Posthumanism is not only an academic theory interpreting the recent cultural attitudes of scholars, but a reality becoming more and more visible to the totality of the audiovisual media of our times. It’s about time to see and examine all posthumanist aspects as they are expressed in a wide range of the Humanities, Social Sciences and the evolution of the Arts. Therefore, the Conference aims at approaching Posthumanism not only as an alternative for Transhumanism (which reflects a lot of American theory), but also as a New Humanism (an attitude mainly adopted by European theory) or an expression of Postmodernism. For the above reasons, papers discussing Neo-Humanistic approaches are most welcome. Moreover, we also welcome papers criticizing Posthumanism, either as a form of Transhumanism or as an expression of the Postmodern, as the main ambition of the organizers of this conference is to set more fertile ground for serious and unprejudiced discussions on the contemporary directions of philosophy, theory and aesthetics.
Themes include:
• Posthumanist Cultural Theory and Art Theory
• Posthumanism, Visual Arts and Digital Media
• Posthumanist Aesthetics
• Posthumanism and Transhumanism
• Posthumanism as a New Humanism
• Posthumanism and the Postmodern
• Criticizing Posthumanism
• Posthuman Identities
• Posthumanist Utopias and Dystopias
• Posthumanist Literary Theory
• Posthumanism and Science Fiction
• Posthumanism and Comics [from comic strips to graphic novels]
Submissions (by June 15, 2010) to:
1. Evi Sampanikou: e.sampanikou@ct.aegean.gr
2. Stefan Lorenz Sorgner: sorgner@web.de
3. Domna Pastourmatzi: pastourm@enl.auth.gr
4. Irina Deretic: ideretic1@gmail.com
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