The event poses the question "When are we?" (which can be translated as "In what time are we living?") at a time when we are confronting wars, the climate crisis, growing inequalities and the impact of the pandemic. The conference aims to be a space for conversation about how different disciplines – the humanities, social sciences, and the arts – describe and represent time. Like most UNIC events, this conference is a great opportunity to meet individuals with whom we can establish further cooperation and build a transnational academic community together.
Questions to explore might include, but are not limited to:
- how thinking about time helps us understand contemporary crises,
- how culture and art reveal and change our sense of time,
- what "other" temporalities are, e.g., the time of nature, the time of the Earth's deep history,
- how technology and artificial intelligence influence our experience of time,
- how climate change alters the pace of social and ecological life,
- how postcolonial studies think about time and how they explain contemporary conflicts.
The organisers are accepting proposals for individual papers as well as thematic panels. Abstracts (approximately 300 words) and a short bio should be submitted by 15 January to: LMasini@ucc.ie. Acceptance e-mails and further info will be shared by mid-February. Presentations should not exceed 20 minutes.
More information can be found in the conference announcement
The conference is organised by Dr Leonora Masini, Dr Barbara Siller, Dr Chiara Giuliani and Prof. Laura McAtackney of the University College Cork.
