Re-figuring the South African Empire: International Conference in Basel
9-11 September 2013
CALL FOR PAPERS
www.zasb.unibas.ch/empire
Department of History and Centre for African Studies, University of Basel (Switzerland), in collaboration with the Swiss Society for African Studies (SGAS) and the Swiss Society for History (SGG)
This conference investigates histories of imperialism, colonialism and nation-building in the Southern African region, in the context of a critical reassessment of South Africa as a state and nation. The overall aim is to understand the region's history from its margins and to shift perspectives away from the teleological narrative of the emergence and consolidation of a modern South African nation-state throughout the 20th century. The necessity and relevance of this attempt to bring into question some of the core assumptions of South African historiography is reflected in the debate about the second volume of the new Cambridge History of South Africa on the 20th century, published in 2011. This prestigious volume presents the history of South African society and its state without contextualising its regional legacies of colonialism and hegemony. It makes hardly any mention of South Africa's de facto seventy-five year-long colonial rule over Namibia. Namibia experienced colonialism for a much more extended period than many other African colonies, while South Africa acted as a colonial power much longer than, for example, Germany or Italy. Yet South Africa is rarely theorised as having been a colonial state attempting to build an empire.
The conference deepens the debate about these crucial issues and situates it in the new scholarship on empires, cultural histories of colonialism and post-colonial critique. These arguments have unsettled the simplistic notion of a centre-periphery dichotomy in relations between Europe and the wider world, and have moved the debate into transnational, entangled or shared histories of all sorts. Yet attention paid to the building of empires in the shadows of European imperialism remains scant. The Southern African example is a striking reminder of the complexities throughout the 20th century of South African regional domination amidst multiple colonialisms as well as nationalisms.
As much as our interests are directed towards a revision of some of the parameters of South African historiography, the conference will likewise explore the production of history, memory and memorialization. South African colonialism, expansion and hegemony resonate in South Africa's post-apartheid society and in the wider memory landscapes and practices of post-colonial Southern Africa. Here again the conference seeks to engage with a regional perspective, and to explore the ways in which the legacies of South Africa's imperial history continue to generate a condition of coloniality which affects the socio-political order as much as it engenders the production of knowledge in South Africa itself and throughout the entire region.
Conceptual outline
The conference does not view the South African empire as an empirical entity, let alone as a historical fact. Rather it engages with empire as a theoretical concept which unsettles some of the certainties in South African historiography and opens up productive spaces for the re-figuration of Southern African histories. We thus seek papers and presentations from and on the Southern African region and have therefore identified a number of themes, concepts and lines of inquiry with which the conference aims to engage.
Nation and Empire
New histories of empire have emerged from a critique of historiographies dominated by the category of the nation and narratives of teleological progression from empire to colony and nation-state. South African historiography has uncritically replicated the paradigm of the nation around the subjects of late 19th century British-Boer antagonism, early 20th century unification and nation-building and internal colonialism articulated through segregation and apartheid. In contrast to such self-referential historical narration, this conference seeks out papers which explore the entanglement of the emergence of a distinct idea of the South African nation with its imperialist, developmental and increasingly military outreach into its neighbouring countries such as Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
On the other hand we invite reflections on various articulations of the nation and nationalism in Southern Africa, which in one way or the other speak to the recurrence of imperialism in its metropolitan as much as regional forms.
Marxist historiographies of the 1960s and 1970s articulated strong positions on South Africa's imperialism in the region, yet their concerns seem to have fallen into oblivion. While the conference panels will link up with these discussions, their arguments will need to be tuned to more recent concerns within Southern African historiography and recent discussions in methodology and theory.
Imperial Economies
The main domain in which South African imperialism has been acknowledged in historical scholarship has been labour migration, which forced hundreds of thousands of men, and to a lesser extent, women from within South Africa itself, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Malawi into South Africa's urban centres, farming sectors and mining economies, most prominently on the Rand. These histories remain important and powerful in terms of their transnational perspective, yet the conference proposes to expand the discussion, not only to urban areas, mines and other centres of migration outside South Africa, but also beyond the dominant axes of urbanisation and mining and to consider further economies based on the trade of slaves, stock and goods, small industry, specialised skills and diverse commodities. Itinerant traders, commercial hunters, caterers or refined manufacturers as much as printers, publishers, and artisans surface here, disclosing transnational and trans-regional circuits of cloth, furniture, tools and technologies, high-priced merchandise or daily consumer goods. On another level, the large-scale operations of multinational (not only mining) companies, often based in South African metropoles, need to be conceptualised, together with issues of (economic) plunder and capital formation outside their respective areas of operation. The workings of the South African developmental state in the region, for example with regard to large-scale construction projects of dams and hydro-electric power stations, can be added here. The exploration of the complexity of such an imperial economy will enable a qualification of South Africa's hegemonic position as the centre of economic growth, industry and urbanisation, and yet complicate the directions and vectors of economic activity and practice. In particular, for this section, the conference seeks papers which address the multiple avenues and agencies of economic modernisation and transformation in the empire's hinterlands, in which migrant labourers and their return investments seem to have acted as crucial agents and brokers.
Empire Spaces
South Africa's spatial order has conventionally been explained in terms of segregation, legislation, a so-called "security complex", and changing attitudes towards nature. Indeed, the ways in which urban and rural spaces have been conceptualised, enforced and administered according to the requirements of the mining industries and the system of migrant labour, the demands of a commercial agricultural sector which maintained a privileged community of 'white' settlers, and the differences and divisions determined by segregation and apartheid throughout the 20th century, are remarkable and remain visible in the present. Papers assembled here will address a wide range of spaces, among them mining compounds, the architecture of apartheid cities, 'native townships', rural African reserves and military zones, borders and boundaries of many sorts. In contrast to conventional scholarship, these issues are to be addressed in a transnational perspective, exploring the proliferation of urban and rural design and planning, the demarcation of nature reserves and the declaration of military buffer zones from the perspective of the constitution of a South African imperial space in the sub-region.
Imperial Knowledge
One of the arenas in which South African nation-building articulated itself prominently was the realm of knowledge production. The South-Africanisation of science and of institutions associated with the production of scientific knowledge, such as universities, archives, libraries, scientific societies and museums, has long been acknowledged. In an almost emancipatory tone, the emergence of South African science has been narrated as a process through which the centres of knowledge production and expertise shifted from their metropolitan locations in Europe to the former South African colony and nation in the making. Less attention has been paid to the political economies and geopolitics of knowledge production within Southern Africa or to the significance of South Africa's hinterlands and peripheries, among them most importantly the Namibian colony, as resources and laboratories of imperial knowledge production. The conference hence invites contributions which investigate the ways in which the imperial space was constructed by economies of collecting, the operations of field sciences, the development of scientific taxonomies, the birth of scientific institutions, including museums and archives, and the development of professional scientific careers within the framework of a regional history.
Bio-politics of Empire
By the late 19th century, state institutions, metropolitan as much as colonial ones, showed growing interest in the documentation, identification and classification of their subjects. Therein the body of the citizen and/or subject emerged as the matrix around which forms and institutions of governance were enacted and specific kinds of knowledge modelled. Documentation, identification and classification of individuals and social groups in colonial Southern Africa throughout most of the 20th century was firmly grounded in essentialist notions of race and racial segregation, which hierarchically juxtaposed constructions of purified, superior forms of whiteness to the alleged degeneration of blackness and the iconic figure of the native. In as much as the organisation of society along racial lines was the raison d'être of segregation and apartheid in South Africa - and for that matter moved to the core of South African nation-building per se - racism and its underlying archives offered the idiom through which the South African state articulated and legitimised its imperialist project, pushing its frontier of white supremacy far beyond its national borders. The papers assembled here will explore how South Africa's imperial expansion complicated the problem of racial classification and difference, as much as the inconsistencies, contradictions and interstices within the expanding system of racial classification itself. Ultimately, the dynamics generated by imperial expansion and epistemological instability precisely offered the very few spaces for alternative, at times subaltern subjectivities.
Imperial Materialities, Imaginaries and Aesthetics of Empire
New histories of empire have shifted attention away from politics and economics towards 'softer' factors that made up the world of experience, the everyday, and the senses. Empires materialised, and the study of specific artefacts and objects provides a more textured sense of people's worlds and livelihoods. The conference aims at addressing experience, the everyday and the sensual through the lens of materiality and asks whether, and to what extent, specific objects and designs conveyed a sense of a social and cultural space of empire.
Papers concerned with the circulation of 'small objects', such as consumer goods, official documents, street signs, uniforms or mass produced print matters, and 'large objects', such as cars, buildings and monuments, infrastructure and public transport are invited to investigate the composition of an imperial lexicon that linked people in a shared, cultural and symbolic South African imperial space. Also important in this respect was the enactment and staging of 'the empire' through public rituals, celebrations and festivals, as such bridging the realms of the political and popular. The papers assembled here will explore these imperial imaginaries through e.g. various forms of visuality, such as photography, cartography, landscape painting, calendars, or cartoons, and they will likewise investigate diverse forms of popular culture, music, literature and art in order to elaborate on the question of the aesthetics of empire.
Abstract submission
The thematic foci presented above lay the ground for the organisation of the conference. Panels and papers will be organised accordingly. We invite participants to submit abstracts (max 1 page) and short information on authors by 4 February 2013 to afrika-tagung@unibas.ch Acceptance of abstract submissions will be notified by email by the end of March 2013. Papers need to be submitted to the conference organisers by the end of August 2013. - For all information concerning the conference see our website: www.zasb.unibas.ch/empire
Funding and Formalities:
Participants can apply for a limited amount of funding covering travel and accommodation costs. The application needs to be submitted together with the abstract submission. We privilege applicants from African countries and colleagues without permanent positions. To qualify for funding a paper has to be submitted by the given date. - Switzerland is part of the EU Schengen Visa agreement. It is the responsibility of the participants to clarify visa arrangements. Kindly approach the conference organisers for the necessary documentation required.
Publication
The organisers plan to publish the conference proceedings, and different options are being considered. A selection of the papers will be included in a special issue on the South African empire of the Journal of Southern African Studies in 2015.
Contact
For further information please contact the organisers: Lorena Rizzo: lorena.rizzo@unibas.ch Giorgio Miescher: Giorgio.miescher@unibas.ch; Dag Henrichsen: dh@baslerafrika.ch
This conference is organised on behalf of the South African Empire Research Group. Members of the group are Martha Akawa (University of Namibia), Dag Henrichsen (Basler Afrika Bibliographien & University of Basel), Luregn Lenggenhager (University of Zürich), Giorgio Miescher (University of Basel & University of the Western Cape), Ciraj Rassool (University of the Western Cape), Lorena Rizzo (University of Basel & University of the Western Cape), Jeremy Silvester (Museums Association of Namibia), Anna Vögeli (Basler Afrika Bibliographien & University of Basel), Marion Wallace (British Library).
The Research Group was supported by the Swiss South African Joint Research Project (SSJRP, University of Basel).
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Monday, 21 January 2013
Friday, 4 January 2013
CFP: Public Service Broadcasting in Africa: Continuity and Change in the 21st Century
CALL FOR PAPERS: Public Service Broadcasting in Africa: Continuity and Change in the 21st Century
Conference organised by Communication and Media Research Institute, University of Westminster, with support from UNESCO and BBC Media Action
Saturday 2nd March 2013
University of Westminster,
Regent Campus
309 Regent Street,
London, W1B 2UW
The Future of Public Service Broadcasting in Africa
Public service broadcasting is still important for Africa and other developing regions. There are, however, questions about the next generation of public service broadcasting and issues about the continued relevance of the public service broadcasting model. Are we witnessing the disappearance of BBC-type of public service broadcasting in Africa? There is increasing evidence that this may be so.
