DEADLINE EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 10, 2007.
CALL FOR PAPERS
2007 Oral History Association Annual Meeting
October 24-28, 2007
Marriott Oakland City Center
Oakland , California
"The Revolutionary Ideal: Transforming
Community through Oral History"
The Oral History Association invites proposals for papers and presentations
for its 2007 annual meeting to be held October 24-28, 2007 at the Marriott
Oakland City Center in Oakland, California.
As always, the Program Committee of the OHA welcomes proposals for
presentations on a variety of topics. However, in keeping with this year's
theme, "The Revolutionary Ideal: Transforming Community through Oral
History," the 2007 Annual Meeting will concentrate on the revolution in
oral history as it relates to social and political change, community
survival and changes in technology.
Oakland is a symbolic center of revolutionary thought and action, and the
committee is especially interested in realizing how "revolutions," both
large and small, have an impact on society and community. The Association
is seeking presentations which deal with social and economic justice,
environmentalism, Black Power, civil rights, gender and
gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender peoples, migrant and immigrant
communities, peoples with disability and independent living, and regional,
Pacific and Western histories.
Communities have transformed rapidly over the years and the topics
generated by such change will be explored at the conference. Proposals that
deal with issues such as gentrification, urban renewal, community health,
globalization and local empowerment are strongly encouraged. Technological
changes will be another major component of the conference and topics such
as digitization, consumption of oral history, community archiving
practices, and the democratization of knowledge will be presented. Oral
history projects that deal with specific revolutions such as the Chinese
Revolution and the Sexual Revolution will also play a focal point in the
conference.
Regional historians and students of the Bay Area, California, the Pacific
Northwest and Canadian history are encouraged to submit proposals. In
addition to those whose work concerns international topics, the committee
invites proposals for presentations that reflect on the "revolutionary"
process of oral history and the role of technology and theory in its
practice. A variety of formats and presentation methods are welcome,
including traditional panels with chair and discussant, workshops, and
poster sessions, as well as media and performance-oriented sessions.
At the conference, we also look forward towards helping to create a
community which can continue revolutionizing the field of oral history
after participants have left Oakland.
Proposal format: submit five copies of the proposal. For full sessions,
submit a title, a session abstract of not more than two pages, and a
one-page vita or resume for each participant. For individual proposals,
submit a one-page abstract and a one-page vita or resume of the presenter.
Each submission must be accompanied by a cover sheet, which can be printed
from the OHA Web site: www.dickinson.edu/oha. Click here for COVER
SHEET:
Proposals should be postmarked by January 15, 2007. They may be submitted
by mail or fax. E-mail attachment will also be accepted, but must include
the "cover sheet" in electronic form and must be one complete document in
Microsoft WORD format. Should you not receive email confirmation by
February 5th, please contact the OHA office.
Submit proposal directly to the OHA office at the address below.
Queries may be directed to:
Mehmed Ali, First Vice President
mehmed_ali@nps.gov
978-275-1826
Horacio N. Roque Ramirez, Program Co-Chair
roqueramirez@chicst.ucsb.edu
626-354-1808
Norma Smith, Program Co-chair
nsmith@igc.org
510-465-2094
Proposals should be sent by February 10, 2007 to:
Madelyn Campbell
Oral History Association
Dickinson College
P. O. Box 1773
Carlisle , Pennsylvania 17013
Telephone: 717-245-1036
Fax: 717-245-1046
For courier service add: Holland Union Building , College and Louther
Streets
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
CFP: 2007 Oral History Assoc. Annual Meeting
CFP: PSi #13, NYU
PSi #13 Happening/Performance/Event
8th – 11th November 2007
PSi #13, Happening/Performance/Event will look to both performance studies’ history and futurity. The invocation of Happening harkens to the performance practices that emerged from the late 1950’s. That mode of Avante-Garde performance and the critical approach developed by Michael Kirby for describing it are key sites for the origins of Performance Studies. The event has been theorized as an occurrence that is ultimately an interruption that represents the not-yet-imagined new. This conference seeks papers, panels, and performances that consider the happening and the event, and their key relationship to the field of performance studies.
Proposals might include:
- The relationship between performance and futurity.
- The new that performance promises:
- new technologies
- new political strategies
- new understanding of self, other, race, gender, sex, ability
- New forms of performance that serve as an interruption in the continuum of the present.
- The history of researching the new that Performance Studies has always undertaken.
