Conference on Walter Benjamin and the Aesthetics of Change: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Announcing a conference on:

Walter Benjamin and the Aesthetics of Change: An Interdisciplinary Approach

February 22-23, 2008

University of Birmingham, UK

Please submit your abstracts by December 15 to Anca Pusca: puscaa@bham.ac.uk


Given the increasing interest in the work of Walter Benjamin, across a
number of different disciplines, such as international relations, political
theory, sociology, urban studies, literature and more, this conference seeks
to bring together a critical mass of scholars from across these different
disciplines in order to share their approaches to Benjamin's work as well as
to consider the impact that it has had and continues to have on the study of
social change. Panel submissions as well as individual papers are welcomed.
Proposals could address questions related to the use of Benjamin's work in
different disciplines, his historical relevance, his impact on the study of
history and social change, his contribution to the larger concept of
aesthetics, elaborations on his concept of aura, shock, history,
materialism, space, flaneur/flaneurship, his impact on other writers and
schools of thought as well as his continued relevance today. Anyone
interested in the work of Walter Benjamin or those he has inspired is
invited to attend.
For more information, please contact: Anca Pusca: puscaa@bham.ac.uk.