[Discussion] CFP: (dis)junctions: Blaming the Victims (grad) (1/7/05; 4/8/05-4/9/05)

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

(dis)junctions: theory reloaded (april 8-9, 2005)
Blaming the =93Victims=94

This call for papers is for a proposed panel to be
held at (dis)junctions: theory reloaded at the
University of California Riverside=92s 12th Annual
Humanities Graduate Conference on April 8-9, 2005.

Conceptualizing the first and third world divide is
inextricably bound up with the manner in which one
understands/constructs history.  Given the heavily
biased representations of terrorism in regions such as
Chechnya and Palestine, what trends are evident in the
historical, social, and political representation of
these groups?  How are =93perpetrators=94 and =93victims=94
codified in any particular discourse?  Does this
ideologically saturated discourse force blame on the
victims?  Are different or similar trends occurring in
other national discourses?  Most importantly, how does
ideological perception affect the domestic and foreign
policy of a particular nation or groups of nations?

One page abstracts should be e-mailed to
tina_stavropoulos@yahoo.com by January 7, 2005 (text
in the body of the message; no attachments please).
The submissions should be no longer than 250 words.

For more information on the conference, please visit:
http://english.ucr.edu/gsea/disjunctions/



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