Venue: Trinity College, Dublin (TCD) 1-3 September, 2022

Organising committee: Prof Clodagh Brook (TCD), Dr Cecilia Brioni (TCD)

Scientific Council: Dr Adele Bardazzi (TCD), Dr Marco Bellardi (TCD), Prof Clodagh Brook (TCD), Dr Cecilia Brioni (TCD), Dr Eleonora Lima (TCD), Prof Florian Mussgnug (UCL), Dr Emanuela Patti (University of Edinburgh), Prof Giuliana Pieri (RHUL)

The 6th conference of the International Society for Intermedial Studies focused on concepts of ‘inbetweenness’ and ‘moving across’. These two spatial metaphors capture the tension between stasis and fluidity that underlies all intermediality. The need to map these shifting spaces, to chart directions, and to see where, and how, these in-between zones connect to other neighbouring spaces was addressed by many of our delegates.

As intermedial ‘in-betweenness’ becomes a mainstream, rather than marginal, phenomenon, and as academic disciplines themselves have become more fluid, this was an exciting opportunity for international researchers to explore and re-explore this territory together. The conference was structured by 4 main themes which enabled us to return to some very familiar ground, as well as to bring intermedial questioning to less familiar areas of inquiry:

• In-between and across disciplines
• In-between and across geographies, ecologies and cultures
• In-between and across arts
• In-between and across technologies

The conference, with its attention to the geographical and postcolonial terms ‘Mappings and contact zones’, also enabled us to spotlight intermedial theories and practices arising from Modern Languages, drawing on the political, and national, aspects of border crossings.

The conference was attended by over 100 international delegates, with representation from universities in Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, and the US.

The first keynote was given by Ravi Sundaram, Professor at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSCS), Delhi (India). Entitled ‘Paper, Intermedia and the Political’, it proved to be a fascinating and wide-ranging discussion of the place of paper in the era of social media platforms: what happens when millions of paper documents circulate as digital screen shots? The lecture explored the place of paper in populist and right-wing nationalist reconfigurations of the political aesthetic.

The second keynote was provided by Nicola Camerlenghi, Associate Professor at Dartmouth College (US). ‘Virtual Presence: Between and Beyond Medieval Artistic Media,’ gave us a marvellous insight into an immersive and navigable diachronic virtual reality model of the Basilica of St Paul in Rome. He stressed the potential of this technology for more robust understanding of cultural artefacts, greater kaleidoscopic thinking, and increased cross-disciplinary fluidity.

The conference was marked by the sudden, tragic loss of Lars Elleström – founder and leader of ISIS and Professor of Comparative Literature at Linnaeus University – who passed in December 2021. Many delegates paid tribute to the intellectual and personal affect that Lars had had on them, and a plenary roundtable and a panel were dedicated to commemorating his life and work. Paying tribute to Lars Elleström in her closing remarks Anne Gjelsvik drew attention to the words ‘new directions’ in the conference title. Anne said that the conference had been a fitting tribute to Lars, and that that the Intermedial Society would not halt, but would proceed after his passing towards new directions. Research internationally would continue to be influenced by his seminal theoretical work.

Our warm thanks go to Bord Fáilte Éireann, who generously sponsored this conference, to Trinity College, and especially SLLCS, for supports, and to Trinity catering for providing excellent sustainable options. We especially thank the Interdisciplinary Italy research group for their very concrete work in shaping the conference, the ISIS board, and all our wonderful attendees and speakers.

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In Between and Across: New Directions, Mappings and Contact Zones

We know that many of you are working on this area, and we would be really interested to see submissions from those of you working on intermediality/interart practices in Italian Studies.

Trinity College, Dublin

1-2-3 September 2022

Organising Committee Prof Clodagh Brook (TCD), Dr Cecilia Brioni (TCD)

(The full CFP is available here)

Scientific Council

Prof Clodagh Brook (TCD), Prof Florian Mussgnug (UCL), Prof Giuliana Pieri (RHUL), Dr Marco Bellardi (TCD), Dr Cecilia Brioni (TCD), Dr Eleonora Lima (TCD), Dr Adele Bardazzi (TCD), Dr Emanuela Patti (University of Edinburgh)

Partners

Trinity College Dublin, University College London, Royal Holloway, //InterdisciplinaryItaly

Keynote addresses

The conference will showcase 3 keynote addresses by:

• Marion Schmid, Professor of French Literature and Film, University of Edinburgh.
• Nicola Camerlenghi,Associate Professor, Dartmouth College.
• Ravi Sundaram, Professor, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi.

Conference Description

The 6^th conference of the International Society for Intermedial Studies focuses on concepts of “in-betweenness” and “moving across.” These two spatial metaphors capture the tension between stasis and fluidity that underlies all intermediality. The need to map these shifting spaces, to chart directions, and to see where, and how, these inbetween zones connect to other neighbouring spaces has become critical. Intermedial inbetweenness is now a mainstream, rather than marginal, phenomenon, and, as academic disciplines themselves become more fluid, this is an exciting time to explore and re-explore this territory together during this conference.

We invite contributions in the following categories, which address, but are not limited to, the topics outlined below. More detailed context and questions can be found on the full CfP online (See below)

Inbetween and across disciplines

• Intermediality as a discipline
• Intermediality as an interdisciplinary methodology
• Intermediality and the world outside academia: impact and public engagement

Inbetween and across geographies, ecologies and cultures

• Intermediality across different languages, cultures and geographies
• Intermediality and transnational processes and influences
• Intermediality and ecocriticism

Inbetween and across arts

• Intermediality and hybrid forms of art
• Intermediality and artistic creativity
• Intermediality and artistic innovations and continuities

Inbetween and across technologies

• Intermediality between old and new media
• Intermediality and media formats, genres, texts, stars, advertising
• Intermediality and non-human subjects: AI and cultural production
• Intermediality and audience reception

Key Dates

15 January 2022: Deadline for panel submissions.

1 February 2022: Deadline for paper submissions.

1 February 2022: Deadline for roundtables and workshops submissions

All submissions should be sent to the e-mail address intermedialconference2022@tcd.ie by the relevant deadline. Notification of acceptance will be communicated on 1 March 2022.

The full CFP is available here.

More details of how to submit proposals and papers can be found here.

Please note that we strongly support equality, diversity and inclusivity across all elements of this conference. Check here the conference’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy.

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