The growing dominance of community, private and commercial broadcasting in countries such as South Africa, Zambia, Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana is calling for a rethink of a license-fee funded broadcasting model and a switch of ads to these broadcasters, damaging the financial base for public service broadcasters, and more and more closures.
As for TV, the younger generation is switching to viewing on platforms other than the TV set. As license fees are mostly based on the TV set within a household, this reduces willingness to pay the license fee. Additionally, as more and more channels appear, the audiences for PSBs are eroding in many African countries.
Public Service radio is still strong in countries such as South Africa, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Tanzania, Congo, Liberia, Sudan, Nigeria and Kenya but in others it has evolved into commercial models, with little informational content.
In many parts of Africa, state broadcasters still have public service broadcasting aspirations, but the reality is all too often government control.
Nonetheless, the need for trusted information about national and local developments is as crucial as ever, as is the need for programming to celebrate national cultures, explain social change projects, and to offer relevant, quality entertainment for all ages and ethnic groups.
For all these reasons, new thinking on public service broadcasting in Africa is urgently needed. This is why the University of Westminster is inviting students, researchers, academics, practitioners, policymakers and thinkers to look ahead and identify how public service broadcasting can be helped to survive and develop in the years ahead.
The themes explored in the one-day workshop are likely to include:
Please send a 300-word abstract by 24 January, 2013. Successful applicants will be notified by 31 January, 2013. They must include the presenter's name, affiliation, email and postal address, together with the paper’s title. Please send abstracts to Helen Cohen at journalism@westminster.ac.uk
The fee for registration (which applies to all participants, including presenters) will be £99, with a concessionary rate of £49 for students, to cover all conference documentation, refreshments, lunch and administration costs. Registration will open at the end of January 2013.
Confirmed Speakers Include:
Akinori Hashimoto,Head of News Production Division, NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
Conference organised by Communication and Media Research Institute, University of Westminster, with support from UNESCO and BBC Media Action
Regent Campus
309 Regent Street,
London, W1B 2UW
The growing dominance of community, private and commercial broadcasting in countries such as South Africa, Zambia, Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana is calling for a rethink of a license-fee funded broadcasting model and a switch of ads to these broadcasters, damaging the financial base for public service broadcasters, and more and more closures.
- The concept of public service broadcasting in a changing Africa
- New funding models for public service broadcasting in Africa
- Public service broadcasting and censorship in Africa
- Public service broadcasting funding models in Africa and sustainability
- Audiences for public service broadcasting in Africa
- Political pressures on public service broadcasting news in Africa
- Regulation of public service broadcasting in Africa
- New formats for Public service broadcasting in Africa
- Young African audiences, new ICTs and public service broadcasting
- Politics of managing public service broadcasting stations in Africa
- Alternative models to public service broadcasting in Africa
- Political, social and cultural roles of public broadcasting in Africa
Abstract Submission
Programme and Registration
Related Event
Please note that the above event is preceded by a related one-day workshop on “New Thinking on Public Service Broadcasting for the Next Generation” that is also organised by Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI), University of Westminster, with support from UNESCO and BBC Media Action. It will be held at the University of Westminster, Regent Campus, 309 Regent Street, London, W1B 2UW, UK, on Friday 1 March 2013, 9am-6.30pm.
Akinori Hashimoto,Head of News Production Division, NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
Deane James,Director of Policy and Learning, BBC Media Action
Elizabeth Smith,former Secretary General, Commonwealth Broadcasting Association
Greg Dyke,former BBC Director General (keynote speaker)
Ingrid Deltenre,Director General, European Broadcasting Union
Kip Meek,Special Adviser, Everything, Everywhere and ex Ofcom
Sally-Ann Wilson,Secretary General, Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA)
For more information contact Helen Cohen, Events Administrator H.cohen02@westminster.ac.uk Registration will open at the end of January 2013.
Monday, 10 December 2012
CFP: Children, Childhood and Youth in the British World: Historical Perspectives
Call for Papers: Children, Childhood and Youth in the British World: Historical Perspectives
Friday 19 July 2013 at King's College London
Hosted by Menzies Centre for Australian Studies and Department of History, King's College London
Convenors: Dr Shirleene Robinson and Dr Simon Sleight
Symposium Aims and Themes
Although it is a comparatively recent field of study, the history of young people is a burgeoning field of inquiry, with the potential to illuminate many social and cultural aspects of the past. Children, Childhood and Youth in the British World will provide a scholarly forum for discussion of the lived experiences of children and the construction of modes of childhood in the context of the British World. We are particularly interested in locating children, childhood and youth in a broader social context and in acknowledging young people as active historical agents.
Children, Childhood and Youth in the British World takes place on 19 July 2013. The symposium's London location provides an ideal site to reflect on the historical reach and limitations of the British World and to place young people's experiences into transnational context. It is hoped the symposium will establish research networks and a basis for further investigation and discussion. The conference organisers will aim to publish a selection of conference papers in 2014.
While other submissions are welcome, papers might potentially address themes such as:
* Regulation and childhood
* Children's spaces
* Ego histoire and archives of childhood
* Interdisciplinary approaches to the history of young people
* Images of children
* Literary childhoods
* Violence and childhood
* Urban and rural childhoods
* Intersections between race and childhood
* Indigenous childhoods
* Gender and childhood
* Childhood and trauma
* Narratives of childhood
* Parent-child relations
Submission Guidelines
Proposals should include:
- Paper title
- 250-word abstract
- Biography of 50-100 words
- 2-page CV
Deadline: 31 December 2012; notification of acceptance: 14 January 2013
Submissions should be sent to:
shirleene.robinson@mq.edu.au and simon.sleight@kcl.ac.uk
Friday 19 July 2013 at King's College London
Hosted by Menzies Centre for Australian Studies and Department of History, King's College London
Convenors: Dr Shirleene Robinson and Dr Simon Sleight
Symposium Aims and Themes
Although it is a comparatively recent field of study, the history of young people is a burgeoning field of inquiry, with the potential to illuminate many social and cultural aspects of the past. Children, Childhood and Youth in the British World will provide a scholarly forum for discussion of the lived experiences of children and the construction of modes of childhood in the context of the British World. We are particularly interested in locating children, childhood and youth in a broader social context and in acknowledging young people as active historical agents.
Children, Childhood and Youth in the British World takes place on 19 July 2013. The symposium's London location provides an ideal site to reflect on the historical reach and limitations of the British World and to place young people's experiences into transnational context. It is hoped the symposium will establish research networks and a basis for further investigation and discussion. The conference organisers will aim to publish a selection of conference papers in 2014.
While other submissions are welcome, papers might potentially address themes such as:
* Regulation and childhood
* Children's spaces
* Ego histoire and archives of childhood
* Interdisciplinary approaches to the history of young people
* Images of children
* Literary childhoods
* Violence and childhood
* Urban and rural childhoods
* Intersections between race and childhood
* Indigenous childhoods
* Gender and childhood
* Childhood and trauma
* Narratives of childhood
* Parent-child relations
Submission Guidelines
Proposals should include:
- Paper title
- 250-word abstract
- Biography of 50-100 words
- 2-page CV
Deadline: 31 December 2012; notification of acceptance: 14 January 2013
Submissions should be sent to:
shirleene.robinson@mq.edu.au and simon.sleight@kcl.ac.uk
Friday, 23 November 2012
CFP: Connected Histories of Empire, 15-16 July 2013, Bristol
Call for Papers: Connected Histories of Empire, 15-16 July 2013, Bristol
Centre for the Study of Colonial & Postcolonial Societies, University of Bristol
Over the last two decades, scholars have begun to characterise the British Empire as a complex patchwork of interacting and dynamic agencies, rather than as a homogenous monolith. As a result, the traditional spatial framework based on a stable division between the metropole and the periphery seems increasingly outmoded. Instead, historians, literary critics, scholars of globalisation, and philosophers have been writing about the webs, networks, and circuits in which people, objects, and ideas moved. This conference will interrogate the idea of an empire of connections, considering the possibilities opened up by thinking in terms of global interaction, as well as the challenges of incorporating the myriad interconnections of empire into coherent historical narratives.
The conference is the culmination of a year of events at the University of Bristol which have focused particularly on the memorialisation and commemoration of the British Empire. As scholars have begun to uncover the intricately woven interconnections of empire, a central concern of the conference will be to consider how this might influence how empire has been, and is, remembered and memorialised in Britain and elsewhere.
The organisers would like to invite proposals for papers and panels that speak to the following broad themes:
To apply please send a 250 word abstract to the organisers at connectedhistoriesofempire@yahoo.co.uk by 14 January 2013.
Conference organisers:
History: Ms Emily Baughan, Prof Robert Bickers, Prof Peter Coates, Prof Tim Cole, Dr Simon Potter, Dr Jonathan Saha, Dr Rob Skinner
Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies: Dr Matthew Brown, Dr Joanna Crow
English: Dr John Lee
Archaeology & Anthropology: Prof Mark Horton
Centre for the Study of Colonial & Postcolonial Societies, University of Bristol
Over the last two decades, scholars have begun to characterise the British Empire as a complex patchwork of interacting and dynamic agencies, rather than as a homogenous monolith. As a result, the traditional spatial framework based on a stable division between the metropole and the periphery seems increasingly outmoded. Instead, historians, literary critics, scholars of globalisation, and philosophers have been writing about the webs, networks, and circuits in which people, objects, and ideas moved. This conference will interrogate the idea of an empire of connections, considering the possibilities opened up by thinking in terms of global interaction, as well as the challenges of incorporating the myriad interconnections of empire into coherent historical narratives.
The conference is the culmination of a year of events at the University of Bristol which have focused particularly on the memorialisation and commemoration of the British Empire. As scholars have begun to uncover the intricately woven interconnections of empire, a central concern of the conference will be to consider how this might influence how empire has been, and is, remembered and memorialised in Britain and elsewhere.
The organisers would like to invite proposals for papers and panels that speak to the following broad themes:
- The commemoration and memorialisation of different imperial sites, events and phenomena
- Links between imperial port-cities/global cities
- Flows of people, goods (physical and cultural), and cash
- The movement, preservation and display of imperial artefacts and archives
- Imperial networks and imperial careering
- Imperial audiences and public spheres
- The links between global history and imperial history
To apply please send a 250 word abstract to the organisers at connectedhistoriesofempire@yahoo.co.uk by 14 January 2013.
Conference organisers:
History: Ms Emily Baughan, Prof Robert Bickers, Prof Peter Coates, Prof Tim Cole, Dr Simon Potter, Dr Jonathan Saha, Dr Rob Skinner
Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies: Dr Matthew Brown, Dr Joanna Crow
English: Dr John Lee
Archaeology & Anthropology: Prof Mark Horton
Tuesday, 6 November 2012
CFP: CSAE 2013 Conference on Economic Development in Africa
CSAE 2013 Conference on Economic Development in Africa
St Catherine’s College, Oxford, 17-19 March 2013
Keynote speaker: Edward Miguel, Director of the Center for Effective Global Action at the University of California, Berkeley
Dinner speaker: Marcelo Giugale, Director of Economic Policy and Poverty Reduction Programmes for Africa, World Bank
Call for papers
Papers addressing economic analysis of the broad issues relevant for economic development in Africa are invited for the CSAE 2013 conference. Papers on countries other than those in Africa are welcome, providing they deal with issues central to African development.