- The history and future of the happening.
- Performance and performance studies as interdisciplinary rubrics to consider events that generate possibilities to understand the new.
- Performances of great magnitude and the everyday.
- Theories of eventhood in performance, art and cultural theory.
- Questions of the relation between performance and visual art, dance and performance in everyday life.
- The relationship between the body and the event, the body and a happening.
The conference will be staged in the middle of
Paper and presentation proposals:
Proposals for papers and presentations should include a 250-word abstract including your name, affiliation, mailing address, and email address. In addition, please indicate, in advance, what your spatial and technical (including details such as formats and regions of media, laptop set up, etc.) Full-length papers will not be accepted.
Panel proposals:
All panel proposals should include a 300-word rationale. If you have constituted the members of your panel (usually three speakers), you should include participants' names and contact information.
Proposals should be sent to psinternational13@nyu.edu and are due no later than
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
GSADC Position
Call for Applications and Information Session for the –
Graduate Student Assistant to the Dean and to the Chancellor (GSADC) Position
Join Dean of Graduate Studies, Jeffery Gibeling, and current GSADC, Kara Thompson, for an information session on
Thursday, Feb. 15th
12:10-1pm
63 Mrak
As a key leadership position, the Graduate Student Assistant to the Dean of Graduate Studies and to the Chancellor (GSADC) is the campus graduate student representative serving as an advocate and voice for graduate student concerns, needs and perspectives. In addition to his or her work with the Chancellor, the Dean of Graduate Studies, the Graduate Council and other campus administrators, the GSADC meets with graduate students, the Graduate Student Associations (GSA) and other graduate student groups and organizations. This position provides a unique opportunity to serve and represent the campus’ graduate student community.
Additional Benefits Include:
A GSR Appointment
- The GSADC position is a 13-month appointment, starting September 1, 2007 through October 1, 2008.
- This is a GSR position with a pay rate of 50% and full fee remission during the position’s tenure.
A Dissertation Year Fellowship
- The year following service as the GSADC, the student will receive a dissertation year fellowship.
- Tenure of the fellowship begins October 1, 2008 and will continue for nine months. The fellowship includes a $20,000 living allowance, in-state fees, a $500 research allowance, and a $500 travel allowance.
Qualifications
All registered doctoral students in good standing making progress towards the degree are eligible to apply. Applicants must be advanced to candidacy at UC Davis by the start date, September 1, 2007. Qualifications include:
* A desire to serve as an advocate and liaison for graduate students
* Knowledge of the campus and the needs of graduate students
* Ability to respond to critical issues by mediating conflicts and managing conflict situations
* Ability to plan and coordinate events
* Demonstrated communication skills, self-motivation, and the ability to work well with a variety of people
* Demonstrated commitment to leadership and service
Application Procedure
To apply, submit a letter of intent, C.V., two letters of recommendation (one from your Major Professor and one from your Graduate Adviser); and a copy of your transcripts (an unofficial copy is acceptable).
Please return completed applications to Yvonne Wais, Executive Assistant to the Dean, Office of Graduate Studies, by 5pm March 2, 2007.
For more information, please visit http://www.gradstudies.ucdavis.edu/about/gsadcinfo.html or contact Kara Thompson, gradassistant@ucdavis.edu the current Graduate Student Assistant to the Dean of Graduate Studies and to the Chancellor.
Kara Thompson
Graduate Student Assistant to the Dean of Graduate Studies and to the Chancellor
Office of Graduate Studies
250 Mrak Hall
gradassistant@ucdavis.edu
(530) 752-4090 (tel)
(530) 752-6222 (fax)
http://gradstudies.ucdavis.edu
Graduate Student Assistant to the Dean and to the Chancellor (GSADC) Position
Join Dean of Graduate Studies, Jeffery Gibeling, and current GSADC, Kara Thompson, for an information session on
Thursday, Feb. 15th
12:10-1pm
63 Mrak
As a key leadership position, the Graduate Student Assistant to the Dean of Graduate Studies and to the Chancellor (GSADC) is the campus graduate student representative serving as an advocate and voice for graduate student concerns, needs and perspectives. In addition to his or her work with the Chancellor, the Dean of Graduate Studies, the Graduate Council and other campus administrators, the GSADC meets with graduate students, the Graduate Student Associations (GSA) and other graduate student groups and organizations. This position provides a unique opportunity to serve and represent the campus’ graduate student community.
