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Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:29:58 -0800<br>
To: tina.feldmann@ucr.edu<br>
From: Katherine Kinney <katherine.kinney@ucr.edu><br>
Subject: Fwd: 12/15/2007 deadline: CASA 2008 "Assembling
California<br>
Cultures" (Soka University of America - Aliso Viejo, CA)<br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">REMINDER for ASA members in
California:<br><br>
CALL FOR PROPOSALS: “ASSEMBLING CALIFORNIA CULTURES”<br>
California American Studies Association Conference, April 25-27,
2008<br>
Soka University of America, Aliso Viejo, California<br><br>
The California American Studies Association (CASA) invites proposals for
its upcoming conference. Part of an effort to revive our Association,
which has not held a conference since 2003, this conference draws its
theme from the title of John McPhee’s Assembling California and will
emphasize interdisciplinary approaches to California’s cultural
landscape—past, present, and future. Special attention will be given to
proposals that consider California as the nexus for study on a wide range
of topics including but not limited to immigration, ethnicity,
borderlands, imagined space, ecology and the built environment. Proposals
reflecting multidisciplinary and collaborative inquiry into local,
regional, transnational, and global issues are welcomed from community
scholars, faculty, artists, activists, and students at all levels of
study, from within California and other regions. CASA encourages panels
that focus on how activists participate in "assembling” and
“reassembling” California, especially mixed panels of scholars and
activists that encourage dialogue and explicitly connect theory and
praxis. In addition, at least one panel will be dedicated to
undergraduates and one panel to secondary school educators.<br><br>
In the spirit of CASA's mission to promote collegial dialogue,
disseminate current research, and stimulate further study, we invite
submissions in all relevant fields, particularly but not restricted to
the following themes (or any combination of them):<br>
*Global, pacific, and transnational perspectives on California<br>
*Narratives of California<br>
*Ethnicity and race<br>
*Scholar activism and/or public intellectuals<br>
*Sexuality and gender<br>
*Peace, non-violence, and anti-war movements<br>
*Labor and working class cultures in California<br>
*Immigration<br>
*Marginalized voices in California Cultures<br>
*Comparative colonialism<br>
*Social ecology<br>
*Human geography<br>
*Early and contemporary historical periods<br>
In addition to the fields and disciplines that are often the constituency
of American Studies programs, approaches to the theme may include but are
not limited to<br>
*Visual arts<br>
*Music<br>
*Dance<br>
*Performance<br><br>
Deadline is Dec. 15 2007: Email proposals to jspady@soka.edu or upload
proposals directly to the conference website at:
<a href="http://www.casaconference2008.org/fileuploadtool.php" eudora="autourl">
http://www.casaconference2008.org/fileuploadtool.php</a><br><br>
Submission Guidelines<br><br>
Individual submissions should include the following in a single text
document:<br>
* a cover page with name, address, phone number and e-mail address<br>
* a brief abstract (250 word limit)<br>
* a brief CV<br><br>
Panel submissions should include the following in a single text
document:<br>
* a cover page with each proposed panel member's name, address, phone
number and e-mail address<br>
* a general statement of the rationale for the panel<br>
* a brief abstract (250 word limit)<br>
* a brief CV for each proposed panel member<br><br>
The California American Studies Association, founded in 1982, is a
chapter of the American Studies Association.<br><br>
|James O'Neil Spady<br>
|"Assembling California Cultures"<br>
|<a href="http://www.casaconference2008.org/" eudora="autourl">
www.CASAconference2008.org</a><br>
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|Assistant Professor of American History<br>
|Ikeda Hall 426<br>
|Soka University of America<br>
|Aliso Viejo, CA 92656<br>
|Ph: 949.480.4054<br>
|Fx: 949.480.4261</blockquote><br>
Katherine Kinney<br>
Chair and Associate Professor of English<br>
University of California, Riverside<br>
Riverside, CA 92521<br>
951 827-1458<br>
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<font face="Monotype Corsiva, Zapf Chancery" size=5 color="#000080">Tina
Feldmann<br>
</font>Graduate Student Advisor<br>
Department of English<br>
University of California, Riverside<br>
Riverside, CA 92521-0323<br>
office: (951) 827-1454<br>
FAX: (951) 827-3967<br>
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