Call for Papers! Representations of the Danube in Literature and the Arts

 Call for Papers (reminder)

Representations of the Danube

in Literature and the Arts

The Annual Conference of the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of Bucharest, Romania, 25-26 November 2022

From the Black Forest to the Black Sea, the Danube crosses ten countries and four capital cities, forming a site of cultural memory, both fluid because of the natural features of the river and static because of the lands it connects. From epoch to epoch, the Danube has sparked the imagination of many writers and artists that left us a rich artistic heritage, whose disparate locations invite us to travel and explore.

The river Danube is an essential element in defining and shaping the geographical, environmental, historical and political landscape of Central and Eastern Europe. Therefore, the study of the cultural phenomena of the Danube region is meant to increase our awareness of belonging to a diverse common tradition and to get inspiration from the natural relationships the river represents.

Participants are invited to present papers that explore the artistic cultures of the Danube in verbal, visual and aural forms – such as prose, poetry, drama, graphic novels, comics, documentaries, feature films, photography, painting, sculpture, installation art, music etc. – examining the signifying systems they use, the imagery on which they draw, their audiences, their social and historical contexts, and the further discourses they bring about.

Authors who would like to participate online or onsite are invited to send a 250-word abstract, 5 keywords, a short bibliography and a 100-word bio to the panel organizer, Monica Manolachi, monica.manolachi@lls.unibuc.ro, by 1 November 2022.

Participation fee: 100 RON (teaching staff) / 50 RON (students). Details about the payment will be provided at a later date to those who send their contributions.

A selection of articles based on the presentations will be published in a themed volume.

More details about the panel can be found in the Call for Papers linked, which includes a list of topics and a selective bibliography (literature, film, criticism, essays and history).

Dr. Monica Manolachi

Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures

University of Bucharest

monica.manolachi@lls.unibuc.ro