Hellenism/Modernism
Special Issue: Agora
http://www.humanities.ualberta.ca/agora

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Deadline: January 15, 2005

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The editors of Agora seek papers that examine the relationship between Modernism and Hellenism. The topic of Hellenism and the Arts in the Twentieth Century has been a rising area of scholarly interest, ranging from broad studies such as Roessel's recent In *Byron's Shadow* and Keeley's *Inventing Paradise* to author-specific works like Gregory's *H.D. and Hellenism* or Schork's *Greek and Hellenic Culture in Joyce*. Authors as diverse as Hemingway and H.D. or Conrad and Cohen have all found significant inspiration through an engagement with their Philhellenic interests. Moreover, given the prominence of Said's *Orientalism* over the past twenty-five years, analysis of Hellenism as a discourse is particularly welcomed. We encourage works with a postcolonial or colonial focus and aim for this issue to address a prominent gap in scholarship——studies of Modernism have largely endorsed the importance of postcolonial readings, yet Hellenism's role as a defining discourse primarily conducted by foreign powers remains understudied.

Submissions may address any aspect of Hellenism or Philhellenism in conjunction with Modernist arts and letters. Papers that take advantage of the electronic medium are encouraged, though authors are responsible for arranging rights for materials for which they do not hold copyright. Authors might consider, but are not limited to:

• popular culture materials related to or
  representing Greece
• Modernist circles based in Greece or centred
  around Greek authors
• Hellenism as an academic discourse with
  political and artistic implications
• tourism and cultural commodities
• travel literature
• emigrant/immigrant literature
• the Greek diaspora
• Hellenic locales and centres outside of
  Greece

Please direct enquiries and submissions to the editors of this special issue, Beatrice Skordili <bskordil@otenet.gr> and James Gifford <gifford@ualberta.ca>, or <agora@mail.arts.ualberta.ca>.

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Agora is comprised of an international board of Associate Editors. The journal is indexed in the MLA Bibliography and the Canadian Literary Periodical Index; it is also archived in the National Library of Canada. Submissions are welcomed from (post)graduate students and new scholars in any disciplinary field.

Manuscripts, with a 200-250 word abstract, can be submitted in either hard-copy or electronic format, although accepted papers must be submitted electronically in accordance with current MLA guidelines. The author's name should not appear on the manuscript, but on a separate cover page, or for e-mail submissions, in the body of the e-mail stating name, mailing address, e-mail address and the title of the paper. Electronic submissions may be sent to Agora on a 3.5 diskette, or via e-mail <agora@mail.arts.ualberta.ca> with the subject heading "Submission." Documents should be formatted in MS Word, HTML, or Rich Text Format. Print submissions may be sent in duplicate to:

Agora: An Online Graduate Journal
Department of English
3-5 Humanities Centre
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
CANADA, T6G 2E5

Hard-copy submissions and diskettes will not be returned. For more information, please contact the editors at:

agora@mail.arts.ualberta.ca

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