The call for papers is now closed.

At the centre of the conference is the premise that, in what Ulrich Beck calls Second Modernity, and in the conditions of what Zygmunt Bauman calls Liquid Modernity, the need for a reflexive cosmopolitanism is paramount. How does this then impact upon the creative individual in her negotiation with tradition and the institutions of modernity? How important is the subjective realm as a space for creativity and how relevant is the social realm for creative engagement?