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African Policy towards the US webinar
The African Centre for the Study of the United States, in collaboration with Good Governance Africa,
The Institute for Global Dialogue, Social Science Research Council and the Mail and Guardian, present: African Policy towards the US webinar
Date: 27 July 2021
Time: 4:00pm SAST / 10:00am EDT
US foreign policy has a huge impact on Africa’s cultural, political, economic and security interests. Join us as we hear from a range of experts as they unpack the steps Africans can take to build a coherent continental policy for engaging the US in a competitive and rapidly changing world order.
Registration Link for Webinar
https://mg.co.za/africa-us-policy/
For more information on the African Centre for the Study of the United States visit: https://www.wits.ac.za/acsus/
For further inquiries, please contact ACSUS.research@wits.ac.za
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By:
Madeleine Futter
CULTURE AND SOCIETY
African Policy towards the US webinar
The African Centre for the Study of the United States, in collaboration with Good Governance Africa,
The Institute for Global Dialogue, Social Science Research Council and the Mail and Guardian, present: African Policy towards the US webinar
Date: 27 July 2021
Time: 4:00pm SAST / 10:00am EDT
US foreign policy has a huge impact on Africa’s cultural, political, economic and security interests. Join us as we hear from a range of experts as they unpack the steps Africans can take to build a coherent continental policy for engaging the US in a competitive and rapidly changing world order.
Registration Link for Webinar
https://mg.co.za/africa-us-policy/
For more information on the African Centre for the Study of the United States visit: https://www.wits.ac.za/acsus/
For further inquiries, please contact ACSUS.research@wits.ac.za
Find us on Twitter Facebook and Linkedin
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By:
Madeleine Futter
CULTURE AND SOCIETY
CALL FOR PAPERS: Pan-African Symposium on Digital Learning in Global Africa
Thursday & Friday, October 21 & 22, 2021 | Virtual International Symposium
The Howard University Department of African Studies will host an international virtual symposium on Digital Learning in Global Africa During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic, on October 21 and 22, 2021. The Department plans the symposium in collaboration with the Title VI Center for African Studies at Howard University; the Howard University Department of World Languages and Cultures; the Howard University Department of Strategic, Legal and Management Communication; the Howard University Center for Women and Gender Studies; the Thabo Mbeki African School of Public & International Affairs (TM-School) South Africa; the Bowie State University Department of History & Government; Distance Education for Africa (DeAfrica); and the State of the African Diaspora.
The purpose of the Symposium is to enable scholars, researchers, and Higher Education Executives from the African continent and the Global African Diaspora (GAD) to critically reflect on the challenges and opportunities that the COVID-19 pandemic has created for higher learning and research on the continent of Africa, in the Caribbean, and in the African American community. It is also to enable the participants to explore concrete and innovative ways in which institutions in these Global African regions can utilize digital technology to meet the challenges and seek ways to improve teaching, learning, and research.
Paper Proposal Submission Deadline: July 15, 2021
Submit your paper via the Paper Submission Form and register via the Conference Registration Form below.
By:
Madeleine Futter
CULTURE AND SOCIETY
CALL FOR PAPERS: Pan-African Symposium on Digital Learning in Global Africa
Thursday & Friday, October 21 & 22, 2021 | Virtual International Symposium
The Howard University Department of African Studies will host an international virtual symposium on Digital Learning in Global Africa During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic, on October 21 and 22, 2021. The Department plans the symposium in collaboration with the Title VI Center for African Studies at Howard University; the Howard University Department of World Languages and Cultures; the Howard University Department of Strategic, Legal and Management Communication; the Howard University Center for Women and Gender Studies; the Thabo Mbeki African School of Public & International Affairs (TM-School) South Africa; the Bowie State University Department of History & Government; Distance Education for Africa (DeAfrica); and the State of the African Diaspora.
The purpose of the Symposium is to enable scholars, researchers, and Higher Education Executives from the African continent and the Global African Diaspora (GAD) to critically reflect on the challenges and opportunities that the COVID-19 pandemic has created for higher learning and research on the continent of Africa, in the Caribbean, and in the African American community. It is also to enable the participants to explore concrete and innovative ways in which institutions in these Global African regions can utilize digital technology to meet the challenges and seek ways to improve teaching, learning, and research.
Paper Proposal Submission Deadline: July 15, 2021
Submit your paper via the Paper Submission Form and register via the Conference Registration Form below.
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By:
Madeleine Futter
CULTURE AND SOCIETY
Conference: A Call for the Desuperiorization of Philosophy and the Foundation of Superaltern Studies
A Call for the Desuperiorization of Philosophy and the Foundation of Superaltern Studies
August 11-13
About the conference
It seems Western thought, to this day, has not sufficiently recognized its superioristic danger as the danger that it is! When considering contemporary contexts, this danger remains real. The foreign, the other, is stigmatized or re-stigmatized. Western thought remains dangerous. The West must finally take this seriously and critically evaluate its value as a normative authority. It would hardly be surprising if we indeed find that a lot of contemporary problems have grown forth from the pseudo-self-evident superiority of the white, heterosexual, male human being many of the Enlightenment thinkers tried so vigorously to defend by manipulating philosophy. The West needs to understand itself, needs to understand all the intricacies of its superiorism, its superalternity and finally start working on the desuperiorization of its thought. We want to stimulate a discussion that Western thought must understand that its central task must be its Desuperiorization. We need to establish Superaltern Studies. We need to understand the superiorism of Western thought. We need to understand it deeply to be able to identify and avoid it. We need to understand why Western thought and Western action so often brought exploitation and humiliation with it. The Enlightenment did not only introduce a new understanding of the value of the human being, it also introduced a new level of dehumanization. Philosophy did not only argue to treat all human beings humanely, it – implicitly and explicitly – worked at the same time on reducing the numbers of those who were human enough to be treated humanely. This seems to have been one the most important intellectual self-deception moves that enabled so many philosophers to be humanist and anti-humanist at the same time: to simply disregard the humanness of those mistreated. We want to understand how superiorism has, and continues to play out, in terms of the colonialism and neocolonialism that has continued to affect much of the global south. We need to see how decoloniality expresses itself, and should express itself, as a necessary response to superiorization and inferiorization, as well as the psychological baggage that comes with it. We need to also examine the epistemological effects of superiorization, which has presented itself in what scholars have termed epistemic injustice, epistemic harm, and/or epistemic violence. How has this affected scholarship and knowledge production and must it be resisted? How do we balance identity and pride with the devastating effects of superiorization and othering?
Speakers
Robert Bernasconi, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Benda Hofmeyr, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Elvis Imafidon, University of London, England
Janine Jones, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA
Siseko Kumalo, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Dimpho Takane Maponya, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Veli Mitova, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Ana Paula Coelho Rodrigues, University of Paderborn, Germany
Boaventura des Santos Sousa, University of Coimbra, Portugal
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Natsu Taylor Saito, Georgia State University, USA
Abraham Tobi, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Mpho Tshivhase, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Organization Committee
Björn Freter, Independent Researcher, Knoxville, TN, USA
Aribiah Attoe,
Conversational Society of Philosophy,
South Africa
For any questions, please write to
desuperiorization@gmail.com
The event will be held online. Please register here
https://www.desuperiorization.com/
By:
Madeleine Futter
URL
CULTURE AND SOCIETY
Conference: A Call for the Desuperiorization of Philosophy and the Foundation of Superaltern Studies
A Call for the Desuperiorization of Philosophy and the Foundation of Superaltern Studies
August 11-13
About the conference
It seems Western thought, to this day, has not sufficiently recognized its superioristic danger as the danger that it is! When considering contemporary contexts, this danger remains real. The foreign, the other, is stigmatized or re-stigmatized. Western thought remains dangerous. The West must finally take this seriously and critically evaluate its value as a normative authority. It would hardly be surprising if we indeed find that a lot of contemporary problems have grown forth from the pseudo-self-evident superiority of the white, heterosexual, male human being many of the Enlightenment thinkers tried so vigorously to defend by manipulating philosophy. The West needs to understand itself, needs to understand all the intricacies of its superiorism, its superalternity and finally start working on the desuperiorization of its thought. We want to stimulate a discussion that Western thought must understand that its central task must be its Desuperiorization. We need to establish Superaltern Studies. We need to understand the superiorism of Western thought. We need to understand it deeply to be able to identify and avoid it. We need to understand why Western thought and Western action so often brought exploitation and humiliation with it. The Enlightenment did not only introduce a new understanding of the value of the human being, it also introduced a new level of dehumanization. Philosophy did not only argue to treat all human beings humanely, it – implicitly and explicitly – worked at the same time on reducing the numbers of those who were human enough to be treated humanely. This seems to have been one the most important intellectual self-deception moves that enabled so many philosophers to be humanist and anti-humanist at the same time: to simply disregard the humanness of those mistreated. We want to understand how superiorism has, and continues to play out, in terms of the colonialism and neocolonialism that has continued to affect much of the global south. We need to see how decoloniality expresses itself, and should express itself, as a necessary response to superiorization and inferiorization, as well as the psychological baggage that comes with it. We need to also examine the epistemological effects of superiorization, which has presented itself in what scholars have termed epistemic injustice, epistemic harm, and/or epistemic violence. How has this affected scholarship and knowledge production and must it be resisted? How do we balance identity and pride with the devastating effects of superiorization and othering?
Speakers
Robert Bernasconi, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Benda Hofmeyr, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Elvis Imafidon, University of London, England
Janine Jones, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA
Siseko Kumalo, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Dimpho Takane Maponya, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Veli Mitova, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Ana Paula Coelho Rodrigues, University of Paderborn, Germany
Boaventura des Santos Sousa, University of Coimbra, Portugal
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Natsu Taylor Saito, Georgia State University, USA
Abraham Tobi, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Mpho Tshivhase, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Organization Committee
Björn Freter, Independent Researcher, Knoxville, TN, USA
Aribiah Attoe,
Conversational Society of Philosophy,
South Africa
For any questions, please write to
desuperiorization@gmail.com
The event will be held online. Please register here
https://www.desuperiorization.com/
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By:
Madeleine Futter
URL
CULTURE AND SOCIETY
PhD opportunity (France-Sudan)
PhD opportunity (France-Sudan): “A History of Women's Urban Popular Labour in Colonial Sudan (1900-1956)”
by Elena Vezzadini
Call for a PhD candidate on the theme
“A History of Women's Urban Popular Labour in Colonial Sudan (1900-1956)”
Presentation
A three-year PhD scholarship is offered to a candidate willing to develop the following theme: the social history of female popular professions in urban contexts during the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium in Sudan through the lenses of vernacular, oral and photographic sources.
