Appel à communication : Politics of Dress and Identity in Eastern Mediterranean Societies (24-26 mars 2016, Amsterdam) (date limite : 16 novembre 2015)
Politics of Dress and Identity in Eastern Mediterranean Societies (24-26 mars 2016, Amsterdam)
This international symposium takes an interdisciplinary, diachronic, and comparative approach to explore the interplay between dress and identity in the broader Mediterranean basin, with a special focus on Muslim societies and interconnected cultures, in both the past and present. It aims to bring together anthropologists, sociologists, historians, art historians, archaeologists, and scholars of other disciplines working on this subject, using a wide spectrum of methods – from textual to textile analysis. The study of dress and, in particular, of attempts to control the meanings of dress – whether in practice, depictions, or texts – not only has great potential for social and cultural history, but is also crucial to understand sartorial dynamics within contemporary societies. From the sumptuary laws issued in many ancient societies to the contemporary debate on veiling practices among Muslim women, dress is, and has always been, the site of competing discourses, where authority and resistance, and the interests of the community and those of the individual meet. By bridging the gap between different academic fields, this symposium aims to put perceptions of dress in the past and the present into a broader perspective.
The main themes we aim to discuss are:
• How is dress used to reify or challenge community boundaries? How do intersecting identities influence choices in dress?
• How is dress represented in visual and written sources? What is the relation between these and actual dress practices? How do these images and texts contribute to construct, reinforce, or subvert identity categories?
• How do actual garments, depictions of dress, or discourses on dress refer to the past (i.e. religious or cultural traditions) to legitimize the present?
• What role does dress play in the articulation of transient or multiple identities, for example in cases of conversion, migration, or the assumption of a new social status?
• How do political, economic, and cultural connections between the East and the West influence dress? How is exotic dress appropriated locally to negotiate status and identity?
Scholars, PhD candidates, and advanced MA students doing research related to the subject of dress and identity are invited to submit a proposal for the symposium. If application for participation has been successful the following is granted:
Participation in the complete program, including lunches and the conference dinners;
Not included: travel, accommodation expenses, and other meals.
The conference does not offer travel grants, but we can support applications for additional funding sought from third parties such as the Pasold Research Fund (www.pasold.co.uk)
To apply for participation applications should be send to the symposium organizers: Rosita D’Amora rosita.damora@unisalento.it or Tineke Rooijakkers c.t.rooijakkers@vu.nlDate limite : Monday, 16 November 2015, 24.00 (CET)
This application includes the following:
• a title and an abstract of 300 words (max.)
• a short biography of 50 words (max.)
We intend to publish a selection of the papers presented at the symposium in an edited volume. The deadline for the submission of these articles is: Thursday, 15 September 2016.
The organizing committee: Rosita D’Amora, Tineke Rooijakkers, Bas ter Haar Romeny, Mat Immerzeel, Judith Kindinger, and Alexandra Pleşa
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Marianne BRISVILLE (12 octobre 2015). Appel à communication : Politics of Dress and Identity in Eastern Mediterranean Societies (24-26 mars 2016, Amsterdam) (date limite : 16 novembre 2015). Diwan. Consulté le 16 mars 2025 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/nqe7