Additional Benefits Include:
A GSR Appointment
- The GSADC position is a 13-month appointment, starting September 1, 2007 through October 1, 2008.
- This is a GSR position with a pay rate of 50% and full fee remission during the position’s tenure.
A Dissertation Year Fellowship
- The year following service as the GSADC, the student will receive a dissertation year fellowship.
- Tenure of the fellowship begins October 1, 2008 and will continue for nine months. The fellowship includes a $20,000 living allowance, in-state fees, a $500 research allowance, and a $500 travel allowance.
Qualifications
All registered doctoral students in good standing making progress towards the degree are eligible to apply. Applicants must be advanced to candidacy at UC Davis by the start date, September 1, 2007. Qualifications include:
* A desire to serve as an advocate and liaison for graduate students
* Knowledge of the campus and the needs of graduate students
* Ability to respond to critical issues by mediating conflicts and managing conflict situations
* Ability to plan and coordinate events
* Demonstrated communication skills, self-motivation, and the ability to work well with a variety of people
* Demonstrated commitment to leadership and service
Application Procedure
To apply, submit a letter of intent, C.V., two letters of recommendation (one from your Major Professor and one from your Graduate Adviser); and a copy of your transcripts (an unofficial copy is acceptable).
Please return completed applications to Yvonne Wais, Executive Assistant to the Dean, Office of Graduate Studies, by 5pm March 2, 2007.
For more information, please visit http://www.gradstudies.ucdavis.edu/about/gsadcinfo.html or contact Kara Thompson, gradassistant@ucdavis.edu the current Graduate Student Assistant to the Dean of Graduate Studies and to the Chancellor.
Kara Thompson
Graduate Student Assistant to the Dean of Graduate Studies and to the Chancellor
Office of Graduate Studies
250 Mrak Hall
gradassistant@ucdavis.edu
(530) 752-4090 (tel)
(530) 752-6222 (fax)
http://gradstudies.ucdavis.edu
Postdoc Fellowship: Bentley College
Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Arts & Sciences Bentley College
The Center for the Arts and Sciences at Bentley College, a business-focused private university in greater Boston offering BS, BA, MS, MBA, and PhD degrees, is pleased to announce a new Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Arts and Sciences for academic year 2007-08. Recent PhDs in the humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the natural sciences are invited to apply.
Theme
The fellowship will allow emerging scholars to complete work on a project related to the center's annual theme and to engage in intellectual exchange with Bentley faculty and students. The theme for 2007-2008, Equalities and Inequalities, is described in detail below. The Center encourages interdisciplinary projects and in particular work that connects the arts and sciences to business disciplines.
Terms
Candidates must have the doctorate in hand at the time the fellowship begins and may not have received their doctoral degree earlier than September 2004. The fellow will receive a total stipend of $40,000 (the NEH rate) for the nine-month residency as well as health insurance, office space, and borrowing privileges at Bentley College as well as at research libraries in the Boston area, as needed. The fellow will meet regularly with Bentley faculty fellows, present her work in a working seminar series, and offer one undergraduate seminar, either in the fall or spring. The fellow must be in residence at Bentley and may not be employed during the fellowship period.
Application Materials
A completed application will include six hard copies of all of the following:
1. A curriculum vitae;
2. A project title and one-page abstract of the research and writing you will undertake as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Arts and Sciences at Bentley College;
3. A detailed statement of the research or writing that you will complete as a fellow. The statement should show the project's objectives, significance, methodology, and relation to the Center's theme. The statement may not exceed ten double-spaced pages, but can include a bibliography;
4. An article- or chapter-length writing sample, either published or in manuscript;
5. A brief statement of teaching interests and one-page descriptions of at least two seminars closely tied to your research that would be of interest to Bentley undergraduates;
6. Two letters of recommendation.
All materials, including recommendation letters, should be postmarked no later than March 1, 2007.
All materials should be sent to:
Center for the Arts and Sciences
245 Adamian
Bentley College
Waltham, MA 02452
We cannot accept materials that are faxed or emailed, nor can application materials be returned. Incomplete or late applications will not be considered. Awards will be announced in April 2007.