In the historiography of contemporary northern Sudan, women’s history is conspicuous for its scarcity, and all the more the history of “ordinary women”, including one fundamental aspect of women’s lives, that is labour.
The absence of women in the historiography of northern Sudan (the actual Republic of Sudan), and especially during the colonial period, is often seen as the result of two intertwined factors: the absence of sources and the absence of women in the public space as a result of female seclusion. This goes hand in hand with another common assumption: that during colonization, most women who worked for a remuneration were either slaves and former slaves or came from regions that had been slave reservoirs during the 19th Century. Because of their status, they could engage in behaviours that were frowned upon by free women, such as publicly mixing with men in the workplace.
British official documents, located in the national archives in Khartoum and London, are indeed poor in information about Sudanese women, regardless of their status or social group. However, this is not the case for all archives and all types of sources. Indeed, a type of source that is rich in information about “ordinary women” are the photographs kept at the Sudan Archive in Durham University (UK), which hosts the largest collection of documents left by former colonial officers. The archive includes over 57,000 photographs, among which there are hundreds and probably thousands of images depicting women, most of them dating from the period between 1920 and 1950, and located in urban areas. Already at a first glance, this archive is fascinating and surprising, and seems to contradict the historiographic doxa. First, women occupied public –yet gendered– spaces: they had their own areas at the market and roamed the streets for attending their jobs. Second, the photographs demonstrate the existence and even the large diffusion of remunerated female labour.
However, photographs represent only a starting point for locating a web of other sources. First, oral sources: in some pictures of the collection, reference is made to the name of the women represented and the place in which they were located. In some cases, and probably for some professions more than others, it may be possible to trace the descendants or younger colleagues of the women photographed. Thus, the second crucial source for this project will be represented by oral accounts by female urban professionals and their families. Finally, oral sources and photographs will be cross-referenced with another type of largely underexploited source, i.e. the women's vernacular press in Arabic, which developed from the 1940s onwards. The intersection of these three types of materials will allow rich and complex perspectives on the history of women's work, even if probably fragmentary. Finally, far from elminating the issue of slavery and marginalisation, this project will seek to investigate the boundaries between free and slave status, question these categories, and better understand the connection between female labour and social hierarchies in colonial Sudan.
Practical conditions, qualifications and application process
The programme: CNRS “international PhD scholarship”, IMAF Paris and CEDEJ Khartoum
This PhD scholarship is part of a special scheme called “international PhD scholarships” granted by the French National Centre of Scientific Research (CNRS), and it rests on special conditions: the scholarship lasts for three years, during which the PhD applicant is required to spend six months in Paris and six months in Khartoum each year. In Paris, he/she will be based at the Institut des Mondes Africains (IMAF), site Condorcet, Aubervilliers (Paris), which is the largest centre for African Studies in France (www.imaf.cnrs.fr). In Khartoum, the candidate will be based at the CEDEJ Khartoum (Centre for social, legal and economic studies and documentation in Sudan), a research centre affiliated with the CNRS (https://cedejsudan.hypotheses.org/).
Finally, the candidate will be registered at the Doctoral school of the Ecole des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, and his/her diploma will be issued from this school.
Financial conditions:
The PhD candidate will have a three-year contract with the CNRS, a monthly brute pay of about € 2135 (roughly around € 1700, depending on taxation rate), and 45 days of annual leave. A small travel budget may be sought for in order to apply for archival research in Europe and the UK; however, this depends on the limited financial possibility of IMAF and may vary from one year to the next; the candidate is encouraged to apply for fieldwork financial support from other institutions as well.
Qualifications and required training:
MA in History, preferably on a theme connected to social and gender history.
Applicants with a double background in African History and in Middle Eastern Studies are welcome to apply.
As the PhD thesis should be written ideally in English or otherwise in French, the candidate must have excellent writing skills in one of the two languages.
For non-French candidates, a working knowledge of French and the ability to communicate in this language will be a great asset.
Finally, ideally, the candidate will have at least a basic knowledge of Arabic.
A final note:
At IMAF, we make all efforts to promote diversity, equality and inclusion amongst our staff and students. As such, we welcome applications from all backgrounds. Applicants from African institutions are welcome to apply; they should only be aware that the procedure to apply for a work and study visa in France is cumbersome and fails in many cases. Thus, we will have to prioritize applicants who may have facilities in obtaining a work permit in France and a travel visa to Sudan.
Application process:
In order to apply, please send no later than July 21st 2021:
your CV in English or French.
your Master thesis (if written in French, Spanish, Italian, English, Arabic, or any Nordic language); or otherwise, if written in another language, a 10-page summary in English.
your master diploma and any diploma who may support your application (language training etc.).
a 1 or 2-page cover letter in which you explain your motivation to research the proposed theme, in English or in French.
A reference letter
These documents must be sent to the following address:
elena.vezzadini@cnrs.fr
The successful candidate will be notified no later than August 15th.
By:
Madeleine Futter
URL
CULTURE AND SOCIETY
PhD opportunity (France-Sudan)
PhD opportunity (France-Sudan): “A History of Women's Urban Popular Labour in Colonial Sudan (1900-1956)”
by Elena Vezzadini
Call for a PhD candidate on the theme
“A History of Women's Urban Popular Labour in Colonial Sudan (1900-1956)”
Presentation
A three-year PhD scholarship is offered to a candidate willing to develop the following theme: the social history of female popular professions in urban contexts during the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium in Sudan through the lenses of vernacular, oral and photographic sources.
In the historiography of contemporary northern Sudan, women’s history is conspicuous for its scarcity, and all the more the history of “ordinary women”, including one fundamental aspect of women’s lives, that is labour.
The absence of women in the historiography of northern Sudan (the actual Republic of Sudan), and especially during the colonial period, is often seen as the result of two intertwined factors: the absence of sources and the absence of women in the public space as a result of female seclusion. This goes hand in hand with another common assumption: that during colonization, most women who worked for a remuneration were either slaves and former slaves or came from regions that had been slave reservoirs during the 19th Century. Because of their status, they could engage in behaviours that were frowned upon by free women, such as publicly mixing with men in the workplace.
British official documents, located in the national archives in Khartoum and London, are indeed poor in information about Sudanese women, regardless of their status or social group. However, this is not the case for all archives and all types of sources. Indeed, a type of source that is rich in information about “ordinary women” are the photographs kept at the Sudan Archive in Durham University (UK), which hosts the largest collection of documents left by former colonial officers. The archive includes over 57,000 photographs, among which there are hundreds and probably thousands of images depicting women, most of them dating from the period between 1920 and 1950, and located in urban areas. Already at a first glance, this archive is fascinating and surprising, and seems to contradict the historiographic doxa. First, women occupied public –yet gendered– spaces: they had their own areas at the market and roamed the streets for attending their jobs. Second, the photographs demonstrate the existence and even the large diffusion of remunerated female labour.
However, photographs represent only a starting point for locating a web of other sources. First, oral sources: in some pictures of the collection, reference is made to the name of the women represented and the place in which they were located. In some cases, and probably for some professions more than others, it may be possible to trace the descendants or younger colleagues of the women photographed. Thus, the second crucial source for this project will be represented by oral accounts by female urban professionals and their families. Finally, oral sources and photographs will be cross-referenced with another type of largely underexploited source, i.e. the women's vernacular press in Arabic, which developed from the 1940s onwards. The intersection of these three types of materials will allow rich and complex perspectives on the history of women's work, even if probably fragmentary. Finally, far from elminating the issue of slavery and marginalisation, this project will seek to investigate the boundaries between free and slave status, question these categories, and better understand the connection between female labour and social hierarchies in colonial Sudan.
Practical conditions, qualifications and application process
The programme: CNRS “international PhD scholarship”, IMAF Paris and CEDEJ Khartoum
This PhD scholarship is part of a special scheme called “international PhD scholarships” granted by the French National Centre of Scientific Research (CNRS), and it rests on special conditions: the scholarship lasts for three years, during which the PhD applicant is required to spend six months in Paris and six months in Khartoum each year. In Paris, he/she will be based at the Institut des Mondes Africains (IMAF), site Condorcet, Aubervilliers (Paris), which is the largest centre for African Studies in France (www.imaf.cnrs.fr). In Khartoum, the candidate will be based at the CEDEJ Khartoum (Centre for social, legal and economic studies and documentation in Sudan), a research centre affiliated with the CNRS (https://cedejsudan.hypotheses.org/).
Finally, the candidate will be registered at the Doctoral school of the Ecole des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, and his/her diploma will be issued from this school.
Financial conditions:
The PhD candidate will have a three-year contract with the CNRS, a monthly brute pay of about € 2135 (roughly around € 1700, depending on taxation rate), and 45 days of annual leave. A small travel budget may be sought for in order to apply for archival research in Europe and the UK; however, this depends on the limited financial possibility of IMAF and may vary from one year to the next; the candidate is encouraged to apply for fieldwork financial support from other institutions as well.
Qualifications and required training:
MA in History, preferably on a theme connected to social and gender history.
Applicants with a double background in African History and in Middle Eastern Studies are welcome to apply.
As the PhD thesis should be written ideally in English or otherwise in French, the candidate must have excellent writing skills in one of the two languages.
For non-French candidates, a working knowledge of French and the ability to communicate in this language will be a great asset.
Finally, ideally, the candidate will have at least a basic knowledge of Arabic.
