XI Graduate Conference in Culture Studies: The Cultural Politics of Hope

Friday, December 03, 2021 - 10:00 - Saturday, December 04, 2021 - 19:00

UCP | Lisboa - Sede

 

The 11th Graduate Conference in Culture Studies will focus on the concept of hope, its politics, poetics, and temporalities, and how it emerges, impinges and circulates. The conference will take place in Lisbon on the 2nd, 3rd of December and the morning of the 4th of December, 2021. The conference is organized by PhD students and researchers of the Research Centre for Communication and Culture (CECC) at the Lisbon Consortium, Universidade Católica Portuguesa.

The concept of hope has recently been re-emerging in philosophical and political discussions, as well as in literary criticism. However, how does hope relate to the present moment, when we are faced with worldwide climate and health emergencies, economic crises, increasing poverty, failed leaderships, and the rise of both old and new forms of authoritarianism? The future of democracies and equal rights are at stake, as is our own survival as individuals and as a species, prompting fear and hopelessness. Does critical thought forfeit the possibility of hope or can it produce a hope that is able to bring about change?

Attendance by registration only.

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For further information, contact cecc.fch@ucp.pt.

XI Graduate Conference in Culture Studies: The Cultural Politics of Hope

Categorias: Research Centre for Communication and Culture Conferences