CFP: Creating Communities: American Studies, Indigenous Nations Studies, and First Nations Peoples (1/16/04; MAASA, 4/17/04-4/19/04)

Call for Papers

Creating Communities: American Studies, Indigenous Nations Studies, and
First Nations Peoples
20th Annual Meeting of the Mid-America American Studies Association (MAASA)
Hosted by the American Studies Program, The University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas, Saturday April 17 - Monday 19, 2004

        In 1965, the Midcontinent American Studies Journal, the predecessor
to American Studies, published a special issue, "The Indian Today,"
co-edited by Stuart Levine and guest editor Nancy Oestreich Lurie. A
slightly revised version of this issue was subsequently published by Everett
Edwards Press and was awarded the 1969 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for its
contributions to American race relations. MAASA would like to use the
occasion of the impending 40th anniversary of the publication of that
special issue to consider the lives, experiences, identities, and status of
First Nations Peoples today; their relationships with federal, state, and
local governments; their distinctive status within the American "ethnoracial
pentagon"; and their relationships with other indigenous peoples throughout
the world. We invite papers, panels, roundtables, and workshops that will:
* Examine the continuities and changes that have occurred in
the political, cultural, demographic, social, economic, and educational
status of First Nations Peoples during the past four decades.
* Revisit and critically assess The American Indian Today and
the perspectives concerning First Nations Peoples and issues of American
multiculturalism that it reflects.
* Explore the ways in which dialogue and cooperative efforts
among academics, tribal members, and political officials might fruitfully be
developed, particularly the ways in which institutions of higher education
might serve as resources for tribal communities and in which tribes may
offer powerful examples for American Studies

        Accepted papers may be considered later for publication in 2005 as
part of a joint special issue of American Studies and the Indigenous Nations
Studies Journal tentatively entitled "Indigenous Peoples of the United
States Today."

        Although papers and complete sessions on any aspect of the
conference theme would be especially appropriate, MAASA also welcomes
presentations, complete panels, roundtables, or workshops on all aspects of
interdisciplinary research and teaching, museums, and archives relevant to
American Studies.

        For each proposal for papers, panels, roundtables, and workshops:
please submit:
* Name
* Address, telephone number, and e-mail address
* institutional affiliation
* title of paper
* 250-word proposal
* brief biographical note

The deadline for submission or conference proposals is January 16, 2004.

Notification of acceptances will be made by February 1, 2004. Conference
registration, housing, and travel information will be mailed at that time.

GRADUATE STUDENTS should note that the Mid-America American Studies
Association will award a $250 prize for the best American Studies paper
delivered at this conference by a currently enrolled graduate student.
Following acceptance of a conference proposal, the deadline for submission
of completed papers for consideration for this competition is March 12,
2004. Essays should be no longer than 20 pages, exclusive of notes. The
winner will be acknowledged at the conference, and the paper (upon
recommendation of the Prize Committee) will be forwarded to the editors of
American Studies (MAASA's scholarly journal) for revision and subsequent
publication. Submit four copies of the essay (postmarked no later than March
12, 2004).

Conference Proposals and Graduate Student Prize papers should be submitted
to:

Cheryl Lester
2004 MAASA Conference Chair
American Studies Program
University of Kansas
Bailey Hall
1440 Jayhawk Blvd., Room 213
      Lawrence, KS 66045
      FAX: 785-864-5772
      E-mail submissions are accepted at the following address:
maasa2004_at_ku.edu.
      Please attach as a Microsoft Word document and indicate proposal in
the subject line.

If you have questions about the 2004 MAASA Conference, please contact:
Cheryl Lester, American Studies Program, University of Kansas, 785-864-2309,
chlester_at_ku.edu.

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