A final note:
At IMAF, we make all efforts to promote diversity, equality and inclusion amongst our staff and students. As such, we welcome applications from all backgrounds. Applicants from African institutions are welcome to apply; they should only be aware that the procedure to apply for a work and study visa in France is cumbersome and fails in many cases. Thus, we will have to prioritize applicants who may have facilities in obtaining a work permit in France and a travel visa to Sudan.
Application process:
In order to apply, please send no later than July 21st 2021:
your CV in English or French.
your Master thesis (if written in French, Spanish, Italian, English, Arabic, or any Nordic language); or otherwise, if written in another language, a 10-page summary in English.
your master diploma and any diploma who may support your application (language training etc.).
a 1 or 2-page cover letter in which you explain your motivation to research the proposed theme, in English or in French.
A reference letter
These documents must be sent to the following address:
elena.vezzadini@cnrs.fr
The successful candidate will be notified no later than August 15th.
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By:
Madeleine Futter
URL
CULTURE AND SOCIETY
CfP: special journal issue (Matrix) on Warfare and Peacemaking among Matricultural Societies
by Linnéa Rowlatt
Volume 3, Issue 2 (Nov 2022)
Call for Papers
Deadline for Abstract Submission: 1 October 2021
Theme: Warfare and Peacemaking Among Matricultural Societies
The view that ‘War is a game for men’ has been declaimed with loud voices – yet the Kanienʼkehá꞉ka (Mohawk) people, who have been described as the most fierce warriors of eastern North America, have a strong matriculture where the Clan Mothers nominate, install, and remove male Chiefs. Up to six thousand Fon women, known as Mino or ‘our mothers', fought in the army of Dahomey until the early twentieth century. The matriarchal Minangkabau of Indonesia militarily resisted Dutch colonization for almost fifteen years and, over a century later, launched a guerilla-based civil war against the Sukarno government. Scythian warriors of the Ancient period were women as well as men, since horse-riding largely negates the advantages of upper body strength. Clearly, these matricultural societies have not been strangers to war and violence, whether defensive or offensive, and many more examples could be provided. At the same time, many scholars claim that matricultural societies are, by definition, cultures of peace.
What are the strategies, means, and types of warfare, in its broadest sense, in which a matricultural society might engage? What does the idea of peace mean and how is it achieved and/or strengthened? What are the means whereby matricultural societies resolve conflict (domestic or foreign) before it comes to violence, and what role do women and men play in those processes? Among matricultural societies, who makes the political decisions to engage in warfare, whether defensive or offensive? What have been the consequences of war for matricultures, including the enhancement or diminishment of status for women? We look for submissions which address these questions and others related to the topic.
Taking matriculture as a cultural system in the classical Geertzian sense of the term, this issue of Matrix will explore the institutions and customs around warfare and peacemaking among matricultural societies, including cultures where women go to war themselves (whether as warriors, soldiers, spies, or in another way), where women are central to peace-building traditions, where women exercise military authority over men (formally or informally), or exercise the political authority to declare war (and end it). We take it as a given that some cultures have a weakly defined matricultural system, while others, who have strong matricultural systems, express this strength in several ways – one of which is through designating women as authorities over or active participants in violent conflict or as builders of peace.
We invite articles which present, analyze, or contextualize historical or present-day warfare by or upon matricultures and any social institutions which are involved, as well as articles which deconstruct the meaning of war and peace among matricultural societies. We are interested in questions such as: What is the role for women in warfare when the the society/ies in conflict have a flourishing matricultural system? Do cultures with flourishing matricultures have unique means of achieving peace, or strengthening it? How do women contribute to the processes of warfare among matricultural societies? In what matricultures do women have the authority to declare war, to conduct warfare, or the freedom to become warriors if they so chose?
Possible presentations may include but are not limited to:
styles of warfare as conducted by matricultural societies
means of preventing conflict used by matricultural societies
meaning of peace to matricultural societies and methods of achieving and/or strengthening it
the meaning of warfare in matricultural societies
women warriors or soldiers, and/or women’s warrior societies, historical or contemporary
political authority as exercised by women in matricultures
social institutions of matricultures where women exercise military power
the role of women in strategies of engaging and/or disengaging with external conflicts
the role of women in strategies of conflict resolution
the status of men and their relationships to women in martial matricultures
Issue Editor: Linnéa Rowlatt (Network on Culture)
Please submit a 300-word abstract (max) to the Issue Editor or to the Editorial Collective of Matrix: A Journal for Matricultural Studies
Submission via email to: lrowlatt@networkonculture.ca or info@networkonculture.cawith the Subject line ‘Matrix Vol. 3 (2) Abstract Submission’.
Deadline for Abstract Submission: 1 October 2021
About Matrix
Matrix: A Journal for Matricultural Studies is an open access, peer-reviewed and refereed journal published by the International Network for Training, Education, and Research on Culture (Network on Culture), Canada. Matrix is published online on a biannual basis.
For many years, scholarship has explored the expression and role of women in culture from various perspectives such as kinship, economics, ritual, etc, but so far, the idea of approaching culture as a whole, taking the female world as primary, as a cultural system in Geertz’ classical sense of the term – a matriculture – has gone unnoticed. Some cultures have a weakly defined matricultural system; others have strong matricultural systems with various ramifications that may include, but are not limited to, matrilineal kinship, matrilocality, matriarchal governance features – all of which have serious consequences relative to the socio-cultural status of women, men, children, and the entire community of humans, animals, and the environment.
The main objective of Matrix is to provide a forum for those who are working from this theoretical stance. We encourage submissions from scholars, community members, and other knowledge keepers from around the world who are ready to take a new look at the ways in which people - women and men, historically and currently - have organized themselves into meaningful relationships; the myths, customs, and laws which support these relationships; and the ways in which researchers have documented and perhaps mis-labeled the matricultures they encounter.
For more information, visit our website:https://www.networkonculture.ca/activities/matrix.
By:
Madeleine Futter
URL
CULTURE AND SOCIETY
CfP: special journal issue (Matrix) on Warfare and Peacemaking among Matricultural Societies
by Linnéa Rowlatt
Volume 3, Issue 2 (Nov 2022)
Call for Papers
Deadline for Abstract Submission: 1 October 2021
Theme: Warfare and Peacemaking Among Matricultural Societies
The view that ‘War is a game for men’ has been declaimed with loud voices – yet the Kanienʼkehá꞉ka (Mohawk) people, who have been described as the most fierce warriors of eastern North America, have a strong matriculture where the Clan Mothers nominate, install, and remove male Chiefs. Up to six thousand Fon women, known as Mino or ‘our mothers', fought in the army of Dahomey until the early twentieth century. The matriarchal Minangkabau of Indonesia militarily resisted Dutch colonization for almost fifteen years and, over a century later, launched a guerilla-based civil war against the Sukarno government. Scythian warriors of the Ancient period were women as well as men, since horse-riding largely negates the advantages of upper body strength. Clearly, these matricultural societies have not been strangers to war and violence, whether defensive or offensive, and many more examples could be provided. At the same time, many scholars claim that matricultural societies are, by definition, cultures of peace.
What are the strategies, means, and types of warfare, in its broadest sense, in which a matricultural society might engage? What does the idea of peace mean and how is it achieved and/or strengthened? What are the means whereby matricultural societies resolve conflict (domestic or foreign) before it comes to violence, and what role do women and men play in those processes? Among matricultural societies, who makes the political decisions to engage in warfare, whether defensive or offensive? What have been the consequences of war for matricultures, including the enhancement or diminishment of status for women? We look for submissions which address these questions and others related to the topic.
Taking matriculture as a cultural system in the classical Geertzian sense of the term, this issue of Matrix will explore the institutions and customs around warfare and peacemaking among matricultural societies, including cultures where women go to war themselves (whether as warriors, soldiers, spies, or in another way), where women are central to peace-building traditions, where women exercise military authority over men (formally or informally), or exercise the political authority to declare war (and end it). We take it as a given that some cultures have a weakly defined matricultural system, while others, who have strong matricultural systems, express this strength in several ways – one of which is through designating women as authorities over or active participants in violent conflict or as builders of peace.
We invite articles which present, analyze, or contextualize historical or present-day warfare by or upon matricultures and any social institutions which are involved, as well as articles which deconstruct the meaning of war and peace among matricultural societies. We are interested in questions such as: What is the role for women in warfare when the the society/ies in conflict have a flourishing matricultural system? Do cultures with flourishing matricultures have unique means of achieving peace, or strengthening it? How do women contribute to the processes of warfare among matricultural societies? In what matricultures do women have the authority to declare war, to conduct warfare, or the freedom to become warriors if they so chose?
Possible presentations may include but are not limited to:
styles of warfare as conducted by matricultural societies
means of preventing conflict used by matricultural societies
meaning of peace to matricultural societies and methods of achieving and/or strengthening it
the meaning of warfare in matricultural societies
women warriors or soldiers, and/or women’s warrior societies, historical or contemporary
political authority as exercised by women in matricultures
social institutions of matricultures where women exercise military power
the role of women in strategies of engaging and/or disengaging with external conflicts
the role of women in strategies of conflict resolution
the status of men and their relationships to women in martial matricultures
Issue Editor: Linnéa Rowlatt (Network on Culture)
Please submit a 300-word abstract (max) to the Issue Editor or to the Editorial Collective of Matrix: A Journal for Matricultural Studies
Submission via email to: lrowlatt@networkonculture.ca or info@networkonculture.cawith the Subject line ‘Matrix Vol. 3 (2) Abstract Submission’.
Deadline for Abstract Submission: 1 October 2021
About Matrix
Matrix: A Journal for Matricultural Studies is an open access, peer-reviewed and refereed journal published by the International Network for Training, Education, and Research on Culture (Network on Culture), Canada. Matrix is published online on a biannual basis.
For many years, scholarship has explored the expression and role of women in culture from various perspectives such as kinship, economics, ritual, etc, but so far, the idea of approaching culture as a whole, taking the female world as primary, as a cultural system in Geertz’ classical sense of the term – a matriculture – has gone unnoticed. Some cultures have a weakly defined matricultural system; others have strong matricultural systems with various ramifications that may include, but are not limited to, matrilineal kinship, matrilocality, matriarchal governance features – all of which have serious consequences relative to the socio-cultural status of women, men, children, and the entire community of humans, animals, and the environment.
