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Conference and Seminar Announcements
2006 American Indian Workshop
29-31 March, 2006
The latest research on the interrelationships between place
and Native American history, literature and culture will be presented at the
2006 American Indian Workshop. Paper presentations and plenary sessions fill
the three-day agenda. A buffet and performance of Welsh Oral Tradition from The
Merlin Theatre Company is scheduled for the evening of the 29th March as well
as a conference dinner at The Mermaid Restaurant, Mumbles for the evening of
30th March (the costs of these events are included within the conference fee).
Attendees are invited from across disciplines. It is envisaged
that the conference theme will bring together research from American Studies,
American history, geography, sociology, anthropology and English Literature.
Researchers working in Native community development and within the museum
communities are also welcome.
Keynote speakers include Alan Trachtenberg (Yale University University
of Geneva University
of Nebraska University
of Nottingham Gower
Peninsula UK
Please register by 20th February 2006
Please send or email your completed registration form to:
Anne Edwards
Tel: +44 (0)1792 295755
School of Humanities,
Swansea University,
4th Floor,
Vivian Building,
Singleton Park,
Swansea
SA2 8PP
American Modernism: Cultural Transactions
22-23 September 2006, Institute for Historical and Cultural
Research, Oxford Brookes University
American Modernism: Cultural Transactions (22-23 September
2006) is a two-day event where a number of professorial speakers from the U.K.
and a plenary U.S.-based speaker will discuss the manifestations and perimeters
of modern American literary and popular culture. The event aims to assess the
impact and the magnitude of transatlantic influences, address questions
pertaining to the rise and domicile of the literary avant-garde and examine
issues surrounding race, gender and sexuality in the period. In short, it aims
to assess the U.S.
American Modernism: Cultural Transactions was conceived under
the IHCR's focus group in the Cultures of Modernism. The conference aims to
bring together scholars of international standing to engage in a series of
dialogues that address the cogency of the term with specific emphasis upon
their own research. Invited speakers (tbc) include: Professor Hermione Lee (Oxford Oxford Leicester ), Professor Mick Gidley (Leeds ),
Professor Steven Mattthews (Oxford Brookes), Dr Mark Whalan (Exeter Oxford
The first afternoon of the conference will be dedicated
entirely to postgraduate research and work in the field of American Modernism.
There will be a publishing workshop, a talk on funding opportunities for
postgraduate researchers and a series of research-focused panel discussions.
Thus, the organisers would welcome paper abstracts (300 words) and short
biographical details listing name, contact address, e-mail and institutional
affiliation. Please send abstracts to Dr Catherine Morley catherinemorley@brookes.ac.uk
or Dr Alex Goody agoody@brookes.ac.uk
The conference is open to all BAAS members and the general
public. Please contact the organisers at the above e-mail address for
registration.
Conference Fee: £30 (waged) and £15 (unwaged/PG).
Faulkner and Twain
A Conference Sponsored by the Center for Faulkner Studies
October
19-21, 2006
Deadline for proposals: April 30, 2006
This "Faulkner and Twain" conference invites
proposals for twenty-minute papers on any topic related to Faulkner and/or
Twain. All critical approaches, including theoretical and pedagogical, are
welcomed, as well as papers on special collections of Twain and Faulkner. We
are particularly interested in inter-textual approaches and papers treating
such topics as the river, the frontier, humor, race, and history. Proposals for
organized panels are also encouraged.
In addition to the paper sessions, the conference will include
a keynote address by a noted scholar, a dramatic presentation based on the
works of Faulkner and Twain, exhibits from the university's Faulkner and Twain
collections, and an historic tour of the local area.
Expanded versions of papers dealing with both authors will be
considered for possible publication in a collection of essays. Southeast Missouri State
University
E-mail a 250-word abstract by April 30, 2006, to:
Inquiries should be directed to Robert Hamblin at rhamblin@semo.edu
or Peter Froehlich at pfroehlich@semo.edu
Inaugural International Seminar: Engaging the "New" American
Studies
Department of American and Canadian Studies and the Centre for
US Foreign Policy, Media, and Culture
The University of Birmingham
Thursday 11 May, Friday 12 May and Saturday 13 May 2006
The first in a series of annual international seminars, this
is designed to bring together leading scholars and top postgraduates from
around the world to discuss "America" in historical and contemporary
contexts.