All abstracts for consideration must be submitted via the online submission site at
https://editorialexpress.com/cgi-bin/conference/conference.cgi?action=login&db_name=CSAE2013
Further details on student submissions and funding possibilities at http://www.csae.ox.ac.uk/conferences/
Deadline for submissions Friday 30 November 2012
Enquiries should include the reference ‘CSAE conference 2013’ and be addressed to:
e-mail: csae.conference@economics.ox.ac.uk
postal address: CSAE, Dept of Economics, Oxford University, Manor Road Building, Manor Rd, Oxford, OX1 3UQ, UK
St Catherine’s College, Oxford, 17-19 March 2013
Keynote speaker: Edward Miguel, Director of the Center for Effective Global Action at the University of California, Berkeley
Dinner speaker: Marcelo Giugale, Director of Economic Policy and Poverty Reduction Programmes for Africa, World Bank
Call for papers
Papers addressing economic analysis of the broad issues relevant for economic development in Africa are invited for the CSAE 2013 conference. Papers on countries other than those in Africa are welcome, providing they deal with issues central to African development.
All abstracts for consideration must be submitted via the online submission site at
https://editorialexpress.com/cgi-bin/conference/conference.cgi?action=login&db_name=CSAE2013
Further details on student submissions and funding possibilities at http://www.csae.ox.ac.uk/conferences/
Deadline for submissions Friday 30 November 2012
Enquiries should include the reference ‘CSAE conference 2013’ and be addressed to:
e-mail: csae.conference@economics.ox.ac.uk
postal address: CSAE, Dept of Economics, Oxford University, Manor Road Building, Manor Rd, Oxford, OX1 3UQ, UK
Wednesday, 29 August 2012
Fifth European Conference on African Studies (ECAS 5)
ECAS 2013 - Fifth European Conference on African Studies (ECAS 5)
African Dynamics in a Multipolar World
June 26 to 28, 2013
The fifth European Conference on African Studies (ECAS 5) will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, on June 26 to 28, 2013. It will be organized by the Centro de Estudos Africanos - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (African Studies Centre of the Lisbon University Institute) on behalf of AEGIS, the Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies. Its general theme will be ‘African Dynamics in a Multipolar World’.
Call for panels
The Call for panels closes 19th October 2012
All proposals must be made via the online form. Proposals should consist of a panel title, a (very) short abstract of <300 250="250" abstract="abstract" an="an" and="and" characters="characters" of="of" words.="words.">
ECAS requires all accepted panels to be open to paper proposals through the website: panels should not be organised as 'closed' sessions. Delegates may only make one presentation, although they may also convene one plenary session, panel, or roundtable; or be discussant in one plenary session, panel, or roundtable.
http://cea.iscte.pt/ecas2013/
Centro de Estudos Africanos - ISCTE/IUL
Av. das Forças Armadas
Edifício ISCTE, Sala 2N17
1649-026 Lisboa – Portugal
Tel: +351 217 903 067
Fax: +351 217 955 361
http://cea.iscte.pt
facebook.com/CentroEstudosAfricanos
Para deixar de receber informações no seu e-mail: divulgacao.cea@iscte.pt
African Dynamics in a Multipolar World
June 26 to 28, 2013
The fifth European Conference on African Studies (ECAS 5) will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, on June 26 to 28, 2013. It will be organized by the Centro de Estudos Africanos - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (African Studies Centre of the Lisbon University Institute) on behalf of AEGIS, the Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies. Its general theme will be ‘African Dynamics in a Multipolar World’.
Call for panels
The Call for panels closes 19th October 2012
All proposals must be made via the online form. Proposals should consist of a panel title, a (very) short abstract of <300 250="250" abstract="abstract" an="an" and="and" characters="characters" of="of" words.="words.">
ECAS requires all accepted panels to be open to paper proposals through the website: panels should not be organised as 'closed' sessions. Delegates may only make one presentation, although they may also convene one plenary session, panel, or roundtable; or be discussant in one plenary session, panel, or roundtable.
http://cea.iscte.pt/ecas2013/
Centro de Estudos Africanos - ISCTE/IUL
Av. das Forças Armadas
Edifício ISCTE, Sala 2N17
1649-026 Lisboa – Portugal
Tel: +351 217 903 067
Fax: +351 217 955 361
http://cea.iscte.pt
facebook.com/CentroEstudosAfricanos
Para deixar de receber informações no seu e-mail: divulgacao.cea@iscte.pt
Friday, 3 August 2012
CFP: 45th Annual Conference of the Association of Caribbean Historians - Belize, May 2013
The 45th Annual Conference of the Association of Caribbean Historians will be held in Ambergris Caye, Belize, from Sunday, May 12, to Friday, May 17, 2013.
Information about how to propose either an individual paper or a panel, along with the forms for each, is posted online at the ACH website http://www.associationofcaribbeanhistorians.org (look under "Annual Meeting"). There were a record number of new presenters at the 2012 Curaçao conference.
More information about proposed conference topics and information about the ACH prizes (including the Elsa Goveia Book Prize and the Gould-Saunders Memorial Endowment Travel Fund Award) appear online as well under Prizes and Fellowships.
All proposals are due to the ACH Secretary-Treasurer by October 1, 2012.
Information about how to propose either an individual paper or a panel, along with the forms for each, is posted online at the ACH website http://www.associationofcaribbeanhistorians.org (look under "Annual Meeting"). There were a record number of new presenters at the 2012 Curaçao conference.
More information about proposed conference topics and information about the ACH prizes (including the Elsa Goveia Book Prize and the Gould-Saunders Memorial Endowment Travel Fund Award) appear online as well under Prizes and Fellowships.
All proposals are due to the ACH Secretary-Treasurer by October 1, 2012.
Monday, 21 May 2012
CFP: C.L.R. James's Beyond a Boundary: 50th anniversary conference
The Institute of Commonwealth Studies holds all of the published works of CLR James and an archive collection of papers and correspondence ICS 140 CLR James Papers. We are very pleased to forward this call for papers:
CFP: C.L.R. James's Beyond a Boundary: 50th anniversary conference
University of Glasgow.
Friday 10th and Saturday 11th May, 2013.
With confirmed keynote speakers so far including Mike Brearley (former England Test captain) and Wai Chee Dimock (Yale University)
Regularly cited as one of the great sports books of the twentieth century, C.L.R. James’ Beyond a Boundary (1963) is, by his own famous definition, about far more than cricket. Part-autobiography, part-historical study and part-political-call-to-arms written against the backdrop of the decolonisation struggles, James’ reflections on sport in the Caribbean reach out into a critical account of racism and imperialism, into wider questions of aesthetics and popular culture, and into the struggle for revolutionary social change which was the enduring concern of his life. Crucially, James insisted that such questions were not simply of concern to academics or to experts, but were also a central part of what drew ordinary men and women to sport.
Much loved, and widely read, James’ study has also been the subject of searching criticism: he has been accused, among other things, of a failure of critical judgement in relation to cricket’s role in the moral framework of empire, of a lack of attentiveness to gendered inequalities, and of a naïve faith in the spontaneity of popular political resistance.
This conference is convened on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the publication of Beyond a Boundary, with the intention of both celebrating and questioning, drawing out the book’s intellectual legacies and indentifying the issues it leaves unanswered. We would welcome original papers dealing with any aspects of Beyond a Boundary. These might include:
- critical engagement with or reinterpretation of James’ arguments;
- studies of the production and reception of the book itself;
- interpretations, via James, of contemporary sport;
- reflections on the transnational responses to James’ text;
- discussion of Beyond a Boundary within James’ wider corpus;
- papers reporting on the use of James’ insights and methods in social research, in teaching, in journalism or in political activism.
Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be sent to Andy Smith: mailto:andrew.smith.2@glasgow.ac.uk
In keeping with James’ own practice, we would ask potential speakers to avoid unnecessary technical jargon, and to prepare papers intended for a general audience.
Abstracts should be submitted by the end of October 2012.
Already confirmed keynote speakers for the conference are Mike Brearley (former England Test captain and previously President of the British Psychoanalytic Society), and Wai Chee Dimock (Department of English, Yale).
Further keynotes to be announced; to be added to the conference mailing list, please e-mail the address given above.
Conference organisers: Dr. Dave Featherstone (Human Geography, Glasgow); Dr. Chris Gair (English Literature, Glasgow); Dr. Christian Høgsbjerg (History, Leeds Metropolitan); Dr. Andy Smith (Sociology, Glasgow).
CFP: C.L.R. James's Beyond a Boundary: 50th anniversary conference
University of Glasgow.
Friday 10th and Saturday 11th May, 2013.
With confirmed keynote speakers so far including Mike Brearley (former England Test captain) and Wai Chee Dimock (Yale University)
Regularly cited as one of the great sports books of the twentieth century, C.L.R. James’ Beyond a Boundary (1963) is, by his own famous definition, about far more than cricket. Part-autobiography, part-historical study and part-political-call-to-arms written against the backdrop of the decolonisation struggles, James’ reflections on sport in the Caribbean reach out into a critical account of racism and imperialism, into wider questions of aesthetics and popular culture, and into the struggle for revolutionary social change which was the enduring concern of his life. Crucially, James insisted that such questions were not simply of concern to academics or to experts, but were also a central part of what drew ordinary men and women to sport.
Much loved, and widely read, James’ study has also been the subject of searching criticism: he has been accused, among other things, of a failure of critical judgement in relation to cricket’s role in the moral framework of empire, of a lack of attentiveness to gendered inequalities, and of a naïve faith in the spontaneity of popular political resistance.
This conference is convened on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the publication of Beyond a Boundary, with the intention of both celebrating and questioning, drawing out the book’s intellectual legacies and indentifying the issues it leaves unanswered. We would welcome original papers dealing with any aspects of Beyond a Boundary. These might include:
- critical engagement with or reinterpretation of James’ arguments;
- studies of the production and reception of the book itself;
- interpretations, via James, of contemporary sport;
- reflections on the transnational responses to James’ text;
- discussion of Beyond a Boundary within James’ wider corpus;
- papers reporting on the use of James’ insights and methods in social research, in teaching, in journalism or in political activism.
Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be sent to Andy Smith: mailto:andrew.smith.2@glasgow.ac.uk
In keeping with James’ own practice, we would ask potential speakers to avoid unnecessary technical jargon, and to prepare papers intended for a general audience.
Abstracts should be submitted by the end of October 2012.
Already confirmed keynote speakers for the conference are Mike Brearley (former England Test captain and previously President of the British Psychoanalytic Society), and Wai Chee Dimock (Department of English, Yale).
Further keynotes to be announced; to be added to the conference mailing list, please e-mail the address given above.
Conference organisers: Dr. Dave Featherstone (Human Geography, Glasgow); Dr. Chris Gair (English Literature, Glasgow); Dr. Christian Høgsbjerg (History, Leeds Metropolitan); Dr. Andy Smith (Sociology, Glasgow).
