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tsci-l-digest Friday, November 7 2003 Volume 01 : Number
046
In this issue:
nominations
CFP: Dwelling Places
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Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 11:04:55 -0500
From: "Bernice L. Hausman"
Subject: nominations
As many of you heard at the business meeting at SLS in Austin, Arkady
Plotnitsky (aplotnit@sla.purdue.edu) and I (bhausman@vt.edu) are the
nominating committee for this year's SLS elections. We are seeking
nominations for two positions, member-at-large and second
vice-president.
The member-at-large is a member of the executive committee for two
years, which actually means attending executive committee meetings
for 3 successive years, as attendance is requested for year in which
the member leaves the committee. Occasionally members of the
executive committee are asked to offer advice or do things during the
year, but the general responsibility is to show up at the conference
and deal with questions of policy, direction of the organization, and
administration at the executive committee meetings at the annual
conference. Breakfast is usually served, although sometimes it
consists of blueberry bagels.
The second vice-president is in the "line of succession" for the
presidency. As the president serves for two years, each
vice-president serves in his/her position for two years, so it's
really a six-year cycle. That's to prep the incoming presidents for
their roles as conference coordinators. The first vice-president is
responsible for making sure that there is a conference venue during
the two years of their tenure. As president, he or she gets to
recover from that experience.
Please send nominations to Arkady Plotnitsky and Bernice Hausman,
including contact information for the nominee. It's always nice to
check beforehand, to make sure the nominee is amenable to the
requirements of the position. It's important to note that members of
the executive committee are expected to attend the annual conference
during the years of their membership on the committee.
yours,
Bernice Hausman
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Bernice L. Hausman, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of English
Interim Director, Women's Studies Program (2003/4)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Office: 206 Shanks Hall
Phone: 540-231-5076
Email: bhausman@vt.edu
Homepage: http://athena.english.vt.edu/~hausman/hausman.html
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Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 10:08:50 +0000
From: "Carol Colatrella"
Subject: CFP: Dwelling Places
Since the collapse of Communism and the subsequent breakup of the Soviet
Union, borders have been changing at an alarming rate. The constant
reconfiguration of nations in the Balkans and elsewhere has created a
world
where the notions of nationalism have become politically charged like no
other time before. Crossings seeks articles dealing with the topic (s)
of
dwelling and dwelling places as they have been understood (or
misunderstood)
since the end of the Second World War. We are especially interested in
articles discussing the relationship of dwelling places to notions of
history and identity; the construction of new spaces, such as the World
Wide
Web; as well as more abstract dwelling places like musical compositions,
textuality, the plastic arts, and cinema. As we slip further toward a
security state, the question arises of what it means to dwell in the
world,
particularly after September 11, 2001. Moreover, with the apparent
stalling
of the Middle East "peace process," and the advent of a renewed and
intensified violence between Palestinians and Israelis, the struggle
over
Kashmir, and the emergence in the United States of a rhetoric of the
"homeland," the problem of a right to dwell becomes increasingly
problematic. This particular problem not only begs questions of
politics,
but ones of the fate of cultural and religious centers, historic
landmarks,
and not least, one of the human right to dwell. The meshing of
economic,
political, social, and cultural sites have given way to a new
ontological
horizon based upon a biopolitics whose center is nowhere and whose
periphery
is everywhere. Articles should address the notion of dwelling and
dwelling
places as either contributing to or deconstructing traditional notions
of
how we live in a world that has evolved from a disciplinary society to a
society of control.
Possible Topics:
Borders World Trade Organization
Cities as centers of culture NATO
New York City United Nations
Concentration camps The "Axis of Evil"
"The Desert Grows" Terror and Terrorists
Installation Art Religious sites
NAFTA Archeological sites
Texts as sites of resistance First and Third World Status
Musical Compositions Notions of Exposure
Completed articles are due by February 1, 2004.
Please send articles (formatted for Chicago Style) in duplicate to:
_Crossings_
Department of English
Binghamton University
PO Box 6000
Binghamton, New York 13902-6000
All inquires should be directed to:
Andrew Martino, Ph.D.
nerval@msn.com
Andrew Martino, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Department of English
SUNY Cortland
Broome Community College
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