[Discussion] CFP: British and U.S. Imperialism (1/20/06; 5/15/06-5/18/06)

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE ON BRITISH AND UNITED STATES IMPERIALISM
IN AFRICA, THE CARIBBEAN, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE MIDDLE EAST

QUEEN=92S UNIVERSITY, KINGSTON, ONTARIO, CANADA
MAY 15-18, 2006

Call for Papers:

We invite paper and panel proposals on any aspect of British and/or
American imperialism in Africa, the Caribbean, Central America, and the
Middle East (from the eighteenth century to the present day). Proposals
from all disciplines are welcome, including: History; Politics;
Economics; Language(s) and Literature; Media Studies; Law; Social
Science; Gender Studies; Cultural Studies; Religious Studies; Geography;
the Sciences. We particularly welcome contributions that compare and/or
contrast British and United States policies, practices, and legacies.
Areas of interest include, but are not restricted to, issues of:

=95   Formal and informal modes of imperialism and colonization
=95   Environment and resource exploitation
=95   War, genocide, and humanitarian intervention
=95   Corporations and the movements of national and global capital
=95   Mapping and borders
=95   Labour and class relations
=95   Public memory (archives, monuments, museums=85)
=95   Race, sex, and gender
=95   Religion
=95   Writing and narrative
=95   Alliances, including political/cultural relations between Britain
     and the United States
=95   Anti-colonial resistance, revolution, and insurgency

Please send 300-word abstracts to (empire@post.queensu.ca) by January
20, 2006.

A conference website will be posted in April at:
http://post.queensu.ca/~empire



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