Tuesday, 17 April 2012
Call for Papers: "Canada Abroad", Herstmonceux Castle, Sussex, July 30-31, 2013
Call for Papers: "Canada Abroad", Herstmonceux Castle, Sussex, July 30-31, 2013
Queen's University's Bader International Study Centre at Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex, United Kingdom, a leader in international education, is hosting a conference entitled "Canada Abroad". The conference aims to explore questions related to Canada's historic and current roles, in higher education, business, culture, sport, international relations and as a global leader. The conference will be held over two days July 30-31, 2013. Established scholars, graduate students and professionals in relevant fields are invited to submit papers on issues related, but not limited to, any of the following topics:
• Canadian Education and Study Abroad
• The State of Canadian Studies in Britain and Europe
• Canadian Artists and Writers in an International Context
• Canadians in International Sports
• Canadian Business Abroad
• Canada's Role in WW1 and WW2
• Canada's Contemporary Role in International Affairs
• The View from Abroad: International Perceptions of Canada
Proposals (250 word maximum) should include a working title and brief overview of the paper's aims and objectives, along with a short biographical note. The deadline for submissions is November 15, 2012. Proposals for full panels (3-4 papers) and round tables are also welcome. The conference committee expects to publish a select number of papers from the conference and will be announcing further details at a later date.
Proposal submissions should be sent to: Dr. Scott McLean, Queen's BISC, Herstmonceux Castle, Hailsham, East Sussex, U.K., BN27 1RN
Queen's University's Bader International Study Centre at Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex, United Kingdom, a leader in international education, is hosting a conference entitled "Canada Abroad". The conference aims to explore questions related to Canada's historic and current roles, in higher education, business, culture, sport, international relations and as a global leader. The conference will be held over two days July 30-31, 2013. Established scholars, graduate students and professionals in relevant fields are invited to submit papers on issues related, but not limited to, any of the following topics:
• Canadian Education and Study Abroad
• The State of Canadian Studies in Britain and Europe
• Canadian Artists and Writers in an International Context
• Canadians in International Sports
• Canadian Business Abroad
• Canada's Role in WW1 and WW2
• Canada's Contemporary Role in International Affairs
• The View from Abroad: International Perceptions of Canada
Proposals (250 word maximum) should include a working title and brief overview of the paper's aims and objectives, along with a short biographical note. The deadline for submissions is November 15, 2012. Proposals for full panels (3-4 papers) and round tables are also welcome. The conference committee expects to publish a select number of papers from the conference and will be announcing further details at a later date.
Proposal submissions should be sent to: Dr. Scott McLean, Queen's BISC, Herstmonceux Castle, Hailsham, East Sussex, U.K., BN27 1RN
Friday, 30 March 2012
Call for Papers: Caribbean Postgraduate network Research Student Workshop
Call for Papers: Caribbean Postgraduate Network Research Student Workshop
to be held at the Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London 11th May 2011, 10.00-6.30pm
The Institute for the Study of the Americas is pleased to host the second annual workshop for research students working on any aspect of the Caribbean and its diasporas. Postgraduate students located in discipline-based departments often find they are the sole scholar within their department working on the Caribbean. This workshop seeks to bring together students who share a common interest in the Caribbean to share their work with other regional specialists in a friendly and informal setting.
The workshop will be led by Dr Kate Quinn, Lecturer in Modern Caribbean History at the Institute, and Steve Cushion, a late-stage doctoral student. Doctoral students at all stages in their research and from all humanities and social science disciplines are welcome. Participants in last year’s workshop will be welcome to submit a paper on the progress they have made in the past year.
Those wishing to present a paper are asked to submit a short abstract by 15th April 2012. All attendees should submit a short outline of their research interests by the same deadline. We also encourage you to submit any questions or issues you would like us to raise at the workshop for an open discussion on undertaking research on the Caribbean.
Registration is £10, and the workshop will be followed by a rum reception. Lunch will be included. Students interested in attending and in presenting their work should contact Kate Quinn on kate.quinn@sas.ac.uk and Steve Cushion on s.cushion@yahoo.co.uk
to be held at the Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London 11th May 2011, 10.00-6.30pm
The Institute for the Study of the Americas is pleased to host the second annual workshop for research students working on any aspect of the Caribbean and its diasporas. Postgraduate students located in discipline-based departments often find they are the sole scholar within their department working on the Caribbean. This workshop seeks to bring together students who share a common interest in the Caribbean to share their work with other regional specialists in a friendly and informal setting.
The workshop will be led by Dr Kate Quinn, Lecturer in Modern Caribbean History at the Institute, and Steve Cushion, a late-stage doctoral student. Doctoral students at all stages in their research and from all humanities and social science disciplines are welcome. Participants in last year’s workshop will be welcome to submit a paper on the progress they have made in the past year.
Those wishing to present a paper are asked to submit a short abstract by 15th April 2012. All attendees should submit a short outline of their research interests by the same deadline. We also encourage you to submit any questions or issues you would like us to raise at the workshop for an open discussion on undertaking research on the Caribbean.
Registration is £10, and the workshop will be followed by a rum reception. Lunch will be included. Students interested in attending and in presenting their work should contact Kate Quinn on kate.quinn@sas.ac.uk and Steve Cushion on s.cushion@yahoo.co.uk
Monday, 26 March 2012
CFP: 'Canada's "special relationships", London Journal of Canadian Studies
Call for papers on 'Canada's "special relationships", deadline July 2012
Volume 27 (October 2012) of the London Journal of Canadian Studies, the on-line journal of the London Canadian Studies Association (LoCSA), will be a themed issue on 'Canada's "special relationships"' based largely on papers given at the BACS History and Politics Group annual conference in July 2011. Articles submitted so far, or in the pipeline, include Canada's relations with Britain, the USA, France, NATO and the EU. There is still room for one or two more articles on any of the above or on Canada's other "special relationships" such as the Arctic, Mexico, the Netherlands, Afghanistan, etc. The journal is multidisciplinary so articles are welcome from any disciplinary or interdisciplinary perspective including history, politics, international relations, literature, film and art.
The deadline for submission of articles is 13 July 2012. All articles will be sent to two anonymous reviewers in July 2012 and successful ones will be published, subject to amendments, in October 2012. Articles should be 5,000-10,000 words in length and include endnotes and a bibliography. The house style can be seen by accessing the journal via the LoCSA website.
The current volume of the London Journal (Volume 26, published October 2011, guest editor: Tracie Scott) is entitled 'Indigenous Peoples: Historical Understanding, Contemporary Challenges and Canadian Approaches' and resulted from a conference organised by the Aboriginal Studies Circle in London in October 2009.
Articles are welcome from established academics, early careerists and doctoral students. The journal is now in its 27th year and its articles have frequently been submitted to the RAE. Submissions should be made in the form of a Word document to the editor, Dr Tony McCulloch by 13 July 2012.
Volume 27 (October 2012) of the London Journal of Canadian Studies, the on-line journal of the London Canadian Studies Association (LoCSA), will be a themed issue on 'Canada's "special relationships"' based largely on papers given at the BACS History and Politics Group annual conference in July 2011. Articles submitted so far, or in the pipeline, include Canada's relations with Britain, the USA, France, NATO and the EU. There is still room for one or two more articles on any of the above or on Canada's other "special relationships" such as the Arctic, Mexico, the Netherlands, Afghanistan, etc. The journal is multidisciplinary so articles are welcome from any disciplinary or interdisciplinary perspective including history, politics, international relations, literature, film and art.
The deadline for submission of articles is 13 July 2012. All articles will be sent to two anonymous reviewers in July 2012 and successful ones will be published, subject to amendments, in October 2012. Articles should be 5,000-10,000 words in length and include endnotes and a bibliography. The house style can be seen by accessing the journal via the LoCSA website.
The current volume of the London Journal (Volume 26, published October 2011, guest editor: Tracie Scott) is entitled 'Indigenous Peoples: Historical Understanding, Contemporary Challenges and Canadian Approaches' and resulted from a conference organised by the Aboriginal Studies Circle in London in October 2009.
Articles are welcome from established academics, early careerists and doctoral students. The journal is now in its 27th year and its articles have frequently been submitted to the RAE. Submissions should be made in the form of a Word document to the editor, Dr Tony McCulloch by 13 July 2012.
Thursday, 22 March 2012
CFP: The Global Antiapartheid Era: 1946-1994
The Global Antiapartheid Era: 1946-1994 (Radical History Review, Number 119) Call for Proposals
The Radical History Review seeks submissions for an issue on the global politics of the anti-apartheid movement, 1946-1994. The time frame underlines our sense of the global significance of what we call the Anti-apartheid Era, inaugurated by the postwar United Nations debates on discrimination suffered by Indians in South Africa and culminating in the post-Cold War transition to democracy in South Africa during the 1990s. As we see it, this anti-apartheid era encompasses the evolution of the United Nations, decolonization, the Cold War, the founding of the non-aligned movement at Bandung, the rise (and fall) of Third World solidarity structures, the U.S. Civil Rights Movements, Left-Leaning Revolutions, human rights politics, upheavals of the global Sixties, and the onset of neoliberal globalization and offers new ways of connecting and contextualizing these various developments.
In 1990, the same year that Nelson Mandela walked free from prison to celebrations held around the world, the RHR published a double issue on "History from South Africa." The issue was the result of years of collaboration between the History Workshop at the University of Witwatersrand and the American Social History Project. A little over twenty years later, as a companion and follow-up to that volume, RHR is calling for an issue that centers the history of antiapartheid solidarity. One of the most striking developments in historical research and writing over the last twenty years has been the growing interest in international, transnational, and global history. Widening our focus from the struggle against apartheid inside South Africa to a global frame reveals an exciting range of new perspectives.
For example, what happened in South Africa was bound up with struggles and anti-racist/anti-imperialist work across southern Africa and throughout the world. This activism of citizens from dozens of countries and South/ern African exiles took not only local and national forms, but often transnational forms in such initiatives as sports and cultural boycotts, corporate accountability campaigns, and calls for the release of Nelson Mandela that involved coordination across borders and appeals to a global audience. These transnational networks and campaigns were astonishing in their variety, interconnections, and persistence. There is much more to learn about the nature, scale, and scope of the antiapartheid cause, from civic and popular organizing in India, Japan, the Caribbean, independent Africa, and the "actually existing" socialist countries to the realm of international nongovernmental organizations, such as labor confederations, ecumenical religious councils, and humanitarian, pacifist, and human rights groups, to the formation of a new post-Civil Rights cohort of social activists inside the U.S.
If we borrow from the work of sociologists on global social movements and the global structures of political opportunity they engage with, we can appreciate that the antiapartheid cause unfolded from above as well as below. In addition to transnational advocacy networks and international NGOs, we need to take into account the often substantial efforts of the United Nations and allied intergovernmental agencies (e.g., the International Labour Organisation), the Organization of African Unity, international groupings such as the socialist countries and the European Community, international trade union federations, and individual states. Accordingly, we seek contributions that will trace and assess the extent and limits of the worldwide solidarity achieved in the struggle against apartheid and colonialism in Southern Africa and the impact of this solidarity on global norms of racial equality and human rights to self-determination, democracy, and development.
We are soliciting submissions that engage with one or more of the following areas of concern.
* the emergence of large-scale organizations, networks, publications, campaigns, that gave shape and weight to this global movement.
* the roles and experiences of individual activists, advocates, artists, writers, and scholars, especially the diaspora of exiles from South/ern Africa. Interviews with anti-apartheid activists are especially welcome.
* the role of "new nation-states and socialist nations" such as India, Egypt and Cuba, and/or the Non-aligned Movement in the antiapartheid struggle.
