, time-shift, le mot juste, selection  and progression d’ effet. These more mature works also addressed the author’s anguished weltanschauung. However, his production is not limited to the novel, but extends to poetry, essay writing, journalism and memoirs, leaving ground for the exploration and analysis of a myriad of research possibilities.

150 years have passed since his birth and because of the importance of Ford’s writings at the end of the Victorian Era and during the Edwardian period, providing insightful representations and descriptions of the political, social and cultural status quo of his time (mainly before and after the 1st World War), it is then paramount to celebrate Ford’s valuable contribution to early twentieth century’s (British) literature and culture.

With this in mind, this symposium seeks to give due recognition to Ford Madox Ford’s works and his role as a writer and cultural/social and literary critic during the late Victorian age and the first three decades of the twentieth century. Therefore, participants are invited to present proposals that explore, analyse and problematise cultural, literary, political and social issues that gravitate around Ford’s works.

As such, topics and themes of interest include, but are not restricted to, the following:

  • Modernism
  • Liberalism, nationalism and cosmopolitanism
  • Ideological and economic doctrines
  • The Great War / World War I and narrative
  • Crossroads between the American, British and (continental) European cultures
  • Cultural memory
  • Identity and gender in the “small circle novels”
  • Victorian Woman/ New Woman
  • Mental health
  • Utopia, dystopia and heterotopia

Deadlines and other information

  • In order to participate you should proceed to Registration.
  • 31st July 2023: final deadline for submission of paper presentations
  • The publication of the selected papers will be done at Anglo Saxonica (indexed in scopus), in the form of a Special Issue
  • Languages of the event: Portuguese and English
  • Both remote (online) and onsite presentations will be accepted
  • Further information through the following e-mail address: fordmadoxfordsymposium23@gmail.com or here

Date: 9-10 November 2023
Convener: University of Lisbon Centre for English Studies (ULICES)
Venue: Faculty of Arts and Humanities-Lisbon University


RHOME 2023


RHOME 2023: Representations of Home in Literatures and Cultures in English (Dis)locations: the shifting thematics of home

The ULICES Representations of Home research project addresses issues of identity and belonging in different geo-political, socio-cultural contexts of countries where English is or has become a language of communication.

Since its formation in 2013, the project has explored this theme as represented in literature, the visual arts and culture, but also from a social, political and historical perspective. The idea of home branches out in many directions, is multi-layered and ongoing. Its multiple interpretations range from more objective, when dealing with voluntary and involuntary migration and exile, war, conflict, abuse, trauma, demographic evolution and the effects of climate change, while the more subjective representations deal with the ideal, imaginary, remembered and desired home.

Location is fundamental to any of the readings of “home.” It is implicit that knowing where one belongs implies recognising where one does not belong, and the problem of being removed from such a place. However, it is important to deconstruct the assumption that there are boundaries and limitations to the possibilities of home or to where one belongs and does not belong. Bill Ashcroft has argued for less focus on boundaries than on a stance of “outwardness” (2001, 204-5), while Bhabha has long debated for the recognition of cultural hybridity in contemporary society, and the acceptance of diversity (1994, 114), while arguing for an ethics of reading unhomely fiction: “To live in the unhomely world, to find its ambivalences and ambiguities enacted in the house of fiction, or its sundering and splitting performed in the work of art, is also to affirm a profound desire for social solidarity” (1992, 18).

Acknowledging place(s), space(s) or community as home simultaneously embraces actions of searching and anchoring, movement and non-movement, centring and decentring, whether individually or in a group, which empirically and symbolically attribute meaning to that or various locations and dislocations. The postmodern and postcolonial subject, described by de Medeiros as the “shattered postcolonial Self” (2018, 23), has shifted beyond the realm of the “monocultural, monoethnic, and monolingual” (30) and perhaps the same can be said of place. Divergent and shifting meanings attached to a specific place may be the reason for (dis)location or relocation. More subjective forms of (dis)location also exist through the reconstruction of the past and construction of the present and future, a function of cultural memory. Concepts as “rhizomic anchoring” (Deleuze and Guattari, 1987), “topophilia” (Yi-Fu Tuan, 1974; 1977) and “un-homing” (Elliott-Cooper, Hubbard, and Lees, 2019), among others, also allow for a shift from the question about origins to that of destination (cf. Nicolas Bourriaud, 2009).

For the RHOME project’s next conference, which will take place in Lisbon in June 2023, we invite contributions on representations of home and the thematics of dislocation in English-speaking communities.

Date: June 22nd to June 23rd, 2023
Location: University of Lisbon School of Arts and Humanities (Faculdade de Letras)
Website: Representations of Home in Literatures and Cultures in English (Rhome)