This event will be linked to a "partner"
International Seminar at the University
of Southern California
Plenary guest speakers (tbc): John Carlos Rowe (Director Critical
Theory Institute, University
of Southern California University of Iowa University
of Tokyo
Day One links American Studies with issues of history,
politics, international relations and globalization. It will focus on the topic
"US Hyper-Power?"
Day Two and Day Three will explore the topic "Engaging
American Studies" organised around two main strands -- a
Politics/International Relations strand and a Cultural Studies/History/Literary-Textual
strand. The central focus is provided by papers engaging with the issue of how
the "new" American Studies impacts on the fields of enquiry being
explored. However, papers on a very broad range of topics will be countenanced.
The UK Government has awarded us some extra funding this year
to run this inaugural event, and we expect partners, scholars, and
postgraduates to participate from North America ,
Europe , the Middle East ,
China Japan
We warmly invite you to come to this event, either to deliver
a paper or just to participate.
A SELECTION OF THE BEST PAPERS WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE
ON-LINE
Costs for graduate students would normally be £8.00 per day
(which includes registration, coffee, tea (and other light refreshments) and a
buffet lunch. Alternatively students can enroll for all three days for £19.
Payment on the day (late registration): £10 per day or £25 for
three days.
For accommodation contact Sara Wood: s.k.wood@bham.ac.uk
REGISTRATION PROCEDURE: email Sara Wood s.k.wood@bham.ac.uk
detailing:
1. Full name
2. Contact Address
3. Contact email
4. Payment in advance: £8.00 per day or £19 for three days.
(Payment on the day (late registration): £10 per day or £25
for three days).
PROPOSAL FOR A PAPER: email Eva Rus exr320@bham.ac.uk
1. Full name
2. Contact Address
3. Contact email
4. Institutional Affiliation
5. Proposal: 400 word proposals outlining the paper you
propose to deliver. Each paper will be scheduled for 15 minutes.
This cfp lasts until Friday 24 March 2006 .
Institute of North American Studies
The Department of North American Studies, part of the larger
Institute of North American and European Studies, is hoping to create links
with other universities with American Studies programs
The Department of North American Studies, part of the larger
Institute of North American and European Studies, was founded in January 2005.
The Department brings together a diverse collection of professors and lecturers
from a wide variety of disciplines within the University of Tehran
The Department of North American Studies has established a
fruitful partnership with
the Department of American and Canadian Studies at the
University of Birmingham,
United Kingdom, and we are hoping to create links with other
universities with American Studies programs. As the department is the first of
its kind in the country, we are hoping that sister programs within the American
Studies Association might be able to assist us by sending audio and video
material as well as books on American literature (including literary texts),
history, culture, politics, and Philosophy.
Seyed Mohammad Marandi
Head of the North American Studies Department
University of Tehran
Tel: 0098-21-66965065
Fax: 0098-21-66965066
P.O. Box: 14155-6468
Web site: inaes.ut.ac.irinaes.ir
This message is posted on behalf of on behalf of the American
Studies Association's
International Initiative. For further information contact, the
International Initiative Project Director, Shelley Fisher Fishkin, sfishkin@stanford.edu
or the Project Coordinator, Kate.Delaney@covad.net
Rethinking the Iberian Atlantic
20-22 April 2006
University of Liverpool
The Atlantic has, since the 1990s, become established as the
principal site of cross-cultural encounter between Europe, Africa, and America.
Reflecting the increasing awareness of the 'world as a whole', recent research
into multiple different 'Atlantics' tests the boundaries of established
national and disciplinary research frames. Studies of the many separate
'Atlantics', however, do not easily communicate with one another. Their
dialogue is one that is riddled with problems, yet at the same time promises
exciting prospects for future research. We would like to reflect on and
facilitate this dialogue, inviting scholars to take a long and deep view of the
Atlantic , and, in doing so, to consider
whether and how the Atlantic paradigm remains relevant in the 21st century.
