Update: faculty speakers included below
Why We Write: The Politics and History of Writing for Social Change Conference
March 28-29, 2003
Columbia University
New York, NY 10027
As a result of the overwhelming success of last year's
interdisciplinary conference on the History of Activism, History as Activism
at Columbia University, the graduate students in the history department are
currently organizing an interdisciplinary conference on
the historical, theoretical, and political dimensions of writing. The
objective of the conference is to provide a forum for writers,
activists, novelists, screenwriters, poets, journalists, graduate students,
and faculty--from all fields and across all time periods and geographic
locations--to discuss "why they write."
Proposals could address but are not limited to:
historical, sociological, literary, medical, legal, and anthropological
examinations of writing.
writing theories of gender, sexuality, and identity
the importance of the printed word in issues related to nationalism
globalism, human rights, environmentalism, and animal rights.
the role of the activist, scholar, and writer in public culture
rethinking disciplinary boundaries and imagining the future of
interdisciplinary studies
getting published: the politics and mechanics of writing articles, editing
collections, producing documentaries, and writing screenplays.
bridging the gap between writing scholarly articles and teaching the survey
writing public history
writing outside the academy
With Special Faculty Presentations by:
John D'Emilio (Illinois/Sexuality)
Carol Gluck (Columbia/East Asia)
Robin Kelley (NYU/Race)
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (Columbia/Postcolonial)
Christine Stansell (Princeton/U.S. Gender and Urban History)
Please send proposals (roughly 250 words) with a CV to whywewrite@hotmail.com.
Deadline is January 5, 2003--proposals sent before the deadline are greatly
encouraged.
Accepted panelists will be notified by February 16, 2003
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