* the impact of transnational activism on apartheid South Africa and the other white minority and colonial regimes of Southern Africa, the foreign banks, corporations, the governments of the U.S., Britain, and other states involved in the region.
* the role of intergovernmental and non-governmental agencies such as the United Nations, the OAU, international labor and ecumenical bodies, and collaborations/challenges that emerged between/against these agencies.
* the production, circulation, and reception of antiapartheid and liberation symbols, imagery, music, fiction, theater, films, and other cultural expressions and media.
* the adaptation of the global anti-apartheid cause in diverse communities and societies and its articulation to local or national demands, especially around recognition and justice for excluded or subordinated populations, such as indigenous people in Australia and New Zealand, Dalits in India, Palestinians, and people of African descent throughout the Americas. Comparative investigations are welcome.
* the application of international human rights law to the case of apartheid and the further development of this framework through interaction with the antiapartheid cause.
* the place of the global anti-apartheid struggle in the reshaping of public history and memory in post-apartheid South Africa, in museums, historical sites, and history textbooks.
Radical History Review publishes material in a wide variety of forms.
The editors will consider scholarly research articles as well as photo essays, film and book review essays, interviews, brief interventions, essays on museum and other public history forums, "conversations" between scholars and/or activists, teaching notes and annotated course syllabi, and research notes.
At this time we request that potential contributors submit 1-2 page abstracts summarizing the article you wish to include in this issue as an attachment to contactrhr@gmail.com with "Issue 119 abstract submission" in the subject line. Initial abstracts and article proposals are due by May 15, 2012.
By June 15, 2012, selected authors will be invited to prepare a full version of their article for peer review. The due date for completed drafts of articles is February 1, 2013. Final article manuscripts ready for publication must be returned to the editors by Aug. 1, 2013.
Those articles selected for publication after the peer review process will be included in issue 119 of Radical History Review, scheduled to appear in Spring 2014. The issue editors strongly encourage the submission of images or artwork to illustrate textual pieces, as well as photo or other visual essays. Please send any images as low-resolution digital files embedded in a Word document. If chosen for publication, authors will need to send separate, high-resolution images files (jpg or tif files at a minimum of 300 dpi), along with written permission to reprint all images.
The Radical History Review seeks submissions for an issue on the global politics of the anti-apartheid movement, 1946-1994. The time frame underlines our sense of the global significance of what we call the Anti-apartheid Era, inaugurated by the postwar United Nations debates on discrimination suffered by Indians in South Africa and culminating in the post-Cold War transition to democracy in South Africa during the 1990s. As we see it, this anti-apartheid era encompasses the evolution of the United Nations, decolonization, the Cold War, the founding of the non-aligned movement at Bandung, the rise (and fall) of Third World solidarity structures, the U.S. Civil Rights Movements, Left-Leaning Revolutions, human rights politics, upheavals of the global Sixties, and the onset of neoliberal globalization and offers new ways of connecting and contextualizing these various developments.
In 1990, the same year that Nelson Mandela walked free from prison to celebrations held around the world, the RHR published a double issue on "History from South Africa." The issue was the result of years of collaboration between the History Workshop at the University of Witwatersrand and the American Social History Project. A little over twenty years later, as a companion and follow-up to that volume, RHR is calling for an issue that centers the history of antiapartheid solidarity. One of the most striking developments in historical research and writing over the last twenty years has been the growing interest in international, transnational, and global history. Widening our focus from the struggle against apartheid inside South Africa to a global frame reveals an exciting range of new perspectives.
For example, what happened in South Africa was bound up with struggles and anti-racist/anti-imperialist work across southern Africa and throughout the world. This activism of citizens from dozens of countries and South/ern African exiles took not only local and national forms, but often transnational forms in such initiatives as sports and cultural boycotts, corporate accountability campaigns, and calls for the release of Nelson Mandela that involved coordination across borders and appeals to a global audience. These transnational networks and campaigns were astonishing in their variety, interconnections, and persistence. There is much more to learn about the nature, scale, and scope of the antiapartheid cause, from civic and popular organizing in India, Japan, the Caribbean, independent Africa, and the "actually existing" socialist countries to the realm of international nongovernmental organizations, such as labor confederations, ecumenical religious councils, and humanitarian, pacifist, and human rights groups, to the formation of a new post-Civil Rights cohort of social activists inside the U.S.
If we borrow from the work of sociologists on global social movements and the global structures of political opportunity they engage with, we can appreciate that the antiapartheid cause unfolded from above as well as below. In addition to transnational advocacy networks and international NGOs, we need to take into account the often substantial efforts of the United Nations and allied intergovernmental agencies (e.g., the International Labour Organisation), the Organization of African Unity, international groupings such as the socialist countries and the European Community, international trade union federations, and individual states. Accordingly, we seek contributions that will trace and assess the extent and limits of the worldwide solidarity achieved in the struggle against apartheid and colonialism in Southern Africa and the impact of this solidarity on global norms of racial equality and human rights to self-determination, democracy, and development.
We are soliciting submissions that engage with one or more of the following areas of concern.
* the emergence of large-scale organizations, networks, publications, campaigns, that gave shape and weight to this global movement.
* the roles and experiences of individual activists, advocates, artists, writers, and scholars, especially the diaspora of exiles from South/ern Africa. Interviews with anti-apartheid activists are especially welcome.
* the role of "new nation-states and socialist nations" such as India, Egypt and Cuba, and/or the Non-aligned Movement in the antiapartheid struggle.
* the impact of transnational activism on apartheid South Africa and the other white minority and colonial regimes of Southern Africa, the foreign banks, corporations, the governments of the U.S., Britain, and other states involved in the region.
* the role of intergovernmental and non-governmental agencies such as the United Nations, the OAU, international labor and ecumenical bodies, and collaborations/challenges that emerged between/against these agencies.
* the production, circulation, and reception of antiapartheid and liberation symbols, imagery, music, fiction, theater, films, and other cultural expressions and media.
* the adaptation of the global anti-apartheid cause in diverse communities and societies and its articulation to local or national demands, especially around recognition and justice for excluded or subordinated populations, such as indigenous people in Australia and New Zealand, Dalits in India, Palestinians, and people of African descent throughout the Americas. Comparative investigations are welcome.
* the application of international human rights law to the case of apartheid and the further development of this framework through interaction with the antiapartheid cause.
* the place of the global anti-apartheid struggle in the reshaping of public history and memory in post-apartheid South Africa, in museums, historical sites, and history textbooks.
Radical History Review publishes material in a wide variety of forms.
The editors will consider scholarly research articles as well as photo essays, film and book review essays, interviews, brief interventions, essays on museum and other public history forums, "conversations" between scholars and/or activists, teaching notes and annotated course syllabi, and research notes.
At this time we request that potential contributors submit 1-2 page abstracts summarizing the article you wish to include in this issue as an attachment to contactrhr@gmail.com with "Issue 119 abstract submission" in the subject line. Initial abstracts and article proposals are due by May 15, 2012.
By June 15, 2012, selected authors will be invited to prepare a full version of their article for peer review. The due date for completed drafts of articles is February 1, 2013. Final article manuscripts ready for publication must be returned to the editors by Aug. 1, 2013.
Those articles selected for publication after the peer review process will be included in issue 119 of Radical History Review, scheduled to appear in Spring 2014. The issue editors strongly encourage the submission of images or artwork to illustrate textual pieces, as well as photo or other visual essays. Please send any images as low-resolution digital files embedded in a Word document. If chosen for publication, authors will need to send separate, high-resolution images files (jpg or tif files at a minimum of 300 dpi), along with written permission to reprint all images.
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
New Zealand and Europe: Borders, Nations, Identities
New Zealand and Europe: Borders, Nations, Identities
The 18th annual conference of the New Zealand Studies Association, together with the Department of Political Science, University of Gdansk
Gdansk, Poland
6-8 July 2012
The New Zealand Studies Association (NZSA) has a long and strong history in promoting New Zealand Studies. Building on the success of the 2006 conference in Paris, the 2008 conference in Florence, and the 2009 conference in Frankfurt, the 2012 gathering of the NZSA will be located at the University of Gdansk, Poland. This very special conference will be held near the historic city centre of Gdansk with its vibrant culture. On the Saturday, there will be a special guided tour of the city with a boat trip, followed by a conference dinner. Keynote speakers: Alan Duff, Professor Witi Ihimaera, DCNZM, Dr Paul Latawski, Dr Michal Lesniewski, Dr Brian McDonnell, Dr Chris Pugsley, Professor Khyla Russell, Professor Jacek Tebinka, Dr Dariusz Zdziech
Proposals for 20 minute papers must be sent by 1 May to Ian Conrich (email: ian@ianconrich.co.uk) or Marcin Waldoch (marcin.waldoch@gmail.com). The conference will consider all papers that address issues related to New Zealand and Europe, within the context of any of the sub themes - borders, nations, identities. As a section of the conference, it will also consider papers on Maori identity and the Pacific. The conference fee will include annual membership to the NZSA, which for 2012 includes 2 free books. Papers from the conference will be published in issue no.3 of the refereed journal, NZSA Bulletin of New Zealand Studies. Moreover, two new book series - 'New Zealand Writers', and 'New Zealand Film Classics' - will be launched at the conference and delegates will be invited to contribute to future volumes.
The conference will accept proposals on a range of subjects including the following: warfare, land and borders; national identities; political relations between nations; migration, refugees and diasporas (refugees during periods of war or periods of political conflict); Maori identity and the Pacific, New Zealand literature or films set in Europe, or European writers or filmmakers in New Zealand; European cultural influence on New Zealand; the reception and exposure of New Zealand culture in Europe; representations of New Zealand in European museums and collections; voyaging, historical travels and expeditions to New Zealand; science and knowledge transfer; tourism.
The 18th annual conference of the New Zealand Studies Association, together with the Department of Political Science, University of Gdansk
Gdansk, Poland
6-8 July 2012
The New Zealand Studies Association (NZSA) has a long and strong history in promoting New Zealand Studies. Building on the success of the 2006 conference in Paris, the 2008 conference in Florence, and the 2009 conference in Frankfurt, the 2012 gathering of the NZSA will be located at the University of Gdansk, Poland. This very special conference will be held near the historic city centre of Gdansk with its vibrant culture. On the Saturday, there will be a special guided tour of the city with a boat trip, followed by a conference dinner. Keynote speakers: Alan Duff, Professor Witi Ihimaera, DCNZM, Dr Paul Latawski, Dr Michal Lesniewski, Dr Brian McDonnell, Dr Chris Pugsley, Professor Khyla Russell, Professor Jacek Tebinka, Dr Dariusz Zdziech
Proposals for 20 minute papers must be sent by 1 May to Ian Conrich (email: ian@ianconrich.co.uk) or Marcin Waldoch (marcin.waldoch@gmail.com). The conference will consider all papers that address issues related to New Zealand and Europe, within the context of any of the sub themes - borders, nations, identities. As a section of the conference, it will also consider papers on Maori identity and the Pacific. The conference fee will include annual membership to the NZSA, which for 2012 includes 2 free books. Papers from the conference will be published in issue no.3 of the refereed journal, NZSA Bulletin of New Zealand Studies. Moreover, two new book series - 'New Zealand Writers', and 'New Zealand Film Classics' - will be launched at the conference and delegates will be invited to contribute to future volumes.