Rethinking the Iberian Atlantic is the first in a series of
colloquia and research seminars that offer the opportunity to explore the
common ground shared by different and diverse approaches to the historical and
cultural study of the Atlantic . Our starting
point is the question of whether we can - or should - talk about an 'Iberian
Atlantic.' How might such a space be located within the widening framework of
Atlantic Studies, and what might it mean to scholars from different disciplines
and traditions working on Iberian Studies in the widest sense? How might
research into specific Iberian experiences of the Atlantic - whether cultural,
historical, political, social or economic - contribute to, confirm, or
challenge the hegemonic narratives of Atlantic Studies, from which the Iberian
perspective is so often absent? By considering such questions, and encouraging
contributors to identify the unresolved problems that obstruct the dialogue
between the many approaches and research narratives that fill the Atlantic
space, we hope to facilitate the identification and definition of future
agendas for research.
Speakers include: Catherine Davies (Nottingham University),
Roberto Ignacio Diaz
(University of Southern California), Felipe Fernandez -
Armesto (Tufts), Eliga Gould
(University of New Hampshire), Alistair Hennessey (University
of Warwick), Richard
Kagan (Johns Hopkins University), Bill Marshall (University of
Glasgow), Diogo Ramada Curto (European University Institute, Florence).
For more information, please contact the organisers:
Dr Harald Braun
School of History
University of Liverpool
Liverpool L69 3BX
UNITED KINGDOM
e-mail: h.e.braun@liv.ac.uk
Dr Kirsty Hooper
School of Modern Languages
University of Liverpool
Liverpool L69 7ZR
UNITED KINGDOM
e-mail: kirsty.hooper@liv.ac.uk
For registration (forthcoming), see our website:
Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford
Hilary Term Events
Weds 8 Feb 4.00 pm
American History Research Seminar
Mary Beth Norton, Cornell University and University of
Cambridge: "Lady Frances Berkeley and the Politics of Gendered Power in
Seventeenth-Century Virginia"
Thurs 9 Feb 4.00 pm
Seminar in American Politics
George Edwards, Texas A&M University and Nuffield College,
Oxford "Policy and Polarization: The Revolutionary Presidency of George W.
Bush"
Fri 10 Feb 9.00 am
Presidential Power Reconsidered: Lyndon Johnson and Richard
Nixon
Nigel Bowles
Tues 14 Feb 11.00 am
The Social Origins of Women's Rights Movements in the US,
1776-2000. Kathryn Kish Sklar
Weds 15 Feb 4.00 pm
American History Research Seminar
Beth Salerno, St. Anselm University: "Women and the
Antislavery Movement, 1830-1860"
Thurs 16 Feb 4.00 pm
Seminar in American Politics
Colin Provost, University of Oxford
"When Is AG Short for Aspiring Governor? Institutional
Structure, Policymaking Dynamics and Ambition in the Office of State Attorney
General"
Tues 21 Feb 11.00 am
The Social Origins of Women's Rights Movements in the US,
1776-2000. Kathryn Kish Sklar
Weds 22 Feb 4.00 pm
American History Research Seminar
Darlene Clark Hine, Northwestern University: "African
American Women and Community Life in the Twentieth Century"
Thurs 23 Feb 4.00 pm
Seminar in American Politics
Paul Martin, University of Oxford "Bureaucracy,
Production and Dissent: The Institutionalization of the United States Supreme
Court, 1860-2000"
Thurs 23 Feb 4.00pm
The 2005 Fortenbaugh Lecture Via Videolink from the University
of Virginia.
Gary W. Gallagher, University of Virginia
"The Progress of Our Arms: Whither Civil War Military
History?"
