[Discussion] call for papers

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I. Please note the deadline has been extended to 15 February 2004!

We welcome graduate students working in any field or period to submit
proposals for this interdisciplinary event.

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NEW DIRECTIONS IN CRITICAL THEORY:
The Borders, Territories, and Frontiers Conference
University of Arizona
April 8-10, 2004


CALL FOR PAPERS:
The 2004 New Directions in Critical Theory Conference, an interdisciplinary
graduate student forum at the University of Arizona, will focus on "Borders,
Territories, and Frontiers." We read "Borders, Territories, and Frontiers"
broadly - in all of its concrete and metaphoric manifestations. This theme
evokes Southwestern history, literature, and film, points to the local
politics of Southern Arizona, border towns, areas, and regions, and
resonates with the emotive force of our national myths: notions of the
frontier and manifest destiny. In post 9/11 America and the greater, global
world, such terms also connote the hegemonic paradigms and critical concerns
central to social, cultural, and humanistic inquiry: globalization,
multiculturalism, political economies, transnationalism, feminism,
antiracist struggle, and liberal identity. In the academy itself, such
concepts encourage border-crossings between departments, prompt us to
question the theoretical methodologies and analytic frameworks we employ,
encourage us to redefine, problematize, or even liberate existing bodies of
knowledge, and increase our understanding of diversity and similarity across
various fields of study.

An address by Hortense Spillers, Frederick J. Whiton Professor of English at
Cornell University, will open the event. Prof. Spillers, one of the most
distinguished African American feminist and psychoanalytic theorists working
in America today, has been a central, critical figure in the areas of
African American letters, African diasporic literature, cultural criticism
and literary theory. Her work includes, Black, White, and In Color: Essays
on American Literature and Culture and two edited volumes, Comparative
American Identities: Race, Sex, and Nationality in the Modern Text, and
Conjuring: Black Women, Fiction, and Literary Tradition. She is currently
working on In the Flesh, which will consider points of intersection between
Black American women's history and feminist inquiry and The Eagle Stirs Her
Nest, a work that examines the rhetoric of black sermons preached and/or
written before W.W.I.

We invite graduate students from any discipline to present
theoretically-oriented scholarship that interrogates the social formation
and maintenance of borders, posits means for transgressing, resisting, or
subverting boundaries, and in so doing, works to re-envision existing
territories or incite new frontiers of meaning.

Topics for BORDERS, TERRITORIES, and FRONTIERS might include but are not
limited to:

Global/Local Politics
Postcolonialism/Multiculturalism/Globalization
Tourism/Travel Writing /Advertising
History/Tourism/Architecture
Architecture/Geography/Memory
History/Life Writing/(Re)membering
Memory & Identity
National/Cultural/Racial/Sexual/Gendered/Class Identity
Hybridity & Identity
Hybridity & Embodiment
Borders of the Human
Exteriority/Interiority
Peripheral Zones/Contact Zones
The Rhetoric of Borders, Territories, Frontiers
Barriers/Communities/Home
Space/Mobility/Displacement
Immigration/Othering/Alienation
Borders & Criminality
The Southwest in Film, History, & Literature
Ranching/Ecology
New Frontiers & Scientific or Spatial Studies
Science & Technology Studies
Virtual Borders, Territories, or Frontiers
Cyberspace & Virtual Bodies
Genders/Sexualities/Cyborgs
Popular Culture/High Culture
Consumerism/Media/Identity
Subjectivity/Experience/Identity
Sex & Economy
Violence/Sexuality/Desire
Heteronormativity/Homosexuality/Transsexuality
Feminist Theory & Queer Theory
Psychoanalytic Theory & Feminist Theory
Critical Race Theory & Psychoanalysis
Spirituality & Subjectivity
Performativity/Self-Fashioning
Texts, Bodies, & Spectacle
Bodies of /and Knowledge
Intellectual Traditions & Interdisciplinarity
Diversity, Similarity, & the Academy
Language/Literacy/Opportunity
Translation/Appropriation/Adaptation
Texts, Contexts, & the Web
Theory & the Classroom
Teaching & Service Learning
The Academy & Activism

