An International Conference *The Future of Ecocriticism: New Horizons *

An International Conference *The Future of Ecocriticism: New Horizons *
November 4-6, 2009

Location: Turkey, Hotel Limak Limra, Kemer, Antalya, Turkey
Conference Date: 2009-11-04
Announcement ID: 167547

"The Future of Ecocriticism: New Horizons," organized by Hacettepe and Ankara Universities, Ankara, and co-sponsored by The Turkish Fulbright Commission, will be the first international conference on ecocriticism in Turkey. It welcomes papers on topics related to ecocritical studies from diverse theoretical and literary perspectives. The conference encourages papers on the following topics:

- International responses to American and world environmental literatures
- Ecocritical interpretations of Turkish literature and literatures of
Turkic speaking peoples
- Mediterranean environmental literatures
- Ecocritical theory in new perspectives
- Connections between Eastern and Western environmental sensibilities
- Bioregionalism in theory and practice
- Environmental ethics and aesthetics
- Deep ecology and ecophilosophy
- Postmodern ecologies
- Ecopoetics
- Environmental education and ecological literacy
- Narratives of animals and animality
- Ecological humanism in children's literatures
- New ecofeminist approaches to literary texts
- Ecocritical approaches to myths, legends and folk tales from around the world
- Literature and environmental justice
- Marine life and water in ecocritical studies
- Literary responses to the global ecological crisis and climate change
- Wild life conservation in ecocritical studies

Please submit your paper title, an abstract of no more than 350 words, your short bio, and your contact details (institution, mailing address, telephone number, email) by April 30, 2009 to: ecocriticism@hacettepe.edu.tr

All email submissions will receive a confirmation of receipt. For further information, please contact: Serpil Oppermann, Hacettepe University,*opperman@hacettepe.edu.tr*

The official conference language is English. For registration, payment, and booking, please visit our website: http://www.ecocriticism.hacettepe.edu.tr

Serpil Oppermann, Hacettepe University, opperman@hacettepe.edu.tr
Ufuk Özdag, Hacettepe University, ozdag@hacettepe.edu.tr
Nevin Özkan, Ankara University, ozkan@humanity.ankara.edu.tr
Email: ecocriticism@hacettepe.edu
Visit the website at http://www.ecocriticism.hacettepe.edu.tr/