Howdy, I've not had time to do much in these last few days but forward information like this to the list. I hope it's at least helpful to the some of the list members. Maybe I'll submit a real post a little later. That being said... -----Original Message----- From: Catherine Lavender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, February 03, 1999 11:21 PM Subject: CFP: AS/Ethnomusicology (East Lansing, 17 April 1999) >>Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 10:55:54 -0500 >>From: Anthony Shiu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >UPDATE: Deadline for abstracts extended to February 16, 1999. > >Call for Papers > >Disruptive Disciplines: A Joint Conference of American Studies and >Ethnomusicology >Michigan State University >East Lansing, Michigan >April 17, 1999 > >Keynote Speaker: Eric Lott, University of Virginia >Author of Love and Theft: Blackface Minstrelsy and the American Working Class > >The American Studies Graduate Student Association at Michigan State >University and the Midwest Association of Ethnomusicology invite graduate >students and independent scholars across all disciplines to present their >work in a forum that reflects the breadth and variety of interdisciplinary >work. > >American Studies and Ethnomusicology are two of many academic sites that >encourage critical scholarship across disciplines. Graduate student work is >uniquely positioned to explore both the promise and limitations of this >recent scholarship. This conference is conceived as an opportunity to >consider the wide range of approaches and methods that challenge >disciplinary distinctions in both form and function. Therefore, we invite a >mix of presentations--from conventional research papers to >performances--that reflect the dynamic work done in our fields. > >All approaches from graduate students in (but not limited to) the following >areas are welcome: American Studies, Anthropology, Art History, >Communication Studies, Comparative Literature, Cultural Studies, English, >Ethnomusicology, Geography, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Queer >Theory, Race/Ethnicity studies, Rhetoric/Composition, Sociology, Visual >Arts, and Women's Studies. > >Respondents are asked to submit one page abstracts by February 7, 1999, for >papers of fifteen minutes. Panel proposals are encouraged. > >The following are just a few examples of the range of approaches and topics >we invite: > >--Media: television, radio, music, and popular culture >--Education: classroom practices, theory and policy >--Performance as scholarship/Music, Dance, and Drama in the academic conference >--The centrality of theory/the poverty of theory >--Modernism and its promises >--Internet/technology studies >--Culture and the "hard" sciences >--Race, gender, class, and sexuality >--Rhetoric, composition, and English studies >--Disciplinary boundaries and horizons >--Film, history, and literature >--Ethnography and the "New" Anthropology >--Communication Studies and Issues of Representation >--Narratives of Conquest, Postcolonialism, and Imperialism > > >The conference will be held in East Lansing, Michigan, at Michigan State >University. Submissions are due February 7, 1999. The conference will be >held in conjunction with the annual Russel B. Nye Lecture, given by Eric >Lott, and a jazz concert featuring faculty from the School of Music will be >held afterwards. To provide for ease of travel planning, applicants will be >notified of their acceptance as soon as possible. Early abstracts would be >greatly appreciated. Submission of abstracts and panel proposals via e-mail >is encouraged. Our web site address is: >http://www.msu.edu/~shiuanth/conf.html > >Send abstracts/panel proposals to: > > ASGSA Conference > Program in American Studies > 319 Linton Hall > Michigan State University > E. Lansing, MI 48824-1044 > >Or e-mail to: > >Anthony Shiu: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Inquiries should be directed to: > >April Herndon: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Anthony Michel: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