2007-2008 Theme: Equalities and Inequalities
The theme of this year's fellowship competition, Equalities and Inequalities, addresses the issue of equality, broadly construed. The successful applicant's research interests may be applied or theoretical. He or she may be investigating concrete historical, social, economic, scientific, quantitative or political phenomena, either within the United States or in a global context. Alternatively, the applicant may be interested in the notion of equality from a theoretical perspective. He or she may be pursuing a conceptual analysis rooted in philosophy, economics, political theory, religion, law, or the natural sciences, rather than an empirical study. Applicants may be at work in any discipline in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and mathematics.
Examples of research topics related to the annual theme could include (for illustrative purposes only):
. Changes in federal policies addressing income inequality in the United States since the War on Poverty
. The rise of political movements explicitly opposed to affirmative action and gay marriage
. Implications of the Human Genome Project for biological conceptions of human equality
. Public perceptions of the meaning of equality in former socialist countries of Eastern Europe
. Political unrest related to growing income differentials in rural China
. Quantitative analysis of living standards before and after adoption of structural adjustment programs in Latin America
. Meaning of John Rawls' conception of equality in non-Western contexts
For terms of the fellowship and application procedure, please refer to the full announcement above.
The Center for the Arts and Sciences at Bentley College, a business-focused private university in greater Boston offering BS, BA, MS, MBA, and PhD degrees, is pleased to announce a new Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Arts and Sciences for academic year 2007-08. Recent PhDs in the humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the natural sciences are invited to apply.
Theme
The fellowship will allow emerging scholars to complete work on a project related to the center's annual theme and to engage in intellectual exchange with Bentley faculty and students. The theme for 2007-2008, Equalities and Inequalities, is described in detail below. The Center encourages interdisciplinary projects and in particular work that connects the arts and sciences to business disciplines.
Terms
Candidates must have the doctorate in hand at the time the fellowship begins and may not have received their doctoral degree earlier than September 2004. The fellow will receive a total stipend of $40,000 (the NEH rate) for the nine-month residency as well as health insurance, office space, and borrowing privileges at Bentley College as well as at research libraries in the Boston area, as needed. The fellow will meet regularly with Bentley faculty fellows, present her work in a working seminar series, and offer one undergraduate seminar, either in the fall or spring. The fellow must be in residence at Bentley and may not be employed during the fellowship period.
Application Materials
A completed application will include six hard copies of all of the following:
1. A curriculum vitae;
2. A project title and one-page abstract of the research and writing you will undertake as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Arts and Sciences at Bentley College;
3. A detailed statement of the research or writing that you will complete as a fellow. The statement should show the project's objectives, significance, methodology, and relation to the Center's theme. The statement may not exceed ten double-spaced pages, but can include a bibliography;
4. An article- or chapter-length writing sample, either published or in manuscript;
5. A brief statement of teaching interests and one-page descriptions of at least two seminars closely tied to your research that would be of interest to Bentley undergraduates;
6. Two letters of recommendation.
All materials, including recommendation letters, should be postmarked no later than March 1, 2007.
All materials should be sent to:
Center for the Arts and Sciences
245 Adamian
Bentley College
Waltham, MA 02452
We cannot accept materials that are faxed or emailed, nor can application materials be returned. Incomplete or late applications will not be considered. Awards will be announced in April 2007.
2007-2008 Theme: Equalities and Inequalities
The theme of this year's fellowship competition, Equalities and Inequalities, addresses the issue of equality, broadly construed. The successful applicant's research interests may be applied or theoretical. He or she may be investigating concrete historical, social, economic, scientific, quantitative or political phenomena, either within the United States or in a global context. Alternatively, the applicant may be interested in the notion of equality from a theoretical perspective. He or she may be pursuing a conceptual analysis rooted in philosophy, economics, political theory, religion, law, or the natural sciences, rather than an empirical study. Applicants may be at work in any discipline in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and mathematics.
Examples of research topics related to the annual theme could include (for illustrative purposes only):
. Changes in federal policies addressing income inequality in the United States since the War on Poverty
. The rise of political movements explicitly opposed to affirmative action and gay marriage
. Implications of the Human Genome Project for biological conceptions of human equality
. Public perceptions of the meaning of equality in former socialist countries of Eastern Europe
. Political unrest related to growing income differentials in rural China
. Quantitative analysis of living standards before and after adoption of structural adjustment programs in Latin America
. Meaning of John Rawls' conception of equality in non-Western contexts
For terms of the fellowship and application procedure, please refer to the full announcement above.
Monday, January 29, 2007
David Henry Hwang at Stanford
[Thanks to Sumer for this info.]
