Since the Iraq war of 2003, relations between France and the U.S. have entered another turbulent phase, making this a timely moment in which to re-assess the Cold War period in the light of recent and current research. How far were post-war relations between France and the U.S. a product of circumstances peculiar to the Cold War? To what extent were they rooted in a more deep-seated clash between national cultures and polities? What are the enduring legacies of French and American thinkers, artists and politicians active during the Cold War period? Do central threads of that period now appear as so many dead ends? How far can the transnational ideological battles at the heart of the Cold War help illuminate the state of Franco-American relations amid today’s global “war on terrorism”? These issues will be explored in an international conference hosted by Florida State University’s Winthrop-King Institute for Contemporary French and Francophone Studies in Spring 2005. Submissions are invited in any discipline relevant to the subject. Proposals may come from individuals or from a group wishing to make a panel presentation.

Possible topics include

• Nationalism and Internationalism in France and the United States
• Anti-Americanism and Francophobia
• Communism and Anti-communism
• Intellectuals and “Alternative Leftisms”
• French and American Feminisms: Dialogues and Debates
• French and American Models of Racism and Anti-Racism
• The Fall of French Colonialism and the Rise of American Hegemony
• Writers in Exile: Paris/New York
• The Nouveau Roman and the Literary Marketplace
• Marketing Contemporary American Literature in France
• Consumerism, American Popular Culture and the Mass Media in France
• Cinematic Exchanges: Hollywood and Nouvelle Vague
• Jazz in America and France
• American Painting in Postwar France
• New Media: Pop Art & Nouveau Realism
• Oulipo and American Literature
• Nouvelle Cuisine and the American Image (Male/Female)
• Deconstruction: American and French Views

These are indicative topics, and the list is not restrictive. Standard panels will normally consist of three papers. Proposals are welcomed for individual papers, whole panels or non-standard types of session on any topic relevant to the overall conference theme. Presentations will be selected for inclusion in the conference program on the basis of merit.

All submissions must contain the following information for all proposed speakers:

• Name
• Affiliation
• E-mail address
• Mailing address, phone and fax number
• Title of paper or presentation
• Brief description/summary of paper or presentation (250-500 words)

Proposers of panels and other sessions must provide the above information for each paper, together with their own contact details and a brief description/summary (250-500 words) of the overall rationale for the proposed panel or session.