University of Aarhus, Denmark

University of Aarhus, Denmark Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia The Department of British and American Studies, Faculty of Arts and SKASE (The Slovak Association for the Study of English) look forward to welcoming you to the 12th ESSE CONFERENCE in KOŠICE, SLOVAKIA FRIDAY 29 AUGUST – TUESDAY 2 SEPTEMBER, 2014 DEADLINES For Lectures (nomination by National Associations): 1 May 2013. For Seminars and Round Tables (proposals from prospective convenors): 1 May 2013. For posters, individual papers at seminar sessions and PhD students’ sessions: 31 January 2014. Registration will begin on 1 March 2014. CALL FOR SEMINARS, ROUND TABLES AND LECTURES ESSE members are invited to submit proposals for seminars and round tables on topics related to our fields of study: English Language, Literatures in English, and Cultural Studies (broadly defined). Proposals for seminars and round tables should be submitted directly to the Academic Programme Committee (APC) at esse2014proposals@upjs.sk. National Associations are invited to nominate potential lecturers. Suggestions for lecturers should be sent to the Presidents or representatives of the National Associations who will send the nominations to the APC. ESSE 2014 Programme Format SEMINARS Proposals for seminars on specialised topics within our field should be submitted jointly by two ESSE members, preferably from two different National Associations. The degree of international appeal will be one of the selection criteria used by the APC. Proposals will not be entertained if they come from two people in the same institution. In exceptional cases the APC may permit one of the two convenors not to be an ESSE member (e.g. because they come from outside Europe), if it is argued that their presence is especially important for the seminar. Seminar proposals must include the names, affiliations and e-mail addresses of the convenors and a 100- word description of the topic. Unlike round tables, seminars are not pre-constituted events and will therefore be included within the APC’s future call for papers, although convenors may take an active role in approaching potential participants. The seminar format is intended to encourage lively participation on the part both of speakers and of members of the audience. For this reason, papers will be orally presented in no longer than 15 minutes rather than read. Reduced versions of the papers will be circulated beforehand among participants. Further directions will follow in the call for papers. NB: proposals for individual papers should NOT be submitted at this stage. The deadline for individual papers will be the 31 January 2014. ROUND TABLES The aim of round tables is to present topics and problems currently seen as shaping the nature of the discipline. At a round table a pre-constituted panel discusses issues of fairly general scholarly or professional interest in front of (and subsequently with) an audience. In other words, round tables are not sequences of papers but debate sessions. Proposals should include a 100-word description of the topic and the names and affiliations of at least three participants (including the convenor), who must be drawn from more than one national association. The maximum number of speakers will be five. LECTURES A number of distinguished keynote speakers, including at least one representing each of the three main fields covered by ESSE (English Language, Literatures in English, and Cultural Studies), will give plenary lectures by direct invitation of the organisers. In addition, there will be approximately 10 sub-plenary or parallel lectures given by ESSE members nominated by their National Associations. These lectures are expected to have a wide appeal and to reflect recent developments in scholarship in one of the three areas mentioned above. They will be fifty minutes in length. National Associations should forward a description of their nominee’s proposed topic together with a brief summary of his or her CV. Each national association can propose up to three lecturers, each of them in one of the three main fields mentioned above, so that the APC can have a wide range of options for the final selection. Please note that ESSE will not finance the sub-plenary lecturers’ costs of attending the conference, but that their conference fees will be waived. POSTERS Posters will be devoted to research-in-progress and project presentations. The aim is to provide additional opportunities for feedback and personal contacts. Further details will appear in a future issue of The Messenger and the deadline for posters will be the 31 January 2014. SESSIONS FOR PhD STUDENTS Young scholars who are writing their PhD theses in English studies may apply to make a brief presentation of their work-in-progress at one of three workshops in the fields of English Language, Literatures in English, and Cultural Studies respectively. These presentations should deal with the issues/hypotheses addressed in the thesis, the results so far obtained and above all the methodology applied, with the purpose of getting feedback from peers and established scholars in the field. Each workshop will be coordinated by two international experts, who will select from the applications and convene the corresponding sessions. Enquiries about this feature should be addressed to Professor J. Lachlan Mackenzie (VU University Amsterdam, NL and ILTEC, PT): lachlan_mackenzie@hotmail.com. Further details will appear in a future issue of The and the deadline for the submission of applications will be 31 January 2014. Messenger ACADEMIC PROGRAMME COMMITTEE Associate professor Slávka Tomaš?íková (P. J. Šafárik University in Košice) (chair) Professor I?il Ba? (Bo?aziçi University) Professor Andreas H. Jucker (University of Zürich) Dr. Lívia Körtvélyessy (P. J. Šafárik University in Košice) Professor Pierre Lurbe (Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3) Professor Socorro Suárez (Universidad de Oviedo) Dr. Soňa Šnircová (P. J. Šafárik University in Košice) Professor Pavol Štekauer (P. J. Šafárik University in Košice) PROPOSALS FOR SEMINARS, ROUND TABLES AND LECTURES SHOULD BE SENT BY E- MAIL TO: esse2014proposals@upjs.sk GENERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ESSE 2014 CONFERENCE IN KOŠICE SHOULD BE SENT BY E-MAIL TO: esse2014info@upjs.sk www.esse2014kosice.sk