International Seminar
Representing Violence
September 19, 2008, 9:00, School of Arts and Humanities, University of Coimbra, Amphitheatre IV (5th Floor)
Programme
9.00-9.30: Registration
9.30-9.45: Opening ceremony
9.45-10.45: Keynote Address
Gerry Kearns
(Geography, University of Cambridge)
Violence, Globalization, and the Agency of Diaspora
Chair: António Sousa Ribeiro
10.45-11.00: Coffee break
11.00-13.00: Session I
Chair: Júlia Garraio
11.00-11.30: José Manuel Pureza (International Relations, Centre for Social Studies)
Turbulent Borderlands: Stereotypes, Representations and real Violences
11.30-12.00: Maria José Canelo (Literary and Cultural Studies, Centre for Social Studies)
Taming Fear and Controlling Violence: The Second World War in the U.S. Journal ‘Common Ground’
12.00-12.30: Adriana Bebiano (Literary and Cultural Studies, Centre for Social Studies)
Scars and Wounds. Contemporary Fiction's Dealings with the Past.
12.30-13.00: Isabel Gil (Literary and Cultural Studies, Catholic University, Lisbon)
Hate Thy Neighbour! The Enemy within in Paul Haggis’ ‘In the Valley of Ellah’
13.00-14.45: Lunch break
14.45- 16.15: Session II
Chair: Maria José Canelo
14.45-15.15: António Sousa Ribeiro (Literary and Cultural Studies, Centre for Social Studies)
An Ethics of Violence? Protocols of Satiric Discourse in Modernity
15.15-15.45: Catarina Martins (Literary and Cultural Studies, Centre for Social Studies)
Beyond Representation? Rethinking Violence in Early 20th Century German-Language Essayistic Prose
15.45-16.15: Júlia Garraio (Literary and Cultural Studies, Centre for Social Studies)
A ‘Suitable’ Wartime Rape Story: Why Adenauer's Germany rejected ‘A Woman in Berlin’ and celebrated ‘Token of a Covenant’
16.15-16.40: Coffee break
16.40-17.40: Session III
Chair: Adriana Bebiano
16.40-17.10: Luís Quintais (Anthropology, University of Coimbra)
Bioart and Iconoclash
17.10-17.40: Sílvia Maeso (Political Science and Sociology, Centre for Social Studies)
Who are the subjects/victims of violence? : Social Sciences and Law in the Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission
17.40-18.40: Keynote Address
Roberto Vecchi
(Literary and Cultural Studies, University of Bologna)
Space and Violence at the Time of Banishment
Chair: Catarina Martins
18.40-18.50: Closing remarks
António Sousa Ribeiro
Sponsor: Foundation for Science and Technology |