[Bilimsel Haber] CFP: 2008 CSA Conference in NYC

[Gonul Pultar]

FROM: Cultural Studies Association CFP <csacfp+ at pitt.edu>



THE SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CULTURAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION (U.S.)

New York City, New York (New York University) May 22-24, 2008

The Cultural Studies Association (U.S.) invites participation in its 
Sixth Annual Meeting from all areas and on all topics of relevance to 
Cultural Studies, including but not limited to literature, history, 
sociology, geography, anthropology, communications, popular culture, 
cultural theory, queer studies, critical race studies, feminist studies, 
postcolonial studies, media and film studies, material culture studies, 
performance and visual arts studies.

The conference this year will feature plenary sessions on New York and
Culture, Gender and Sexuality, Law and Minorities. Plenarists include,

Arlene Davila, New York University, author of Barrio Dreams: Puerto 
Ricans, Latinos and the Neoliberal City, and Latinos, Inc., The 
Marketing and Making of a People

Rosemary Coombe, Law, Communications and Cultural Studies, York 
University, author of The Cultural Life of Intellectual Properties, and 
"Legal Claims to Culture in and Against the Market"

Janet Jacobsen, Columbia, author of Working Alliances and the Politics 
of Difference: Diversity and Feminist Ethics, and Love the Sin: Sexual
Regulation and the Limits of Religious Tolerance

Jasbir Puar, Women's and Gender Studies and Geography, Rutgers 
University, author of "On Torture: Abu Ghraib," and "Queer Times, Queer 
Assemblages."

Neil Smith, CUNY Graduate Center, author of American Empire: Roosevelt's
Geographer and the Prelude to Globalization, and The Endgame of
Globalization.

The conference will continue to host last year's highly successful 
"salon" panels by major cultural studies journals. Thus far, the 
following journals plan on hosting a journal salon:

Theory & Event
South Atlantic Quarterly
Boundary 2
Callaloo (special issue on Katrina and New Orleans)
Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies
Positions: East Asia Cultural Critique
Rethinking Marxism
Women & Performance
Radical History Review
Signs (special issue on race/gendered logics of war and terror)
Public Culture
Critical Inquiry
Social Text

All participants in the Sixth Annual meeting must pay registration fees 
by April 15, 2008, to be listed and participate in the program. See the
registration page of the CSA conference website for details about fees 
at <http://www.csaus.pitt.edu/> http://www.csaus.pitt.edu.

If you have any questions about procedures for submission or other
concerns, please e-mail us at: csaus at pitt.edu. We welcome proposals in 
the following four categories:

1. INDIVIDUAL PAPERS
Proposals for individual papers are due November 10, 2007.

Successful papers will reach several constituencies of the organization 
and will connect analysis to social, political, economic, or ethical 
questions.

They should be submitted online below on the conference website:
< <http://www.csaus.pitt.edu/conf/submit.php?cf=5>
http://www.csaus.pitt.edu/conf/submit.php?cf=5>. Successful submission 
will be acknowledged. If you do not receive an acknowledgment within 24 
hours, please resubmit. The acknowledgment will say that your proposal 
has been "successfully submitted," which does NOT mean your proposal has 
been accepted.

All paper proposals require:

a. The name, email address, department and institutional affiliation of 
the author, entered on the website.
b. A 500-word abstract for the 20-minute paper entered on the website.
c. Any needed audio-visual equipment must be noted following the 
abstract in that space on the site.

2. PRE-CONSTITUTED PAPER SESSIONS, ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS, OR WORKSHOP SESSIONS
Proposals for pre-constituted sessions are due November 10, 2007.

Roundtables are sessions in which panelists offer brief remarks, but the
bulk of the session is devoted to discussion among the panelists and
audience members. Workshops are similarly devoted primarily to 
discussion, but they focus on practical problems in such areas as 
teaching, research, or activism. No paper titles may be included for 
roundtables or workshops.

Pre-constituted sessions should NOT be submitted on the website, but 
should be sent to <csaus at pitt.edu> with the words ''Session Proposal'' 
in the subject line. All proposals will be acknowledged, but please 
allow at least
two business days before inquiring.

All session proposals require:

a. The name, email address, phone number, and department and 
institutional affiliation of the proposer.
b. The names, email addresses, and department and institutional 
affiliations of each participant.
c. A 500-word overview of the session, including identifying the type of
session (panel, roundtable, workshop) proposed. For paper sessions, also
include 500-word abstracts of each of the papers. Paper sessions should 
have three or four papers.
d. A request for any needed audio-visual equipment. All AV equipment 
must be requested with the proposal.

3. DIVISION SESSIONS

A list of divisions is available at < <http://www.csaus.pitt.edu/>
http://www.csaus.pitt.edu>. Calls for papers and procedures for 
submission to divisions may be posted on that site. Proposals for 
divisions should NOT be submitted here or to csaus at pitt.

4. SEMINAR PROPOSALS
Proposals for seminars are due November 10, 2007.

Seminars are small-group (maximum 15 individuals) discussion sessions 
for which participants prepare in advance of the conference. In previous 
years, preparation has involved shared readings, pre-circulated 
''position papers'' by seminar leaders and/or participants, and other 
forms of pre-conference collaboration. We particularly invite proposals 
for seminars designed to advance emerging lines of inquiry and 
research/teaching initiatives within Cultural Studies broadly construed. 
We also invite seminars designed to generate future collaborations among 
conference attendees. Once a limited number of seminar topics and 
leaders are chosen, the seminars will be announced through the CSA's 
various public e-mail lists on November 1. Participants will contact the 
seminar leader(s) directly who will then inform the Program Committee 
who will participate in the seminar after November 20.

All seminar proposals require:
a. A 500-word overview of the topic designed to attract participants and
clear instructions about how the seminar will work, including details 
about what advanced preparation will be required of seminar participants.
b. The name, email address, phone number, mailing address, and 
departmental and institutional affiliation of the leader(s) proposing 
the seminar.
c. A brief bio or one page CV of the leader(s) proposing the seminar.
d. A request for any needed audio-visual equipment. All AV equipment 
must be requested with the proposal. Since seminars typically involve 
discussion of previously circulated papers, such requests must be 
explained. Seminar proposals should be sent to:

Bruce Burgett, Professor and Interim Director, Interdisciplinary Arts 
and Sciences, University of Washington Bothell <burgett at u.washington.edu>

Those interested in participating in (rather than leading) a seminar 
should consult the list of seminars and the instructions for signing up 
for them, available at <http://www.csaus.pitt.edu< after November 20, 
2007. Deadline to sign up will be December 15, 2007.