[MGSA-L] Fwd: [menas_grad_students] FW: 2015 MENA conference Call for Abstracts

Saffo Papantonopoulou papas949 at newschool.edu
Mon Nov 3 11:44:38 PST 2014


Dear All,

Please share this CFA widely. It is for our Graduate Student Conference in
Middle East studies at the University of Arizona.

Also, if anyone is interested, I am hoping to organize a panel at the
conference on the Balkans and the Middle East

Best

Saffo Papantonopoulou


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From: Saffo Papantonopoulou <saffo at email.arizona.edu>
Date: Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 12:43 PM
Subject: Fwd: [menas_grad_students] FW: 2015 MENA conference Call for
Abstracts
To: papas949 at newschool.edu


 Good morning,

Please share the following message with any interested parties.

The Middle East and North African Studies Association at the University of
Arizona Presents:
*15th Annual Southwest Graduate Conference in Middle Eastern and North
African Studies *

*Spatial and Temporal Imaginaries: Transcending Power, Identity and Body *

*Call for Abstracts: *

The Middle East and North Africa Graduate Student Organization (MENA), the
Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) and the School of Middle Eastern
and North African Studies (MENAS) at the University of Arizona cordially
invite you to participate in the 15th Annual Southwest Graduate Conference
in Middle Eastern and North African Studies to be held from *Thursday March
26, 2015 to Saturday March 28, 2015 *in Tucson, Arizona.

*Keynote Speaker: *

Professor *Jasbir Puar *will be this year’s keynote speaker. On Friday
March 27 she will deliver a talk entitled “The ‘Right’ to Maim:
Disablement, Gaza and Disaster Capitalism.”

*Objectives: *

This conference aims to strengthen ties between academic disciplines,
provide a platform for graduate students to present their research projects
and exchange ideas, and create a network of emerging scholars spanning a
variety of fields. This year’s conference is focused on the idea of
“imaginaries,” i.e., social, political, cultural, historic, linguistic,
performative and other ways in which collectives and identities are formed
and negotiated.

We encourage abstract submissions not only from students within Middle
Eastern and North African Studies programs, but also from Anthropology,
Economics, Education, Gender and Women Studies, Geography, History,
Journalism, Law, LGBT/Queer studies, Linguistics, Literature, Music,
Philosophy, Political Science, Public Health, Religious Studies, Sociology,
Translation, etc.

*Paper Topics: *

Paper topics may include, but are not limited to Art and Architecture,
Borders, Colonialism, Dance and Performing Arts, Diaspora, Disability,
Environment, Human Rights, Identity, Media and Visual Arts, Memory,
Migration, Minorities, Nationalism, Peace and Security Studies, Pedagogy,
Sexuality, Social Movements, etc.

*Submission Guidelines: *

Applicants are encouraged to submit proposals for individual papers and
pre- organized panels. Individual paper abstracts and panel proposals are
due *Monday January 12, 2015*. Individual paper abstracts must be 250 words
and submitted as a Microsoft Word or PDF file. Non-standard fonts should be
embedded in the PDF format. In the body of the email, please include
author’s name, paper title, school and department affiliation, phone
number, and email address. A panel organizer must submit an anonymous panel
proposal that must include the description of the panel and an abstract for
each paper on it. In the body of the email please indicate a panel title
and each paper title, each presenter’s name, school and department
affiliation, phone number and email address.

Individual paper abstracts and panel proposals must be emailed to

*uamena at gmail.com <uamena at gmail.com> *

Notifications of acceptance will be sent out within three weeks of the
abstract submission deadline. For further information, please visit *http://
menas.arizona.edu/mena <http://menas.arizona.edu/mena>-conference *or
submit your inquiries to uamena at gmail.com

Select papers may be published in the academic peer-reviewed online journal
*Zaytoon*.

*Related Events *

On March 26 Professor *Paul Amar *will deliver a public talk on the
University of Arizona campus.

On March 26 Professor *Ervand Abrahamian *will give a public lecture. More
information about these events will be provided as it becomes available.

Many thanks,

Miriam



Miriam Saleh

Program Coordinator

Middle Eastern/North African Studies

845 North Park Ave

PO Box 210158B

Tucson, AZ 85721-0158

520-626-8731

MTRF 9am-4:30pm
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