The Culture of Affect - Affects in Culture.

Humanities after the Affective Turn

International Scientific Symposium organized by the Center for Anthropology of Literature and
Culture Studies at the Polish Studies Department.

Dear Sir or Madam,

We wish to invite you to the International Scientific Symposium, organized by the
Center for Anthropology of Literature and Culture Studies (Faculty of Polish Literary Studies),

entitled The Culture of Affect Affects in Culture. Humanities after the Affective Turn, which
will take place between the 6th and 8th of June this year in Krakw. At the symposium we
would like to turn our attention first and foremost toward the modern and post-modern
forms of representation and/or of articulation of affect in texts of culture. We are also
interested in the status of the affect itself in culture and social life, status which is
undergoing changes in philosophical, cultural-historical and theoretical perspectives;
varieties of affect (intensities, feelings, emotions, moods...) and its forms (shame, fear,
loathing, joy...); as well as the dimensions and consequences of the Affective Turn in
Humanities.

Key areas of interest:

- Status of the (post)-modern affect,
- The "anatomy" of affect an attempt at formulating a definition,
- Affect in theory; the philosophy of affect,
- Forms of affective representation and/or articulation in texts of culture,
- Methods of studying affect in Literature/Visual Arts/New Media/ Theatre,
- Different poetics of affect; affective genres,

- Dimensions and consequences of the Affective Turn; the Affective Turn in the context of
other "turns" in the field of Humanities,
- Inter-(trans-)disciplinarity,
- Affect versus trauma/experience/sensation,
- Affects versus testimony and memory,
- Theatrical/performative affects,
- Affective economies; capitalist affect.

The format of the Symposium includes lectures, presentations and panel discussions.
Among others, the following persons have so far confirmed their participation: prof. Anna
Burzyska, prof. Anna Zeidler-Janiszewska, prof. Joanna Tokarska-Bakir, prof. Przemysaw
Czapliski, prof. Grzegorz Nizioek, prof. Joanna yliska, prof. Tomasz Swoboda, prof.
Tomasz Majewski, dr hab. Iwona Wgrzyn, dr Luiza Nader, dr Katarzyna Bojarska, dr Jakub
Momro.

We encourage researchers, postgraduate and undergraduate students to send

abstracts and actively participate in the Symposium. The organizers reserve the prerogative
to select from among the proposals sent in.

Please send your proposals to: kultura.afektu@gmail.com

Please send your questions in particular subject matters to: agnieszka.dauksza@gmail.com
Website of the Symposium: kulturaafektu.wordpress.com

Deadline date for abstracts: 31.03.2014

Date of notification of acceptance as a participant: 14.04.2014

Deadline date for conference fee: 30.04.2014 (the account number shall be disclosed to
participants together with the notification of acceptance)
Deadline for texts of the presentations (which will be made accessible to panel discussion
participants and made public on the Symposium's web-page): 18.05.2014
Date of the Symposium: 6-8.06.2014
Place: Faculty of Polish Literary Studies, Jagiellonian University, Grodzka St 64, 31-044, Jan
Boski Aula.
Conference fee: 300 z/ 75 (includes food catering, reading materials, partial postsymposium publishing costs). The organizers do not cover the travel/accommodation costs.
Working languages: Polish, English

Patronage:
Prof. dr hab. Anna ebkowska, Deputy Dean of Polish Literary Studies at Jagiellonian
University
Scientific-Organizing Committee:
Prof. dr hab. Ryszard Nycz
Mgr Iwona Boruszkowska
Mgr Agnieszka Dauksza
Mgr Alicja Kosterska
Mgr Szymon Maliborski

We eagerly await your participation. / We warmly invite you to participate.

The Organizers