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Call for Papers "Hegemony and Subalterity: Africa in a Global Age" The Global South Issue No. 2.2 (August 2008) __________________________________________________ The Global South is a new interdisciplinary journal, launched by Indiana University Press in February 2007. The journal focuses on the literatures and cultures of those parts of the world that have experienced the most political, social, and economic upheaval, and which have suffered the brunt of the greatest challenges, facing the world under globalization: poverty, displacement and diaspora, environmental degradation, human and civil rights abuses, war, hunger, and disease. Thus "the global South" can and does serve as a signifier of oppositional subaltern cultures ranging from Africa, Central and Latin America, much of Asia, and even those "Souths" within a larger perceived North, such as the U.S. South, the Caribbean, and Mediterranean Europe. Along with this geographical focus, the journal will emphasize those populations marginalized within the U.S. empire itself as it increasingly becomes the face and voice of globalization: immigrants, women of color, and other vulnerable minorities. As the aftermath of each of the global cataclysms of the last decade have amply illustrated-the Asian economic crises of 1997-8; the events of 9/11; and the respective crises and infrastructural meltdowns in Iraq and New Orleans, among many others-it is the poor, the disenfranchised and marginalized who bear the brunt of the suffering under globalization. The study of these otherwise disparate and discontinuous subjects, known collectively as "the global South," demonstrates that as globalization conquers the planet, the South, as a synonym for subalterity, also transcends geographical and ideological frontiers. Each issue of The Global South will contain original work by some of the foremost scholars from around the world, addressing the most vital political, cultural, and material issues of our time. The third Special Issue and fourth issue overall (2.2), "Hegemony and Subalterity: Africa in a Global Age," will feature responses to globalization by scholars in African studies all over the world. Toward this end, the editors of the journal, Adetayo Alabi (University of Mississippi) and Alfred J. López (Purdue University) invite high-quality original essays for the issue. As consistent with the journal's interdisciplinary scope, we welcome submissions from scholars working in all areas of African studies and in all languages. Possible topics include, but are not limited to, the following: - Pre-colonial Africa and Empire Building - The Colonization of Africa and Globalization - Resistance, Independence, and Post-Independence Struggles in Africa in the Global Age - Post-Independence Disillusionment and the Alternatives to Universalism in Africa - The Race for Theory: Marxism, Postcolonialism, Feminism, Globalization, etc. - The World Bank, IMF, Structural Adjustment Programs, Capitalism, Communism, and Economic Determinism in Africa - The African Media, Politics, and Globalization - GSM, Technological Revolution, and Globalization - Contemporary African Automobile Industry - African History, the Organization of African Unity, the African Union, and Globalization - Africa and Natural Disasters (Hurricane, Tsunami, etc) - Mineral Wealth, Resource Control, and the Environment - Political Activism in a Global Age - Women and Globalization - Orality and Globalization - Creativity, Production, and Globalization - Religion and Globalization - Nationalisms and Neoliberal Cultural Identities - Postcolonial International Relations and Science Studies - African Universities, Scholarship, and Infrastructure - "Western" theories and African Contexts - Contemporary Sociological and Anthropological Practices (Dowry, Bride-Price, Circumcision) and Globalization - Slavery, Human Trafficking, Child Labor, and Bondage - The African Diaspora - Reparation, Immigration, and Reconciliation This Special Issue of The Global South is scheduled for publication in August 2008. Please submit abstracts by September 31, 2007, final drafts of essays by November 31, 2007, and inquiries to editors. You can also read about "The Global South" at: http://inscribe.iupress.org/loi/gso Contact: Adetayo Alabi University of Mississippi Email: [email protected] Alfred J. López Purdue University Email: [email protected] __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