We particularly welcome submissions attending to race, gender, class,
ethnicity, sexuality, material culture, media and film studies, feminist
studies, performativity, corporeality, and visuality. Please submit 100-250
word individual abstracts or panel proposals, comprised of a 100-250 word
abstract for the entire panel and one 100-250 word abstract for each paper.
Include names, email addresses, mailing addresses, institutional
affiliations, technology requests, paper titles, and abstracts by February
15, 2004 to:

Wendy Weise (Department of English) & April Huff (Women's Studies)
Conference Co-Chairs
Modern Languages Building, Room 445
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona 85721
(620) 621-1836
newdirectionsaz@hotmail.com

If you should have any questions or concerns, please contact Wendy Weise &
April Huff at newdirectionsaz@hotmail.co


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II. Call for Papers: Deadline Extended to January 31st

Gender:Modernity
March 6, 2004
Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec

Keynote Speaker: Serge Guilbaut, Professor of Art History, (University of
British Columbia), author of How New York Stole the Idea of Modern Art.

Introductory Speaker: Irene Gammel, Professor of English (University of Prince
Edward Island), author of Baroness Elsa Gender, Dada, and Everyday Modernity:
A Cultural Biography.

Gender and modernity: how do they collide and coexist? Are they separate
entities at all?

The ninth History in the Making Conference will be held on March 6, 2004 at
Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec. The purpose of the HIM conference
is to showcase and workshop the research of graduate students and senior-level
undergraduates. Students from all history-related disciplines are welcome.

Each participant will be required to make a 15-20 minute presentation.
Finished conference papers should be no longer than 15 pp. They will be
published in the conference's annual proceedings.

Possible topics include:

teaching gendered history
intersections of sexual orientation and leadership
the gendered nation
depictions of gender in film, print, or other visual media
technology and sexuality
sexuality and patriotism
premodern conceptions of gender
transgressions of modernity versus transgressions of gender
atypical modernities
..Of course, we welcome most interpretations of the topic.

We encourage creative research and enthusiastic contributions.

Requirements:

• a 500-word (max) abstract of your proposed paper/presentation (as well
as your full name, discipline, level of study, and home/email address) is due
to conference@historyinthemaking.ca. Please include as inline
text or Microsoft Word attachment.
• requests for AV should follow acceptance and subsequent confirmation
of attendance.
• Submissions and papers may in either English or French.
• questions may be directed to conference@historyinthemaking.ca.


Le Genre et la modernité : collision et coexistence.

Joignez-vous à nous pour réfléchir à ces questions. La neuvième édition de la
conférence 'History in the Making' aura lieu le 6 mars 2004 à l'Université
Concordia, Montréal. Cet événement soulignera la recherche d'étudiants aux
cycles supérieurs ainsi qu’aux troisième et quatrième année du baccalauréat.
Nous favorisons une approche inter-disciplinaire et les étudiants de divers
domaines seront les bienvenus.

La durée de chaque présentation sera d'environ 15 à 20 minutes. Les articles
pour la présentation ne doivent pas excéder 15 pages. Ils seront publiés dans
les déliberations annuelles de la conférence.

Thèmes Proposés :

l’enseignement du genre en histoire
orientation sexual et l’idée de la nation
genre en film et dans la media
sexualité et patriotisme
pre-modernité et genre
transgression de modernité vs. transgression de genre
modernités atypiques


Critères d'admissibilité :

• une proposition n'excédant pas 500 mots, vos coordonnées (nom complet,
discipline, cycles d'études et adresse postale et électronique). Le tout doit
nous parvenir par courrier à l'adresse suivante:
conference@historyinthemaking.ca. (S'il vous plaît, inclure votredocument en
attachement Microsoft Word).
• Les requêtes pour matériel audio-visuels seront acceptées après votre
confirmation.
• Pour toutes autres question, veuillez communiquer avec nous à
l'adresse suivante : conference@historyinthemaking.ca.

