[Discussion] Reminder: Call for Papers for 10th Working-Class Studies Conference at YSU

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From: Michael Coventry <coventrm@georgetown.edu>

CALL FOR PAPERS

NEW WORKING-CLASS STUDIES:
PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

The 10th Aniversary Conference
of the Center for Working-Class Studies
at Youngstown State University
Co-sponsored by Ford Foundation

May 18-21, 2005, Youngstown, Ohio


In 2005, the Center for Working-Class Studies will celebrate the 10th
anniversary of its founding. In honor of that occasion, we are planning
a conference that will reflect the diversity, creativity, and energy of
New Working-Class Studies. The conference will feature plenary sessions
reflecting on the development of the field, taking stock of where we
stand today, and looking ahead to new possibilities and challenges. Our
conferences always include arts exhibits, film screenings, poetry
readings, and other events. The 2005 conference will also include a
business meeting of the Working-Class Studies Association.

We invite proposals from students, workers, faculty members, organizers,
artists, and activists in all fields, from literature to geography,
history to filmmaking, union organizing to neighborhood activism.  Along
with papers, we invite performances, film showings, roundtables, and
presentations of all kinds.

In addition, we invite proposals for three-hour interactive workshops
and field trips, which will be scheduled for Saturday morning. We
encourage proposals that explore literature by and about the working
class; working-class and labor history; material and popular culture;
current workplace issues; geography and landscape; journalism and media;
sociology; economics; union organizing and practice; museum studies; the
arts; multiculturalism; ethnography, biography, autobiography; pedagogy;
and personal narratives of work.

Presenters should describe the presentation they would like to give,
including the suggested presentation format (panel, roundtable, reading,
workshop, etc.)and length. Proposals should be no longer than one page
and must be received by January 3, 2005. Address written correspondence
to John Russo, Biennial Conference, Center for Working-Class Studies,
Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio 44555. Fax or e-mail
inquiries should be sent to Patty LaPresta, (330) 941-4622 and
pmlapresta@ysu.edu.

The Center for Working-Class Studies=92s website is located at
http://www.as.ysu.edu/~cwcs/ and its discussion group at
CWCS-L@lists.ysu.edu.

--
Michael T. Coventry, Ph.D.
Center for New Designs in Learning & Scholarship
and Program in Communication, Culture and Technology
Georgetown University
<coventrm@georgetown.edu>