Call For Papers: UC Riverside graduate conference
As one of the co-chairs, I figured this might be a good way to let people elsewhere know about our graduate conference (16th anniversary this year!). Feel free to submit a paper, suggest a new panel, attend, pass on the CFP to anyone who might be interested, or any combination of the above. We are open to submissions from all disciplines of the Humanities, Arts, or Social Sciences. Thanks!
GENERAL CFP
(dis)junctions 2009: Brave New Worlds
graduate student conference
University of California, Riverside
April 3-4, 2009
For (dis)junctions 2009, we are seeking papers that explore the construction and definition of "the world," in all its various permutations. Papers may address topics such as imperialism, postcolonialism, travel narratives, medieval mappae mundi and philosophy, creation narratives and mythology, science-fiction planet-building, fantasy literature, narrative representations of the natural or sociopolitical world, and/or questions of identity and self in relation to the ever-changing global landscape. We are interested in how the idea of "the world" crosses boundaries of space and time, as well as the ways in which diverse participants construct, and relate to, ever-changing conceptions of what "the world" entails. As always, (dis)junctions welcomes papers from all areas of the humanities, social sciences, and creative disciplines; participants may submit to a specific panel or in response to the general call for papers.
Abstracts of 250-300 words should be emailed to disjunctions09@gmail.com by February 27, 2009.
Specific panels (with chairperson contact info) include:
MEDIEVAL LITERATURE (Tom Schneider at thomas.schneider@email.ucr.edu)
RENAISSANCE LITERATURE (Kristin Noone at kristin.noone@email.ucr.edu)
MYTHOLOGY AND FOLKLORE (Kristin Noone at kristin.noone@email.ucr.edu)
LAW AND THE OUTLAW (Kristin Noone at kristin.noone@email.ucr.edu)
MAPPING MIDDLE-EARTH: TOLKIEN’S FANTASTIC GEOGRAPHY (Kristin Noone at kristin.noone@email.ucr.edu)
H.P. LOVECRAFT: THE HORROR OF IT ALL (David Bañuelos: banuelos.david@gmail.com)
WORLDS OF HORROR (David Bañuelos: banuelos.david@gmail.com)
THE WORLD OF THE DETECTIVE (Gretchen Bartels: g.bartels@gmail.com)
CRITICAL ASPECTS OF TV'S "LOST" (Gretchen Bartels: g.bartels@gmail.com)
RHETORIC AND COMPOSITION (Gretchen Bartels: g.bartels@gmail.com)
ENLIGHTENMENT PHILOSOPHY (Amanda Moreno: amore001@ucr.edu)
QUEER UTOPIAS AND DYSTOPIAS (Crystal Brownell: crystal.brownell@email.ucr.edu)
QUEER ASIAN AMERICA (Crystal Brownell: crystal.brownell@email.ucr.edu)
NEW CONVERSATIONS WITH AUDRE LORDE, GLORIA ANZALDUA, AND ADRIENNE RICH (Crystal Brownell: crystal.brownell@email.ucr.edu)
POETICS OF SPACE (Alan Lovegreen: alan.lovegreen@email.ucr.edu )
IDENTITY FORMATION IN 19th C. AMERICAN CULTURE (Alan Lovegreen: alan.lovegreen@email.ucr.edu)
MELVILLEAN MOVEMENTS (Alan Lovegreen: alan.lovegreen@email.ucr.edu )
THE ROGUE SEA (Alan Lovegreen: alan.lovegreen@email.ucr.edu )
GREEN POETICS (Alan Lovegreen: alan.lovegreen@email.ucr.edu )
MARK HELPRIN’S WORLDS (Susana Brower at susana.disj_at_yahoo.com)
ILLUSTRATING LITERARY WORLDS (Susana Brower at susana.disj_at_yahoo.com)
REVISITING LITERARY WORLDS: PREQUELS, SEQUELS, AND SPIN-OFFS (Susana Brower at susana.disj_at_yahoo.com)
FANTASY AND FANTASTIC LITERATURE (Susana Brower at susana.disj_at_yahoo.com)
AFFECTIVE INVESTMENTS/AFFECTIVE STRATEGIES: REPRESENTATIONS OF EMOTIONS IN 20TH- AND 21ST-CENTURY AMERICAN CULTURAL PRODUCTIONS (Nan Ma at nanma22@gmail.com )
DIGITAL WORLDS (Jennifer Kavetsky (jennifer.kavetsky@ucr.edu)
“SEPARATE SPHERES?” ROMANTIC WOMEN WRITING POLITICS (Rory Moore: rory.moore@email.ucr.edu )
THE BRONTË’S (Rory Moore: rory.moore@email.ucr.edu )
VICTORIAN GENDER CULTURE (Rory Moore: rory.moore@email.ucr.edu )
GENERAL CFP
(dis)junctions 2009: Brave New Worlds
graduate student conference
University of California, Riverside
April 3-4, 2009
For (dis)junctions 2009, we are seeking papers that explore the construction and definition of "the world," in all its various permutations. Papers may address topics such as imperialism, postcolonialism, travel narratives, medieval mappae mundi and philosophy, creation narratives and mythology, science-fiction planet-building, fantasy literature, narrative representations of the natural or sociopolitical world, and/or questions of identity and self in relation to the ever-changing global landscape. We are interested in how the idea of "the world" crosses boundaries of space and time, as well as the ways in which diverse participants construct, and relate to, ever-changing conceptions of what "the world" entails. As always, (dis)junctions welcomes papers from all areas of the humanities, social sciences, and creative disciplines; participants may submit to a specific panel or in response to the general call for papers.