The main objective of Matrix is to provide a forum for those who are working from this theoretical stance. We encourage submissions from scholars, community members, and other knowledge keepers from around the world who are ready to take a new look at the ways in which people - women and men, historically and currently - have organized themselves into meaningful relationships; the myths, customs, and laws which support these relationships; and the ways in which researchers have documented and perhaps mis-labeled the matricultures they encounter.
For more information, visit our website:https://www.networkonculture.ca/activities/matrix.
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Madeleine Futter
URL
CULTURE AND SOCIETY
The Sixth J. A. Atanda Lectures and Conference - Fourth Conference Update
THE SIXTH J. A. ATANDA LECTURES AND CONFERENCE
Fourth Conference Update
https://babcock.edu.ng/atandaconference
Theme: YORUBA CULTURE AND SOCIETY
Venue: Babcock University, Ilisan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria
Date: June 21-23, 2021 (Arrival, June 20)
Over 450 scholars are expected to participate in this on-site conference which promises to be an exceptional, memorable experience. This conference promises to be an exceptional, memorable experience. As we make final preparations to welcome you to Babcock University, Nigeria’s premier and best private university, situated in a serene, clean and crisp natural environment, please kindly take note of the following information:
Acceptance letters: We have sent acceptance letters to all whose abstracts were received by the submissions deadline. Please do notify us if you have not received yours; we would be glad to re-send it to you.
Registration: Everyone whose abstract was accepted has been registered.Those who had slight challenges in registering themselves have been registered by the registration team. Registration is free and offers sponsorship for all registered participants. The sponsorship covers registration materials, feeding and comfortable student hostel accommodation only. The registration admits you to all plenaries and panels, lunch and food-break for three days, conference materials, the conference performance eve, participation in social events. List of registered participants will be uploaded on the website on June 1, 2021.
Conference Program: The conference program currently features an opening ceremony, two keynote addresses, a lead paper presentation, several special roundtables, a performance eve and movie night, a research and publication workshop and many more. The full draft program will be circulated very soon, at which point you will have the opportunity to make any corrections concerning your paper presentations before we go to press. We will give you more program details in subsequent information updates too.
Conference Opening Ceremony: The opening ceremony for the conference is planned for Monday, June 21, 2021, at 12noon. Colleagues and members of the public are cordially invited.
Conference Keynote Addresses and Lead Paper Presentation: The confirmed keynote speakers are:
Prof. Arinpe Gbekelolu Adejumo, Deputy Provost, Postgraduate School, University of Ibadan, Nigeria;
Dr. Biodun Ogundayo, Director, Africana Studies Program, University of Pittsburgh, Bradford, USA;
Dr. Akinloye Ojo, Director, African Studies Institute, University of Georgia, Athens, USA.
Conference Special Guests: Distinguished personalities, Royal fathers, cultural icons and prominent government officials will grace the occasion.
The Conference features the following, among others:
Special Guest of Honour: Her Excellency, Alhaja Salimot Badru
Former Deputy Governor, Ogun State
Grand Host: Hon. Dr. Oluwatoyin Emmanuel Taiwo
Honourable Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Ogun State
Chair, Keynote Addresses: Engr. Prince Yemisi Shyllon
Foremost Private Art Collector in Africa
Distinguished Royal Father of the Day: HRM Oba Abolarin Adedokun
The Orangun of Oke Ila, Osun State, Nigeria.
Host Royal Fathers of the Day: OBA MICHAEL MOJEED SONUGA The Olofin of Ilisan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria & OBA ADELEKE ÌDÒWÚ BASIBO The Alaperu of Iperu, Iperu Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria
Conference Performance Eve and Movie Night: An exhilarating spectacle of unprecedented performances, including Yoruba cultural games, music, dances, folklore in an inspiring atmosphere of indigenous creativity, pageantry and aesthetics, is scheduled for Tuesday, June 22, 2021, at 4 pm. to be anchored by Tunji Sotimirin. Film-show features Dazzling Mirage, a Mainframe adaptation of Yinka Egbokhare’s novel by Tunde Kelani.
Research and Publication Workshop: An extremely engaging and enriching workshop on research and publication will be facilitated by Prof Toyin Falola, Convener of the Sixth J.A. Atanda Lectures and Conference, University Distinguished Professor of History and the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin. The workshop will develop writing competences of scholars, impart foundational knowledge and practice of research and writing and provide networking resources for quality publications.
Covid-19 Protocols: Given the Covid-19 pandemic, the event will be hosted in an open-spaced amphitheater, and all Covid-19 protocols will be STRICTLY adhered to. All attendees are expected to be properly masked. (Masks will be provided for all registered participants, and adherence ensured). Sitting positions will be monitored to ensure adequate spacing. Hand sanitisers will be administered, and handwashing facilities will be made available.
Roundtables: Several roundtables on Yoruba Language and Culture related topics have been convened, featuring distinguished and upcoming scholars in African (Yoruba) Studies, African Philosophy, Cultural Studies and Education.
Roundatbles include:
A Steading Critique and Discussion of the Bras-Bells Drum, An English Translation of Akinwunmi Isola’s Saworoide – convened by Prof Pamela Smith
The Yorubalization of Ubuntu – convened by Dr Augusta Yetunde Olaore
Yoruba Indigenous Educational System – convened in honour ofProf Michael Omolewa @ 80
Presentation Mode: The conference is planned to be a blended event. Virtual participants will be able to join in the plenary and parallel sessions on zoom. The zoom link will be published close to the conference date. Smartboards and projectors are available for PowerPoint or other visual presentations.
Accommodation: There are three categories of accommodation available for this conference:
(1) Babcock student hostels
Very decent. This is the accommodation provided free for all registered participants.
For participants who desire to stay in hotels, the other two categories of accommodation with COST TO BE BORNE BY THE PARTICIPANTS are:
(2) Babcock Guest House (BGH):
(3) Hotels in nearby towns:
* SAGAMU:
(i). CONFERENCE HOTEL, SAGAMU - www.conferencehotelnigeria.com
(ii). NANDAS HOTEL – www.nandashotelnigeria.com
(iii). CITIZENS SUITES – enquiry@citizenssuites.com
(iv). LIPTON HOTEL
* ILISHAN-REMO:
(v). HAVILLA GUEST HOUSE
(vi). BU HIGH SCHOOL Guest House
Please contact the Conference Logistics Coordinator, Mr Theophilus, with your choice and questions (check babcock.edu.ng/atandaconference).
Publication of papers: We affirm that we have every plan in place for quality conference papers to be published with highly reputable publishers after post-conference review and re-submission.
Paper Submission: PowerPoints of presentations are expected on or before the10th of June, 2021. For publication consideration, corrected drafts of full papers are expected latest August 20, 2021, for reviews to commence. All papers must be original, with a 6,000-8,000 word count, and follow the Chicago Manual Style of referencing.
Security: Babcock University is situated in a serene, safe and secure environment, and the security of all conference participants is assured. We have also put in place additional security measures for the duration of the conference and have left no stone unturned to guarantee that your stay is completely hitch-free in this regard.
Airport Pick Up/ Drop-off (for international participants only)
We would be happy to provide any needed information and assistance to international participants arriving for the purpose of the conference only. If you need any information or assistance, please send an email to atanda.conference@babcock.edu.ng
Conference Website: Please visit the conference website for regular updates and information, at: https://babcock.edu.ng/atandaconference
For all enquiries, our email is atanda.conference@babcock.edu.ng
We will keep you updated about other developments going forward. If there is any way at all that we can make your conference experience more pleasurable, please do let us know right ahead of time, and we will do our very best. You can reach us by email at atanda.conference@babcock.edu.ng and by phone at the numbers below.
Professor Bola Sotunsa
For The Sixth J.A. Atanda Lectures and Conference
Local Organising Committee:
Convener: Professor Toyin Falola, University Distinguished Professor of History and the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin.toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu
Convener: Professor Mobolanle E. Sotunsa, Professor of African Oral Literature and Gender Studies, Director of Babcock University Centre for Open Distance and e-Learning (BUCODeL) and Coordinator, Babcock University Gender and African Studies Group (BUGAS); sotunsam@babcock.edu.ng
By:
Madeleine Futter
URL
CULTURE AND SOCIETY
The Sixth J. A. Atanda Lectures and Conference - Fourth Conference Update
THE SIXTH J. A. ATANDA LECTURES AND CONFERENCE
Fourth Conference Update
https://babcock.edu.ng/atandaconference
Theme: YORUBA CULTURE AND SOCIETY
Venue: Babcock University, Ilisan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria
Date: June 21-23, 2021 (Arrival, June 20)
Over 450 scholars are expected to participate in this on-site conference which promises to be an exceptional, memorable experience. This conference promises to be an exceptional, memorable experience. As we make final preparations to welcome you to Babcock University, Nigeria’s premier and best private university, situated in a serene, clean and crisp natural environment, please kindly take note of the following information:
Acceptance letters: We have sent acceptance letters to all whose abstracts were received by the submissions deadline. Please do notify us if you have not received yours; we would be glad to re-send it to you.
Registration: Everyone whose abstract was accepted has been registered.Those who had slight challenges in registering themselves have been registered by the registration team. Registration is free and offers sponsorship for all registered participants. The sponsorship covers registration materials, feeding and comfortable student hostel accommodation only. The registration admits you to all plenaries and panels, lunch and food-break for three days, conference materials, the conference performance eve, participation in social events. List of registered participants will be uploaded on the website on June 1, 2021.
Conference Program: The conference program currently features an opening ceremony, two keynote addresses, a lead paper presentation, several special roundtables, a performance eve and movie night, a research and publication workshop and many more. The full draft program will be circulated very soon, at which point you will have the opportunity to make any corrections concerning your paper presentations before we go to press. We will give you more program details in subsequent information updates too.
Conference Opening Ceremony: The opening ceremony for the conference is planned for Monday, June 21, 2021, at 12noon. Colleagues and members of the public are cordially invited.
