CFP: Reconsidering the “Orient” and the “Occident

Call for papers: Reconsidering “the Orient” and “the Occident” in the 21st Century: Observing the 30th Anniversary of Edward Said’s Orientalism, State University of New York College at Brockport, April 12, 2008

Thirty years ago, Edward Said raised a series of important questions in his
book, Orientalism:
* What is “the Orient”?
* How do we know it? and
* How do systems of knowledge affect the relationship between “Orient”
and “Occident”, “Self” and “Other”?

Though it has been challenged in various ways, the influence of Orientalism has
outlived its author.

The State University of New York College at Brockport invites scholars and students from all disciplines to submit proposals for papers and panels that reflect on Said’s work, what it has meant in academe and in the larger society, and how the questions he raised might be answered in the 21st century.

We are also interested in exhibits and audio-visual presentations that draw upon or illustrate Said-inspired critiques in the visual arts, plastic arts, news media, film and the like.

Dr. Takashi Nishiyama
Dr. Carl Davila
Department of History
State University of New York
College at Brockport

585-395-5687
Email: tnishiya@brockport.edu
Website: http://www.brockport.edu/orientalism/