CFP: Univ. of Illinois, Chicago Immigration, Transnationalism, Diaspora: Issues for Asian/AmericanCommunities

Call for Papers or Panel Proposals - University of Illinois at Chicago

*Immigration, Transnationalism, Diaspora: Issues for Asian/AmericanCommunities
* March 16-17, 2007

A National Conference by the UIC chapter of Asian Pacific American Graduate Students Organization

*Submission Deadline: November 3, 2006

* Building on the success of the 1st APAGSO conference held at University ofIllinois at Urbana-Champaign, the 2nd conference will be held at Universityof Illinois at Chicago. For this conference, we invite papers and panel proposals from across thedifferent disciplines in arts, humanities, social sciences and sciences toengage with issues of immigration, transnationalism, and diaspora and theirrelevance for Asian/American communities. The conference especiallyencourages papers that adopt comparative or interdisciplinary approaches. Wewant to explore how the modalities of immigration, transnationalism anddiaspora can be productively engaged with precisely throughinterdisciplinary and comparative means. How are traditional ways ofunderstanding Asian/American immigration, transnationalism, and diasporabeing reimagined in diverse disciplines? What are the emerging contours ofAsian/America at the conjuncture of these issues? This conference hopes tobe a venue where faculty and graduate students can address Asian/Americanscholarship across disciplinary and methodological boundaries. We welcome paper or panel proposals by graduate students at any stage oftheir research and in any discipline. The proposal should include anassessment of where this scholarship fits within the current literature ofthe chosen field and how the work contributes to and/or expands theknowledge of Asian/American experiences.

*Paper Submissions* should include (1) contact information (including university, year in school, address, telephone number, fax number, ande-mail address); (2) a 250 word abstract; and (3) a curriculum vitae and abrief biography for each presenter.

*Panel Proposals* should include (1) a cover sheet with contact information for the chair and each panelist (including university, year in school,address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address); (2) a one-pagerationale explaining the relevance of the panel to the theme of theconference; (3) a one-page abstract for each proposed paper; and (4) acurriculum vitae and a brief biography for each presenter.

*Submission Guidelines: *Please submit individual paper proposals or full panel proposals via e-mailattachment by November 3, 2006 to apagsocfp_at_uic.edu with the subjectline,"APAGSO Conference Submission."Attachments should be in word, pdf, or rtf formats.Submissions should be *one* document (i.e. include all required informationin one attached document).

Submissions may fall under the purview of the following disciplines/subject fields. This list is not exhaustive: - Asian American Studies - Critical Race Theory - English - History - Sociology - Anthropology - Public Health - Medicine - Psychology - Education - Urban Studies - Gender Studies - Comparative Literature - African American Studies - Latino Studies - Postcolonial Literature - Art History

Limited support for graduate student travel to attend the conference may beavailable. For more information, contact apagsocfp@uic.edu