Conference Keynote Addresses and Lead Paper Presentation: The confirmed keynote speakers are:
Prof. Arinpe Gbekelolu Adejumo, Deputy Provost, Postgraduate School, University of Ibadan, Nigeria;
Dr. Biodun Ogundayo, Director, Africana Studies Program, University of Pittsburgh, Bradford, USA;
Dr. Akinloye Ojo, Director, African Studies Institute, University of Georgia, Athens, USA.
Conference Special Guests: Distinguished personalities, Royal fathers, cultural icons and prominent government officials will grace the occasion.
The Conference features the following, among others:
Special Guest of Honour: Her Excellency, Alhaja Salimot Badru
Former Deputy Governor, Ogun State
Grand Host: Hon. Dr. Oluwatoyin Emmanuel Taiwo
Honourable Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Ogun State
Chair, Keynote Addresses: Engr. Prince Yemisi Shyllon
Foremost Private Art Collector in Africa
Distinguished Royal Father of the Day: HRM Oba Abolarin Adedokun
The Orangun of Oke Ila, Osun State, Nigeria.
Host Royal Fathers of the Day: OBA MICHAEL MOJEED SONUGA The Olofin of Ilisan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria & OBA ADELEKE ÌDÒWÚ BASIBO The Alaperu of Iperu, Iperu Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria
Conference Performance Eve and Movie Night: An exhilarating spectacle of unprecedented performances, including Yoruba cultural games, music, dances, folklore in an inspiring atmosphere of indigenous creativity, pageantry and aesthetics, is scheduled for Tuesday, June 22, 2021, at 4 pm. to be anchored by Tunji Sotimirin. Film-show features Dazzling Mirage, a Mainframe adaptation of Yinka Egbokhare’s novel by Tunde Kelani.
Research and Publication Workshop: An extremely engaging and enriching workshop on research and publication will be facilitated by Prof Toyin Falola, Convener of the Sixth J.A. Atanda Lectures and Conference, University Distinguished Professor of History and the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin. The workshop will develop writing competences of scholars, impart foundational knowledge and practice of research and writing and provide networking resources for quality publications.
Covid-19 Protocols: Given the Covid-19 pandemic, the event will be hosted in an open-spaced amphitheater, and all Covid-19 protocols will be STRICTLY adhered to. All attendees are expected to be properly masked. (Masks will be provided for all registered participants, and adherence ensured). Sitting positions will be monitored to ensure adequate spacing. Hand sanitisers will be administered, and handwashing facilities will be made available.
Roundtables: Several roundtables on Yoruba Language and Culture related topics have been convened, featuring distinguished and upcoming scholars in African (Yoruba) Studies, African Philosophy, Cultural Studies and Education.
Roundatbles include:
A Steading Critique and Discussion of the Bras-Bells Drum, An English Translation of Akinwunmi Isola’s Saworoide – convened by Prof Pamela Smith
The Yorubalization of Ubuntu – convened by Dr Augusta Yetunde Olaore
Yoruba Indigenous Educational System – convened in honour ofProf Michael Omolewa @ 80
Presentation Mode: The conference is planned to be a blended event. Virtual participants will be able to join in the plenary and parallel sessions on zoom. The zoom link will be published close to the conference date. Smartboards and projectors are available for PowerPoint or other visual presentations.
Accommodation: There are three categories of accommodation available for this conference:
(1) Babcock student hostels
Very decent. This is the accommodation provided free for all registered participants.
For participants who desire to stay in hotels, the other two categories of accommodation with COST TO BE BORNE BY THE PARTICIPANTS are:
(2) Babcock Guest House (BGH):
(3) Hotels in nearby towns:
* SAGAMU:
(i). CONFERENCE HOTEL, SAGAMU - www.conferencehotelnigeria.com
(ii). NANDAS HOTEL – www.nandashotelnigeria.com
(iii). CITIZENS SUITES – enquiry@citizenssuites.com
(iv). LIPTON HOTEL
* ILISHAN-REMO:
(v). HAVILLA GUEST HOUSE
(vi). BU HIGH SCHOOL Guest House
Please contact the Conference Logistics Coordinator, Mr Theophilus, with your choice and questions (check babcock.edu.ng/atandaconference).
Publication of papers: We affirm that we have every plan in place for quality conference papers to be published with highly reputable publishers after post-conference review and re-submission.
Paper Submission: PowerPoints of presentations are expected on or before the10th of June, 2021. For publication consideration, corrected drafts of full papers are expected latest August 20, 2021, for reviews to commence. All papers must be original, with a 6,000-8,000 word count, and follow the Chicago Manual Style of referencing.
Security: Babcock University is situated in a serene, safe and secure environment, and the security of all conference participants is assured. We have also put in place additional security measures for the duration of the conference and have left no stone unturned to guarantee that your stay is completely hitch-free in this regard.
Airport Pick Up/ Drop-off (for international participants only)
We would be happy to provide any needed information and assistance to international participants arriving for the purpose of the conference only. If you need any information or assistance, please send an email to atanda.conference@babcock.edu.ng
Conference Website: Please visit the conference website for regular updates and information, at: https://babcock.edu.ng/atandaconference
For all enquiries, our email is atanda.conference@babcock.edu.ng
We will keep you updated about other developments going forward. If there is any way at all that we can make your conference experience more pleasurable, please do let us know right ahead of time, and we will do our very best. You can reach us by email at atanda.conference@babcock.edu.ng and by phone at the numbers below.
Professor Bola Sotunsa
For The Sixth J.A. Atanda Lectures and Conference
Local Organising Committee:
Convener: Professor Toyin Falola, University Distinguished Professor of History and the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin.toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu
Convener: Professor Mobolanle E. Sotunsa, Professor of African Oral Literature and Gender Studies, Director of Babcock University Centre for Open Distance and e-Learning (BUCODeL) and Coordinator, Babcock University Gender and African Studies Group (BUGAS); sotunsam@babcock.edu.ng
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By:
Madeleine Futter
URL
CULTURE AND SOCIETY
Call for Papers - Re-inventing/reconstructing cosmopolitanism in contested and post-conflict spaces
by Brian Schiff
International Conference – Call for Papers
The Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory (University of Belgrade), The Center for Advanced Studies Southeast Europe (University of Rijeka-Cres), The George and Irina Schaeffer Center for the Study of Genocide, Human Rights and Conflict Prevention, The American University of Paris (Paris), The Centre de relations internationales (SciencesPo-CERI) and The Faculty of Media and Communications (Belgrade)
Re-inventing/reconstructing cosmopolitanism in contested spaces and post-conflict zones 25–27 May 2022
“The life of the other, the life that is not our own, is also our life, since whatever sense ‘our’ life has is derived precisely from this sociality, this being already, and from the start, dependent on a world of others, constituted in and by a social world”. The other of Judith Butler is the universe of others to whom we are inescapably intertwined, irrespective of the arbitrariness of birth, borders and the cultural particularisms that segment social space, and to whom we are joined in “unchosen cohabitation” through the proximities wrought by the historical encounters, frictions, and collisions of people(s).
The purpose of this international conference is to encourage a multi- and transdisciplinary discussion of one of the core analytical and normative problems of our troubled present: the challenge of cultivating inclusive civic and social spaces at a moment when difference is ubiquitously threatened by exclusionary ethno-nationalisms, the construction of material and symbolic walls of separation, spaces of conflict, and violence-laden representations of the essential alienness of cultural, political, and religious others.
We welcome critical examinations of this problem in various socio-spatial and temporal contexts – refugee flows and transnational migrations generated by poverty and war, civil conflicts and interactions in the world’s border areas and megacities where “North and South” and “East and West” uneasily meet, post-conflict zones at the edges of and in the interstices of states and empire(s)…We aim to broaden the scope to reflections on the necessary rethinking/reinvention/reconstitution of cosmopolitan space(s) challenged by social conflicts, war and/or mass violence.
A summer school will be held in conjunction with the conference. More information on the program, calendar and registration will be provided in the Fall.
THE VENUE
The Cres antenna of the Center for Advanced Studies Southeast Europe of the University of Rijeka is an emblematic venue for these themes: the Adriatic has always been a crossroads of transnational circulations (people, ideas, and goods), with multiple overlapping and intersecting cultural belongings and political identities. As Anita Sujoldžić has pointed out, until the early twentieth century, there were “firmly connected social spaces”’ in the Habsburg Empire “that cut across anachronistically drawn linguistic and ethno-national lines”, and “in which multiple allegiances (imperial, national, provincial or local) with both cosmopolitan and culturally contingent loyalties could be found.” The region has also, of course, been a locus of sharp ethno-nationalist divisions and armed conflicts, which have submerged the cosmopolitan lifeworlds that today should be purposely reconstituted.
SUGGESTED TOPICS FOR PAPERS:
Theoretical and philosophical foundations of cosmopolitanism.
Social science inquiry into the dynamics and precursors of social violence leading to disassembling of cosmopolitan space(s)
Historical examination of inclusive societies; their establishment and disassembling
Innovative interventions and other forms of social activism designed to reconcile conflict and promote co-existence
Memory controversies and efforts to address conflicting readings of the cosmopolitan past
Cosmopolitan critiques of globalisation and problems of global justice
The crisis of hospitality and the sociohistory of the labels of “othering” (refugees, immigrants, expatriot, asylees, displaced persons, IDPs (internally displaced persons), PRSs, stateless persons etc)
Rethinking cosmopolitanism in Jewish history
Peace theory and cosmopolitanism
ELIGIBILITY
Applicants should be researchers, post-graduate students, and post-docs interested in or working on the above topics. We also welcome applications from civil society activists bringing particular insights to the conference’s content. Applicants from all countries are eligible to apply.
APPLICATION
All applicants should send a short bio and abstract to cosmocres2022@gmail.com no later than September 15th 2021. We will get back to you by November 15th 2021.
Abstracts should be 500 words max. for a presentation not exceeding 20 mins.
Participation fee: 180€ for faculty members; 100€ for students (limited financial aid can be made available to select participants in need, upon examination of their requests).
