CFP: Identity, Ideology, and Terrorism (1/20; 4/4-6); DATE CHANGE
CALL FOR PAPERS:
Presenting the Eighth Annual Rhode Island Symposium on Gay,
Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered, and Queer Studies...
"Identity, Ideology, and Terrorism"
As the events of September 11 replay themselves over and over in our
minds, we are all forced to examine the fact that terrorism now plays a very
palpable and very significant role in American lives. For GLBTQ individuals,
terrorism is nothing new; in forms both subtle and overt, GLBTQ people have
been facing and living with forms of terrorism for centuries. The goal of this
interdisciplinary symposium is to examine how terrorism--whether overt
homophobia, culturally sanctioned censure, religious oppression, internal
fears, or other representations--has shaped the identities and ideologies,
past, present, and future, of GLBTQ individuals and communities. While the
immediate focus on current events seems obvious, papers and presentations
could examine the role of terrorism in shaping GLBTQ history, art, and
literature; how terrorism affects the current GLBTQ rights movement; the role
and reactions of GLBTQ individuals or communities to both local and global
terrorism; the ways in which terrorism affects or afflicts queer theories and
queer academia; and et cetera. All papers/presentations focusing on the
central theme will gladly be considered. Additionally, we welcome papers,
discussions, artistic presentations, etc., which address other topics/issues
of interest to GLBTQ people.
We invite the following submission types:
-Standard academic conference presentations (up to twenty minutes in length,
either singularly or as an entire panel)
-Lengthier multi-media presentations
-Roundtables
-Poster sessions
-We will also consider that which is not listed here.
We may also be arranging readings of poetry, fiction, and creative
non-fiction.
Faculty, graduate and advanced undergraduate students, scholars, activists,
and commuinity leaders are all invited to submit proposals. Please send an
abstract of up to 500 words no later than JANUARY 20 to:
Michael G. Cornelius
Department of English
Independence Hall
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI 02881
or electronically to: mcor7215@postoffice.uri.edu
Please include your name, e-mail address, telephone number, mailing address,
affiliation, and media needs with your abstract. Your abstract should address
the length and type of your presentation. If you are interested in being
considered for creative readngs, please submit a brief sample of your work and
the information above.
SYMPOSIUM PLACE AND DATES:
Seventh Annual Rhode Island Symposium on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual,
Transgendered, and Queer Studies
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
Thursday-Saturday Apr 4-6
Symposium keynote address to be delivered by Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA)
Keynote address: Friday evening, Apr 5
Please direct all inquiries to Michael G. Cornelius at the e-mail or mailing
address above.
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