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III. CFP : The Politics of Cultural Memory; UK; 4/16/04; 11/5-6/04

The Politics of Cultural Memory
A conference to be held at
Manchester Metropolitan University
5/6 November 2004

The Conference is part of a collaboration between the Centre for the
Study of Location, Memory and Visuality (MIRIAD, Faculty of Art and
Design) and the Cultural Memory and Ethics Research Project (Dept. of
English). The Conference theme is designed to enable productive dialogue
across a range of disciplines including: Art and Design History;
Cultural Studies; English; Documentary and Film Studies; Fine Art;
Geography; History; Photography; Sociology, Visual Culture.

The Conference will focus on the dialogue between history, memory and
its varied forms of representation. It will address the different ways
that cultural texts represent the past in the present and in doing so
serve a range of political and cultural purposes. This conference seeks
discussion on the particularities of cultural memory, both in its theory
and practice, and their political ramifications. With this in mind, the
conference invites discussion on a wide range of different forms,
practices and theories of cultural remembrance but has a strong although
not exclusive interest in the relation between memory, place and
visuality. The conference hopes to encourage a dialogue between
theorists and practitioners of cultural memory.

The Conference organisers are keen to receive abstracts for
papers/presentations from researchers and practitioners. Deadline 16th
April 2004. Abstracts of 400 words (approx) should be sent to :
Dr Steven Gartside, MIRIAD, Manchester Metropolitan University,
Cavendish North Building, Cavendish Street, Manchester, M15 6BG. E :
s.gartside@mmu.ac.uk

Potential themes include relationship between memory and :
Remembering/Forgetting
Archives, Museums, Memorials and Monuments
Landscapes, Mapping and Geography
Colonial / Post-colonial
Art and Photography
Media and Cinema
Architecture, Space and Place
Theories of Trauma
Performances, Rituals and Parades
National Identity
Haunting and Spectrality
Law, Litigation and Justice
Post-Communism / Post-Fascism

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IV.Said and Beyond: Critical Reflections on the Life and Works of Edward W. Said (1935 - 2003)
 
A One-Day Symposium; Saturday 15 May, 2004.

The Centre for Critical Practice, School of English, University of
Central England Perry Barr, Birmingham B42 2SU, United Kingdom
 
The Centre for Critical Practice in the School of English at the
University of Central England in Birmingham invites postgraduates,
academics, scholars, reviewers, journalists, and all intellectuals to
participate in what will be a contemplative, critically orientated
conference on the legacy of one of the most prolific and outspoken
thinkers of the twentieth century.
 
Keynote and plenary speakers: to be announced.
 
Said’s writing presents us with a range of universal themes which remain
relevant from one generation to the next—nationalism, the individual
versus society, moral choices, majority versus minority rights and
political repression.  His works have been translated into 26 languages,
including his most influential book, Orientalism (1978), the renowned
examination of the way the West perceives the Islamic world. Said writes
on subjects both literary and cultural, both academic and personal. 
Much of his writing reaches far beyond literary criticism and is
inspired by his passionate advocacy of the Palestinian cause, including
The Question of Palestine, (1979), Covering Islam (1981), After the Last
Sky (1986) and Blaming the Victims (1988). 
 
The symposium considers the full range of Edward Said’s work, in both
its literary and more broadly political aspect, and hopes to encourage a
range of views concerning his writings. The symposium treats Said’s
oeuvre as a critical phenomenon that should produce ongoing and
contestable reactions, encouraging both supporters and detractors to
express their opinions.
 
The symposium considers attitudes to Said’s work at a crucial phase of
transition, when notions of post-colonialism are shifting in some
quarters into the idea of the post post-colonial age. The relevance of
Said’s writing in such a contestable climate will be open to
consideration. This symposium seeks a broad definition of the use and
application of Said’s writing, not just his contribution to the world of
postcolonial literary studies, but his relevance in a range of fields
such as cultural, political and Middle Eastern studies.
Papers or pre-organized panels of 2 / 3 papers from academics,
postgraduates, reviewers, journalists, and other interested parties are
invited for this one-day symposium intended to address the issues we are
now faced with by a changing critical landscape that is devoid of Edward
Said. The symposium encourages a wide range of contributions on art,
cinema, critical theory, cultural studies, drama, education, film
studies, languages, linguistics, literature, music, philosophy,
politics, political histories, sociology, pedagogy, visual studies, and,
interdisciplinary studies.
Potential topics might include:
 