INFORMATION
Organizers will facilitate arranging accommodation in Cres city and its surroundings on the island of Cres but we kindly ask participants to emphasize if they opt for this option in their application. If any further details are needed, please contact us at cosmocres2022@gmail.com
A venue and forum for various scientific and research activities, the University of Rijeka’s Center for Advanced Studies Southeast Europe welcomes visiting students and artists wishing to withdraw for a moment to a serene and inspiring collaboration setting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsnR8WDupm8&ab_channel=CenterforAdvancedStudiesUniversityofRijeka
http://cas.uniri.hr/tag/moise-palace/
We very much hope this event can happen in person. As the epidemiological situation shifts, we will need to decide what is feasible by the end of 2021. If need be we are technically equipped and prepared to transition our event to an online hybrid format.
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:
Sanja Bojanic
Brian Schiff
Gazela Pudar Drasko
Constance Pâris de Bollardière
Petar Bojanic
Nadege Ragaru
Philip Spero Golub
Eileen Lallier
Zona Zaric
Vera Mevorah
Dragana Stojanovic
ORGANIZATION BOARD:
Sanja Bojanic
Petar Bojanic
Brian Schiff
Nadege Ragaru
Zona Zaric
Vera Mevorah
Dragana Stojanovic
By:
Madeleine Futter
URL
CULTURE AND SOCIETY
Call for Papers - Re-inventing/reconstructing cosmopolitanism in contested and post-conflict spaces
by Brian Schiff
International Conference – Call for Papers
The Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory (University of Belgrade), The Center for Advanced Studies Southeast Europe (University of Rijeka-Cres), The George and Irina Schaeffer Center for the Study of Genocide, Human Rights and Conflict Prevention, The American University of Paris (Paris), The Centre de relations internationales (SciencesPo-CERI) and The Faculty of Media and Communications (Belgrade)
Re-inventing/reconstructing cosmopolitanism in contested spaces and post-conflict zones 25–27 May 2022
“The life of the other, the life that is not our own, is also our life, since whatever sense ‘our’ life has is derived precisely from this sociality, this being already, and from the start, dependent on a world of others, constituted in and by a social world”. The other of Judith Butler is the universe of others to whom we are inescapably intertwined, irrespective of the arbitrariness of birth, borders and the cultural particularisms that segment social space, and to whom we are joined in “unchosen cohabitation” through the proximities wrought by the historical encounters, frictions, and collisions of people(s).
The purpose of this international conference is to encourage a multi- and transdisciplinary discussion of one of the core analytical and normative problems of our troubled present: the challenge of cultivating inclusive civic and social spaces at a moment when difference is ubiquitously threatened by exclusionary ethno-nationalisms, the construction of material and symbolic walls of separation, spaces of conflict, and violence-laden representations of the essential alienness of cultural, political, and religious others.
We welcome critical examinations of this problem in various socio-spatial and temporal contexts – refugee flows and transnational migrations generated by poverty and war, civil conflicts and interactions in the world’s border areas and megacities where “North and South” and “East and West” uneasily meet, post-conflict zones at the edges of and in the interstices of states and empire(s)…We aim to broaden the scope to reflections on the necessary rethinking/reinvention/reconstitution of cosmopolitan space(s) challenged by social conflicts, war and/or mass violence.
A summer school will be held in conjunction with the conference. More information on the program, calendar and registration will be provided in the Fall.
THE VENUE
The Cres antenna of the Center for Advanced Studies Southeast Europe of the University of Rijeka is an emblematic venue for these themes: the Adriatic has always been a crossroads of transnational circulations (people, ideas, and goods), with multiple overlapping and intersecting cultural belongings and political identities. As Anita Sujoldžić has pointed out, until the early twentieth century, there were “firmly connected social spaces”’ in the Habsburg Empire “that cut across anachronistically drawn linguistic and ethno-national lines”, and “in which multiple allegiances (imperial, national, provincial or local) with both cosmopolitan and culturally contingent loyalties could be found.” The region has also, of course, been a locus of sharp ethno-nationalist divisions and armed conflicts, which have submerged the cosmopolitan lifeworlds that today should be purposely reconstituted.
SUGGESTED TOPICS FOR PAPERS:
Theoretical and philosophical foundations of cosmopolitanism.
Social science inquiry into the dynamics and precursors of social violence leading to disassembling of cosmopolitan space(s)
Historical examination of inclusive societies; their establishment and disassembling
Innovative interventions and other forms of social activism designed to reconcile conflict and promote co-existence
Memory controversies and efforts to address conflicting readings of the cosmopolitan past
Cosmopolitan critiques of globalisation and problems of global justice
The crisis of hospitality and the sociohistory of the labels of “othering” (refugees, immigrants, expatriot, asylees, displaced persons, IDPs (internally displaced persons), PRSs, stateless persons etc)
Rethinking cosmopolitanism in Jewish history
Peace theory and cosmopolitanism
ELIGIBILITY
Applicants should be researchers, post-graduate students, and post-docs interested in or working on the above topics. We also welcome applications from civil society activists bringing particular insights to the conference’s content. Applicants from all countries are eligible to apply.
APPLICATION
All applicants should send a short bio and abstract to cosmocres2022@gmail.com no later than September 15th 2021. We will get back to you by November 15th 2021.
Abstracts should be 500 words max. for a presentation not exceeding 20 mins.
Participation fee: 180€ for faculty members; 100€ for students (limited financial aid can be made available to select participants in need, upon examination of their requests).
INFORMATION
Organizers will facilitate arranging accommodation in Cres city and its surroundings on the island of Cres but we kindly ask participants to emphasize if they opt for this option in their application. If any further details are needed, please contact us at cosmocres2022@gmail.com
A venue and forum for various scientific and research activities, the University of Rijeka’s Center for Advanced Studies Southeast Europe welcomes visiting students and artists wishing to withdraw for a moment to a serene and inspiring collaboration setting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsnR8WDupm8&ab_channel=CenterforAdvancedStudiesUniversityofRijeka
http://cas.uniri.hr/tag/moise-palace/
We very much hope this event can happen in person. As the epidemiological situation shifts, we will need to decide what is feasible by the end of 2021. If need be we are technically equipped and prepared to transition our event to an online hybrid format.
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:
Sanja Bojanic
Brian Schiff
Gazela Pudar Drasko
Constance Pâris de Bollardière
Petar Bojanic
Nadege Ragaru
Philip Spero Golub
Eileen Lallier
Zona Zaric
Vera Mevorah
Dragana Stojanovic
ORGANIZATION BOARD:
Sanja Bojanic
Petar Bojanic
Brian Schiff
Nadege Ragaru
Zona Zaric
Vera Mevorah
Dragana Stojanovic
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Madeleine Futter
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Expert Panel Discussion on Media and Communication in Africa
Join our expert panel this Friday 21st at 3pm South Africa time (2pm GMT) for a broad-ranging discussion on all aspects of African media, culture and communication.The discussion celebrates the publication of the Routledge Handbook of African Media and Communication Studies, edited by Winston Mano and viola c. milton. Together with the 21 contributors, they represent most of the world's leading experts in the field. During the launch, Professor Mano and Professor Milton will be joined in discussion by five contributors, and there will also be time to ask the experts your own questions.
The session is entirely free to attend, and registration for the event is quick and easy, via the following link:https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/4880868870072937997 More about the book can be found below, or at the book's webpage here, where you will also find chapter 19 of the book available as a free download:https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-African-Media-and-Communication-Studies/Ma...This handbook comprises fresh and incisive research focusing on African media, culture and communication. The chapters from a cross-section of scholars dissect the forces shaping the field within a changing African context. It adds critical corpora of African scholarship and theory that places the everyday worlds, needs and uses of Africans first.
The book goes beyond critiques of the marginality of African approaches in media and communication studies to offer scholars the theoretical and empirical toolkit needed to start building critical corpora of African scholarship and theory that places the everyday worlds, needs and uses of Africans first. Decoloniality demands new epistemological interventions in African media, culture and communication, and this book is an important interlocutor in this space. In a globally interconnected world, changing patterns of authority and power pose new challenges to the ways in which media institutions are constituted and managed, as well as how communication and media policy is negotiated and the manner in which citizens engage with increasing media opportunities. The handbook focuses on the interrelationships of the local and the global and the concomitant consequences for media practice, education and citizen engagement in today’s Africa. Altogether, the book foregrounds convivial epistemologies relevant for locating African media and communication in the pluriverse.
This handbook is an essential read for critical media, communications, cultural studies and journalism scholars.Table of Contents
Decoloniality and the push for African media and communication studies: an introduction Winston Mano and viola c. milton 2. Afrokology of media and communication studies: theorising from the margins Winston Mano and viola c. milton3. Frantz Fanon, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, and African media and communication studies Pier Paolo Frassinelli4. Rethinking African strategic communication: towards a new violence Colin Chasi5. Afrokology and organisational culture: why employees are not behaving as predicted Elnerine WJ Gree6. To be or not to be: decolonizing African media/communications Kehbuma Langmia 7. Communicating the idea of South Africa in the age of decoloniality Blessed Ngwenya 8. Decolonising media and communication studies: an exploratory survey on global curricula transformation debates Ylva Rodny-Gumede and Colin Chasi 9. Africa on demand: the production and distribution of African narratives through podcasting Rachel Lara van der Merwe10. The African novel and its global communicative potential: africa’s soft power Mary-Jean Nleya11. Citizen journalism and conflict transformation: exploring netizens’ digitized shaping of political crises in Kenya Toyin Ajao12. Ghetto ‘wall-standing’: counterhegemonic graffiti in Zimbabwe Hugh Mangeya13. "Arab Spring" or Arab Winter: social media and the 21st-century slave trade in Libya Ashley Lewis, Shamilla Amulega, and Kehbuma Langmia14. On community radio and African interest broadcasting: the case of Vukani Community Radio (VCR) Siyasanga M. Tyali15. Not just a benevolent bystander: the corrosive role of private sector media on the sustainability of the South African Broadcasting Corporation Kate Skinner16. Health communication in Africa Elizabeth Lubinga and Karabo Sitto17. The politics of identity, trauma, memory and decolonisation in Neill Blomkamp’s Chappie (2015) Beschara Karam18. Nollywood as decoloniality Ikechukwu Obiaya19. Afrokology as a transdisciplinary approach to media and communication studies viola c. milton and Winston Mano
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Madeleine Futter
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CULTURE AND SOCIETY
Expert Panel Discussion on Media and Communication in Africa
Join our expert panel this Friday 21st at 3pm South Africa time (2pm GMT) for a broad-ranging discussion on all aspects of African media, culture and communication.The discussion celebrates the publication of the Routledge Handbook of African Media and Communication Studies, edited by Winston Mano and viola c. milton. Together with the 21 contributors, they represent most of the world's leading experts in the field. During the launch, Professor Mano and Professor Milton will be joined in discussion by five contributors, and there will also be time to ask the experts your own questions.
