Call for Papers [Deadline:
June 1, 2012]
3rd Annual
Graduate Student Conference
Stony Brook University,
The State University of New York
Cultural Analysis and
Theory Department
Stony Brook Manhattan
October 13th,
2012
Una
Chaudhuri
“Global Lives”
The rapid changes currently experienced in the different
spheres of contemporary life are loosely addressed by the term “globalization.”
How do we theorize these changes? And perhaps more
importantly, while these changes are often considered a global phenomenon, are
they not also shaped by a set of discourses? This calls for a reconsideration
of key terms such as “domination” and “hegemony”, as well as of the various
intellectual/cultural positions associated with them. In particular, we aim to
reconsider the cultural sphere as a globalized phenomenon in which cultural
products circulate on a worldwide scale, and as a sphere where “global”
experiences are articulated.
The conference will attempt to explore some of the many
aspects of this globalized view of culture, as well as other aspects of global
lives, economical, political or other. We seek to engage scholars from a wide
range of disciplines to bring together the different theories and perspectives of
globalization in order to articulate the diverse experiences of living in a
globalized world.
Topics include but are not limited to:
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Transnational cinema and global film industry
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New media and transnational communication networks
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Mass media and global culture industry
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Transnational literature(s)
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Colonialism and postcolonial theory (empire, diaspora, exile,
migration)
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Neoliberalism
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Emerging discourses of globalization, academic and popular
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Globalization as historical process
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Global material culture
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Circulation of capital, goods, and people
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Labor and work life on a global scale
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Travel and tourism
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Cultural Geography and Cartography
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Educational Responses to a Global Culture
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Popular movements and the various shapes of resistance
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Ecology on a worldwide scale
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National identities
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Military, defense, homeland security and warfare studies
Submission and acceptance to the conference is based on blind
peer review of a 250-300 word abstract. Panels and non-traditional
presentations will also be considered. Graduate students interested in
submitting should email an abstract, paper title, 2-3 sentence bio, affiliation
and contact information to catgradconf@gmail.com by June 1, 2012.
Presenters will be informed by August 1,
2012.
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