The conference will accept proposals on a range of subjects including the following: warfare, land and borders; national identities; political relations between nations; migration, refugees and diasporas (refugees during periods of war or periods of political conflict); Maori identity and the Pacific, New Zealand literature or films set in Europe, or European writers or filmmakers in New Zealand; European cultural influence on New Zealand; the reception and exposure of New Zealand culture in Europe; representations of New Zealand in European museums and collections; voyaging, historical travels and expeditions to New Zealand; science and knowledge transfer; tourism.
Monday, 19 March 2012
Researching and Writing about Africa: A One Day Postgraduate Workshop
Researching and Writing about Africa: A One Day Postgraduate Workshop Friday 11 May 2012
Gordon Manley Building, Training Rooms 1 and 2
Lancaster University
Organised by Lancaster University African Studies Group
The African Studies Group at Lancaster University is organising a workshop for postgraduate students undertaking fieldwork in or research relating to Africa. The aim of this workshop is to stimulate discussion and debate between interested postgraduate students from different disciplines and institutions.
Two main strands will form the focus of the workshop:
Undertaking fieldwork in Africa
What are the challenges of undertaking fieldwork in Africa? How do expectations match the realities on the ground? How can time spent conducting fieldwork be most productive? What methods can be used and what is their cross-cultural appropriateness? How do we take account of our position as researchers based outside the continent?
Writing about Africa
What are the challenges of writing about Africa? How can we engage effectively with writing from the continent? How can research on Africa be most effectively presented? What outlets for publication are appropriate? What are the challenges of presenting research on Africa to non-specialist audiences?
The organisers invite abstracts for 20 minute papers or presentations which engage with these and other questions relating to researching and writing about Africa. Please submit your proposal including a title, a 200 word abstract and a 100 word bio to c.baker@lancaster.ac.uk and s.vermeylen@lancaster.ac.uk by 30 March 2012.
There is a small charge of £10 for participation in the workshop, to include lunch and light refreshments. We welcome postgraduate students who wish to participate in the workshop, but prefer not to present.
Please contact the organisers for a registration form.
Dr Charlotte Baker and Dr Saskia Vermeylen, Lancaster University
Email: c.baker@lancaster.ac.uk
Gordon Manley Building, Training Rooms 1 and 2
Lancaster University
Organised by Lancaster University African Studies Group
The African Studies Group at Lancaster University is organising a workshop for postgraduate students undertaking fieldwork in or research relating to Africa. The aim of this workshop is to stimulate discussion and debate between interested postgraduate students from different disciplines and institutions.
Two main strands will form the focus of the workshop:
Undertaking fieldwork in Africa
What are the challenges of undertaking fieldwork in Africa? How do expectations match the realities on the ground? How can time spent conducting fieldwork be most productive? What methods can be used and what is their cross-cultural appropriateness? How do we take account of our position as researchers based outside the continent?
Writing about Africa
What are the challenges of writing about Africa? How can we engage effectively with writing from the continent? How can research on Africa be most effectively presented? What outlets for publication are appropriate? What are the challenges of presenting research on Africa to non-specialist audiences?
The organisers invite abstracts for 20 minute papers or presentations which engage with these and other questions relating to researching and writing about Africa. Please submit your proposal including a title, a 200 word abstract and a 100 word bio to c.baker@lancaster.ac.uk and s.vermeylen@lancaster.ac.uk by 30 March 2012.
There is a small charge of £10 for participation in the workshop, to include lunch and light refreshments. We welcome postgraduate students who wish to participate in the workshop, but prefer not to present.
Please contact the organisers for a registration form.
Dr Charlotte Baker and Dr Saskia Vermeylen, Lancaster University
Email: c.baker@lancaster.ac.uk
Saturday, 4 February 2012
Caribbean Food Cultures: Representations and Performances of Eating, Drinking and Consumption in the Caribbean and Its Diasporas
Caribbean Food Cultures: Representations and Performances of Eating, Drinking and Consumption in the Caribbean and Its Diasporas
28th to 29th September 2012, University of Heidelberg, Germany
*Deadline extended to 10th, Febuary.*
The Caribbean is associated not only with beaches, palms, exotic food, fruity rum cocktails and reggae-music in Western common knowledge, but also with the inhuman plantation system, slavery, piracy or ?banana republics?
In the Caribbean, food and drinks as products and as acts or performances play a crucial role in various areas of human behavior and interaction: for the self-preservation of the body, as ethnic, religious and national identity markers, in the context of local and global commercial relationships, or regarding the fair allo-cation of food and relations of production. These biological, social, economic, his-torical and ethnic dimensions have taken a special turn in the Caribbean ? a region that has been heavily influenced by migration. Thus, on the one hand, colonizers, slaves, contract workers, privateers and refugees were components of specific historical relations of production and trade. On the other hand, these different groups of people brought along social, cultural and economic practices related to food, consumer and luxury goods, which were subject to change and (or) hybridization. In the course of decolonization, emigration and tourism these goods and food, in turn, are being re-imported into the former European ?motherlands? and North America.
The aim of this conference is to explore the performances or acts related to the production, consumption and the sym-bolism of food and nutrition in the Caribbean and its diasporas from the perspectives of cultural, social and be-havioral sciences. Particular attention will be paid to contemporary and trans-national perspectives. These, for example, can be concerned with the social or religious significance of food, abstinence, rituals of exchange and preparation as well as the exchange of culinary traditions and ingredients on the internet. Of further interest are national and transnational representation practices of eating and drinking in literature, popular culture and new media, such as the advertisement of Caribbean products in the region and the diasporas and the symbolic or metaphorical usage of ?ethnic food? and its consumption in narrative literature and song lyrics.
As for the structure of the conference, we propose the following panels:
Food and Literature; Food and Popular Culture; Food and the Internet; Ritual Food and Eating. For further details on the panels, please see below.
Please send an abstract of 300 words by
10th February 2012 with a short CV to foodcultures@googlemail.com
For further details on the panels, please follow the link below
http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/md/transculturality/cfp_food_conference-1.pdf
28th to 29th September 2012, University of Heidelberg, Germany
*Deadline extended to 10th, Febuary.*
The Caribbean is associated not only with beaches, palms, exotic food, fruity rum cocktails and reggae-music in Western common knowledge, but also with the inhuman plantation system, slavery, piracy or ?banana republics?
In the Caribbean, food and drinks as products and as acts or performances play a crucial role in various areas of human behavior and interaction: for the self-preservation of the body, as ethnic, religious and national identity markers, in the context of local and global commercial relationships, or regarding the fair allo-cation of food and relations of production. These biological, social, economic, his-torical and ethnic dimensions have taken a special turn in the Caribbean ? a region that has been heavily influenced by migration. Thus, on the one hand, colonizers, slaves, contract workers, privateers and refugees were components of specific historical relations of production and trade. On the other hand, these different groups of people brought along social, cultural and economic practices related to food, consumer and luxury goods, which were subject to change and (or) hybridization. In the course of decolonization, emigration and tourism these goods and food, in turn, are being re-imported into the former European ?motherlands? and North America.
The aim of this conference is to explore the performances or acts related to the production, consumption and the sym-bolism of food and nutrition in the Caribbean and its diasporas from the perspectives of cultural, social and be-havioral sciences. Particular attention will be paid to contemporary and trans-national perspectives. These, for example, can be concerned with the social or religious significance of food, abstinence, rituals of exchange and preparation as well as the exchange of culinary traditions and ingredients on the internet. Of further interest are national and transnational representation practices of eating and drinking in literature, popular culture and new media, such as the advertisement of Caribbean products in the region and the diasporas and the symbolic or metaphorical usage of ?ethnic food? and its consumption in narrative literature and song lyrics.
As for the structure of the conference, we propose the following panels:
Food and Literature; Food and Popular Culture; Food and the Internet; Ritual Food and Eating. For further details on the panels, please see below.
Please send an abstract of 300 words by
10th February 2012 with a short CV to foodcultures@googlemail.com
For further details on the panels, please follow the link below
http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/md/transculturality/cfp_food_conference-1.pdf
Friday, 20 January 2012
Call for Papers on Citizenship in Africa: ASAUK Conference 2012
Call for Papers on Citizenship in Africa
ASAUK Conference 2012
Deadline for submission of papers 27 April 2012
This is a call for papers for 4 panels: details are given below.
Submissions should be made via the conference website, not direct to the organizers: www.asauk.net/conferences/asauk12.shtml But for more details please contact Florence Brisset-Foucault (feb37@cam.ac.uk ) or Emma Hunter (elh35@cam.ac.uk)
1. "Citizen" and "subject": States, kingdoms, chiefdoms and multiple belongings
Convenor: Florence Brisset-Foucault, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
In numerous African countries since colonization, sub-national (and sometimes transnational) political entities like kingdoms and chiefdoms have or have had important political and cultural influence. This panel explores the way individuals articulate these different belongings, which should not be seen a priori as fundamentally antagonistic or exclusive. How do leaders and ordinary "citizens" (or "subjects") imagine, combine, or oppose these different belongings? What are the political and philosophical values attached to each of them? Are the categories "citizen" and "subject" appropriate to seize these sentiments and practices? How do these belongings influence each other? This panel invites both historical and present case studies to explore the articulation between these different spheres of government and belonging.
2. 'Being a true citizen': Creating political belonging through social practice in Africa past and present
Convenor: Emma Hunter, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
In contrast to the focus on the institutions of the state, such as ID cards, or educational practice in creating, challenging and sustaining modes of conceptualising citizenship and political belonging explored in other panels in this stream, this panel moves into the realm of social practice. Beyond the institutional structures which create political belonging, distinctive communities have always been created through modes of behaviour, such as dress, religious practices, gender identities, sporting or associational culture. How do individuals perform their political identity, or remake it to express political allegiance? How does social practice serve as a means of inclusion or exclusion, beyond legalistic conceptions of membership? This panel focuses on the ways in which modes of behaviour can serve to provide a space in which to reinforce or to attempt to renegotiate the boundaries of community, the relationship between individual and community or conceptions of political membership, and invites both historical and contemporary case studies which reflect on the ways in which political belonging has been defined through social practice.
3.Creating Citizens: Political Education, Political Philosophy and Practices of Citizenship in Africa
Convenor: Emma Hunter, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
A central concern of contemporary policy makers is the teaching of citizenship. This has led to a flowering of 'citizenship education'. At election time, public space is taken over not only by party election posters, but also by posters instructing citizens on their rights and duties. In some African countries, NGOs and the State encourage citizens to enrol in civic and political education workshops and training.
Historically, colonial and post-colonial states have employed didactic texts, newspaper editorials and political speeches to teach practices of citizenship. Beneath an apparent homogeneity of language and approach, didactic texts and courses often promote very specific political philosophies, for example in their view of the relationship between citizen and state or the proper role of political parties. This panel explores this phenomenon both historically and in the present, and invites case studies from across Africa which explore political education as a space in which conceptions of citizenship are developed.
4.Fixing Identities: Identity papers, history and contemporary practices of census in Africa
Convenor: Florence Brisset-Foucault, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
This panel intends to be a multi-disciplinary discussion on identity papers and census practices in past and present Africa. The way identities are processed through bureaucracy is often at the core and heart of bitter controversies and can play a direct role in fuelling violence. In several African countries, the recent introduction of identity cards has triggered heated debates on what constitutes a "proof" of identity and what is to be notified on the IDs as the fundamental characteristics of an individual.
