The2016CambridgeAHRCDTPConferenceon

TimeandTemporality

14.16.September2016,PeterhouseCollege,Cambridge

CallforPapers

Die a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School for the Humanities Cologne ist von der School of the
Arts and Humanities der University of Cambridge eingeladen worden, an der
Erffnungskonferenz im Rahmen des Cambridge Arts and Humanities Research
CouncilDoctoralTrainingPartnershipteilzunehmen.
Fr Klner Doktorandinnen und Doktoranden stehen 10 Stipendien (Reise und
Aufenthalt)frdieaktiveTeilnahme,d.h.miteinemeigenenVortrag,zurVerfgung.
Der thematische Rahmen ist in dem beiliegenden Call for Papers der School of the
ArtsandHumanitiesderUniversityofCambridgedargelegt.
Bewerbungensindbiszum15.Dezembermglich.

FolgendeBewerbungsunterlagensindeinzureichen:
ThemaundAbstractvonmax.300Worten
kurzesCurriculumvitaezumfachlichemHintergrundundEMailAdresse
DieBewerbungensindzurichtenan:
a.r.t.e.s.GraduateSchoolfortheHumanitiesCologne
Prof.Dr.AndreasSpeer&FlorianPetersen,M.A.
EMail:f.petersen@unikoeln.de

The2016CambridgeAHRCDTPConferenceon
TimeandTemporality

Tobeheld14th16thSeptember2016inPeterhouseCollege,Cambridge.

CallforPapers

TheCambridgeDoctoralTrainingPartnership(DTP)invitescontributionstothe
inauguralAnnualCambridgeAHRCDTPConference,whichwillinvestigatetheplace
themomentoftimeintheartsandhumanities.Theconferencewillbringtogether
studentsfromwithinthecurrentCambridgeDTPcohortandfrompartnerinstitutions
ofinternationalstandingtofacilitatetheinterdisciplinaryexchangeofideasandthe
developmentofcollaborativenetworks.TheCambridgeDTPisfundedbytheArtsand
HumanitiesResearchCouncilUK(AHRC)andexiststoprovidestudentshipsand
personalandprofessionaldevelopmentatPhDlevelinthefollowingbroadAHRC
designatedsubjectdomains:history,thoughtandsystemsofbelief;creativeand
performingarts;culturesandheritage;languagesandliteratures.Weinvite
contributionsfromanyoftheprecedingsubjectareas,andparticularlythosewiththe
potentialforbroadinterdisciplinaryappeal:forafulllistoftherelevantdisciplines,
pleaseseehttp://www.ahrcdtp.csah.cam.ac.uk/about/participatingdeps.
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Incontemporaryscholarship,timeisnotrunningout,butrushingin.If,asRichard
Feynmanoncequipped,timeiswhathappenswhennothingelsedoes,howshould
researchintheartsandhumanitiesrespondtoit?Ratherthanseeingitasthe
isolatablebasematteroftheuniverse,wemightfocusourattentiononhownothing
elsehappenswithouttime,howitisfoldedintoourvariousobjectsofinquiryand
criticalpractices.
Forexample,thehistoricdebatesamonganthropologistsandlinguistsaboutwhether
culturessuchastheNuerandHopiaretimeless(orwhytheymightseemso)
speakstothechallengesofdefiningtemporalityacrosscultural,historicaland
disciplinarybarriers.Butthedangersoferasingthesedifficultiesarejustasserious.In
24/7,JonathanCraryarguesthatthespreadofglobalcapitalismandimmediate
communicationtechnologieshavecreatedatimeofindifferenceinwhich
experiencesofinterruptionandrevolution,developmentandfulfilmentarevanishing
beforeaprincipleofcontinuousfunctioning.Yetdoessuchanargumentoverlook
stilltobearticulatedwaysinwhichtemporalconventionsarebeingradically

reshapedbycontemporarysubjectsandcommunities,aswellasemergentresponses
toourfragileecologicalposition,andthefactthatwemightbelivingthroughthe
endof(our?human?)time?
Wethereforecallforpapersdealingwithwaysofimaginingandtheorisingtime,
methodologicalissuesofworkingwithtime,orspecificcasestudiesthatexemplify
theproblemsandpossibilitiesoftimeasaconcept.
Withoutwishingtobeprescriptiveorexhaustiveinanyway,paperscoulddealwith
theorderingoftime:
Forms of change and continuity: progress, decline, repetition, tradition,
revolutionandevolution.
Divisions of time: work/leisure; childhood/adulthood; past/future; seasons,
erasorepisodes;geologicalperiodicity.
Theconstructionofnarrativeorchronology.
Experienceandinterpretationoftime:speed,slownessandacceleration;the
senseofbeingtimerichortimepoor.
Orcouldconsidertemporalpractices:
Interactions with time: spending, telling, losing, wasting, stopping, queering,
saving,redeeming,andfritteringawaythetime.
Creative and artistic practices: contemplating, recording, composing, making
andstorytelling.
Entertainmentandtheuseofsparetime:watching,reading,listening,idling,
sleepingandsocialising.
Attentionisguidedtowardsdifferenttheoreticalmodelsoftimeandtemporality.
Thesecouldinclude:
Nietzsches idea of eternal recurrence and its development in Derrida or in
HeideggersBeingandTime.
HegelianandMarxistdialecticsorAdornosnegativedialecticandtheirimpact
uponunderstandingsofthehistorical.
Foucaultsnotionofthearchaeologyofknowledge,orhisdiscussionsofpost
modernityandtheavantgarde.
Theconceptoftheanthropoceneemergingfromthegeologicalandclimate
sciences.
Papersarealsowelcomedwhichconsiderand/ormodeltheintersectionsbetween
theoryandcriticalpractice,including:

 Synchronicanddiachronicformsofanalysis.
Schoolsofhistoriography,canonformation,scholarlyfashionsandtrends.
Phenomenologyandhermeneutics.
Theabovearejustaseriesofprompts,andwelookforwardtoreceivingarangeof
diverseapproaches.Proposalswillberewardedfor:directrelevancetothe
conferencesthemeofTimeandTemporality,clearrelevancetocurrentresearch
contexts,andthepotentialforwideinterdisciplinaryinterest.
Proposalsfor20minutepapersshouldbeofnomorethan300words.