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> >Subject: CFP: The Ecocritical Colonization of >Postcolonialism (10/14/05; 2/24/06-2/25/06) > >From: "Hans-Georg Erney" <[log in to unmask]> > >CFP: The Ecocritical Colonization of Postcolonialism (10/14/05; >2/24/04-2/25/06) > >Proposed Panel for the 15th Annual British Commonwealth & Postcolonial Studies >Conference in Savannah, Georgia, February 24-25, 2006 > >The Ecocritical Colonization of Postcolonialism > >This panel seeks to continue the conversation between postcolonial theory and >ecocriticism. Both theoretical discussions of postcolonial ecocriticism and >case studies of ecological imperialism in postcolonial literature are welcome. > >The following questions might suggest some possible lines of analysis: > >- Beyond nonanthropocentrism: How can the interests of endangered > species be reconciled with those of endangered people? >- Island ecologies: How are the special >geographical conditions of islands > reflected in their societies, ecosystems, and literatures? >- Imperial ecology: How can ecocriticism provide us with a fresh look at > colonial literature? >- The war on tourism: What do postcolonial and nature-oriented writers > have to say about (eco)tourism? >- Bred in captivity: How are zoos, aquaria, botanical gardens etc. > represented in postcolonial literature? > >The 15th Annual British Commonwealth and Postcolonial Studies Conference will >take place on Friday and Saturday, February 24 ñ 25, 2006, at the Coastal >Georgia Center in Historic Downtown Savannah, Georgia. This yearís keynote >speaker will be Abdulrazak Gurnah, novelist and Professor in English and >Postcolonial Literatures at the University of Kent. > >For more information on the conference visit: [ >http://ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/bcps.html >]http://ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/bcps.html > >Please e-mail a one-page abstract and a brief CV to Hans-Georg Erney at >[log in to unmask] by October 14, 2005. > > >* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * >Hans-Georg Erney >10 Ocean Avenue >Salem, Massachusetts 01970 >E-Mail: [log in to unmask] > ******************* The German Studies Call for Papers List Editor: Stefani Engelstein Assistant Editor: Megan McKinstry Sponsored by the University of Missouri Info available at: http://www.missouri.edu/~graswww/resources/gerlistserv.html