[Discussion] Empire and Imperial Culture

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DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 10/24/03.


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                    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: 25 October 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.