[Discussion] CfP Mediterranean Studies: Identities and Tensions (AUBJune 2003)]

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- Call for papers -

Mediterranean Studies: Identities and Tensions
American University of Beirut June 19-21, 2003

Deadline for proposals: October 1, 2002

The Mediterranean is a geographic, cultural, and historical construct:
a circuit of states linked by fragments of shared social and cultural
history, and fractured by cultural and political differences. In
recent years, a new academic field has emerged under the designation
"Mediterranean Studies,"  marked by the appearance of books, conferences,
and university programs. The "Mediterranean Studies" rubric allows
scholars to identify their field of research and pedagogical interests
not in terms of contemporary political or disciplinary boundaries, but
rather to cross those boundaries in order to produce more dynamic readings
of cultural history. By focusing on a region where borderlands intersect
in a littoral zone traversed by shifting geographic and political
boundaries scholars aim to enliven their work on eras and areas where
imposed political or academic taxonomies collapse: for instance, the
complex pattern of cultural investments evidenced in medieval al-Andalus
or Sicily, or the hybrid cultures emerging as a result of new immigration
patterns, new models of cultural production and consumption, and shifts in
political power in southern Europe and the eastern Mediterranean states.
Mediterranean Studies: Identities and Tensions will bring together
scholars working on diverse aspects of social and cultural history in
order to examine the assumptions that inform the emerging academic
discipline of Mediterranean Studies, and to work toward a disciplinary
model that can generate solid, vital, and relevant research and pedagogy.
We invite proposals for papers on the theory and practice of Mediterranean
Studies from scholars whose primary discipline is literary, cultural,
economic, social, or political history. Given Lebanon's historical role
as a point of contact between populations, we are particularly interested
in papers focusing on Muslim-Christian encounters in the region; but we
will consider all approaches to the topic.

Structure of the conference
During morning panels, scholars will present formal papers on their own
research. Afternoon workshop sessions will allow conference participants
to discuss their research, and developments and emerging trends in the
field. The conference organizers hope to publish the conference
proceedings in an edited volume.

Financial support
Underwriting of the costs of traveling to Beirut and accommodations
in Beirut will be available for some (or possibly all) conference
participants.

Submissions
Send one-page paper abstracts, accompanied by a brief CV, to:
km12@aub.edu.lb

Conference organizers

Brian Catlos, Department of History, University of California, Santa Cruz
Mia Fuller, Department of Italian Studies, Univ. of California, Berkeley
Karla Mallette, Civilization Sequence Program, American Univ. of Beirut --

Mia Fuller Assistant Professor Department of Italian Studies University of
California, Berkeley 6303 Dwinelle Hall - MC 2620 Berkeley, CA 94720-2620
USA telephone: (1) 510 642 6238 fax: (1) 510 642 6220

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