MSA 5: MODERNIST CULTURES
25-28 September, 2003, Birmingham, UK

The Legacy of Surrealism
Co-ordinator: Raymond Spiteri, University of North Dakota

Although the Second World War is often taken to signal the decline of
surrealism as an avant-garde movement, surrealism continued to exist after
the war not only as an organized movement but also as an historically
decisive experience. It has continued to influence a broad range of
endeavors from critical theory and psychoanalysis to contemporary art and
gender studies. This seminar interrogates the contemporaneity of
surrealism and invites contributions focused on legacy of surrealism as an
aspect of our modernity. Topics can range from surrealism's influence on
theory, surrealism as an interlocutor in cultural dialogue, surrealism and
the question of gender, to the re-reading of surrealism after modernism.

Call for participants in a peer seminar on the Legacy of Surrealism I have
just been advised that there is still room available in the peer seminar I
am organizing for the 2003 Modernist Studies Association conference. This
year¹s conference is located in Birmingham, UK, during 25-28 September.
For more information on the conference see <http://msa.press.jhu.edu>

Seminars are small-group discussion sessions (of no more than 15 people)
for which participants write brief "position papers" that are read and
circulated prior to the conference. Seminars generate lively and valuable
exchange during the conference and in some cases have created a network of
scholars who have continued to work together. Further, the peer seminar
model allows most conferees to seek financial support from their
institutions as they educate themselves and their colleagues on subjects
of mutual interest.

To participate in this seminar you need to send an email message to
Samantha Skinner at <sjskinneryahoo.com> by June 25, 2003 and include
summer contact information. Or visit the MSA 5 website and follow the
instructions. You may also nominate for other seminars being held at this
years conference.

For more information on this seminar contact Raymond Spiteri at
<raymond.spiteriund.nodak.edu>

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Raymond Spiteri raymond.spiteriund.nodak.edu
Assistant Professor of Art History
Department of Art
University of North Dakota
Box 7099 tel. 701-777-2963
Grand Forks ND 58202-7099 fax. 701-777-2903
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