CALL FOR PAPERS
"From Shanghai to Shepperton": An International Conference on J.G. Ballard
Papers and panels are invited on all relevant topics and themes, although the following are especially welcome: Post-9/11 Politics Political Terrorism and the psychology of meaningless violence Consumerism and Fascism Surrealism and the Visual Arts Urban Space/Psychogeography Representations of Cultural and Historical Violence Pornography and the Female Body Memory and Trauma Apocalypse and the Sense of an Ending Genre Autobiography and History Humour Ballard's Cultural Journalism Ballard as Short Story Writer
Send abstracts for proposed panels and/or papers of 200-250 words per paper, together with a brief biographical note to Jeannette Baxter on the following email (j.baxter at uea.ac.uk) or mailing address:
Dr Jeannette Baxter "From Shanghai to Shepperton": An International Conference on J.G. Ballard School of Literature and Creative Writing, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom.
Proposal deadline: Thursday 1st February, 2007. Individual requests from international delegates who require earlier notification of acceptance (for funding applications etc) are welcome.