{"id":20553,"date":"2018-01-19T15:40:40","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T14:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/bkl-cbl\/?p=20553"},"modified":"2018-01-19T15:44:36","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T14:44:36","slug":"cfp-failing-identities-identification-and-resistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/bkl-cbl\/en\/cfp-failing-identities-identification-and-resistance\/","title":{"rendered":"CFP: Failing Identities: Identification and Resistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>20-21 September 2018<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>University of Li\u00e8ge, Belgium<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This conference aims to scrutinize, clarify and elaborate upon the concept of\u00a0identity, which ranks among the most (ab)used concepts in the humanities since\u00a0the end of the 20th century.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The popularity of the concept is, first and foremost, to be situated in the\u00a0aftermath of the linguistic turn, which led to identity being conceived of as\u00a0the product of discursive interpellations. This theoretical reframing of the\u00a0subject constitutes the theoretical basis of multiple strands of discourse\u00a0theory and analysis, and of various types of (post)poststructuralist theory.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The pervasive presence of identity as an object of study is, however, and to\u00a0an even greater degree, also explained by the postmodern critique of\u00a0universality and the concomitant deconstruction of the universal subject as a\u00a0fiction subservient to particular (masculine, white, western, heterosexual&#8230;)\u00a0interests. It is precisely this critique that drives the various forms of\u00a0progressive identity politics that are so conspicuously present today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To put it simply and provocatively: where do we go from here? This fundamental\u00a0question translates into a wide range of more specific questions, such as:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Is what (post)structuralism calls the decentred subject a mere passive\u00a0recipient of discursive interpellations, or does it resist and, if so, in\u00a0which way(s)? How should this resistance be understood \u2013 as an inability or\u00a0rather as a refusal to accept discursive interpellations? As a rearticulation\u00a0and \u2018slanting\u2019 of a given discourse? As a form of more or less subtle and\u00a0agile negotiation with hegemonic pressures? As the articulation of a\u00a0counterhegemonic discourse?<\/li>\n<li>How paradoxical and\/or ambivalent are identification processes? If a seemingly official and explicit refusal often hides a more fundamental implicit identification (\u2018I am no racist, but&#8230;\u2019) and vice versa (\u2018We are determined to tackle tax evasion\u2019), how do both levels interact with one another and what audiences are they intended for? How can identificatory acts and utterances be construed as positioning the subject within the conflictual and dialogic contexts from which they emerged?<\/li>\n<li>How easy is it to cancel or replace identifications? Have \u2018postmodern subjects\u2019 really become fluid and endlessly malleable in a \u2018liquid modernity\u2019 (Zygmunt Bauman), or are they tough, inert and persistent? Do they have \u2018hard kernels\u2019 and, if so, what would be the nature of these? How important is the impact of discursive sedimentation on individual subjects, cultures and societies? How do deliberate or involuntary cancellations of identifications affect the subject? Are they emancipatory or destructive \u2013 or both?<\/li>\n<li>Does the postmodern critique of the universal subject not in fact continue to refer to a universal horizon of equality and justice? Should this critique be maintained or should it give way to a dialectical vision of the opposition between the universal and the particular?<\/li>\n<li>Are \u2018progressive identity politics\u2019 more needed than ever or are they at risk of becoming essentialist and unbearably reductionist stances?<\/li>\n<li>Are \u2018progressive identity politics\u2019 genuinely progressive or do they allow the researchers involved to view themselves as \u2018progressive\u2019? What makes them superior to traditional, conservative identity politics? Do they hamper attempts to unite progressive groups and efforts, uniting only \u2018deplorable \u00a0antiliberal, reactionary forces, as is argued by such varied authors as Eric Hobsbawm, Terry Eagleton, Slavoj \u017di\u017eek, Vivek Chibber and Mark Lilla?<\/li>\n<li>What are relevant methodological underpinnings of research on identity and identification? Which linguistic means can be observed to index identity (as one of their multiple functions), and how can we classify them meaningfully? For example, how can such phenomena as taboo expressions, metaphors, language varieties (e.g. sociolects and slang), language contact and learner languages enhance our understanding of identity and identification? What about language policy and (official and unofficial) puristic movements?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Proposals will be judged on their ability to address theoretical issues and\u00a0methodological questions, or the latter\u2019s application to concrete cases and\u00a0corpora<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since the conference is interdisciplinary in nature, we welcome proposals from\u00a0the fields of literary studies, linguistics, translation studies, cultural\u00a0studies, communication studies, political studies, social sciences, philosophy\u00a0and history.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Abstracts<\/strong> (in English or French) should not exceed 300 words and be submitted\u00a0along with a brief biobibliographical note (100 words max.) by 1 March 2018 at\u00a0the latest to the following address:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:letl@uliege.be\">letl@uliege.be<\/a>. Participants will be\u00a0notified by 1 May 2018.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Papers may be delivered in Dutch, English, French, German and Spanish, with\u00a0discussions taking place in English and French.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Organizing committee (ULi\u00e8ge):<\/strong> Kim Andringa, Lieselotte Brems, Louis\u00a0Gerrekens, Maxim Proesmans, Laurent Rasier, Erik Spinoy, Kris Steyaert, An Van\u00a0linden, Patricia Willson<br \/>\n<strong>External:<\/strong> Ted Laros (Open Universiteit Nederland), Lieven Vandelanotte\u00a0(UNamur)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Please check\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.letl.uliege.be\/cms\/c_3141291\/fr\/letl-activites\" target=\"_blank\">www.letl.uliege.be\/cms\/c_3141291\/fr\/letl-activites<\/a>\u00a0for up-to-date\u00a0information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>20-21 September 2018 University of Li\u00e8ge, Belgium This conference aims to scrutinize, clarify and elaborate upon the concept of\u00a0identity, which ranks among the most (ab)used &hellip; <a title=\"CFP: Failing Identities: Identification and Resistance\" class=\"bnm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/bkl-cbl\/en\/cfp-failing-identities-identification-and-resistance\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">CFP: Failing Identities: Identification and Resistance<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[523,1013],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-call-for-papers-en","category-linguistics-belgium","bnm-entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/bkl-cbl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/bkl-cbl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/bkl-cbl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/bkl-cbl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/bkl-cbl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20553"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/bkl-cbl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20583,"href":"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/bkl-cbl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20553\/revisions\/20583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/bkl-cbl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/bkl-cbl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/bkl-cbl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}