Call for Papers

Intersection of Cultures

Cultures evolve as a response to different and competing individual and collective needs and aspirations that could be dynamic, permeable and transparent. Intersections are points that unite different paths. They are associated with not only meeting but also disintegration. When we consider the concept of intersection as a mental image beyond its physical denotation, we realize that it connotes the same meanings from a cultural standpoint, too: points of interclusion, convergence, and divergence. Do cultures prosper as they approach one another? Do they become subjective when they stray away from each other? Are the intersections nourishing elements or traps that make cultures monotonous?

ADES is moving the coordinates of the intersection to Astana on 20-22 June, 2019. ADES V is inviting you to consider culture, which becomes more harmonious as it intersects, differs as it strays, becomes pluralistic as it comes together, from the perspectives of its components in the capital of Kazakhstan, hosted by Nazarbayev University.

The Symposium will be open to disciplines such as Language, Literature, Cultural Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, Philosophy, Fine Arts, Theology, History, History of Arts and Multidisciplinary Studies. Abstracts are welcome in the following topic strands or other related topics:

Abstracts for poster and paper presentations will be accepted.

Abstract

• Abstracts must be submitted online via the official website of the symposium: http://ades.erciyes.edu.tr.
• Abstracts should be written in English. Explanation regarding the language of the presentation is given below under the subheading “Presentation”.
• The title for the abstract should include max 12 words.
• Abstracts should be between 150 and 250 words.
• Abstracts should be followed by 3 to 6 keywords.
• Abstracts should not be published or presented elsewhere before.
• Abstracts should be submitted via online submission system.
• The deadline for abstract submission is 14 December, 2018.
• Submitted abstracts will be sent to 3 reviewers for blind review.
• Abstracts that are accepted will be announced on 7 January, 2019 at the symposium official website.

Registration

• The registration fee is 200 USD for normal registration and 150 USD for early bird registration, and it includes symposium kit and coffee breaks.
• For abstracts with two or more authors, the registration fee should be paid by each author attending the symposium.
• Authors who will present more than one paper will also pay for each paper separately.
• Details about registration fee payment methods will be announced later.
• The deadline for early bird payment of registration fee is 1 April, 2019.
• The deadline for payment of registration fee is 10 May, 2019.

Presentation

• The duration for each presentation is 15 minutes. A 5-minute Q&A (question and answer) session will follow each presentation.
• Papers can be presented in Kazakh Language, Turkish, Russian or English.
• No translation facility will be provided for the presentations.
• Session rooms will be equipped with a computer and a projector.
• Participants will be given a certificate of presentation or participation.

Travel and Accommodation

• The expenses for transportation (local and international) and accommodation are to be paid by participants.
• Detailed information and recommendations about these issues will be uploaded at the symposium official website.

Publication of Papers

• Full papers presented at the Symposium should be written in MLA style (8th Edition).
• Deadline for the submission of full papers will be announced later.
• The papers that are eligible will be published as a journal article in Middle Eastern Literatures (a journal published by Taylor & Francis), or a chapter in a book by Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Turko Tatar Press, or ADES Proceedings.

For further information or questions, please e-mail ades@erciyes.edu.tr