Conferences
National Association for Ethnic Studies 38th Annual Conference; L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, Washington, D.C.; April 8-10, 2010
Our theme of "Who Counts and Who's Counting" signals the importance of Washington, D.C. as a physical, cultural, and social nexus for policy decisions that will shape the 21st Century. With the 2010 Census signaling the dramatic changes that are affecting all ethnic and racial communities in the United States, who is doing the counting and how we construct the discourse and policies of who counts will be central to the future of all residents of the United States and will shape global relations around the world. We hope you will participate in this important dialogue; welcome to NAES 2010 in Washington, D.C.! For more information on the conference, please visit: http://www.ethnicstudies.org/conference.htm
The People's Republic of China at 60: Internal and External Challenges; Bucknell University, Lewisburg PA; October 2, 2009
On October 1, 2009, the People's Republic of China (PRC) will be 60 years old. To mark this significant occasion, Bucknell University will be hosting an international conference to reflect upon the past and explore the future of the PRC in October 2009. We are planning to have three panels: two on China's domestic challenges, one on China's foreign relations.
We encourage established and promising scholars on China to submit paper proposals on political, economic, social, environmental, technological, and diplomatic challenges that China faces today from a historical perspective. Proposals that are theoretically grounded and empirically informed are most welcome. Bucknell University will provide accomodation and offer honoraria to the selected panelists for their contribution to the conference. Papers of the highest quality will also be published in an edited volume by a reputable publisher. The conference is coordinated by the MacArthur Chair in East Asian Politics at Bucknell University and co-sponsored by the University's Office of the Provost and relevant programs.
American Association for Chinese Studies 51st Annual Conference; Rollins College, Orlando, Florida; October 16-18, 2009
The AACS invites proposals for panels, roundtables, and papers concerning China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other Chinese societies for the 51st Annual Conference of AACS, which is being hosted by Rollins College, Orlando, Florida. Although membership in AACS is required for participation in the Annual Meeting, non-members are welcome to submit proposals, join the Association and participate in the Annual Meeting. For more information, visit: http://www.apsanet.org/content_60990.cfm?navID=603
"African American Literature” Panel of the 107th Annual Pacific Ancient & Modern Language Association Conference; November 6-7, 2009; San Francisco State University, California
PAMLA is the Western regional affiliate of the Modern Language Association: http://www.pamla.org/2009/
Founded as the San Francisco State Normal School in 1899, San Francisco State University now enrolls about 29,000 students and is the flagship campus of the California State University system. The University's students, faculty, and staff reflect the vibrant ethnic, cultural, and linguistic mix of the San Francisco Bay area; in addition, the University attracts a large number of international students and sends more undergraduates to study abroad than any of the other CSU campuses. The College of Humanities includes fifteen departments and programs and is home to several centers, of which the Poetry Center and American Poetry Archives will be of special interest to many PAMLA members; the Poetry Center is one of the oldest and best-known of American literary institutions.
"Experiments in Democracy: Performing an Interracial and Multicultural America" American Society for Theatre Research Conference; November 11-15th, 2009
This Working Session will bring together scholars whose current research investigates such “experiment[s] in democracy” among progressive theatre ensembles, individual artists, theorists and audiences from any era in US theatre history. We seek participants with diverse perspectives on the American theatre’s historic struggles (both its “successes” and its “failures”) in modeling interracial and multicultural citizenship across all American axes of race and/or ethnicity. We are especially interested in critically examining the ways in which these practices have challenged or sustained racial apartheid and white privilege.
Violent Migrations Conference; November 12-15th, 2009
This panel calls for interdisciplinary investigations of violent, global migrations and their consequences. This panel considers the violence of displacement and dispossession due to social conflicts, climate change, natural disasters, civil wars, ethnic clashes, or economic needs that are accompanied by the processes of acculturation and experiences of identity loss, marginalization, disempowerment, and discrimination. Traumatic events and forced uprootedness leave marks on migrant bodies and undoubtedly effect the health (mental and physical) of the migrant population. This panel will examine both fictive and non-fictive representations of violent migrations. For more information, visit: http://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/node/32646
