cfps: critical moments:re-membering community & self; deadline
nov. 1
Call for Submissions
Emory University
The Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts Conference
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
March 28-30, 2003
Critical Moments: Re-Membering Community & Self
Historically and culturally, individuals and collectives have experienced
certain events and transitions as particularly momentous, destructive, or
re-invigorating “critical moments.” Why are some events and transitions
deemed more significant than others? How have local and international
critical moments such as genocide, revolution, protest, war, colonialism,
immigration waves, and industrial, technological and labor developments
affected individual and group identities? What formats, frameworks or
trajectories are there for the re-membering—that is, the reassembling of
self and community, after such life-changing events and transitions? Can we
mark major paradigmatic shifts in theory and activism in terms of such
critical moments?
We are soliciting papers, presentations, panels, and creative projects that
address the issue of re-membering self and community in the face of or in
response to “critical moments,” in the past or present. Such projects can be
focused on local or global events and perspectives, and may address
“critical moments” on international, national, communal, or personal levels.
We welcome presentations rooted within a particular discipline or
interdisciplinary in nature.
Some general and specific topics that might be addressed:
 Interweavings and Creation of Memory, Culture and History
 Local and Global Perspectives on Cultural Identity and Memory
 Diaspora, Displacement and Identity
 Cultural Continuity and Change
 Narrative & Representation
 Reconciliation
 Trauma and Grief
 Activism (developments of coalitions, groups, or organizations in
response to critical moments)
 Patriotism in Moments of Change
 Space, Place, Landscape, Architecture
 The Role of Economics
 The Role of the Media (the press, TV, radio, film, and the
Internet)
 Responses within the Academy and Public Scholarship
In addition to traditional academic paper presentations and panels, we
strongly encourage submissions in the forms of documentaries, video,
photography, and other visual installations, along with spoken word and/or
poetic projects and performances.
This event takes place during the 50th Anniversary of The Graduate Institute
of the Liberal Arts (ILA) at Emory University. The ILA is Emory University's
institutional center for comparative and interdisciplinary studies across
the social sciences and humanities. The Institute is one of the oldest
interdisciplinary programs in the United States. Since the 1950s, the ILA
has offered graduate students the opportunity to pursue doctoral work in the
study of culture and society from historical, ethnographic and comparative
perspectives. For more information, go to:
http://www.emory.edu/COLLEGE/ILA/ila.html.
Proposals should be postmarked or emailed no later than November 1, 2002.
Proposals should be 1-2 pages, single-spaced (max. 600 words), should
include the title of the presentation, and should outline how the project
will address the conference topics. If submitting a panel, please include
the title of the panel, the names of the participants, individual project or
paper titles, and brief descriptions of each project or paper. Please also
include what technical support you may need and the format (paper, panel,
installation, etc.) to which you will adhere.
Proposals may be submitted one of two ways:
1) via email: to CMsubmissions@learnlink.emory.edu. Please format written
documents in MS WORD. Please format visual art submissions in pdf files or
screen-sized jpg images with a resolution of at least 300 dpi and no more
than 600 dpi. For video submissions, please send small Quicktime video
clips. For audio clips, please send .wav or MP3 files.
2) via the postal service: send three copies to: Critical Moments
Conference, The Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts, Emory University,
Atlanta, Georgia 30322.
Direct questions via email to: CMsubmissions@learnlink.emory.edu
Visit our website at:
http://www.emory.edu/COLLEGE/ILA/events/criticalmoments/index.html
(available 08.26.02)
This event is open to all people: artists, graduate students, professors,
public intellectuals, etc.
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