BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d54100830d30730831bb68861cd79430 CATEGORIES:Polar Conferences, Meetings and Events CREATED:20160923T113616 SUMMARY:2017 HASSEG Conference - Depths and Surfaces: Understanding the Antarctic Region through the Humanities and Social Sciences LOCATION:Hobart\, Tasmania\, Australia DESCRIPTION:A conference to be held at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, 5-7 July 2017\nWebsite: http://antarctica-h asseg.com/biennial-conference-2017/\nDeadline for Abstracts: 3 March 2017 ( see details below)\nKeynote Speakers: Prof. Sanjay Chaturvedi (Panjab Unive rsity), Prof. Anne Noble (Massey University) and Prof. Tim Stephens (Univer sity of Sydney)\nAntarctica rarely makes it onto the map of the humanities and social sciences. While artists have produced responses to the continent for centuries, non-scientific researchers have been reluctant to venture i ntellectually into the far southern latitudes. The continent’s lack of an i ndigenous or permanent human population, together with a popular Antarctic exceptionalism which frames the continent as immune to the political, socia l and economic forces that affect the rest of the globe, has made it seem o ff-limits to analysis outside of a scientific framework.\nIncreasingly, how ever, public attention is being drawn to Antarctica, as the surface of its ice plays host to tourists, proliferating stations, heroic re-enactments, a nd national manoeuvring; its icy depths reveal the environmental history of our planet; and its ocean currents ominously undermine the glaciers around its edges. While scientific efforts are crucial, understanding the Antarct ic region – past, present and future – requires contributions across the di sciplinary spectrum. This conference aims to bring together humanities, cre ative arts and social sciences researchers interested in the Antarctic, fos tering a community of scholars who can act in concert with natural scientis ts to address the issues that face the Antarctic region.\nCALL FOR PAPERS\n We invite papers from a broad range of disciplines – including history, lit erary and cultural studies, creative arts, sociology, politics, geography a nd law – that engage with the Antarctic, sub-Antarctic and Southern Ocean. Contributions from scientists interested in engaging with the HASS communit y are encouraged. Both proposals for individual papers (20 minutes with 10 minutes question time) and interdisciplinary panels are welcome.\nTopics ma y include, but are not limited to:\n· Antarctic texts and subtexts\n· Antar ctic cryoscapes\n· Anthropocene Antarctica\n· Ice cores as cultural and pol itical objects\n· Submerged issues in the Antarctic region\n· Connections a nd collaborations between the arts, humanities, social sciences and natural sciences (particularly oceanography and bathymetry)\n· History of polar sc ience\n· Antarctic historiography\n· History and politics of the Southern O cean\n· Digging into the past: archives, artefacts, archaeology\n· Subantar ctic islands: histories and cultures\n· Postcolonial Antarctica\n· Ice and identity politics\n· Antarctic nationalisms\n· Polar geographies and geopol itics\n· Antarctica and the global commons\n· Transpolar connections\n· Pol ar mobilities, vertical and horizontal\n· Antarctic tourism and travel\n· I nhabiting the ice: structures and dwellings\n· Polar heritage and museums\n · Antarctic aesthetics\n· Antarctica and emotions\n· Antarctic futures\nABS TRACTS of up to 250 words, including a short bio note, in WORD doc format, should be emailed to This email address is being protected from spambots. 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A conference to be held at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studie s, University of Tasmania, Hobart, 5-7 July 2017

Website: http://anta rctica-hasseg.com/biennial-conference-2017/
Deadline for Abstracts: 3 March 2017 (see details below)
Keynote Speakers: Prof. Sanjay Chaturve di (Panjab University), Prof. Anne Noble (Massey University) and Prof. Tim Stephens (University of Sydney)

Antarctica rarely makes it onto the m ap of the humanities and social sciences. While artists have produced respo nses to the continent for centuries, non-scientific researchers have been r eluctant to venture intellectually into the far southern latitudes. The con tinent’s lack of an indigenous or permanent human population, together with a popular Antarctic exceptionalism which frames the continent as immune to the political, social and economic forces that affect the rest of the glob e, has made it seem off-limits to analysis outside of a scientific framewor k.

Increasingly, however, public attention is being drawn to Antarcti ca, as the surface of its ice plays host to tourists, proliferating station s, heroic re-enactments, and national manoeuvring; its icy depths reveal th e environmental history of our planet; and its ocean currents ominously und ermine the glaciers around its edges. While scientific efforts are crucial, understanding the Antarctic region – past, present and future – requires c ontributions across the disciplinary spectrum. This conference aims to brin g together humanities, creative arts and social sciences researchers intere sted in the Antarctic, fostering a community of scholars who can act in con cert with natural scientists to address the issues that face the Antarctic region.

CALL FOR PAPERS

We invite papers from a broad range of disciplines – including history, literary and cultural studies, creative ar ts, sociology, politics, geography and law – that engage with the Antarctic , sub-Antarctic and Southern Ocean. Contributions from scientists intereste d in engaging with the HASS community are encouraged. Both proposals for in dividual papers (20 minutes with 10 minutes question time) and interdiscipl inary panels are welcome.

Topics may include, but are not limited to:

· Antarctic texts and subtexts
· Antarctic cryoscapes
· An thropocene Antarctica
· Ice cores as cultural and political objects
· Submerged issues in the Antarctic region
· Connections and collab orations between the arts, humanities, social sciences and natural sciences (particularly oceanography and bathymetry)
· History of polar science
· Antarctic historiography
· History and politics of the Souther n Ocean
· Digging into the past: archives, artefacts, archaeology
· Subantarctic islands: histories and cultures
· Postcolonial Antarct ica
· Ice and identity politics
· Antarctic nationalisms
· P olar geographies and geopolitics
· Antarctica and the global commons· Transpolar connections
· Polar mobilities, vertical and horizont al
· Antarctic tourism and travel
· Inhabiting the ice: structure s and dwellings
· Polar heritage and museums
· Antarctic aestheti cs
· Antarctica and emotions
· Antarctic futures

ABSTRACTS of up to 250 words, including a short bio note, in WORD doc format, should be emailed to This email a ddress is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to vie w it. by 3 March 2017, with noti fication of acceptance by 31 March 2017. There will be an opportunity for s elected papers to be expanded into one or more publications stemming from t he conference.

For enquiries please contact This email address is being protected from spambots . You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

This is the third joint conference of the Humanities and S ocial Sciences Expert Group and the History Expert Group of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research. Local sponsors include the Multidisciplina ry Environment Research Group, the Centre for Colonialism and its Aftermath , and the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (University of Tasmani a).

Convenor: Assoc. Prof. Elizabeth Leane (School of Humanities/IMAS , University of Tasmania)

Advisory Committee:

Dr Ben Maddison ( School of Humanities and Social Inquiry, U. Wollongong)
Dr Jeff McGee (Faculty of Law/IMAS, UTAS)
Dr Steve Nicol (Adjunct Professor, IMAS, U TAS)
Miranda Nieboer (Postgraduate Candidate, School of Humanities/IMA S, UTAS)
Hanne Nielsen (Postgraduate Candidate, School of Humanities/I MAS, UTAS)
Dr. Carolyn Philpott (Conservatorium of Music, Tasmanian Co llege of the Arts, UTAS)

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