Deadline for proposals: 1st February 2011
Founding Conference
European Consortium for Humanities Institutes & Centres (ECHIC)
Dublin 23-25 February 2011
Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin
Purpose:
The purpose of the conference is to be a forum to raise important issues in the field of arts and humanities, and in particular to decide to set up a consortium of European humanities institutes and centres. The purpose of ECHIC will be threefold:
• To speak up on behalf of members in dialogues with ESF, EU and others on matters concerning humanities research
• To organise regular humanities conferences at one member institution which would involve all partners and interested stakeholders
• To establish a network for mutual benefit and possible identification of partners for European research collaboration
The conference will have three components:
- Academic papers on topics of general concern to European humanities
- A poster session with information on humanities centres and institutes
- A business session to decide on the establishment of ECHIC
It is intended to publish a selection of papers in a peer/reviewed journal dedicated to arts and humanities.
Call for Papers.
Papers should address one or more of the following topics:
(1) Converging humanities (interdisciplinary research collaboration across faculty divides)
(2) Humanities serving European society
(3) New interfaces between the Humanities, the sciences and technology
(4) Humanities in European universities: institutional practices and models
(5) The permanence of the classics (bringing the classics into contemporary society)
(6) Training the next generation
Proposals should be sent to Marion Dalvai by 10 January 2011.
Registration deadline: 1 February, 2011.
Regular registration fee: € 300 (includes 2 lunches, 2 dinners and tea and coffee).
In order to provide a forum to discuss and promote best practices for the professional training and mentoring of junior researchers, ECHIC will offer 10 bursaries of €150 to graduate students who wish to give a paper or attend the conference. For further information or to apply, please contact Marion Dalvai or see http://www.tcd.ie/longroomhub/events/forthcoming/echic.php
Programme Committee:
Rosi Braidotti, Director of Centre for the Humanities at Utrecht University
Poul Holm, Academic Director of the Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin
Frédéric Ogée, Vice Président International Relations, Université Paris-Diderot (Paris 7)
Robert Mankin Professor of English, Université Paris-Diderot (Paris 7)
Marxiano Melotti, Programme Director, Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane, Fondazione SUM, Firenze
Carsten Dose, Director, FRIAS – Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität
Kustaa Multamaki, Head of Planning & Control, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies
Draft Programme, 23-25 February 2011
Wednesday February 23
Afternoon: Arrival of participants
Evening:
Open lecture on the Social Sciences and Humanities in FP7 by Andrew Sors, Director of Budapest Collegium
Thursday February 24
Panel 1: 09.30-11.00
Panel 2: 11.30-13.00
Lunch Break
Panel 3: 14.00-15.30
TEA Break
Panel 4: 16.00-17.30
Friday February 25
Panel 5: 09.30-11.00
Panel 6: 11.30-13.00
Lunch Break: 13.00-14.00
Business meeting: 14.00-15.30
