"Trans-National, National, and Regional Cultures in an
International Age"
ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE GREAT LAKES AMERICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION
March 7-8, 1997
Indiana Memorial Union
Indiana University -- Bloomington, Indiana
DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS IS OCTOBER 15, 1996
The ongoing migration of ideas, images, artifacts, capital, and
people across national boundaries has led many scholars to
question the viability of studying national cultures in
isolation. At the same time, a renewed attention to local
traditions and the particular experiences of social groups has
challenged homogenized notions of national identity. The March
1997 conference of the Great Lakes American Studies Association
will give special attention to interdisciplinary scholarship that
reconsiders the relationship between trans-national, national,
and regional cultures in light of these developments. The GLASA
program committee invites proposals for individual papers,
panels, presentations, and performances that shed light on the
shifting meanings of trans-nationalism, nationalism, and
regionalism through time and across space. The committee
welcomes proposals from scholars in all fields of American
Studies and strongly encourages the participation of graduate
students and Americanists working outside of the United States.
The GLASA conference program commitee invites proposals for
sessions, individual papers, presentations, and performances on
topics including (but not limited to) the following:
--"American Studies: From 'National Character' to 'Borderlands'"
--"Should American Studies Survive in an International Age?"
--"American Studies, Ethnic Studies, and Cultural Studies: A
Conversation"
--"Teaching American Studies from an International Perspective"
--"Training Graduate Students for an International American
Studies"
--"Building Scholarly Communities across National Boundaries"
--"Trans-nationalism, Cosmopolitanism, and Cultural Pluralism"
--"The Politics of National Culture"
--"The Rise and Fall of American Nationalist Culture"
--"Imperialism and American Culture"
--"Post-Colonial Perspectives on the United States"
--"Public Culture After Nationalism"
--"Public Art and Public Space in a Trans-national Age"
--"Cultural Hierarchy and the Contest for National Stature"
--"The Media after NAFTA"
--"Labor and Environmentalism after NAFTA"
--"Populism, Right and Left, in the New World Order"
--"The Great Lakes as an International Region"
--"Canadian Perspectives on American Studies"
--"The Great Lakes in the Age of NAFTA and Deindustrialization"
--"Great Lakes Cities as Regional, National, and International
Cultural Centers"
--"The Ohio River Valley and American Regionalism"
--"The Literature of the Region: 'Local Color', Travel
Narratives, and
Regional Movements"
--"Gendered Notions of National Culture"
--"The Sites of Identity Formation: Trans-national, National,
and Regional"
--"Race and the Construction of Trans-national, National, and
Regional Identities"
--"Boundary-crossing and Migration Narratives"
--"Social Movements across Borders"
SEND THREE COPIES OF PROPOSALS BY OCTOBER 15, 1996 TO:
Professor Sherry Linkon
Coordinator
American Studies Program
Youngstown State University
Youngstown, OH 44555-3415
FAX: (330) 742-2304
--FOR INDIVIDUAL PAPERS, PRESENTATIONS, OR PERFORMANCES: Send
three copies of a one-page abstract and a short vita (no more
than 2pp.).
--FOR SESSIONS: Send three copies of a one-page abstract and a
short vita (no more than 2 pp.) for each participant, as well as
a one-paragraph description of the session's theme with a name
and address for the session coordinator.
--Please specify your audio-visual needs (slide projector, VCR,
etc.).
If you have questions about the Conference, please contact:
Professor Sherry Linkon
Coordinator
American Studies Program
Youngstown State University
Youngstown, OH 44555-3415
FAX: (330) 742-2304
(330) 742-1951
e-mail: "sjlinkon@cc.ysu.edu"
or
Professor Casey Blake
Director
American Studies Program
Indiana University
Ballantine Hall 521
Bloomington, IN 47405-6601
FAX: (812) 855-0001
(812) 855-7748
e-mail: "blake@indiana.edu"
You can visit the GLASA web site at:
http://omni.cc.purdue.edu/~rjcs/glasa/