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Hello, The Visual and Cultural Studies Program at the University of Rochester is hosting its Graduate Student Conference on Friday, April 4 and Saturday, April 5, 2003. Please post and distribute the following call for papers. Thank you, Leanne Gilbertson “Casting Doubt” Conference Coordinator University of Rochester ________________________________________________________________ CALL FOR PAPERS PLEASE DISTRIBUTE AND POST The Program in Visual and Cultural Studies at the University of Rochester presents: CASTING DOUBT A Graduate Conference Friday, April 4 & Saturday, April 5, 2003 CASTING DOUBT is an interdisciplinary graduate student conference exploring the phenomena of calling things into question. It seeks to understand the multiple dimensions of doubting as a lived reality, an historical moment, a liminal state, a political position, and an ethical imperative. Responding both to an official cultural climate which vehemently chastises voices of dissent, and to a growing intellectual interest in emotional experiences of all kinds, this conference seeks to pry open and discover spaces of doubt in an effort to consider their multiple meanings, modes, aesthetics, and impacts. CASTING DOUBT can then be approached as a timely, collective meditation on the potential value of uncertainty. We invite proposals from across disciplines, research interests, and theoretical persuasions. Possible areas of inquiry might include, but are not limited to: ß Radical Doubt ß Visualizing Doubt ß Suspicious Minds & Reasonable Doubt ß Crisis of Doubt ß Doubting the Normal ß Doubt and Knowledge ß Doubtful Science ß Historical Doubts ß Self Doubt ß Philosophy of Doubt ß Ethnography of Everyday Doubt ß Performing Doubt: Hoaxes, Frauds & Cons ***DEADLINE for submissions: JANUARY 12, 2003*** Submissions for 20-minute papers should be in abstract form (250-500 words). A self-addressed stamped envelope must accompany all submissions requiring return. Please include e-mail addresses with all submissions whenever possible. Abstracts and inquiries may be sent via e-mail to: [log in to unmask] Printed submissions should be posted to: Organizing Committee for "Casting Doubt" c/o Program in Visual and Cultural Studies 424 Morey Hall University of Rochester Box 270456 Rochester, NY 14627-0456 ABOUT THE PROGRAM The Program in Visual and Cultural Studies is an interdisciplinary graduate program at the University of Rochester. Its focus is visual culture and critical theory; the Departments and Programs of Art and Art History, English, Film Studies, Anthropology, History, and Modern Languages and Cultures, as well as the Susan B. Anthony Institute for Women's Studies, constitute its academic base. Web site: http://www.rochester.edu/college/AAH/ ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html