[Discussion] CFP: (dis)junctions: Theory Reloaded (grad) (1/7/05; 4/8/05-4/9/05)

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

(dis)junctions 2005: theory reloaded is the 12th annual humanities
graduate student conference at the University of California, Riverside.
It is a two-day event, spanning Friday and Saturday, April 8-9, 2005.

Keynote:
We are pleased to announce that this year=92s keynote is Judith
Halberstam, Professor of English at the University of Southern
California, whose interests include Critical Theory, Film & Popular
Culture, Gender Studies, 19th-Century, and Queer Studies.  Her
publications include _Posthuman Bodies_ (1995, co-edited with Ira
Livingston); _Female Masculinity_ (1998); _The Drag King Book_ (1999,
co-authored with LaGrace Volcano), and the forthcoming _The Transgender
Moment: Gender Flexibility and the Postmodern Condition_ (2004).

Submissions:
(dis)junctions conferences are intended to foster critical awareness of
current academic issues and trends from across the humanities. This
year=92s theme, =93theory reloaded,=94 hopes to encourage conversations t=
hat
put into question the way theory informs the way we conceive, structure,
write about, and/or teach our research projects.  Because of the very
nature of our conference, we are seeking interdisciplinary approaches.
We encourage both critical and creative submissions.

Individual abstracts and/or abstracts for pre-formed panels of three
presenters should be sent to: disjunctions@verizon.net by January 7,
2005. Please indicate your name and conference panel in the email
subject line; abstracts in the body of message.  No attachments, please.
The submissions should be no longer than 250 words for individual
proposals and 750 for panel proposals. Applications sent via postal mail
must be postmarked no later than January 7, 2005 and should be sent to:

(dis)junctions 2005: theory reloaded
Department of English
UC Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521-0323

We are currently accepting individual abstracts and/or abstracts for
pre-formed panels of three papers that demonstrate innovative and
original approaches to, and a critical awareness of, all fields within
humanities and social science disciplines.

Contact Information:
For special sessions and updated information about the conference and
local information, please visit: http://english.ucr.edu/gsea/disjunctions=
/
or contact the (dis)junctions conference co-chairs:
Jenni Keys, jennifer.keys@email.ucr.edu
Tina Stavropoulos, tstavrop98@yahoo.com

How to Get Here:
Riverside is located within an hour of Los Angeles and the Orange County
beaches, and within a few hours of San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Las
Vegas. Two international airports, LAX and Ontario, are located within
seventy minutes and twenty minutes, respectively, from the campus.



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