•      The changing face of post-colonialism
• The emerging notion of post post-colonialism
• Concepts and issues defining ‘Orientalism’
• Said’s relationship with & influence upon notions of ‘otherness’
• The issue of Palestine
• Empirical Studies & Said
• Said & History
• Textual criticism
• The shifting status of Said and his work
• Reactions against Said and their contemporary contexts
• Post-colonialism and feminism
• Politics and aesthetics
• The ongoing significance of Said

Please send 250 - 300 word abstracts by e-mail and file attachment only
to both Dr. Sarah Wood and Nicola Allen: sarah.wood@uce.ac.uk ;
nicola.allen@uce.ac.uk
 
Submission deadline: Sunday 4th April 2004 [prior indication of
acceptance is possible on request for overseas delegates and those with
institutional funding]. 
 
Advanced Fee (monies to be received up to Monday 5th April 2004***):
UK/EC postgraduates ** - £15; academics & international postgraduates -
£25; UCE students-: £6
 
Full-cost fee: Fee prior to Monday received up to Monday 5th April 2004:
UK/EC postgraduates - £20; academics & international postgraduates -
£35; UCE students-: £10
 
Cheques payable to ‘UCE’ or ‘University of Central England in
Birmingham’ with ‘Edward Said Symposium’ written on the reverse to be
sent by post to:
 
Dr. Sarah Wood
School of English
University of Central England
Perry Barr, Birmingham B42 2SU
United Kingdom
 
N.B. ***an additional 20% surcharge for foreign currency exchange
including euros will be levied; ***institutional invoice request prior
to deadline acceptable.
 
** N.B. The EC postgraduates category will include all entry-country
students including Turkey.
  

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V. Mester

Call for Papers

Mester, the yearly graduate student academic journal of the Department of
Spanish and Portuguese at UCLA, seeks articles for its Special Issue to be
published in June 2004, which will be devoted to:

Transformations: Re-imagining Identity

The centennial celebrations of Alejo Carpentier and Pablo Neruda, whose
works contributed to new representations of Latin American identity, serve
to highlight how this concept has been re-imagined over the years. In this
Special Issue we seek to explore the topic of identity from a wide range of
scholarly points of view.

We welcome submissions related to identity including, but not limited to =
the following:

Memory, Exile, Migration, Nationalism, Community, Ethnicity,
Gender and Sexuality, Visual and Textual Representations,
Language and Language contact

Mester publishes scholarly articles, interviews, and book reviews in the
fields of Spanish, Portuguese, Spanish-American, Brazilian and Chicano
literatures and linguistics. Mester also welcomes articles in Comparative
Literature, Critical Theory and Cultural Studies. Articles may be written in
Spanish, Portuguese, or English.

Publication decisions are based solely on the quality of the submissions,
which undergo triple-blind review. Mester is dedicated to publish work that
demonstrates a high level of scholarship, and since 1970 we have built a
reputation as one of the best student-run journals in North America,
publishing articles by established scholars alongside the best work of
graduate students. The journal is indexed in the MLA International
Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages and Literatures.

To be considered for publication, articles should not exceed 25
double-spaced pages, including endnotes, and must follow the MLA guidelines
(latest edition). The original and three copies are required for all work.
Please do not write the author=92s name on manuscripts but include it in a
cover letter, along with the title of the article, institutional
affiliation, email, and work and/or home address. The following categories
are accepted for reviews: academic books, linguistics, and new prose and
fiction, all works published within the past two years. Reviews should be
between 600 and 2,000 words in length. Publishers and authors are welcome to
submit books for possible selection.

Submissions that are being considered by another journal or any other
publisher are not accepted. Original rejected manuscripts will be returned
upon request if sufficient loose postage is provided. The due date is
February 1st 2004, but early submissions are encouraged.

Send all requisite materials to:
Mester, Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese, UCLA, 5310 Rolfe Hall, Los Angeles,
CA 90095-1532.
Iliana Alc=E1ntar, Editor-in-Chief, mester@ucla.edu mester@ucla.edu>