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Call for Papers: CAAS Conference Nov 13-15, 2009 Theme: States of Emergency: Crisis, Panic and the Nation
| Location: | Ontario, Canada |
| Call for Papers Deadline: | 2009-03-31 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2009-01-12 |
| Announcement ID: |
166210 |
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States of Emergency: Crisis, Panic and the Nation. An Interdisciplinary Conference sponsored by the Canadian Association of American Studies and the Centre for American Studies, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario. November 13-15, 2009. This three-day-multi-disciplinary conference encourages attendees to construe this theme broadly. Possible approaches to this theme might include: Broadcasting Crisis, Creating Crisis, Celebrity Emergency, Civil Liberties During Crisis, The Political Life of Emergency, The State of Triage, The Crisis of Privacy, Emerging Crisis, Crisis and Leviathan, From Anxiety to Panic, Becoming Unidisturbed, Emergency Exit, Emergency Powers, Emergency Management, Rational Panic, Call 9/11. Case studies of specific crises and emergencies from American cultural, social and political history are welcome, but participants are encouraged to think broadly and creatively about the meaning of "emergency" itself. We invite scholars from the broad spectrum of American studies disciplines, including, but by no means limited to history, political science, sociology, anthropology, First Nations/native-American studies, gender studies, gay/lesbian studies, literary studies, media studies, film studies, and art history and practice. The conference organizers invite individual abstracts of 250 words or less, and a brief CV, by March 31, 2009. Complete panels on a topic are also welcome.
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Bryce Traister, CAAS Program Director
Centre for American Studies
The University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario
Canada
N6A 5C2
Email: traister@uwo.ca
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