CFP - "Global Lives" Conference at SBU Manhattan, with Keynote by NYU's Una Chaudhuri

Call for Papers [Deadline: June 1, 2012]

3^rd Annual Graduate Student Conference

Stony Brook University, The State University of New York

Cultural Analysis and Theory Department

Stony Brook Manhattan

October 13^th, 2012

Keynote Lecture to be delivered by:

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:

-        Transnational cinema and global film industry

-        New media and transnational communication networks

-        Mass media and global culture industry

-        Transnational literature(s)

-        Colonialism and postcolonial theory (empire, diaspora, exile, migration)

-        Neoliberalism

-        Emerging discourses of globalization, academic and popular

-        Globalization as historical process

-        Global material culture

-        Circulation of capital, goods, and people

-        Labor and work life on a global scale

-        Travel and tourism

-        Cultural Geography and Cartography

-        Educational Responses to a Global Culture

-        Popular movements and the various shapes of resistance

-        Ecology on a worldwide scale

-        National identities

-        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.

Conference Website:

http://www.catgradconf.com

Congratulations to Draper Travel Grant Recipient, Christopher Iverson

We are pleased to congratulate Christopher Iverson, the most recent recipient of a Draper Travel Grant, on his award! Christopher will use the grant to attend the University of Washington's conference "Acceptance in German Literary and Visual Culture," where he will be presenting his paper Rubble Films of the European and American Screens later this month.

A friendly reminder to all students that five Draper Travel Grants are awarded per academic year and that applications are accepted during five different periods. The next submission deadline will be June 30th. Currently matriculated Draper students who will be delivering papers or posters at scholarly conferences should fill out and deliver the necessary forms to the Draper office or via email to draper.program@nyu.edu by 5:00 pm, 6/30. The application is available through our website at http://draper.fas.nyu.edu/object/draper.forms. Along with the completed application, please submit confirmation that a conference has accepted the paper or project for presentation.
Again, we congratulate Mr. Iverson and wish him the best of luck on his presentation!

Draper's Doctoral Successes: Ph.D. Acceptances 2012

Congratulations to all of our current students and alumni who have been accepted to doctoral programs!

If you would like to add your own Ph.D. news to our list, please email us at draper.program[at]nyu.edu.

• Keith Aksel (alumnus 2010) was accepted to the History program at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
• Hilarie Ashton was accepted to the English program at the CUNY Graduate Center. She will start in fall 2013.
• Leslie Bowman will start the English and Religion program at Claremont Graduate University.
• Michelle Dennis was accepted to the English programs at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and the University of Michigan. She'll be attending the University of Michigan.
• Bejamin Foley (alumnus, 2008) will start at Rutgers' Sociology program.
• Nicholaus Gutierrez (alumnus, Jan. 2012) will start at Berkeley's Rhetoric program in the fall.
  
• Lee Huttner was accepted to the English program at Northwestern
  
• Craig Knox will start his doctoral work at the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology at the University of Toronto. He was awarded four years of full funding.
  
• Sarah Catherine Latanyshyn was accepted to the Ethnomusicology program at the University of California, Santa Barbara and the musicology program at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She will attend UCSB with a four year Doctoral Scholars Fellowship 
•  Ji Hyun Lee (alumna, 2010) was accepted to the English programs at Northeastern (with the University Excellence Fellowship), SUNY Stony Brook (with the Graduate Council Fellowship), and Cornell (with funding). Ji Hyun will attend Cornell in the fall where she is looking forward to the opportunity to study trauma with Cathy Caruth.
  
• Daniel Libatique will attend Boston University's Classics program in the fall.
• Eric Longfellow was accepted to the English Studies and Creative Writing program at Illinois State University.
• Pamela Nogales will start at NYU's American History program in the fall.
• William Paris (alumnus, Jan. 2012) was accepted to the Philosophy program at the University of Pennsylvania
  
• Yun Emily Wang was accepted to the Ethnomusicology programs at Memorial University and the University of Toronto, as well as the Humanities program at Concordia University. She will start at the University of Toronto in the fall.
• Lindsey Whitmore was accepted to the Women's and Gender Studies program at Rutgers and the Cultural Studies program at SUNY Stony Brook. She will start at Rutgers in the fall.

Good luck to all of you!
Please keep us updated on your endeavors!

Draper Conference: Write-up & Event Photos

Many thanks to all of the presenters and attendees at this past Saturday’s first annual Draper Master’s Program Interdisciplinary conference: "Arriving at Confluence." 

Excellent presentations were given by Walker Gunning (Toward a Cinema of Revolution: 18 Days in Tahrir Square), Weldon Pless (Dawn of the Web: Cyber Anxiety and Zombies), Yvonne Garrett (And out of the rubble comes a glorious noise: Artistic Responses to Violence and Collapse in Ireland), and Nicholaus Gutierrez (Street Art Intervention: “Ossario”). Their scholarship was provocative and informative on all counts, and led to fruitful audience engagement. We were very lucky to have Draperite Chris Tracy read his poem Coelacanth, to be published in the upcoming Spring edition of Anamesa. Poems by Lauren Nicole Nixon and Charlie McCrary, also set to appear in Anamesa, were featured on the day’s program as well. 

We know this is very busy time of year for everyone, and very much appreciate the enthusiastic participation of all students and faculty involved, as well as the generous support of the Draper Program in helping to make this inaugural conference a success! 


This event was organized by the Draper Student Organization (Scott Silsbe, Valentine Lysikatos and Bridget McFadden). If you have ideas for future events or are interested in being more involved, get in touch or emaildsonyu@gmail.com. 

Master's College Cocktail Party: Tomorrow, May 4

Let's toast the end of another academic year at GSAS. Join The GSAS Master's College and the Master's College Program Board Tomorrow, Friday, May 4th at 6:30 pm for a dress - to - impress cocktail party.

Overlooking the city below, celebrate at Kimmel on the 9th floor, room 914 for this fun fancy-dress party and raise a glass to your success!

Cocktail Party Attire

To RSVP send an email to gsas.masterscollege.rsvp@nyu.edu with your name and the name of this event.