Fw: H-ASIA: CFP: Northeastern's Fourth Annual Graduate Student Conference, Boston, March 24-25, 2012

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Subject: H-ASIA: CFP: Northeastern's Fourth Annual Graduate Student
Conference, Boston, March 24-25, 2012

> H-ASIA
> Novemberf 7, 2011
>
> Call for papers: Northeastern's Fourth Annual Graduate Student Conference,
> Boston, March 24-25, 2012
> *****************************************************************
> From: Andrew Kuech <kuech.a@husky.neu.edu>
>
> Empires and Technologies in World History: Northeastern's Fourth Annual
> Graduate Student Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, March 24-25, 2012.
>
> Featuring Keynote Speaker Philippa Levine (University of Texas - Austin)
>
> Northeastern University?s History Department and Graduate Students invite
> submissions to their upcoming graduate student conference, "Empires and
> Technologies in World History." Graduate students working in all
> disciplines of the humanities, arts, and social sciences are encouraged to
> submit topical *papers*, *artwork*, *documentaries*, and *poster
> presentations*. While submissions may deal directly with the intersection
> of empire and technology, we also encourage papers that deal with one or
> the other subject in the context of world history, and submissions that
> *do
> not* deal with these topics will still be considered.
>
> The conference invites scholarly work that engages world historical
> theories and methodologies, particularly *methodologies of imperial
> history* and *interdisciplinary approaches*. We are also interested in
> papers and panels that explore global, transnational and world historical
> themes. For instance:
>
> * How are the movements of people, commodities, technologies and
> ideas affected by various networks and world systems?
>
> * In what ways do world and transnational approaches help us
> better understand the history of science, medicine, or material
> culture?
>
> * How do gender, race and class function in empire?
>
> * How might these themes and methodologies contribute to, and
> be communicated through, public history investigations, projects,
> and presentations?
>
> * What are the roles of popular memory and imagination in the
> construction of empire?
>
> Both individual and panel proposals will be considered. Regardless of
> medium, panelists will have fifteen minutes each to present. *To be
> considered, the following documents should be sent to the program
> committee at *nugradconf@gmail.com* by December 1, 2011:*
>
> Individual Panelists:
>
> -250-word abstract describing paper or work to be presented
>
> -Brief curriculum vitae
>
> -List of audio/visual needs, if applicable
>
> Panels:
>
> -List of all panel members (3 per panel) with designated chairperson, if
> applicable
>
> -250-word abstract that discusses the theme of the panel
>
> -250-word abstract for each paper or work to be presented
>
> -Brief curriculum vitae for each panelist and chairperson
>
> -List of audio/visual needs, if applicable
>
>
>
> *Selected panelists will be notified via email by January 15, 2012. *
> Please contact nugradconf@gmail.com with any questions.
>
> Andrew Kuech
> Northeastern University
> <kuech.a@husky.neu.edu>
>
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