Our colloquium opens a dialogue between literature,
art, history and society.
We are interested in the ways in which certain works, events, personas
achieve cult status. What are the criteria for attaining cult status?
How do they change in the course of history? Is there any cultural logic
of the cult?
We also want to explore and assess social, political, cultural, moral
and aesthetic effects of 'cult'.
We welcome studies of particular communities of readers/consumers as
well as more general surveys of the issue.
Location
The Colloquium is held in a highly attractive, historical city of Olomouc
with a well-preserved Renaissance and Baroque historical centre, second
largest to Prague. Palacky University is situated in the center of the
old town. It is the second oldest university in the Czech lands, and
the Philosophical Faculty has the privilege of having been donated two
special book collections - the special collection of Nathan Huggins,
and the special collection of Ye Gerbish (donation of Eddie & Anna
Bishop).
Olomouc is easily accessible by express trains from Prague (ca 3 hours).
Organizers
The Colloquium is sponsored and organized by the Czech and Slovak Association
for American Studies in cooperation with the Embassy of the U.S.A. in
Prague.
Format
The format of the Colloquium gives space to one longer plenary paper
in the morning (60 minutes)
and two or three shorter presentations in the afternoon (30-45 minutes),
followed with discussion sessions. The lecturers are encouraged to take
a wider and more general perspective in order to address a larger audience,
consisting of university teachers of American Studies, American Literature,
or English language, and postgraduate and graduate students. The evening
program consists of films, concerts, poetry readings, city tours, and
other activities.
A selection of revised papers presented at the conference will be included
in a volume, to be edited by the Colloquium organizers and published
by the Palacky University.
Application
For application click here
and send the filled out form by e-mail to colloquium@centrum.cz
or via regular mail to Mgr. Robert Hysek, Department of English and
American Studies, Krizkovskeho 8, 771 80 Olomouc, Czech Republic.
The submission deadline for those who want to participate as
speakers is February 28, 2005. Please send a short abstract (300-500
words) to the above mentioned e-mail address.
Registration fee
- 25 Euro for early registration (before May 15)
- 30 Euro for late registration
It is advisable to ask the aid of the American embassy in your countries.
Accommodation
In nice student hostels, near the center of the town.
- single - ca 9 Euro/1 night
- double - ca 5 Euro/1 night