[Bilimsel Haber] Colonial and Post-Colonial Remembering and Forgetfulness

[gonul at pultar.org]

Colonial and Post-Colonial Remembering and Forgetfulness, Mexico, October 2006
Location:	Mexico

Second Call for Papers

The Chimalpahin Conference 2006:
Colonial and Post-Colonial Remembering and Forgetfulness

Chalco, Mexico,
October 16 - 18, 2006

This conference organized by Enkidu Magazine in Mexico City is devoted  
to colonial and post colonial remembering and forgetfulness viewed  
from a wide range of different interdisciplinary perspectives with  
particular attention to reflections on ?self? and ?otherness?,  
memories, historical myths and other expressions of historical and  
political memory.

?Sensing the Other, Living in Nepantla: Colonial and Post-Colonial  
Remembering and Forgetfulness? is dedicated to the Nahua Historian  
Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin  
(1579-1660), who more than a century after the Spanish conquest  
narrated and mediated in his native language Nahuatl, the history of  
Central Mexico and in particular his own altepetl (ethnic state unit  
in Central Mexico before and after the conquest) Chalco.

We welcome submissions from all branches of the social sciences,  
humanities, as well as the arts. Graduate students are encouraged to  
participate.

The program is organised in a large number of special thematic  
sessions and subconferences covering a diverse series of topics  
extending from a special session on "Voices of slaves in inquisitorial  
records" to "Education and Nation-Building in Latin America" and  
"Representations of the 'Other' on the Theater Stage".

Papers will be considered on related themes and topics from a wide  
range of perspectives. Presenters are encouraged to interpret the  
themes of the conference broadly and may explore any historical  
period, with any geographic focus.

500 word abstracts should be submitted to the organising committee in  
English, Castilian, German or French by 1. July 2006. The conference  
languages will be English and Castilian.

We are pleased to announce that all printed conference materials that  
will be distributed during the conference, also will be available in  
large print or Braille. In several sessions, sign language  
interpreters for ASL (American Sign Language) and Mexican Sign  
Language will also be available. If you require sign language  
interpretation during your session, or you would like to distribute  
hand-outs or other materials in Braille during your presentation,  
please indicate this in the registration form.

Interpretations of the conference theme ranging from the predictable  
to the surprising are encouraged.

The conference will focus on conceptualizations and representations of  
cultural categories in colonial and post colonial realities, and the  
ways in which individuals have understood and enacted these frameworks  
in their lives. Among the themes of interest are the following:

* Conquest and Continuity
* Borders and Borderlands
* Intra-ethnic translations
* Representations of Otherness
* Historical stereotypes in the construction of the past and the present
* Gendered Spaces
* Reinterpretations of History and History about colonialism and  
post-colonialism
* Memory and Archives
* The interaction of categories like nation, gender, class, and religion
* Education and nation-building in post-colonial societies
* Identities in transition
* Historical Memory
* Political Memory
* Narrative and Myth
* Voice and reflexivity in oral and written records
* Storytelling, Dialogue and Discourse
* Testimonial Narratives
* Memory and Written Record
* Language, Authority and Silence
* Other Suggestions

Interdisciplinary perspectives are especially welcome since all these  
topics in themselves stretch across several disciplines: history,  
literary studies, linguistics, psychology, political sciences,  
pedagogy, ethnology, anthropology, sociology...

500 word abstracts should be submitted to the organising comitee in  
English, Castillian, German or French by 1, July 2006. The conference  
languages will be English and Castillian. Interpretations of the  
conference theme ranging from the predictable to the surprising are  
encouraged.

Papers should be of approximately 30 minutes duration (circa 8 - 10  
pages). Other forms of presentation, for instance workshops, panel  
debates and poster sessions will be considered on request.

Graduate and postgraduate students are encouraged to attend and  
present papers. Selected papers from the conference will be published  
in book form.

* Proposals for Panel Sessions:

Typically, a panel of academic papers should include 3 (maximum 4)  
speakers and 1 moderator (session chair). Each session will last for 2  
hours allowing for 30 minutes for each speaker and a further 30  
minutes for questions and discussion.

Proposers should submit:

(1) session title and a session intro (ca 100 words),

(2) paper titles,

(3) abstracts for each paper (500 words),

(4) short biography for each participant and the panel chair (ca  
100-150 words),

(5) institutional affiliation and address for each participant,

(6) audio-visual and other technical requirements.

If you would like to propose a panel session, and want assistance in  
finding speakers and/or a session chair, we can publish a call for  
papers for your panel session on the conference web site and  
distribute it in our newsletter. If you have an idea for panel session  
and would like us to publish a call for papers on the conference  
website, please send us a proposal by e-mail to info at enkidumagazine.com

* Proposals for individual papers

Abstracts are to be submitted by 1. July, 2006, along with the  
presenter?s name, address, telephone, email, and institutional  
affiliation. It is recommended to use the form here:  
http://www.enkidumagazine.com/eventos/chimalpahin/reg_form.htm when  
submitting an abstract. However, abstracts will also be accepted as  
e-mail attachments to info at enkidumagazine.com.

All correspondence for this conference will be conducted via email.  
You will be notified by the 15th of July 2006 whether your proposal  
has been accepted or rejected. Full conference papers should be  
submitted by the 1st of October 2006. Abstracts and summaries of the  
conference papers will be made available at the conference web page  
from August 2006.
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