[Discussion] CFP: Migration and Multiculturalism in Contemporary Europe (grad) (9/1/04; 12/3/04-12/4/04)

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CALL FOR PAPERS


Trading Cultures:

Migration and Multiculturalism in Contemporary Europe




Graduate Student Conference

December 3-4, 2004

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

New Brunswick, NJ



Sponsored by:

The Center for Comparative European Studies, The Program in Comparative
Literature, The Transliteratures Program, The Graduate School of Arts and
Sciences, The Faculty of Arts and Sciences =96 Rutgers, the State Univers=
ity
of New Jersey



Even if Europe is still defined principally in terms of nationalities, th=
e
crossing of borders that mass migrations and diasporas enact daily render=
s
the very notion of national boundaries more and more obsolete, and
necessitates a transnational perspective.  By these passages into and
relocations in foreign countries, migrants challenge hegemonic narratives=
 of
global capitalism, =93hybridize=94 national cultures otherwise =93imagine=
d=94 as
unified, and heighten the fear of so-called =93open borders=94. The prese=
nce of
vast numbers of migrants in the social and economic structures of Europe
raises new questions about the ways =93European cultures=94 are being
re-conceptualized and constructed.



The conference will address questions of migration within and to Europe i=
n a
comparative perspective. Topics of interest will include, but will not be
limited to:

-         Migration as a transnational and global phenomenon

-         Challenging the notion of nation and re-defining national
boundaries

-         Displacement and homelessness

-         Politics of location

-         Memory as home

-         Multiple identities (connected to issues of race, ethnicity,
gender, class, religion, food, language)

-         Contribution of migrants to their adoptive cultures

-         Re-writing history from unofficial points of view

-         Resisting mainstream narratives

-         Trading migrant bodies

-         Intersection of postcolonial and migration

-         Self-definition and self-representation

-         Gender and Geography

-         =93Assimilation=94 in the new culture

-         Mediterranean migrations

-         Artifacts, food, and material cultural

-         Creating new languages





Keynote Speakers:

TBA



You are encouraged to submit proposals for individual papers and group
panels. Proposals from all disciplines are welcome. Your proposal must
include: a title, a one-page abstract, double-spaced; your name, email an=
d
mailing addresses, affiliation, and a brief biography. If it is a group
proposal, the full names of all presenters as well as an abstract from ea=
ch.
Financial support for the participants to subsidize travel and accommodat=
ion
expenses depends on successful applications for funding, which are curren=
tly
under consideration at various institutions and organizations.



All proposals should be sent to:

Caterina Romeo, caromeo@rci.rutgers.edu

Tatjana Aleksic, atatjana@eden.rutgers.edu





DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS IS SEPTEMBER 1, 2004



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