Title: Interregnum: Delving into the possibilities of the in-between
Deadline: 31 October 2024 (23:59 CET)
Duration: 14-16 April 2025, Venice
Organized by: Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Venice, Italy
We are pleased to inform you that we, the PhD students of the Department of Asian and North African Studies at Ca’ Foscari University, are organizing a three-day doctoral symposium titled “Interregnum – Delving into the possibilities of the in-between”, which will be held on April 14th, 15th and 16th 2025 in Venice.
The interregnum is understood as a spatial and temporal interval between two established orders. As one dominant power makes way for the next, a discomforting unknown is created where multitudinous possibilities compete for existence. While this can create chaos and unrest, it also makes way for change. The interregnum creates a zone of potential transformation that can become a passage for a new paradigm where, suspended in the tension between subject and object, we no longer think of them as absolutes, but acknowledge them in a spectrum gradient between one and the other.
At this fork in the road we can reassess the old structures, conventions, and ways of thinking and choose whether to create a path for change or simply reaffirm what we already knew. However, these boundless possibilities also create a paralysing fear as we know any choice we make cannot be undone.
This leads us to question whether we truly wish to establish a new order, or remain in this passage that can bridge in-between worlds. Do we really want to leave the interregnum? Are we ready to navigate the world beyond and confront the contradictions in our current systems, catastrophes, and revelations of our time? In the entanglement of diverse paradigms, how can we avoid finding ourselves lost in the chaos or stuck in a limbo of indecision?
Topics/sections
- Philosophy and Critical Theory
- Social Sciences, Cultural Studies and Gender Studies
- History and Political Science
- Media Theory and Communication Studies
- Literature, Arts, and Performance Studies
- Environmental and Technological Studies
- Natural and Applied Sciences
Please submit your abstract (max 300 words) and a short bio (max 100 words) via e-mail to interregnum@unive.it by 31st October 2024 (23:59 CET). We kindly ask you to submit your abstract and bio only in .pdf format. The abstracts will be evaluated, and the conference programme will be finalized by a committee of PhD candidates from the Department of Asian and North African Studies at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.
For more information, please visit the website HERE.
