From Steven Howe, University of Lucerne:<\/p>\n
Call for Applications<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Critical Times 2024<\/p>\n Un\/Seen<\/p>\n Summer School in Law and Humanities<\/p>\n University of Lucerne, 3-7 June 2024<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In his 2011 book The Right to Look<\/em>, Nicholas Mirzoeff offers a compelling account of visuality as an \u201cold word for an old practice\u201d, whereby \u201cdomination imposes the sensible evidence of its legitimacy\u201d (Mirzoeff 2011). As an exertion of authority over \u2018looking\u2019, visuality is not just about images and their meanings, or about the circuits of their production, circulation and consumption. It also refers to the intersection of power with representation, and to the rules and resources that govern the very limits of the visible and the invisible.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In this critical spirit, the 2024 summer school Un\/Seen<\/em> invites postdocs, ECRs and graduate students from a range of disciplines and backgrounds to join together for a week of critical discussion on the interplay between law, politics and visuality. We aim to open a space for exploring the relations between modes of visual authority and what Mirzoeff terms \u201ccountervisualities\u201d that endeavour to challenge dominant regimes of the sensible \u2013 legal, political or aesthetic. Traversing diverse contexts and theoretical frameworks, our goal is to spark reflection and new thinking on the dynamics of presence and absence, visibility and invisibility, and on the conditions of seeing and not seeing, of being seen and unseen.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Issues to be considered may include:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Walter Benjamin pronounced that \u201chistory decays into images not stories\u201d (Benjamin 1999). Octavio Paz took a different view: \u201cWe must oppose \u2026 not<\/em> with another image \u2013 all images have the fatal tendency to become petrified \u2013 but with criticism<\/em>, the acid that dissolves images\u201d (Paz 1970). A joint venture of six partner institutions on five continents, the 2024 Critical Times summer school offers the perfect environment for thinking through and responding to these and other provocations.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Programme & Activities<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This year\u2019s summer school will follow the model developed for last year\u2019s successful event. In the morning, interdisciplinary seminars will be delivered by expert faculty from our partner institutions and beyond. In the afternoon, research colloquia will allow participants to present and develop their own work in a diverse and supportive environment. The evenings will be given over to a mixture of special events and social activities. The summer school thus offers a memorable opportunity to join a community of scholars and writers from around the world, and to establish lasting contacts, networks, and friendships.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Confirmed speakers include:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Further speakers will be announced shortly. Full programme details will be constantly updated here<\/a> as information becomes available.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Applications<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Applications are invited from postdocs, ECRs and graduate students \u2013 of all disciplinary backgrounds \u2013 with research interests across law, critical theory and the humanities. Full application details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Deadline: 29 February 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Registration<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The registration fee for the full week is CHF 400.-. <\/strong>This includes\u00a0<\/strong>tuition, materials, lunches, coffee breaks and social events.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Please note that the fee does not<\/strong> include accommodation. Participants are required to make their own arrangements. A list of possible accommodation options is available on request.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Organisation<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Critical Times series is a network-based collaboration led by<\/p>\n <\/p>\n in association with<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Contact<\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n
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