Constructing Knowledge: Building a Graduate Network

A Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Conference

October 26, 27, 2007
Rutgers University

As graduate students we work in a liminal space of knowledge, constantly working with ideas on the cusp of various paradigms and bringing together disparate fields. We are constantly constructing knowledge. The aim of this two day conference is primarily to promote interdisciplinary collaboration and find commonalities among our work and interests. As we look forward to panels and presentations from a wide range of disciplines, we will consider abstracts on any topic. To ensure cohesiveness within sessions, however, we would especially like to target panels and papers that center on:
culture/media/ideology/boundaries/knowledge/inequalities/ power/science/memory/time/politics/technology/media/
social movements/identities/labor/globalization/consumerism/
spatialities/mobilities

James M. Jasper will give the plenary address, “Strategy and Rhetoric in Social Research”, on the 26th at 7:00 in Vorhees Hall adjacent to the Zimmerili Art Museum. Dr. Jasper is an independent scholar, editor of Contexts, and the author of several books, including most recently Getting Your Way: Strategic Dilemmas in the Real World. He has taught at Berkeley, Princeton, Columbia, NYU, and the New School.

How to submit an abstract:

Please email abstracts (approximately 250 words) and contact information to daina cheyenne harvey at dharvey@rutgers.edu by May 2, 2007. Please do not send attachments. Participants will be notified of acceptance by July 1, 2007. Participants must provide a full paper by September 1, 2007. Failure to provide a paper by the deadline will result in removal from the program. Papers should be no more than twenty pages (excluding notes and references).

Please Note: Rutgers University and our other sponsors cannot, unfortunately, cover the cost of traveling or accommodation. Any person submitting an abstract should consider that they (or their department) are responsible for covering their expenses. A few presenters may be able to arrange to stay with conference organizers