The session is entirely free to attend, and registration for the event is quick and easy, via the following link:https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/4880868870072937997 More about the book can be found below, or at the book's webpage here, where you will also find chapter 19 of the book available as a free download:https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-African-Media-and-Communication-Studies/Ma...This handbook comprises fresh and incisive research focusing on African media, culture and communication. The chapters from a cross-section of scholars dissect the forces shaping the field within a changing African context. It adds critical corpora of African scholarship and theory that places the everyday worlds, needs and uses of Africans first.
The book goes beyond critiques of the marginality of African approaches in media and communication studies to offer scholars the theoretical and empirical toolkit needed to start building critical corpora of African scholarship and theory that places the everyday worlds, needs and uses of Africans first. Decoloniality demands new epistemological interventions in African media, culture and communication, and this book is an important interlocutor in this space. In a globally interconnected world, changing patterns of authority and power pose new challenges to the ways in which media institutions are constituted and managed, as well as how communication and media policy is negotiated and the manner in which citizens engage with increasing media opportunities. The handbook focuses on the interrelationships of the local and the global and the concomitant consequences for media practice, education and citizen engagement in today’s Africa. Altogether, the book foregrounds convivial epistemologies relevant for locating African media and communication in the pluriverse.
This handbook is an essential read for critical media, communications, cultural studies and journalism scholars.Table of Contents
Decoloniality and the push for African media and communication studies: an introduction Winston Mano and viola c. milton 2. Afrokology of media and communication studies: theorising from the margins Winston Mano and viola c. milton3. Frantz Fanon, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, and African media and communication studies Pier Paolo Frassinelli4. Rethinking African strategic communication: towards a new violence Colin Chasi5. Afrokology and organisational culture: why employees are not behaving as predicted Elnerine WJ Gree6. To be or not to be: decolonizing African media/communications Kehbuma Langmia 7. Communicating the idea of South Africa in the age of decoloniality Blessed Ngwenya 8. Decolonising media and communication studies: an exploratory survey on global curricula transformation debates Ylva Rodny-Gumede and Colin Chasi 9. Africa on demand: the production and distribution of African narratives through podcasting Rachel Lara van der Merwe10. The African novel and its global communicative potential: africa’s soft power Mary-Jean Nleya11. Citizen journalism and conflict transformation: exploring netizens’ digitized shaping of political crises in Kenya Toyin Ajao12. Ghetto ‘wall-standing’: counterhegemonic graffiti in Zimbabwe Hugh Mangeya13. "Arab Spring" or Arab Winter: social media and the 21st-century slave trade in Libya Ashley Lewis, Shamilla Amulega, and Kehbuma Langmia14. On community radio and African interest broadcasting: the case of Vukani Community Radio (VCR) Siyasanga M. Tyali15. Not just a benevolent bystander: the corrosive role of private sector media on the sustainability of the South African Broadcasting Corporation Kate Skinner16. Health communication in Africa Elizabeth Lubinga and Karabo Sitto17. The politics of identity, trauma, memory and decolonisation in Neill Blomkamp’s Chappie (2015) Beschara Karam18. Nollywood as decoloniality Ikechukwu Obiaya19. Afrokology as a transdisciplinary approach to media and communication studies viola c. milton and Winston Mano
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Madeleine Futter
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Recording of Public Dialogue Series, “Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in Africa and the Diaspora"
Last week AAP held its third Public Dialogue of year, “Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in Africa and the Diaspora”. For those who missed or wanted a chance to review the session again, a recording is now available. A diverse group of panelists and moderators were brought together to discuss the role of higher education institutions in combating racism across the African Diaspora.
We would like to thank our attendees, panelists, moderators, and co-hosts for their help in creating an influential virtual dialogue. Our co-hosts were African Studies Center, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Department of African American and African Studies, and International Association of Universities.
By:
Madeleine Futter
CULTURE AND SOCIETY
Recording of Public Dialogue Series, “Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in Africa and the Diaspora"
Last week AAP held its third Public Dialogue of year, “Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in Africa and the Diaspora”. For those who missed or wanted a chance to review the session again, a recording is now available. A diverse group of panelists and moderators were brought together to discuss the role of higher education institutions in combating racism across the African Diaspora.
We would like to thank our attendees, panelists, moderators, and co-hosts for their help in creating an influential virtual dialogue. Our co-hosts were African Studies Center, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Department of African American and African Studies, and International Association of Universities.
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Madeleine Futter
CULTURE AND SOCIETY
OTH Wants You in the Conversation!
OTH is looking for essays, reflections, articles from librarians, faculty, and publishers in the humanities (1,000 - 1,500 words). We look for pieces that speak to intersectionality in the humanities, promote specific programs or new ideas in the humanities, discuss new methods of scholarly communication, and are relevant to topics of the day.
We are looking for submissions for the issues listed below. If you have a submission that does not fit under these topics, send it anyway! We also are always looking for new programs or events to promote as well.
May and June Issues
There is still space in the next two issues of OTH for a couple of features, industry news, and events!
Summer Arts Issue
OTH will be publishing an Arts issue in late Summer 2021. We are looking for pieces speaking specifically to the intersectionality of arts and subject areas you are an expert in, new public arts programs which incorporate humanistic values, and how the arts inform public discourse and consciousness.
Space is running out, so get your submissions in!
To Submit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScp7WS43TS9QSzN3EjNfV6-Q7hHKlfCXwsktE7_J8L6P7fA4A/viewform
Or email your submission to oth@thirdchapter.org.
https://oth.thirdchapter.org
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Madeleine Futter
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CULTURE AND SOCIETY
OTH Wants You in the Conversation!
OTH is looking for essays, reflections, articles from librarians, faculty, and publishers in the humanities (1,000 - 1,500 words). We look for pieces that speak to intersectionality in the humanities, promote specific programs or new ideas in the humanities, discuss new methods of scholarly communication, and are relevant to topics of the day.
We are looking for submissions for the issues listed below. If you have a submission that does not fit under these topics, send it anyway! We also are always looking for new programs or events to promote as well.
May and June Issues
There is still space in the next two issues of OTH for a couple of features, industry news, and events!
Summer Arts Issue
OTH will be publishing an Arts issue in late Summer 2021. We are looking for pieces speaking specifically to the intersectionality of arts and subject areas you are an expert in, new public arts programs which incorporate humanistic values, and how the arts inform public discourse and consciousness.
Space is running out, so get your submissions in!
To Submit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScp7WS43TS9QSzN3EjNfV6-Q7hHKlfCXwsktE7_J8L6P7fA4A/viewform
Or email your submission to oth@thirdchapter.org.
https://oth.thirdchapter.org
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Madeleine Futter
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Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in Africa and the Diaspora
AAP will hold its third Public Dialogue in two weeks! On May 12, a panel of leaders will share their perspectives on higher education institutions’ role in structural racism, global race relations, racist actions, and paths for meaningful change. The “Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in Africa and the Diaspora” session is co-hosted by @African Studies Center, @Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, @Dept of African American and African Studies, and @international Association of Universities.
Agenda:
8:00AM - Welcome remarks & introduction of dialogue
Moderators:
Dr. CassandraVeney, Professor and Chair, Dept of International Relations, US International University, Kenya (USIU)• Dr. Upenyu Majee, Manager, Ubuntu Dialogues Project, African Studies Center, MSU
8:05AM - Opening Remarks: Dr. Pero G. Dagbovie, University Distinguished Professor & Associate Dean, The Graduate School, MSU: The historical context of the Black experience globally
Panelists
8:20AM - Jabbar R. Bennett, Vice President & Chief Diversity Officer, Michigan State University 8:30AM - Norman Duncan, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Pretoria, South Africa 8:40AM - Funmi Olonisakin, Vice President International, Kings College London, United Kingdom 8:50AM - Ana Flávia Magalhães Pinto, Professor, Dept of History, University of Brasília, Brazil 9:00AM - Sharron Reed-Davis, President, Black Student Alliance 9:10AM - Q&A Session 9:25AM - Monique Kelly, Assistant Professor, Dept of Sociology, MSU
To register: https://msu.zoom.us/webinar/register/5616184940488/WN_HC8K6Gw7RyS1Z1JV1SOf0Q
By:
Madeleine Futter
CULTURE AND SOCIETY
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Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in Africa and the Diaspora
AAP will hold its third Public Dialogue in two weeks! On May 12, a panel of leaders will share their perspectives on higher education institutions’ role in structural racism, global race relations, racist actions, and paths for meaningful change. The “Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in Africa and the Diaspora” session is co-hosted by @African Studies Center, @Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, @Dept of African American and African Studies, and @international Association of Universities.
