CALL FOR PAPERS: Knowledge Transfer and Cultural Exchanges, 2nd CHAM international conference, FCSH/Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal, 15 – 18 July 2015.
Keynote speakers:
* Giovanni Levi (Università Ca’Foscari – ltaly)
* Philip Rothwell (Oxford University – UK)
It is certainly a commonplace to say that knowledge transfer is never neutral, occurring in specific conditions that interfere in whatever is being transferred, and between subjects formed and conditioned differently, which implies that meanings change while being “transferred”. Nevertheless, working on global realities, and being confronted with relationships established diachronically as well as synchronically, we shall question the practices and the concepts that contribute to the way these transfers occur.
The second CHAM international conference, conceived as a starting point of a strategic project on “Frontiers”, will discuss “Knowledge transfer and cultural exchanges” from two perspectives, although not necessarily put apart.
A methodological and conceptual perspective aims at questioning practices and concepts associated to knowledge transfer: the concept of generation, the concept of network, the concept of learning, the concepts of reception and appropriation, the concepts of “alterity” and cultural areas (hence, cultural frontiers) among others.
A historical perspective aims at identifying and discussing specific situations of knowledge transfer, comprehending values, customs, narratives, or scientific knowledge, and taking place in specific institutional, social and cultural realities, including family, school, or whatever exchange space is concerned.
We invite scholars from all humanities and social science disciplines to submit panel proposals on the following themes:
* New directions in historiography
* The strength of traditions
* Identities, heritage and conflict
* Language, communication, and translation
* Making sense of the globe: space and territory
* Networks and cultural power
* Circulation and consumption of material and visual culture
* Nature, science and world views
* Generations
* Learning: formal and informal
* Obstacles and constraints to cultural transfer
* Frontiers: visible and invisible
* Culture and State.
The Scientific Committee will make the decision as to which panel proposals will be accepted based on: a) compliance with the subjects and b) on clarity, relevance, cohesion and academic accuracy.
The language of the conference is English and all submissions/communication must be in English. Panel proposals shall be written in English. Panel convenors may only submit one proposal.
Deadline: 19 December 2014.