RACE\/ETHNICITY SECTION PANEL SEARCH<\/p>\n
Histories of Capitalism
\nSocial Science History Association (SSHA)
\nVancouver, Canada
\n1-4 November, 2012
\nhttp:\/\/www.ssha.org\/<\/p>\n
Deadline: 1 March, 2012<\/p>\n
The race\/ethnicity section of the SSHA is hoping to put together a number
\nof sessions related to the conference site that were discussed at the
\nplanning meeting:<\/p>\n
– Indigenous Communities, Land Rights and Natural Resources;
\n– The Rise and Decline of Multiculturalism and\/or Cosmopolitanism;
\n– Race and Collective Violence;
\n– Anti-Asian Discrimination and Asian Integration on the West Coast;
\n– The Underground Railroad;
\n– Racialized Immigration Policy;
\n– Bilingualism and Racialized Language Struggles;
\n– Conflicts and Contradictions in Anglo-French Conceptions of Race;
\n– Multiracial Identities and Racial Boundaries in Historical Perspective;
\n– Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism in Contemporary America;
\n– Race and Capitalism;
\n– Race and Eugenics.<\/p>\n
You are welcome to submit papers regarding any of these topics, or on a
\ntopic relating to your own research. If you are interested in putting
\ntogether an entire session, let us know and we would be happy to provide
\nyou with details as to how to do this. Feel free to forward this call
\nwidely, particularly to graduate students (there is funding available for
\ngraduate students to travel to the conference which can be found at
\nhttp:\/\/www.ssha.org\/grants ).<\/p>\n
Our main goal is to structure sessions so that they explicitly draw on an
\ninterdisciplinary group of scholars who hail from different institutions.
\nThe deadline for submission of abstracts is March 1 2011. Note, all SSHA
\nrequires at this point is an abstract. You can find more information at:
\nhttp:\/\/www.ssha.org\/ , including the official call for papers.<\/p>\n
We also had three wonderful Author Meets Critics panels at the 2011 session
\nand are looking to “recreate the magic” this year in Vancouver. So if you
\nhave read any great books that you would like to seen discussed and meet
\nthe author, please let us know. Or if you would just like to volunteer to
\nbe a critic for books to be decided within the next month, please let us
\nknow.<\/p>\n
Melissa F. Weiner
\nAssistant Professor of Sociology
\nCollege of the Holy Cross<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
RACE\/ETHNICITY SECTION PANEL SEARCH Histories of Capitalism Social Science History Association (SSHA) Vancouver, Canada 1-4 November, 2012 http:\/\/www.ssha.org\/ Deadline: 1 March, 2012 The race\/ethnicity section of the SSHA is hoping to put together a number of sessions related to the conference site that were discussed at the planning meeting: – Indigenous Communities, Land Rights and … <\/p>\n