David Henry Hwang is coming to Stanford to workshop his latest play "Yellow Face." There's a reception for him on Feb. 9 (Friday) 7-9pm. It's free as far as I can tell.
http://www.stanfordalumni.org/event.html?davidhenryhwang
The Public Theater at Stanford:
Yellow Face
Campus Residency with Playwright David Henry Hwang, '79
February 8 – 16
All events are free and open to the public.
Seating is extremely limited, on a first come, first served basis. Information and updates:
650-736-9017
Stanford inaugurates a new partnership with New York’s Public Theater this February when Tony Award-winning playwright and Stanford alumnus David Henry Hwang, ’79, workshops his new play Yellow Face during a week-long campus residency. The residency includes a series of discussions, masterclasses, and open rehearsals, culminating in staged readings of Yellow Face with actors from the Public Theater and director Leigh Silverman. Yellow Face is a fast-paced and energetic new play that melds fiction with real-life events in an exploration of cultural identity and racial politics in America.
STAGED READINGS: Yellow Face
February 12, 15 and 16, 8:00 PM
Roble Studio Theater, Roble Gym
DISCUSSION: "Creative Works, Creating Change"
Oskar Eustis, David Henry Hwang, Stan Lai
Institute for Diversity in the Arts Visiting Artists Lecture Series
February 15, 12:00 PM
Pigott Theater, Memorial Hall
CFP: CHSC Dissertation Workshop
The 9th annual CHSC dissertation workshop will bring together a group of approximately 10 graduate students and 5 faculty from diverse UC Davis graduate programs in the Social Sciences and Humanities. We plan to participate in a weekend of intensive discussions concerning students' individual dissertation projects and the shared issues they generate. The 5 themes that will be considered include:
Bodies and Borders
Wars
States and Globalization
Identity Processes
Markets and Institutions
Modernities: Past, Present and Future
Given the anticipated intellectual and disciplinary diversity, the workshop will challenge participants studying substantively different issues to articulate how and why we are approaching our research as we do. It will provide the space to explore and compare different perspectives on research topics, study designs, and methods. Thematic issues will emerge from the interplay of the various projects represented in the workshop. These issues may include philosophical underpinnings of research, relevant literature in and beyond students' research fields, and strategies for maximizing the contribution of dissertations to advancing knowledge. We are also planning to consider methodological approaches across different disciplines, questions of case selection, data collection, analysis, interpretation, and validity; ethical and practical issues involved in dissertation research and its funding, matters of representation and voice, including self-representation; and the moral and political implications of research. Finally, we hope to explore questions about how dissertations take shape and change in form and focus over the course of research and writing, and the transition from Ph.D dissertation to subsequent research and publication.
We seek to involve participants utilizing various types of research materials literary, ethnographic, archival, quantitative, visual, etc. and working in a wide variety of locations and over a range of time periods. The goal is to sharpen the foci, methodologies, and analyses of individual research projects and, at the same time, to facilitate and accelerate their completion, by creating a critical yet collegial workshop community among participants.
Structure: The workshop will begin at 3pm on Friday, May 11, and conclude with lunch on Sunday May 13, in the serene venue of the Westerbeke Ranch, located in the hills outside Sonoma. Details of organization will be provided to participants once they have been selected. The costs of workshop related travel, meals, and accommodations will be fully funded by CHSC.
Application procedure: All UC Davis dissertation students in the humanities and social sciences are eligible to apply. Applicants may be at any stage of their dissertation projects, so long as they have completed a dissertation prospectus or grant proposal for it. The selection process consists of two stages:
Stage 1, letter of interest: To be considered for workshop participation, please send a one page letter of interest, describing your dissertation topic and stage of research, along with a brief C.V. The letter and C.V. should be sent via email to mlstewart@ucdavis.edu by February 23, 2007.
Stage 2, application: On the basis of reviewing letters of interest, the CHSC faculty workshop committee will ask a select number of students to submit full workshop applications, to be provided by March 23, 2007. Applications are to include three items to Dissertation Workshop Program, UC Davis Center for History, Society, and Culture, 5211 Social Science/Humanities Building, UCD:
• a 5-10 page prospectus for the dissertation or grant proposal for dissertation funding
• a writing sample of up to 10 pages no longer preferably from a draft of the dissertation (or alternatively, an earlier related piece of writing) dealing with the dissertation's central themes or debates
• a brief C.V.