Abstracts of 250-300 words should be emailed to disjunctions09@gmail.com by February 27, 2009.
Specific panels (with chairperson contact info) include:
MEDIEVAL LITERATURE (Tom Schneider at thomas.schneider@email.ucr.edu)
RENAISSANCE LITERATURE (Kristin Noone at kristin.noone@email.ucr.edu)
MYTHOLOGY AND FOLKLORE (Kristin Noone at kristin.noone@email.ucr.edu)
LAW AND THE OUTLAW (Kristin Noone at kristin.noone@email.ucr.edu)
MAPPING MIDDLE-EARTH: TOLKIEN’S FANTASTIC GEOGRAPHY (Kristin Noone at kristin.noone@email.ucr.edu)
H.P. LOVECRAFT: THE HORROR OF IT ALL (David Bañuelos: banuelos.david@gmail.com)
WORLDS OF HORROR (David Bañuelos: banuelos.david@gmail.com)
THE WORLD OF THE DETECTIVE (Gretchen Bartels: g.bartels@gmail.com)
CRITICAL ASPECTS OF TV'S "LOST" (Gretchen Bartels: g.bartels@gmail.com)
RHETORIC AND COMPOSITION (Gretchen Bartels: g.bartels@gmail.com)
ENLIGHTENMENT PHILOSOPHY (Amanda Moreno: amore001@ucr.edu)
QUEER UTOPIAS AND DYSTOPIAS (Crystal Brownell: crystal.brownell@email.ucr.edu)
QUEER ASIAN AMERICA (Crystal Brownell: crystal.brownell@email.ucr.edu)
NEW CONVERSATIONS WITH AUDRE LORDE, GLORIA ANZALDUA, AND ADRIENNE RICH (Crystal Brownell: crystal.brownell@email.ucr.edu)
POETICS OF SPACE (Alan Lovegreen: alan.lovegreen@email.ucr.edu )
IDENTITY FORMATION IN 19th C. AMERICAN CULTURE (Alan Lovegreen: alan.lovegreen@email.ucr.edu)
MELVILLEAN MOVEMENTS (Alan Lovegreen: alan.lovegreen@email.ucr.edu )
THE ROGUE SEA (Alan Lovegreen: alan.lovegreen@email.ucr.edu )
GREEN POETICS (Alan Lovegreen: alan.lovegreen@email.ucr.edu )
MARK HELPRIN’S WORLDS (Susana Brower at susana.disj_at_yahoo.com)
ILLUSTRATING LITERARY WORLDS (Susana Brower at susana.disj_at_yahoo.com)
REVISITING LITERARY WORLDS: PREQUELS, SEQUELS, AND SPIN-OFFS (Susana Brower at susana.disj_at_yahoo.com)
FANTASY AND FANTASTIC LITERATURE (Susana Brower at susana.disj_at_yahoo.com)
AFFECTIVE INVESTMENTS/AFFECTIVE STRATEGIES: REPRESENTATIONS OF EMOTIONS IN 20TH- AND 21ST-CENTURY AMERICAN CULTURAL PRODUCTIONS (Nan Ma at nanma22@gmail.com )
DIGITAL WORLDS (Jennifer Kavetsky (jennifer.kavetsky@ucr.edu)
“SEPARATE SPHERES?” ROMANTIC WOMEN WRITING POLITICS (Rory Moore: rory.moore@email.ucr.edu )
THE BRONTË’S (Rory Moore: rory.moore@email.ucr.edu )
VICTORIAN GENDER CULTURE (Rory Moore: rory.moore@email.ucr.edu )