Fw: H-ASIA: CFP Paradigmatic Conflict & Crisis: Grad Conf on Mideast, South Asia and Africa, Columbia Univ, New York [Feb 28-Mar 1 2013]

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Subject: H-ASIA: CFP Paradigmatic Conflict & Crisis: Grad Conf on Mideast,
South Asia and Africa, Columbia Univ, New York [Feb 28-Mar 1 2013]


> H-ASIA
> December 26, 2012
>
> Call for Papers: Paradigmatic Conflict and Crisis: A Graduate Conference
> on the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa, New York,
> Columbia University, [February 28-March 1, 2013]
>
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> Ed. note: The original posters did not include the dates of this
> conference anywhee in the text of the announcement--consultation of
> the referenced site indicates the dates to be February 28 and March
> 1, 2013. FFC
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> From: H-Net Announcements <announce@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU>
>
> CFP - Paradigmatic Conflict and Crisis: A Graduate Conference on the
> Middle East, South Asia, and Africa
>
> Location: New York, United States
> Call for Papers Date: 2013-01-15 (in 20 days)
> Date Submitted: 2012-12-26
> Announcement ID: 199809
>
> The annual Graduate Student Conference at Columbia University's Department
> of Middle Eastern South Asian and African Studies (MESAAS) is soliciting
> papers exploring the debates and spaces in which paradigms undergo crisis
> and conflict, or challenge the dominant theoretical positions underpinning
> its very constitution. Papers can focus on any topic within the humanities
> and social sciences.
> The concept of paradigm opens broad possibilities for the analysis of
> social and intellectual phenomena across diverse traditions and time
> periods. Paradigm is commonly but not exclusively viewed as a system of
> knowledge with a particular power structure, within which a set of beliefs
> or values plays a dominant and defining role. Studying paradigms may
> consist of analyzing major social transformations to reveal the
> paradigmatic tensions and crises underlying them, or employing paradigms
> as tools to clarify socio-political events. Furthermore, the very notion
> of paradigm can be contested and transformed.
>
> Papers may relate to but need not be bound by the following themes:
>
> -Paradigm as a Comparative Tool: How do paradigmatic elements within
> intellectual traditions allow for historical and cross-cultural
> comparative work?
>
> -Conflict In and Across Paradigms: How is conflict dealt with in a
> paradigm?
>
> -Paradigm Shifts: When and how do paradigms become outdated?
>
> -Critical Theory as Anti-Paradigmatic: How can critical theory challenge
> established paradigms or paradigm shifts?
>
> -Paradigmatic Technology: How does the adoption of a given technology
> challenge, strengthen, or influence the implementation or development of
> different paradigms?
>
> Students interested in presenting a 20-minute paper should submit a
> 300-word abstract and one-page CV to our website by January 15th.
>
> Panel submissions are encouraged.
>
> Exceptional papers will be collected into a digital volume under the
> conference title.
>
> For all inquiries, contact: info@mesaasgradconference.org
>
>
> MESAAS Graduate Conference
> Columbia University in the City of New York
> 401 Knox Hall
> 606 West 122nd St.
> New York, NY 10027
> Email: info@mesaasgradconference.org
> Visit the website at http://www.mesaasgradconference.org
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