Participants will be selected on the basis of their submitted materials, the potential for useful exchanges among them, and a concern to include a wide range of disciplinary perspectives, intellectual traditions, and world areas. Applicants will be informed whether or not they have been selected for the Workshop by April 3, 2006.
For further information contact:
Marisol de la Cadena
530-752-1638
mdelac@ucdavis.edu
Or
Michelle Stewart
mlstewart@ucdavis.edu
Bodies and Borders
Wars
States and Globalization
Identity Processes
Markets and Institutions
Modernities: Past, Present and Future
Given the anticipated intellectual and disciplinary diversity, the workshop will challenge participants studying substantively different issues to articulate how and why we are approaching our research as we do. It will provide the space to explore and compare different perspectives on research topics, study designs, and methods. Thematic issues will emerge from the interplay of the various projects represented in the workshop. These issues may include philosophical underpinnings of research, relevant literature in and beyond students' research fields, and strategies for maximizing the contribution of dissertations to advancing knowledge. We are also planning to consider methodological approaches across different disciplines, questions of case selection, data collection, analysis, interpretation, and validity; ethical and practical issues involved in dissertation research and its funding, matters of representation and voice, including self-representation; and the moral and political implications of research. Finally, we hope to explore questions about how dissertations take shape and change in form and focus over the course of research and writing, and the transition from Ph.D dissertation to subsequent research and publication.
We seek to involve participants utilizing various types of research materials literary, ethnographic, archival, quantitative, visual, etc. and working in a wide variety of locations and over a range of time periods. The goal is to sharpen the foci, methodologies, and analyses of individual research projects and, at the same time, to facilitate and accelerate their completion, by creating a critical yet collegial workshop community among participants.
Structure: The workshop will begin at 3pm on Friday, May 11, and conclude with lunch on Sunday May 13, in the serene venue of the Westerbeke Ranch, located in the hills outside Sonoma. Details of organization will be provided to participants once they have been selected. The costs of workshop related travel, meals, and accommodations will be fully funded by CHSC.
Application procedure: All UC Davis dissertation students in the humanities and social sciences are eligible to apply. Applicants may be at any stage of their dissertation projects, so long as they have completed a dissertation prospectus or grant proposal for it. The selection process consists of two stages:
Stage 1, letter of interest: To be considered for workshop participation, please send a one page letter of interest, describing your dissertation topic and stage of research, along with a brief C.V. The letter and C.V. should be sent via email to mlstewart@ucdavis.edu by February 23, 2007.
Stage 2, application: On the basis of reviewing letters of interest, the CHSC faculty workshop committee will ask a select number of students to submit full workshop applications, to be provided by March 23, 2007. Applications are to include three items to Dissertation Workshop Program, UC Davis Center for History, Society, and Culture, 5211 Social Science/Humanities Building, UCD:
• a 5-10 page prospectus for the dissertation or grant proposal for dissertation funding
• a writing sample of up to 10 pages no longer preferably from a draft of the dissertation (or alternatively, an earlier related piece of writing) dealing with the dissertation's central themes or debates
• a brief C.V.
Participants will be selected on the basis of their submitted materials, the potential for useful exchanges among them, and a concern to include a wide range of disciplinary perspectives, intellectual traditions, and world areas. Applicants will be informed whether or not they have been selected for the Workshop by April 3, 2006.
For further information contact:
Marisol de la Cadena
530-752-1638
mdelac@ucdavis.edu
Or
Michelle Stewart
mlstewart@ucdavis.edu
CFP: Interdisciplinary Conference on Intimate Labors
Interdisciplinary Conference on Intimate Labors
October 4-6, 2007
University of California, Santa Barbara
INVITED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Viviana Zelizer (Princeton) and Rose Ann DeMoro
(California Nurses’ Association)
INVITED CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS: Eileen Boris (UCSB), Laura Briggs
(Arizona), Amalia Cabezas (UCR), Grace Chang (UCSB), Dorothy Sue Cobble
(Rutgers), Evelyn Nakano Glenn (UCB), Steven Gregory (Columbia), Luz Maria
Ibarra (SDSU), Jennifer Klein (Yale), Cameron McDonald (Wisconsin),
Premilla Nadasen (CUNY-Brooklyn), Rhacel Parreñas (UCD), Raka Ray (UCB),
Ellen Reese (UCR), Becki Ross (British Columbia).
