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Call for Papers "Constituting Citizenship: National and Transnational Perspectives" Graduate Student Symposium in American Studies Purdue University West Lafayette, IN (USA) 22-23 April 2010 __________________________________________________ The symposium committee of the American Studies Program at Purdue University invites proposals and abstracts for papers and panels for its annual graduate student symposium. Building on the work, exchange, and discussions at the 2009 ASA conference, the title of this year’s symposium is “Constituting Citizenship: National & Transnational Perspectives.” While we welcome submissions on a wide range of topics centering on the concept of citizenship (be it political/legal, cultural, consumer, sexual, global, corporate, or virtual), we are especially interested in such issues as belonging, the construction, constitution, and management of citizenship, political subjectivity, political intimacies, and the search for a synthesis in the dialectic of refugee v. cosmopolitan. If the body politic is a negotiation, an establishment and a maintenance (via re-negotiation, re-establishment) of a “them” versus an “us,” does the sculpture in the yard of an Oak Park, IL, resident indicate the burial of such terms? Or, is the sculpture an anticipatory gesture toward their burial? Or, is it a dire warning about such socio-political bi- or even polyfurcations? What can such perspectives on American culture as Neruda’s comment on the corporate citizen in “La United Fruit Co.,” Adunis’s prescient critique of the locus of American power in his “Qabr Min Ajl New York” [“A Grave for New York”], or even Herbert Grönemeyer’s pop-song polemic “Amerika” have on a transnational understanding of the United States, both from within and without? Or is listening to “their” notions of America and American Studies still something U. S. scholars in particular are reluctant to do? The committee is also keenly interested in non-academic treatments of the topic and therefore seeks work that is literary and cinematic (for presentation in toto or in excerpt), as well as performance pieces, photo-essays, and other media. Potential panels include: - Concepts of Citizenship - Constitutions, as products and processes - Political subjectivities - Political intimacies - (Im)Migrations - Artistic representations of citizenship - Dual, multiple, and virtual citizenships - Stateless persons Traditional conference presentations will be limited to fifteen minutes. Time alloted to on-traditional presentations, performances, or viewings will be negotiated with the speaker/presenter/performer/artist. Please send abstracts of no more than 250 words, or equally brief descriptions of creative works, to <[email protected]> (include “symposium 2010” in the subject line). Proposals for complete panels are greatly encouraged. Please send submissions as a PDF or Word attachment, which should also include any affiliation, mailing address, and e-mail or other contact information. The deadline for submissions is 15 January 2010. Keynote Speaker: Prof. Lisa Lowe from Univ. California-San Diego Contact: Stephanie A. Allen American Studies Purdue University Beering Hall of Liberal Arts and Education Rm. 1289 100 N. University St. West Lafayette, IN 47907-2098 USA Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.cla.purdue.edu/american-studies/documents/Purdue_Grad_Symposium_2010-CFP.pdf __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
