We are particularly interested in papers that address topics such as:
- Competing conceptualizations of home: Which terms are used in which language? What are the implications of each term? Why do some languages and cultures have a bouquet of terms that cover different segments of the concept? How is this multiplicity of terms embedded in sociohistorical events?
- Recurring topoi of home and how they are expressed in different art forms and media
- The transposition of concepts of home between different genres (e.g., epic, historiography, lyrical poetry, epigram) that are associated with different aesthetic, generic, formal, and other prerequisites, affordances, and generic practices
- Processes of aesthetic change and of reception in different art forms and across different art forms
- Strategic uses of intertextuality in representations of home
- Processes and results of adapting, rewriting, varying, versioning the canonized versions of myths or other grand narratives concerning home, home-coming, nostos, return-stories, and the like. How are these well-known narratives adapted to the needs and requirements of a different timeframe, location, and of innovative discursive formations? Examples might be: literary conceptualizations of home in different literary traditions and genres, film versions in different time periods, adaptations of novels into spoken drama, music theatre, graphic novel, video, or film as well as evocations of home through music and other sonic features
- Transmedial inquiries into a poetics of home across arts and/or media
In sum, we are interested in contributions that examine how aesthetic concepts connected to home (and factors that constitute a sense of home and belonging) have played out at specific points in time, have evolved over time, and how they have been adjusted to different historical, geographical, and sociopolitical contexts. At the same time, the conference papers will, ideally, cover a broad range of media-comparative research. Interdisciplinary approaches are particularly encouraged.
The conference language will be English. Selected papers will be considered for publication in peer-reviewed conference proceedings.
The organizers are seeking funding. Thus, travel and accommodation expenses will be covered according to available resources. Independent scholars without an affiliation to a university or other research institution as well as early career researchers will be given priority for financial support.