Tues 28 Feb 11.00 am
The Social Origins of Women's Rights Movements in the US,
1776-2000. Kathryn Kish Sklar
Weds 1 Mar 4.00 pm
American History Research Seminar
Tom Dublin, SUNY Binghamton and RAI "Editing an Online
History Journal: The Women and Social Movements website"
Thurs 2 Mar 4.00 pm
Seminar in American Politics
Marc Stears, University of Oxford "The American Liberal
Tradition Revisited"
Thurs 2 Mar 5.00 pm
American Literature Colloquium
Alex Houen, University of Sheffield
"Allen Ginsberg and the Vietnam War"
Tues 7 Mar 11.00 am
The Social Origins of Women's Rights Movements in the US,
1776-2000. Kathryn Kish Sklar
Weds 8 Mar 4.00 pm
American History Research Seminar
Dorothy Sue Cobble, Rutgers University: "The Long Women's
Movement for Social Justice"
Thurs 9 Mar 4.00 pm
Seminar in American Politics
Patricia Hurley and Kim Hill, Texas A&M University:
"An Agenda for the Study of Representation."
For further details about the American History Research
Seminar please contact: Richard.Carwardine@history.oxford.ac.uk
For further details about the American Politics Seminar please
contact: George.Edwards@nuffield.ox.ac.uk
For further details about any other events please contact
Cheryl Hudson on 01865 (2)82710 or at academic.programme@rai.ox.ac.uk,
or go to the RAI website http://www.rai.ox.ac.uk/
Salzburg Seminar American Studies Alumni Association (SSASAA)
Redefining America: Race, Ethnicity and Immigration
7-10 September 2006
Keynote Speaker: Emory Elliott, University Professor of the
University of California and Distinguished Professor of English, University of
California Riverside; President-Elect, American Studies Association Ronald
Clifton, Adjunct Professor of American Studies, Stetson University, Deland,
Florida
Deborah L. Madsen, Professor of American Literature and
Culture, University of Geneva
Ruben Rumbaut, Professor of Sociology, University of
California Irvine (via video conference - status pending)
In the last thirty years, millions of people from Latin
America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa have migrated and immigrated to the
United States, contributing to remarkable social, political and cultural
transformations for both the new arrivals and the communities and regions in
which they have settled. Economic shifts, social tensions, and political conflict
have often accompanied these population changes.
At the same time, the cultural production of the new
immigrants often mediates the social pressures of change as they often bring
with them not only family but a variety of goods, styles of dress, religious
practices, forms of art and expression, and perspectives on all aspects of
human experience that daily transform the cultural fabric of their communities
and of the United States. This symposium will focus on how these factors relate
to current social, political and economic dynamics in the United States and
their implication for cultural change and America's role in the world.
Discussion will be invited on how the literature, film, music, art, and other
forms of cultural production mediate or not the conflicts and tensions produced
by such rapid immigration and social changes.
The 2006 SSASAA symposium is open to all Salzburg Seminar
alumni interested in the field of American Studies, as well as any scholar
working actively in the area of American Studies. The symposium will consist of
presentations by distinguished scholars of American Studies as well as
theme-based discussion groups. Additional events include a barbeque,
receptions, a concert in Schloss Leopoldskron, and a gala dinner on the final evening.
Payment information: The fee for the symposium is 500 Euro for
a single 800 Euro for a double room. If the total payment is made by March 1,
2006, the fee is 475 Euro for a single and 760 Euro for a double. The fee
includes accommodation and meals for three nights, tuition and fees and social
events, but does not include travel expenses. Limited financial aid is
available for partial scholarships to help cover the symposium fee. This need
should be stated at the time of registration.
Credit cards are accepted (payment in Euro only)
In order to reserve a space, a completed registration form and
a 100
Euro deposit (refundable until July 1) is required.
Space is limited and reservations will be confirmed in the
order in which they are received. For further information about the SSASAA
symposium, contact SSASAA leader Marty Gecek, mgecek@salzburgseminar.org
A Strained Partnership: European-American Relations and the Middle East
from Suez to Iraq
Zurich/Switzerland, 7-9 September 2006
Convened by the Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
(Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich) Andreas Wenger, Victor Mauer,
Daniel Mvckli
In association with The Parallel History Project on NATO and
the Warsaw Pact (PHP).
Divergent views on the justification and legitimacy of the
Iraq War in 2003 have caused a deep rift in transatlantic relations from which
the Western Alliance has yet to recover. However, as remarkable as this crisis
has been in terms of its intensity and consequences, it merely represents the
latest in a whole series of intra-Western controversies over the Middle East.
