[Discussion] İmparatorluk ve Emperyal Kültür

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 From   ASchmidt <ASchmidt@stan.csustan.edu>   <Save Address>  
 To   cfp@english.upenn.edu  
 Date   16 Apr 2003 03:47  
 Subject   CFP: Empire & Imperial Culture (6/10/03; 2/27/04-2/28/04)  

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PLEASE CROSS-LIST 

CALL FOR PAPERS: 

"EMPIRE & IMPERIAL CULTURE" 


In an effort to facilitate a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary 
conversation about empire, California State University/Stanislaus 
will host a conference on "Empire & Imperial Culture" Friday 
and Saturday, 27-8 February 2004. To situate these topics in 
as broad a context as possible, we seek scholars working in such 
disciplines as Architecture & Art History, Economics, Education, 
Ethnic & Gender Studies, History, Literature, Philosophy, Politics 
& Public Policy, and the 
sciences. 

We will feature three plenary speakers: 

Prof. Robert Bernasconi, (Philosophy, University of Memphis). 

"Race and the Imperial Idea." 

Prof. Thomas Metcalf, (History, UC/Berkeley). 
"Recentering Empire." 

Prof. Richard Roberts, (History, Stanford). 
"Africa and Empire: The Unintended Consequences." 

We hope participants will address issues of empire from antiquity 
to postmodernity, on every continent and from many cultures. 
Suggested topics might include, but are by no means limited 
to, the following: 

-- Empire, Science, & Technology. 
-- Imperialism & Visual Culture. 
-- Biopower. 
-- Theories of Empire. 
-- Imperialism & Genre: the Epic, Lyric, Fiction, Drama. 
-- Empire in Popular Culture. 
-- Border Culture: Diaspora, Immigration, & "Crossing Over." 

-- Imperialism & Language: Dominance, Discrimination, & Assimilation. 

-- Gender & Empire. 
-- Dialectism & Resistance: Black English, Chicanismo, Indigenous 
Groups, & Linguistic Minorities. 
-- Reverse Colonization: the Latinization of North America. 

-- Imperialism, Education & Aid. 

Submission deadline: 10 June 2003. You can send hardcopies to 


Empire Conference Committee 
Department of English 
California State University, Stanislaus 
801 W. Monte Vista Ave. 
Turlock, CA 95382 

One page vitas and proposals for 20-minute papers can be emailed 
to Scott Davis (scdavis@athena.csustan.edu) or Arnold Schmidt 
(aschmidt@csustan.edu). We welcome panel proposals. No attachments 
please. 

Located in the Central Valley, CSU/Stanislaus lies about two 
hours west of San Francisco and Berkeley, and about three hours 
east of Yosemite National Park.