Hull Professor of Women’s Studies Eileen Boris of UCSB and Asian American
Studies Professor Rhacel Parreñas of UC Davis invite single paper proposals
from graduate students and junior faculty members that advance critical and
innovative ways of thinking about how intimate labor could be a useful
category of analysis for understanding not just current economic
transformations and strategies for social change, but also for the social
meanings of money and love; constructions of race, gender, and sexuality;
and relations of power and authority in the global economy. We encourage
diverse methods and approaches from the humanities as well as social
sciences, including but not limited to ethnography, microhistory, political
economy, critical race theory, and cultural studies. Papers will be “work
shopped” in breakout sessions not only to provide an opportunity for
graduate students and junior faculty to present their work but also to
receive extensive comments from invited commentators and the assembled
audience.
We hope this conference creates a venue for intellectual exchange and
collaboration between junior and senior scholars to discuss care work, sex
work, and domestic work around the themes of the political economy of
intimate labor, globalization “from below” through intimate labor
practices, work process and the culture of intimacy, and the politics of
space and labor organizing. Princeton sociologist Viviana Zelizer, the
author of The Purchase of Intimacy, will give the academic keynote on
October 5 and we have invited Rose Ann DeMoro, Executive Director of the
innovative California Nurses’ Association, for a kick-off keynote on
October 4.
Funding (transportation and 2 nights in hotel shared accommodations) is
available for conference participants connected to the UC system and
partial funding may be available for other selected participants.
The conference organizers ask that all proposals be sent to Ellie Shermer
(ellie@umail.ucsb.edu). Submissions should include a one-page abstract,
one-page curriculum vitae, and a mailing address, phone, and email address.
Proposals are due April 15th, 2007. Decisions will be made and participants
notified by May 15th, 2007. Papers due September 1. They will be
pre-circulated through the password protected conference webpage.
October 4-6, 2007
University of California, Santa Barbara
INVITED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Viviana Zelizer (Princeton) and Rose Ann DeMoro
(California Nurses’ Association)
INVITED CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS: Eileen Boris (UCSB), Laura Briggs
(Arizona), Amalia Cabezas (UCR), Grace Chang (UCSB), Dorothy Sue Cobble
(Rutgers), Evelyn Nakano Glenn (UCB), Steven Gregory (Columbia), Luz Maria
Ibarra (SDSU), Jennifer Klein (Yale), Cameron McDonald (Wisconsin),
Premilla Nadasen (CUNY-Brooklyn), Rhacel Parreñas (UCD), Raka Ray (UCB),
Ellen Reese (UCR), Becki Ross (British Columbia).
Hull Professor of Women’s Studies Eileen Boris of UCSB and Asian American
Studies Professor Rhacel Parreñas of UC Davis invite single paper proposals
from graduate students and junior faculty members that advance critical and
innovative ways of thinking about how intimate labor could be a useful
category of analysis for understanding not just current economic
transformations and strategies for social change, but also for the social
meanings of money and love; constructions of race, gender, and sexuality;
and relations of power and authority in the global economy. We encourage
diverse methods and approaches from the humanities as well as social
sciences, including but not limited to ethnography, microhistory, political
economy, critical race theory, and cultural studies. Papers will be “work
shopped” in breakout sessions not only to provide an opportunity for
graduate students and junior faculty to present their work but also to
receive extensive comments from invited commentators and the assembled
audience.
We hope this conference creates a venue for intellectual exchange and
collaboration between junior and senior scholars to discuss care work, sex
work, and domestic work around the themes of the political economy of
intimate labor, globalization “from below” through intimate labor
practices, work process and the culture of intimacy, and the politics of
space and labor organizing. Princeton sociologist Viviana Zelizer, the
author of The Purchase of Intimacy, will give the academic keynote on
October 5 and we have invited Rose Ann DeMoro, Executive Director of the
innovative California Nurses’ Association, for a kick-off keynote on
October 4.
Funding (transportation and 2 nights in hotel shared accommodations) is
available for conference participants connected to the UC system and
partial funding may be available for other selected participants.
The conference organizers ask that all proposals be sent to Ellie Shermer
(ellie@umail.ucsb.edu). Submissions should include a one-page abstract,
one-page curriculum vitae, and a mailing address, phone, and email address.
Proposals are due April 15th, 2007. Decisions will be made and participants
notified by May 15th, 2007. Papers due September 1. They will be
pre-circulated through the password protected conference webpage.
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