In fact, the issue of how to deal with the Middle East has constituted a major
source of European-America n tension since the beginnings of the transatlantic
partnership in the late 1940s. The Suez Crisis of 1956, the October War in
1973, and the recent Iraq War constitute only three of the most prominent
examples of what appears to be a dominant pattern of allied conflict about the
right kind of policies and approaches towards the Middle East. What is more, as
most of the major security risks today relate in some way or other to the
"crisis crescent" of the Southern Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf
region, the Middle East is bound to stay at the forefront of attention of
Western policy-makers and will remain a key determinant of European-American
relations for the foreseeable future.
Against this background, the conference aims at placing the
current transatlantic strain over Iraq into a wider perspective. Its main
objective is to trace the Western debates regarding the Middle East since
1948/49 and to identify the major causes and constellations of allied d discord
and cooperation over time. We seek to determine essential elements of
continuity and change concerning European and US interests, threat assessments,
and policy preferences, relating to either the region at large or individual
key issues such as Gulf security or the Arab-Israeli conflict.
The conference hopes to bring together historians and
political analysts with expertise on particular incidents and topics regarding
allied conflict and cooperation over the Middle East. Papers should either deal
with a relevant case study or cover the evolution of intra-Western perceptions
of a given Middle East issue over time. Authors are urged to avoid too narrow
approaches. They should apply a multilateral perspective to their analysis and
put their specific findings into the bigger context of the overall conference
theme. While intra-European differences regarding the Middle East are important
and may be addressed, the main focus should be on the European-American
dimension. Please note that the conference is not about the Middle East as
such, but rather about its significance for transatlantic relations.
Possible topics to address include:
I. Gulf security and transatlantic relations
- The allies and the Gulf during the early Cold War
- The 1970s and 1980s: Western responses to the Iranian
Revolution, the Iran-Iraq
War, and the growing regional presence of the Soviet Union
- Operation Desert Storm 1990/91: A brief moment of unity?
- Dual containment (of Iran and Iraq) and its discontents: The
1990s
- The Iraq War 2003: The Alliance at the crossroads
- Dealing with Iran and its nuclear program
II. The Arab-Israeli conflict: What role for Europe?
- The allies and the Middle East conflict during the early
Cold War
- The Six-Day War 1967: Realignments within the West
- The October War and the Oil Crisis, 1973/74: Kissinger,
Europe, and the Middle East
- European-US differences over the Arab-Israeli conflict in
the later 1970s and the
1980s
- The Peace Process in the 1990s: European-US commonality and
divisions
- The Middle East Quartet: A new role for Europe?
III. NATO and the Middle East: The evolving out-of-area debate
- European colonial interests and US East-West prerogatives -
the early Cold War
period (e.g., NATO and the defense of the Middle East 1948-55,
the Algerian War, the
Suez Crisis 1956, Lebanon/Jordan 1958)
- US claims to leadership and calls for burden-sharing - from
the 1960s to the end
of the Cold War
- From a non-policy to pragmatic consensus? NATO and the
Middle East in the 1990s
- NATO and the War on Terror in the Middle East - the early 21st
century
IV. Other key themes in long-term perspective
- The evolution of European and US concepts for regional order
- Energy and security: Diverging oil dependencies and allied
policies vis-à-vis the
Middle East
- The West and the military balance in the Middle East: Arms
sales and arms control
- WMD and Western counter-proliferation policies
The deadline for paper proposals is 28 February 2006.
Proposals should include a title, a one-page outline, and a short CV of the
author. There will be about 20 papers/speakers. Authors will be notified
whether their proposal has been accepted by the end of March 2006. Draft papers
will have to be submitted by 13 August 2006, to allow for their distribution to
all the participants prior to the conference.
At the conference itself, authors will summarize their papers
in oral presentations of up to 15-minute duration, strictly enforced by the
chairperson of each session, thus allowing enough time for substantive
discussion stimulated by the papers.
A publication of the conference papers is envisaged.
Participants will receive a financial contribution to cover their transport and
accommodation costs for their stay in Zurich.