Agenda:
8:00AM - Welcome remarks & introduction of dialogue
Moderators:
Dr. CassandraVeney, Professor and Chair, Dept of International Relations, US International University, Kenya (USIU)• Dr. Upenyu Majee, Manager, Ubuntu Dialogues Project, African Studies Center, MSU
8:05AM - Opening Remarks: Dr. Pero G. Dagbovie, University Distinguished Professor & Associate Dean, The Graduate School, MSU: The historical context of the Black experience globally
Panelists
8:20AM - Jabbar R. Bennett, Vice President & Chief Diversity Officer, Michigan State University 8:30AM - Norman Duncan, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Pretoria, South Africa 8:40AM - Funmi Olonisakin, Vice President International, Kings College London, United Kingdom 8:50AM - Ana Flávia Magalhães Pinto, Professor, Dept of History, University of Brasília, Brazil 9:00AM - Sharron Reed-Davis, President, Black Student Alliance 9:10AM - Q&A Session 9:25AM - Monique Kelly, Assistant Professor, Dept of Sociology, MSU
To register: https://msu.zoom.us/webinar/register/5616184940488/WN_HC8K6Gw7RyS1Z1JV1SOf0Q
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Madeleine Futter
CULTURE AND SOCIETY
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CfP: Religion, Literacies, and English Education in Global Dialogue
Call for papers for: English Teaching: Practice & Critique
Submission deadline: 15th August 2021
Guest Editors (listed alphabetically by last name):
Denise Dávila
Mary M. Juzwik (lead editor)
Robert Jean LeBlanc
Eric Rackley
Loukia K. Sarroub
Overview of special issue
Religion continues to be an important part of global life in the 21st century, as it has been in centuries past. While the Eurocentric “secularization thesis” of the mid 20th century predicted its decline in sociocultural life as nation-states and their economies developed, religion and spirituality have not faded from the global scene. Indeed, they continue to significantly shape (and be shaped by) culture and politics as well as on our focal interests in this special issue -- language, literacy, and schooling.
In educational settings around the globe, students today grapple with tensions arising as they navigate academic, social, and spiritual life worlds. Literacy educators also face numerous challenges in understanding and enacting their roles and responsibilities in relation to often-contested terrain surrounding religion, spirituality, and literacies and language/ing in schools. From a scholarly standpoint, understanding and unpacking tensions, underlying assumptions, and influences of the religious in the lives of young people and teachers across diverse educational spaces is becoming increasingly important in today’s interconnected and rapidly changing world. As scholars have begun to turn attention to issues of religion and spirituality, much of the extant work has focused on clearly defined fields of study, on bounded religious communities, and on case studies of individual students. Some of these boundaries are beginning to blur as language and literacy scholars theorize new relationships, examine emergent religious phenomena in relation to literacy, and begin to take more seriously the role of the religious across students’ and teachers’ lives, experiences, communities, geographical locations, etc.
Global in scope, this special issue invites diverse perspectives on religion, literacy, and English education and seeks to invite them into dialogue with each other. While conversations around various intersections of religion, literacy, and English education have provided generative insights for English education and literacy scholarship, this special issue aims to stimulate a broader global dialogue across faiths, disciplines, and communities. We invite papers developing theory, reporting empirical work, narrating pedagogies, and expanding educators’ repertoires of instructional practice. We invite epistemological, ontological, and theological consideration of the religious in relation to language/ing, literacies, and English education. By cultivating a global dialogue about religion, literacy, and English education, this special issue is uniquely situated to generate new understandings across religious and educational traditions from around the world. This special issue aims to create a forum in which stakeholders will wrestle with boundary-crossings among areas of study that hold the promise of reimagined global possibilities in education.
In keeping with our theme, we are particularly interested in contributions from scholars studying religion/literacy/English education in connection with and across locales beyond the United States, including those foregrounding transnational perspectives. Because such work is relatively rare among US-based language and literacy researchers, we also invite papers from scholars working in related fields (e.g., anthropology, linguistics, religious studies, etc.) who take an interest in the intersections of language, literacy, learning, and the religious.
We invite manuscripts that address urgent questions and topics related to the new frontiers in religious practice, English, and literacy, including:
Religion, spirituality, and English teacher education
Digital faith and religious literacy practices
Motivations, practices, and ideologies shaping the reading of religious texts
English education in schools
Preparation of literacy educators with global religious knowledge and understanding
Gender, sexuality, and religious literacies
Insider/outsider perspectives on conducting research in religious communities
Transnationalism and ethno-religious global movements
Rising global ethno-nationalism and religious movements and their impact on literacy teaching and learning
Historical legacies of Christianity, White Supremacy, and anti-Black racism in relation to literacy education in US contexts
Relations among imagined religious communities, literacies, and schooling
Conceptions of the ‘good’ in religious literate traditions
Tensions in conducting literacy research in and across religious communities
Communities troubling or disrupting existing research conceptions of religion and/in literacies
Challenges to existing theories of religion and/in literacies
Religion and spirituality in relation to equity issues confronting language, literacy, and English education
Emergent religious phenomena in relation to literacy studies
Other relevant topics
We will consider submission of research papers, practitioner narratives, conceptual/theoretical essays, and creative work pertinent to the theme.
Submission Details
Please see the ETPC “Author Guidelines” for guidelines on both kinds of submissions, including word limits: https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/etpc#author-guidelines
Submissions for this Special Issue must be made through the ScholarOne online submission and peer review system. When submitting your manuscript please ensure the correct special issue title is selected from the drop down menu on page 4 of the submission process: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/etpc
For questions, contact Dr. Denise Dávila (ddavila@utexas.edu), Dr. Mary Juzwik (mmjuzwik@msu.edu), Dr. Robert LeBlanc (robert.leblanc@uleth.ca), Dr. Eric Rackley (eric.rackley@byuh.edu), or Dr. Loukia Sarroub (lsarroub@unl.edu).
Submission deadline: August 15, 2021
Publication date: Approximately June 2022
By:
Madeleine Futter
URL
CULTURE AND SOCIETY
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CfP: Religion, Literacies, and English Education in Global Dialogue
Call for papers for: English Teaching: Practice & Critique
Submission deadline: 15th August 2021
Guest Editors (listed alphabetically by last name):
Denise Dávila
Mary M. Juzwik (lead editor)
Robert Jean LeBlanc
Eric Rackley
Loukia K. Sarroub
Overview of special issue
Religion continues to be an important part of global life in the 21st century, as it has been in centuries past. While the Eurocentric “secularization thesis” of the mid 20th century predicted its decline in sociocultural life as nation-states and their economies developed, religion and spirituality have not faded from the global scene. Indeed, they continue to significantly shape (and be shaped by) culture and politics as well as on our focal interests in this special issue -- language, literacy, and schooling.
In educational settings around the globe, students today grapple with tensions arising as they navigate academic, social, and spiritual life worlds. Literacy educators also face numerous challenges in understanding and enacting their roles and responsibilities in relation to often-contested terrain surrounding religion, spirituality, and literacies and language/ing in schools. From a scholarly standpoint, understanding and unpacking tensions, underlying assumptions, and influences of the religious in the lives of young people and teachers across diverse educational spaces is becoming increasingly important in today’s interconnected and rapidly changing world. As scholars have begun to turn attention to issues of religion and spirituality, much of the extant work has focused on clearly defined fields of study, on bounded religious communities, and on case studies of individual students. Some of these boundaries are beginning to blur as language and literacy scholars theorize new relationships, examine emergent religious phenomena in relation to literacy, and begin to take more seriously the role of the religious across students’ and teachers’ lives, experiences, communities, geographical locations, etc.
Global in scope, this special issue invites diverse perspectives on religion, literacy, and English education and seeks to invite them into dialogue with each other. While conversations around various intersections of religion, literacy, and English education have provided generative insights for English education and literacy scholarship, this special issue aims to stimulate a broader global dialogue across faiths, disciplines, and communities. We invite papers developing theory, reporting empirical work, narrating pedagogies, and expanding educators’ repertoires of instructional practice. We invite epistemological, ontological, and theological consideration of the religious in relation to language/ing, literacies, and English education. By cultivating a global dialogue about religion, literacy, and English education, this special issue is uniquely situated to generate new understandings across religious and educational traditions from around the world. This special issue aims to create a forum in which stakeholders will wrestle with boundary-crossings among areas of study that hold the promise of reimagined global possibilities in education.
In keeping with our theme, we are particularly interested in contributions from scholars studying religion/literacy/English education in connection with and across locales beyond the United States, including those foregrounding transnational perspectives. Because such work is relatively rare among US-based language and literacy researchers, we also invite papers from scholars working in related fields (e.g., anthropology, linguistics, religious studies, etc.) who take an interest in the intersections of language, literacy, learning, and the religious.
We invite manuscripts that address urgent questions and topics related to the new frontiers in religious practice, English, and literacy, including:
Religion, spirituality, and English teacher education
Digital faith and religious literacy practices
Motivations, practices, and ideologies shaping the reading of religious texts
English education in schools
Preparation of literacy educators with global religious knowledge and understanding
Gender, sexuality, and religious literacies
Insider/outsider perspectives on conducting research in religious communities
Transnationalism and ethno-religious global movements
Rising global ethno-nationalism and religious movements and their impact on literacy teaching and learning
Historical legacies of Christianity, White Supremacy, and anti-Black racism in relation to literacy education in US contexts
Relations among imagined religious communities, literacies, and schooling
Conceptions of the ‘good’ in religious literate traditions
Tensions in conducting literacy research in and across religious communities
Communities troubling or disrupting existing research conceptions of religion and/in literacies
Challenges to existing theories of religion and/in literacies
Religion and spirituality in relation to equity issues confronting language, literacy, and English education
Emergent religious phenomena in relation to literacy studies
Other relevant topics
We will consider submission of research papers, practitioner narratives, conceptual/theoretical essays, and creative work pertinent to the theme.
Submission Details
Please see the ETPC “Author Guidelines” for guidelines on both kinds of submissions, including word limits: https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/etpc#author-guidelines
Submissions for this Special Issue must be made through the ScholarOne online submission and peer review system. When submitting your manuscript please ensure the correct special issue title is selected from the drop down menu on page 4 of the submission process: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/etpc
For questions, contact Dr. Denise Dávila (ddavila@utexas.edu), Dr. Mary Juzwik (mmjuzwik@msu.edu), Dr. Robert LeBlanc (robert.leblanc@uleth.ca), Dr. Eric Rackley (eric.rackley@byuh.edu), or Dr. Loukia Sarroub (lsarroub@unl.edu).
Submission deadline: August 15, 2021
Publication date: Approximately June 2022
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