This panel calls for contributions on the history of the registering and identification processes, criteria and techniques, deployed by the State and other actors, as well as analysis on the present debates on identification and daily uses of "papers" on the continent. Who are the actors involved in census and identification processes? According to what criteria are people classified? What kind of differences can we trace between countries on the continent? What has been the influence of the international context, such as the "war on terror" and the anti-immigration policies?
ASAUK Conference 2012
Deadline for submission of papers 27 April 2012
This is a call for papers for 4 panels: details are given below.
Submissions should be made via the conference website, not direct to the organizers: www.asauk.net/conferences/asauk12.shtml But for more details please contact Florence Brisset-Foucault (feb37@cam.ac.uk ) or Emma Hunter (elh35@cam.ac.uk)
1. "Citizen" and "subject": States, kingdoms, chiefdoms and multiple belongings
Convenor: Florence Brisset-Foucault, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
In numerous African countries since colonization, sub-national (and sometimes transnational) political entities like kingdoms and chiefdoms have or have had important political and cultural influence. This panel explores the way individuals articulate these different belongings, which should not be seen a priori as fundamentally antagonistic or exclusive. How do leaders and ordinary "citizens" (or "subjects") imagine, combine, or oppose these different belongings? What are the political and philosophical values attached to each of them? Are the categories "citizen" and "subject" appropriate to seize these sentiments and practices? How do these belongings influence each other? This panel invites both historical and present case studies to explore the articulation between these different spheres of government and belonging.
2. 'Being a true citizen': Creating political belonging through social practice in Africa past and present
Convenor: Emma Hunter, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
In contrast to the focus on the institutions of the state, such as ID cards, or educational practice in creating, challenging and sustaining modes of conceptualising citizenship and political belonging explored in other panels in this stream, this panel moves into the realm of social practice. Beyond the institutional structures which create political belonging, distinctive communities have always been created through modes of behaviour, such as dress, religious practices, gender identities, sporting or associational culture. How do individuals perform their political identity, or remake it to express political allegiance? How does social practice serve as a means of inclusion or exclusion, beyond legalistic conceptions of membership? This panel focuses on the ways in which modes of behaviour can serve to provide a space in which to reinforce or to attempt to renegotiate the boundaries of community, the relationship between individual and community or conceptions of political membership, and invites both historical and contemporary case studies which reflect on the ways in which political belonging has been defined through social practice.
3.Creating Citizens: Political Education, Political Philosophy and Practices of Citizenship in Africa
Convenor: Emma Hunter, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
A central concern of contemporary policy makers is the teaching of citizenship. This has led to a flowering of 'citizenship education'. At election time, public space is taken over not only by party election posters, but also by posters instructing citizens on their rights and duties. In some African countries, NGOs and the State encourage citizens to enrol in civic and political education workshops and training.
Historically, colonial and post-colonial states have employed didactic texts, newspaper editorials and political speeches to teach practices of citizenship. Beneath an apparent homogeneity of language and approach, didactic texts and courses often promote very specific political philosophies, for example in their view of the relationship between citizen and state or the proper role of political parties. This panel explores this phenomenon both historically and in the present, and invites case studies from across Africa which explore political education as a space in which conceptions of citizenship are developed.
4.Fixing Identities: Identity papers, history and contemporary practices of census in Africa
Convenor: Florence Brisset-Foucault, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
This panel intends to be a multi-disciplinary discussion on identity papers and census practices in past and present Africa. The way identities are processed through bureaucracy is often at the core and heart of bitter controversies and can play a direct role in fuelling violence. In several African countries, the recent introduction of identity cards has triggered heated debates on what constitutes a "proof" of identity and what is to be notified on the IDs as the fundamental characteristics of an individual.
This panel calls for contributions on the history of the registering and identification processes, criteria and techniques, deployed by the State and other actors, as well as analysis on the present debates on identification and daily uses of "papers" on the continent. Who are the actors involved in census and identification processes? According to what criteria are people classified? What kind of differences can we trace between countries on the continent? What has been the influence of the international context, such as the "war on terror" and the anti-immigration policies?
Friday, 13 January 2012
New Zealand Studies Network (UK and Ireland) Inaugural Conference - New Zealand’s Cultures: Sources, Histories, Futures
New Zealand Studies Network (UK and Ireland) Inaugural Conference - New Zealand’s Cultures: Sources, Histories, Futures
Hosts: Birkbeck, University of London and the University of Northampton
Friday 6 July to Saturday 7 July 2012 at Birkbeck, University of London
This conference aims to examine the ‘making of New Zealanders’ in the past, present and future. It will focus on New Zealand and its many different cultures, exploring their origins, historical sources and influences, contemporary changes and future developments. It aims to embrace as many as possible of the disciplinary fields within the humanities, social sciences and the natural sciences.
We anticipate that the cultures that will be explored will include not only the more obvious national, ethnic and religious ones, but the practices and mindsets of governmental, professional, business, educational, religious and sporting subcultures, and of cultures found in other daily occupations and interests, such as eating, drinking and entertainment.
We are interested in how elements of national culture have been imported from the Pacific, the UK, the USA, Europe and Australia, and how they have been exported through migration, disapora, and the media. We welcome proposals that approach New Zealand’s cultures from alternative, ‘outsider’ perspectives, and those that consider whether or not New Zealand's cultures exhibit any remarkable ‘exceptionalism’ .
Topics might well be located in or refer to one or more of the following categories of culture:
In the evening of 6th July, will be the launch of the 25 New Zealand Poets for the UK Poetry Archive 2011, with Directors, Sir Andrew Motion and Richard Carrington, Co-ordinating Director Jan Kemp, and readings by some of the poets.
Friday 6 July to Saturday 7 July 2012 at Birkbeck, University of London
- National
- Local
- Political
- Ethnic
- Immigrant/diasporic/minority
- Professional
- Business
- Creative Arts
- Gastronomic
- Sporting
- Historical / critical writing
- Environmental
- Religion
Keynote speakers: Dame Judith Mayhew Jonas; Hugh Lauder (Professor of Education and Political Economy, University of Bath). Others to be confirmed.
Abstracts: for 20 minute papers of c 250 words plus brief biosketch by 31 March to info.nzsn@gmail.com Intending delegates should be current members of the NZSN. For details of how to join see the NZSN website at http://www.nzstudies.com/. The website will post regular updates of the conference, including accommodation, registration fees etc.
For any queries write to the convenors, Professor Janet Wilson at janet.wilson@northampton.ac.uk and Andrew Sharp at a.sharp@auckland.ac.nz
Tuesday, 3 January 2012
CARIBBEAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION 37th ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2012 May 28 - June 1, 2012 - Le Gosier, Guadeloupe
CARIBBEAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION 37th ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2012 May 28 - June 1, 2012 - Le Gosier, Guadeloupe
UNPACKING CARIBBEAN CITIZENSHIP[S] : Rights, participation and belonging
The Caribbean Studies Association issues a call for papers for its 37th Annual Conference with the theme "Unpacking Caribbean Citizenship: Rights, Participation and Belonging". We invite scholars and practitioners in the humanities, social sciences, public policy and members of civil society organizations whose works focus on the wider Caribbean and its diasporas to submit abstracts of approximately 200 words for research papers and presentations.
The aim of the 2012 conference is to throw light on the concept, its development, evolution and dynamics in particular in its three dimensions: Rights, Participation and Belonging. We want to explore the ways in which citizens in the Caribbean conceive and participate in decisions that affect their lives, their cultures and their environment.
This is a call for contributions for a Special Colloquium / Panel proposal on Corporate citizenship, ethics and social responsibility : Representations, practices and managerial innovations in Small Businesses (SMEs) and/or in the Caribbean
This panel is dedicated to understanding how small and medium enterprises (SME) are impacted by and react to societal issues and stakeholders demands such as sustainable development, social responsibility and ethics in business. Implementing such strategies questions SMEs' missions and goals, decision processes, values and relationships with stakeholders. Management therefore plays a key role in implementing such devices and spirit. Designing new ways, new processes, new organizations to introduce or develop ethics and social responsibility in SME remains an important challenge that calls for innovations abilities. Due to many structural constraints (size of enterprises, financial resources, geographical situation, competencies, etc.), SMEs have difficulties investing in technological innovation, although public policies insist on the necessity to innovate. But others ways exist for SMEs innovation as organizational levers can be mobilized for social and economic progress. Room for action and managerial innovation remains in terms of relevant strategic choices, decision processes, management of resources, sustainable human resource strategies, the development of core individual and collective competencies, responsibility.
We expect contributions that focus on the issues of SME's corporate citizenship, managers' ethics, social responsibility and managerial / organizational innovation.
More specifically, we welcome contributions that will bring answers to the following questions:
- What conceptual frameworks/concepts/theoretical approaches are adapted to understanding and analyzing these issues?
- What practices, what strategies of corporate citizenship in SMEs?
- What kind of processes/devices/categories of managerial innovation in SMEs?
- How do these issues impact working conditions and work relationships?
- What is the meaning given by actors to these strategies? How do these issues enable actors to give meaning to work?
- How do these issues impact professional identities and organizational culture?
- How do historical, post-colonial, social and cultural contexts impact corporate citizenship, ethical behaviours and social responsibility?
- In what manner do collective representations and/or social uses of History contribute to or limit the development of corporate citizenship and social responsibility strategies?
We invite contributions that will bring together different theoretical fields, new or critical perspectives in management and social science.
Interested contributors must send a communication proposal (around 250 words) in English or French before January 5th 2012 to :
management.research@univ-ag.fr
After the conference, authors will have the possibility to submit their paper for publication in an academic journal or a collective book.
Info : http://www.caribbeanstudiesassociation.org/
www2.univ-ag.fr/CRPLC/
UNPACKING CARIBBEAN CITIZENSHIP[S] : Rights, participation and belonging
The Caribbean Studies Association issues a call for papers for its 37th Annual Conference with the theme "Unpacking Caribbean Citizenship: Rights, Participation and Belonging". We invite scholars and practitioners in the humanities, social sciences, public policy and members of civil society organizations whose works focus on the wider Caribbean and its diasporas to submit abstracts of approximately 200 words for research papers and presentations.
The aim of the 2012 conference is to throw light on the concept, its development, evolution and dynamics in particular in its three dimensions: Rights, Participation and Belonging. We want to explore the ways in which citizens in the Caribbean conceive and participate in decisions that affect their lives, their cultures and their environment.
This is a call for contributions for a Special Colloquium / Panel proposal on Corporate citizenship, ethics and social responsibility : Representations, practices and managerial innovations in Small Businesses (SMEs) and/or in the Caribbean
This panel is dedicated to understanding how small and medium enterprises (SME) are impacted by and react to societal issues and stakeholders demands such as sustainable development, social responsibility and ethics in business. Implementing such strategies questions SMEs' missions and goals, decision processes, values and relationships with stakeholders. Management therefore plays a key role in implementing such devices and spirit. Designing new ways, new processes, new organizations to introduce or develop ethics and social responsibility in SME remains an important challenge that calls for innovations abilities. Due to many structural constraints (size of enterprises, financial resources, geographical situation, competencies, etc.), SMEs have difficulties investing in technological innovation, although public policies insist on the necessity to innovate. But others ways exist for SMEs innovation as organizational levers can be mobilized for social and economic progress. Room for action and managerial innovation remains in terms of relevant strategic choices, decision processes, management of resources, sustainable human resource strategies, the development of core individual and collective competencies, responsibility.