Please submit proposals by e-mail, if possible, or send by
airmail to:
Daniel Mvckli
Senior Researcher
Center for Security Studies
ETH Zurich WEC
CH-8092 Zurich
Switzerland
Transatlantic Conflict and Consensus: Culture, History, and Politics
The Maastricht Center for Transatlantic Studies issues a call
for papers for its fourth biennial conference on Transatlantic Studies. The
conference, entitled "Transatlantic Conflict and Consensus: Culture,
History, and Politics", will be held October 25-28, 2006, on the campus of
Teikyo University Holland, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Along with presentation of accepted papers, the conference
will feature speakers representing the American view of transatlantic
relations, a continental European view of transatlantic relations, and an
academic overview of the discussion.
Organizing and sponsor institutions of the conference include
the Maastricht Center for Transatlantic Studies; Gloucestershire University,
UK; and The University of South Dakota, USA. Contact Dr. Neil Wynn at nwynn@glos.ac.uk or Dr. Tim
Schorn at tschorn@usd.edu,
or see the conference website, for additional information.
TSA Annual Conference, 2006
Deadline for proposals: 12 April 2006
The 2006 TSA annual conference will be held at the University
of Dundee on June 12-15, 2006. Proposals for individual papers or for panels
should be sent by April 12, 2006, to Alan Dobson, chair of TSA, or David Ryan,
Secretary of TSA, at
This year we are centralizing the submission of proposals, but
we would ask all those who normally recruit for History, IR, Literature and
Culture, Race and Migration, Planning, Economics, Regeneration and the
Environment, please to do so as per normal. Panel sessions will consist of
three 20-minute papers, followed by 30 minutes of discussion.
The plenary speakers will be: Josef Jarab, a senator from the
Czech Republic, recipient of the first Fulbright Woodrow Wilson Freedom Award
in recognition of his work in promoting the understanding of America in Europe,
a prolific writer, eminent scholar, president of the European Association for
American Studies, 2002-04. He will give a paper on 'European American Studies:
A Potential Not Fully Used for the Enhancement of Transatlantic Interests and
Understanding.'
Robin Boyle, Professor of Urban Planning at Wayne State
University, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A., a leading authority in his field with a
range of publications. He will give a paper on 'Learning from New Orleans: The
Condition of the American City (and the Lessons for Europe).'
John Dumbrell, Professor of Politics, University of Leicester,
England, one of the leading specialists in Britain on U.S. foreign policy and
Anglo-American relations (TBC).
We encourage delegates to submit their papers to The Journal
of Transatlantic Studies for consideration for publication after the
conference.
There will be a number of small bursaries available, mainly to
help young scholars and research students.
There will be an afternoon civic reception at Verdant Jute
Works, one of the most impressive industrial museums in Europe.
At the end of the conference, the option is provided of a
half-day trip to historic and beautiful Glamis Castle, childhood home of Her
Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, birthplace of Her Royal Highness
Princess Margaret, legendary setting for William Shakespeare's famous play,
Macbeth, and home of the Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne since 1372.
Departure from the conference centre will be at 2.00 p.m, Thursday, July 15,
with return in the early evening. Free transport, reduced entry charge and tea
in the 16th century kitchen - cost is £18.00 per person.
For details of conference registration, please contact Alan
Dobson at
University of Cambridge, American History Seminars
Lent Term 2006
Meetings will take place on Mondays at 5.00 in the Latimer
Room, Clare College
6 February 2006
Iwan Morgan (Institute for the Study of the Americas)
Co-existing with the Other Red Peril: Ronald Reagan and the
Budget Deficit
13 February 2006
Daniel Geary (University of Nottingham)
"Becoming International Again": C. Wright Mills and
the Global New Left
20 February 2006
Samuel Webb (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
A Southern Liberal Fights For Survival: Senator Lister Hill
and the World War II Conservative Backlash
27 February 2006
Patricia Sullivan (University of South Carolina) & Lucy
Hackney
Freedom Writer: the life and letters of Virginia Durr
6 March 2006
Ben Marsh (University of Stirling)
Sericulture on British America's Southern Frontier
13 March 2006
Dominic Sandbrook (Rothermere American Institute, University
of Oxford)
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