CALL FOR PAPERS : Out of the world: Islands in the East Special issue D 68 – Call for papers – Regard sur l´Est Editors of the Special Issue: Céline Bayou, Daniela Heimerl, Florent Marciacq Deadline for paper proposals: 21 September 2014 Deadline for paper submission: 3 November 2014 Publication of the papers: 1 December 2014 Islands necessarily evoke solitude, whether sought for, endured or used by man. But they also conjure up the link, real or imagined, between two worlds. Paradise or hell, place to live or to survive, each island has a peculiar history placing it at the periphery or at the centre of worlds, both tangible and imaginary… Regard sur l’Est will devote its next Special Issue to the many islands in Central, Eastern and South-eastern Europe, which enter the scope of this reflection: Seeking solitude: withdrawing from the world Places of vacation, places of spirituality, paradise on Earth, islands allow oneself to withdraw from the world in order to find who one is (again) (Solovetsky Islands, Solitude Island in Russia, Golem Grad in Macedonia, Margaret Island in Hungary, the community of Kihnu Island in Estonia, The Island by film-maker Pavel Lungin). Imposing solitude: excluding from the world Islands have always been used to ostracise those who were deemed undesirable (Solovetsky Islands, Shlisselburg in Russia, Goli Otok in Croatia). Using solitude: hiding from the world Islands also enable to keep secrete activities out of the grid (Nova Zembla in Russia, experiments on the islands of the Aral Sea). Between two worlds: tangible links Islands are places often connected to dry land (through bridges, maritime lines…), sometimes at the interface of different worlds (Russian islands in the Bering Strait) and occasionally subject to territorial disputes (Kuril Islands, Tuzla Island in the Kerch Strait, Snake Island). Some thwart this dialectic by appearing or disappearing from our world (Ada Kaleh on the Danube, Gherkin Island in the Caspian Sea). Between two worlds: imaginary links Islands arouse imagination. Their isolation conveys the idea that they are “another world”, captivating or worrying. Some served as a setting to rebellions (Kronstadt, the islands in Andrei Bely’s fiction Petersburg). Instructions for the authors The contributions should reach out a broad readership. They can adopt various approaches (e.g. analytical, historical, journalistic and artistic) and tackle a large scope of issues (economic, social and (geo)political, culture and literature, education, habits and customs, linguistic and religious matters, ecology, regional dynamics, etc...). Interviews and photo reports are also welcome. The length of the article should generally be around 10,000 characters. The articles can be written in French, English, Russian, German, Belarusian, Latvian, Polish and Romanian. They will be published in original language and translated in French too. For further information and to submit the contributions, please contact Florent Marciacq at: [email protected] or look at regard-est
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