We expect contributions that focus on the issues of SME's corporate citizenship, managers' ethics, social responsibility and managerial / organizational innovation.
More specifically, we welcome contributions that will bring answers to the following questions:
- What conceptual frameworks/concepts/theoretical approaches are adapted to understanding and analyzing these issues?
- What practices, what strategies of corporate citizenship in SMEs?
- What kind of processes/devices/categories of managerial innovation in SMEs?
- How do these issues impact working conditions and work relationships?
- What is the meaning given by actors to these strategies? How do these issues enable actors to give meaning to work?
- How do these issues impact professional identities and organizational culture?
- How do historical, post-colonial, social and cultural contexts impact corporate citizenship, ethical behaviours and social responsibility?
- In what manner do collective representations and/or social uses of History contribute to or limit the development of corporate citizenship and social responsibility strategies?
We invite contributions that will bring together different theoretical fields, new or critical perspectives in management and social science.
Interested contributors must send a communication proposal (around 250 words) in English or French before January 5th 2012 to :
management.research@univ-ag.fr
After the conference, authors will have the possibility to submit their paper for publication in an academic journal or a collective book.
Info : http://www.caribbeanstudiesassociation.org/
www2.univ-ag.fr/CRPLC/
Saturday, 19 November 2011
Narrating the Caribbean Nation: A Celebration of Literature and Orature
Narrating the Caribbean Nation: A Celebration of Literature and Orature
Convened by Peepal Tree Press at Leeds Metropolitan University
13th – 15th April 2012
Peepal Tree Press is pleased to announce that a two-day conference, Narrating the Caribbean Nation: A Celebration of Literature and Orature, will be held on 13-15th April 2012 at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK. The conference will celebrate the Silver Anniversary of Peepal Tree Press and highlight the contribution of its own authors and other Caribbean and Black British writers to contemporary world literature.
We are also delighted that Kwame Dawes has confirmed his participation as a keynote speaker. Widely recognised as one of the Caribbean’s leading writers, Kwame is also Chancellor’s Professor of English at the University of Nebraska, and Associate Poetry Editor at Peepal Tree Press.
The conference aims to bring together writers, academics, students, teachers and people with an interest in Caribbean literature to discuss the rich body of both Caribbean and Black British writing and to explore the relationship between the two. Our investigation into the ‘narration of nation’ centres around a definition of the Caribbean nation as one rooted in a rich, unique and plural community which transcends physical borders and extends across the Caribbean and the Caribbean Diaspora.
We will examine culture, politics, identities, childhood, performance and many other topics in the context of the Caribbean and its diasporas and discuss how the past 25 years of Caribbean writing connects to, and builds on, classic texts of Caribbean literature. Moreover, the conference will offer opportunities to hear the ideas of new and established writers and to watch them perform.
The conference will juxtapose academic papers with less formal presentations from activists and practitioners in the field in order to raise the profile of writers of Caribbean heritage. Over the course of the conference, Leeds-based Peepal Tree Press, which has been the home of the best in Caribbean, Black British and South Asian literature for 25 years, will showcase new and classic works in print and in performance by its authors from around the world.
Possible paper topics may include but are not limited to:
• Caribbean identities
• Diasporic Caribbean identities
• Resistance, politics, racism
• Publishing writing from the Caribbean and its diaspora
• Gender and sexuality
• Indo-Caribbean literature
• Classic Caribbean texts
• Discovering new Caribbean writers
• Oral narratives and storytelling
• Auto/biography, memoir, life writing
• Caribbean texts in translation
• Caribbean women writers
• Caribbean poetry
• Teaching Caribbean writing
• Caribbean short story
• Intersections between Caribbean literature, orature, and visual arts
• Writing for children
• Sport and pastimes in the Caribbean and its diaspora
Please send abstracts of 200 words and brief biodata (via Word attachment) to Claire Chambers, Emily Marshall, and Emma Smith on narratingnation@gmail.com with ‘Abstract’ in the subject line by 23 December 2011.
We also welcome poster presentations (for examples, see http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/presentations_poster.html)
Further details about the conference are available on http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/2458986896
Or contact Kadija George: mailto:narratingnation@gmail.com
Selected papers will be published in a journal special issue and/or an edited collection.
Convened by Peepal Tree Press at Leeds Metropolitan University
13th – 15th April 2012
Peepal Tree Press is pleased to announce that a two-day conference, Narrating the Caribbean Nation: A Celebration of Literature and Orature, will be held on 13-15th April 2012 at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK. The conference will celebrate the Silver Anniversary of Peepal Tree Press and highlight the contribution of its own authors and other Caribbean and Black British writers to contemporary world literature.
We are also delighted that Kwame Dawes has confirmed his participation as a keynote speaker. Widely recognised as one of the Caribbean’s leading writers, Kwame is also Chancellor’s Professor of English at the University of Nebraska, and Associate Poetry Editor at Peepal Tree Press.
The conference aims to bring together writers, academics, students, teachers and people with an interest in Caribbean literature to discuss the rich body of both Caribbean and Black British writing and to explore the relationship between the two. Our investigation into the ‘narration of nation’ centres around a definition of the Caribbean nation as one rooted in a rich, unique and plural community which transcends physical borders and extends across the Caribbean and the Caribbean Diaspora.
We will examine culture, politics, identities, childhood, performance and many other topics in the context of the Caribbean and its diasporas and discuss how the past 25 years of Caribbean writing connects to, and builds on, classic texts of Caribbean literature. Moreover, the conference will offer opportunities to hear the ideas of new and established writers and to watch them perform.
The conference will juxtapose academic papers with less formal presentations from activists and practitioners in the field in order to raise the profile of writers of Caribbean heritage. Over the course of the conference, Leeds-based Peepal Tree Press, which has been the home of the best in Caribbean, Black British and South Asian literature for 25 years, will showcase new and classic works in print and in performance by its authors from around the world.
Possible paper topics may include but are not limited to:
• Caribbean identities
• Diasporic Caribbean identities
• Resistance, politics, racism
• Publishing writing from the Caribbean and its diaspora
• Gender and sexuality
• Indo-Caribbean literature
• Classic Caribbean texts
• Discovering new Caribbean writers
• Oral narratives and storytelling
• Auto/biography, memoir, life writing
• Caribbean texts in translation
• Caribbean women writers
• Caribbean poetry
• Teaching Caribbean writing
• Caribbean short story
• Intersections between Caribbean literature, orature, and visual arts
• Writing for children
• Sport and pastimes in the Caribbean and its diaspora
Please send abstracts of 200 words and brief biodata (via Word attachment) to Claire Chambers, Emily Marshall, and Emma Smith on narratingnation@gmail.com with ‘Abstract’ in the subject line by 23 December 2011.
We also welcome poster presentations (for examples, see http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/presentations_poster.html)
Further details about the conference are available on http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/2458986896
Or contact Kadija George: mailto:narratingnation@gmail.com
Selected papers will be published in a journal special issue and/or an edited collection.
Thursday, 17 November 2011
CFP: Cultures of Decolonisation, c.1945-1970
Please see below for details of a symposium entitled 'Cultures of Decolonisation' to be held at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies in May 2012. There is a particularly interest to receive contributions about cultures of decolonisation in emerging and newly-independent states as well as in Europe. The key-note speaker for the event will be Dr Bill Schwarz (Queen Mary University of London).
Please send abstracts of 250 words or expressions of interest to Dr Ruth Craggs, St Mary’s University College (craggsr@smuc.ac.uk) and Dr Claire Wintle, University of Brighton (c.wintle@brighton.ac.uk) by 30 January 2012.
Cultures of Decolonisation, c.1945-1970
Date: Wednesday, 30 May 2012
Venue: Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, Senate House
Keynote Speaker: Dr Bill Schwarz, Queen Mary, University of London
This symposium will bring together scholars with an interest in the cultural practices, performances and material cultures of decolonisation, c.1945-1970.
While the problems of ‘empire’ and ‘the postcolonial’ have come under increasing scrutiny in the humanities and social sciences in recent years, and debate about the political and economic processes of decolonisation is well established, the cultural sites, spaces and social practices of this process in the middle years of the twentieth century have often been overlooked.
Yet new scholarship is beginning to point to the attention that the literary, visual and built environment paid to political, economic and social change in this period. In addition, the roles of individuals and institutions in cultural practices and performances of decolonisation are now drawing critical attention from a variety of fields. This symposium will bring together scholars from history, art and design history, cultural geography, literature, museum studies, architecture and other cultural fields to further explore these topics with regard to decolonisation between 1945 and 1970.
We invite contributions which examine aspects of cultural engagements with decolonisation. Papers may consider the peoples, sites, materials and practices of emerging and newly independent nations, as well as the processes of decolonisation as enacted in Europe. This event will lend new insights into debates about the contested nature of decolonisation, and into the impact of cultural practices on socio-political processes.
Papers might focus on:
• Cultural institutions and their reactions to and engagements with decolonisation
• Amateurs, professionals and enthusiasts in decolonisation
• Imperial knowledges, materials and collections, and their place in a decolonising world
• Specific media as arenas for political exchange
• Cultural sites of independence and decolonisation
• Visual and performance cultures of decolonisation
• Decolonising lives
• Networks of decolonisation
Symposium Website: http://commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/events/eventdetails0.html?id=10987
Supported by the Institute for Commonwealth Studies, University of London; Faculty of Arts, University of Brighton, and St Mary’s University College
Please send abstracts of 250 words or expressions of interest to Dr Ruth Craggs, St Mary’s University College (craggsr@smuc.ac.uk) and Dr Claire Wintle, University of Brighton (c.wintle@brighton.ac.uk) by 30 January 2012.
Cultures of Decolonisation, c.1945-1970
Date: Wednesday, 30 May 2012
Venue: Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, Senate House
Keynote Speaker: Dr Bill Schwarz, Queen Mary, University of London
This symposium will bring together scholars with an interest in the cultural practices, performances and material cultures of decolonisation, c.1945-1970.
While the problems of ‘empire’ and ‘the postcolonial’ have come under increasing scrutiny in the humanities and social sciences in recent years, and debate about the political and economic processes of decolonisation is well established, the cultural sites, spaces and social practices of this process in the middle years of the twentieth century have often been overlooked.
Yet new scholarship is beginning to point to the attention that the literary, visual and built environment paid to political, economic and social change in this period. In addition, the roles of individuals and institutions in cultural practices and performances of decolonisation are now drawing critical attention from a variety of fields. This symposium will bring together scholars from history, art and design history, cultural geography, literature, museum studies, architecture and other cultural fields to further explore these topics with regard to decolonisation between 1945 and 1970.
We invite contributions which examine aspects of cultural engagements with decolonisation. Papers may consider the peoples, sites, materials and practices of emerging and newly independent nations, as well as the processes of decolonisation as enacted in Europe. This event will lend new insights into debates about the contested nature of decolonisation, and into the impact of cultural practices on socio-political processes.
Papers might focus on:
• Cultural institutions and their reactions to and engagements with decolonisation
• Amateurs, professionals and enthusiasts in decolonisation
• Imperial knowledges, materials and collections, and their place in a decolonising world
• Specific media as arenas for political exchange
• Cultural sites of independence and decolonisation
• Visual and performance cultures of decolonisation
• Decolonising lives
• Networks of decolonisation
Symposium Website: http://commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/events/eventdetails0.html?id=10987
Supported by the Institute for Commonwealth Studies, University of London; Faculty of Arts, University of Brighton, and St Mary’s University College
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