> Please spread the word about this conference:
>
> Southeast Asians in the Diaspora Conference
>
> Call for Proposals
>
> Location: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,
> Date: 15-16 April 2008
> Submission Deadline: Postmarked or Emailed by 16 November 2007.
>
> This two-day conference examines the emerging field of Southeast Asian/
> American studies, which because of specific histories of colonialism and
> imperialism, has produced subjects and objects of analysis that confound
> categories of diaspora, citizenship, and affiliation. Studies of the
> Cambodian,
> Laotian, and Vietnamese diasporas investigate and trouble the
> structuring
> effects of Cold War geopolitics; while studies of Hmong, Mien, Cham,
> and other
> stateless ethnicities necessarily reconsider the bases for global and
> local
> practices of identification as well as strategic claims to rights and
> resources.
>
> Given this, the field foregrounds important epistemological and
> methodological
> shifts that productively disrupt the analytic conventions of area
> studies,
> American studies, ethnic studies, and Asian American studies.
> Thinking across
> these fields, Southeast Asian/American studies fulfills the
> intellectual and
> political promise of what Kandice Chuh imagines as “studies in
> comparative
> racialization and intersectional projects that deliberately unravel
> seemingly
> stable distinctions among identificatory categories and disciplinary
> divisions.”
> Complicating the examination of nationalisms and transnationalisms,
> Southeast
> Asian/American studies questions the circulation of, the negotiation
> with, or
> challenges to the knowledge regimes of U.S. nation and empire.
>
> In order to explore the dissolution of disciplinary distinctions and the
> complexities of intersectional analyses, we are soliciting papers,
> panels,
> roundtables, workshops, films, videos, readings, and performances.
> Submissions are open to scholars, artists, and community members.
> This is an
> interdisciplinary event welcoming individual and panel proposals from
> a wide
> variety of disciplines including, but not limited to, queer studies,
> literature,
> history, sociology, art history, visual cultures, political science,
> ethnic studies,
> women’s and gender studies, performance studies, cultural studies,
> postcolonial
> studies, Asian studies and area studies, the performing arts, film or
> video
> making, writing, and community activism and leadership. Participants
> will be
> informed of acceptance in December 2007.
>
> The conference is being held to coincide with the Association of
> Asian American
> Studies (AAAS) conference in Chicago, 16-20 April 2008. As a note,
> AAAS does
> have limited funding for which graduate students may apply.
>
> Panel or Roundtable Proposal
>
> 1. A one-page description of your panel or roundtable
> 2. One-page abstracts of each paper or presenter
> 3. One-page CV from each presenter, the panel chair, and/or
> the discussant or facilitator
> 4. AV needs
> 5. Contact information for each participant
>
>
> Individual Paper Proposal
>
> 1. A one-page abstract of your paper
> 2. One-page CV
> 3. AV needs
> 4. Contact information
>
> Performance, Reading, Video or Film Proposal
>
> 1. A one-page description of your project
> 2. A one-page artist resume
> 3. If a film, video, or performance, send a sample video or
> DVD, if available (this can be returned to you upon request)
> 4. AV needs
> 5. Contact information
>
> Please mail all materials to
>
> Fiona I. B. Ngô,
>
>
> or
>
> Asian American Studies Program
> 1208 W. Nevada St., MC-142
> Urbana, IL 61801
>
> Contact:
>
> Fiona I.B. Ngô Mimi Nguyen
> ngo@uiuc.edu or mimin@uiuc.edu
> (217) 265-6240
>
> For updates and more information:
> http://www.aasp.uiuc.edu/SEAsianDiaspora
>
> Fiona I.B. Ngô
> Asian American Studies Program and
> Gender and Women’s Studies Program
> University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
> 1208 W. Nevada St., MC-142
> Urbana, IL 61801
