Call for Papers, Conferences & Seminars

Call for Papers:

Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association
23rd Annual Conference
November 1–3, 2012
Pittsburgh, PA

Proposals are welcome on all aspects of American and popular culture. To submit a proposal, please send a 300-word abstract and a brief CV or bio to the appropriate area chair by June 15, 2012. Panels of 3 presenters, single papers, roundtables, or alternative formats are encouraged.

For general questions, please email: mapacaconfchair [at] gmail [dot] com

MAPACA’s membership is comprised of college and university faculty, independent scholars and artists, and graduate and undergraduate students. MAPACA is an inclusive professional organization dedicated to the study of popular and American culture in all their multi-disciplinary manifestations. It is a regional division of the Popular Culture and American Culture Association, which, in the words of Popular Culture Association founder Ray Browne, is a “multi-disciplinary association interested in new approaches to the expressions, mass media and all other phenomena of everyday life.”

The Journal of Black Masculinity

The Journal of Black Masculinity is a peer-reviewed international publication providing multiple discoursed and multiple-discipline-based analyses of issues and/or perspectives with regard to black masculinities. We review empirical, theoretical, and literary scholarship as well as essays, poetry, and art for publication.

Submissions from multiple disciplines beyond the humanities and social sciences are encouraged. The Journal of Black Masculinity is published three times a year and has a ten percent (10%) acceptance rate. The Journal of Black Masculinity also publishes special issues on a periodic basis with guest editors focusing on themed issues. Manuscript submissions, books for review, and correspondence concerning all editorial matters should be sent to: Dr. C. P. Gause. Authors should follow the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition (APA Press, 2010). A style guide for preparing manuscripts and ordering information are located on the journal's website.

The Journal of Black Masculinity/ ©GES Publishing Group/GES LLC
2309 W. Cone Blvd. Suite 142
Greensboro, NC 27408

African Journal of Criminology and Justice Studies

The African Journal of Criminology and Justice Studies, an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed online journal, invites contributions on issues relevant to criminology, social and justice systems of interest to Africans at home and the African Diaspora globally. Comparative studies or research on related fields, and pedagogical papers on how to develop criminology and criminal justice education in Africa are particularly welcome. The journal accepts research articles, policy analyses, commentaries or brief research notes. Particularly, it encourages articles on innovative theoretical, methodological and policy interventions that deepen the understanding of how to prevent or repair the crimes against humanity that people of African descent have suffered and how to reverse the crisis of over-representation that people of African descent continue to suffer in correctional institutions around the world.

AJCJS is published at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. The length of articles should not exceed 6,000 words (in double-spaced pages) with a 100-word abstract. Commentaries and research notes should be approximately half this length. Limited number of reviews per issue will also be accommodated. Submission instructions to authors are posted at the journal’s website.

Publishers and authors who may want to send copies of their books for review should send 4-6 copies directly to the managing editor: Emmanuel Onyeozili, Dept. of Criminal Justice, 3018 Hazel Hall, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD 21853.

Publishers and authors who may want to send copies of their books for review should send 4-6 copies directly to the managing editor: Emmanuel Onyeozili, Dept. of Criminal Justice, 3018 Hazel Hall, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD 21853.

All contributions should be sent electronically to: ajcjs@umes.edu.

Contact the editor, Brian Agozino for more information.

UCLA History Graduate Conference Call for Papers

The UCLA History Department and the UCLA History Graduate Student Association present the Second Annual History Plus Conference for Graduate students in all disciplines.

The theme of this year's conference will be "The History of Politics and the Politics of History."

The conference will take place on October 27th, 2012 with Keynote speaker Mark Sawyer (UCLA Political Science).

This Graduate student conference is an effort to highlight research that incorporates interdisciplinary approaches to history. In light of current political regime changes around the world and the 2012 U.S. presidential election, this conference will consider the historical implications of politics and the political implications of history on a global level.

Information on how to submit an abstract.

Deadline for submissions is June 20th, 2012.

Obsidian: Literature in the African Diaspora
Special Issue Focused on Afro-Brazilian Literature & Culture

Obsidian: Literature in the African Diaspora seeks critical essays, short fiction, poetry and interviews for a special issue focused on Afro-Brazilian Literature and Culture. The guest co-edited for this special issue is Rhonda Collier, Associate Professor of English at Tuskegee University. All submissions are due by July 1, 2012. Essays should be limited to no more than 25 pages. Please click on the Obsidian Submission Guidelines for information on how to format and submit.

Journal of the Institute for the Study of the African American Child (ISAAC)
African American Learners, Issue 2

ISAAC is pleased to issue a Call for Papers for the 2nd issue of African American Learners, Journal of the Institute for the Study of the African American Child (ISAAC), College of Education, Wayne State University.  All papers can be submitted through the ISAAC web site through the Manuscript Submission button on the Homepage.  Aim and Scope of the Journal in addition to Guidelines for submission of manuscripts can be found on the web site on the research/journal page.

African American Learners is a peer reviewed journal that will appear in April and October of each year. The deadline for the October 30, 2012 issue is July 15, 2012.

International Conference in Senegal
Senghor's Legacy to Africa and its Diaspora
December 29, 2012 - January 13, 2013

Léopold Sédar Senghor’s life and monumental achievements are a testimony to the quest by Africans, on the Continent and away from it, to restore their dignity and values in order to resume their march forward. This mission was deeply rooted in an enduring sense of self and purpose. With the benefit of time, what can we learn from his legacy? In literature as well as public policy, can current and future generations build on this accumulated knowledge in order to shape and influence the world around them, according to their interests and needs?

Abstracts’ submissions will be expected to cover one of the following topics:

A. In literature

1. Senghor’s impact on past, current and future generations of scholars in Africa

2. Senghor as a standard-bearer of African values and aesthetics

3. Senghor’s literary influence on writers in the African Diaspora

4. Lessons: how could Senghor’s legacy be best taught in Senegal, Africa and the Diaspora?

B. In public policy and governance

1. Senghor’s vision on appropriate systems of government for Senegal and Africa

2. Senghor’s solutions to the economic challenges facing independent Senegal and Africa

3. Senghor’s ideas about the role of the Diaspora in the advancement of Africa and his efforts in promoting African unity

Email abstracts of no more than 250 words. Submissions should also include: Name, email address and institutional affiliation (if any)

Deadline for submission of abstracts: July 17, 2012. Notification of acceptance: August 31, 2012.

The Fire Every Time: Reframing Black Power across the Twentieth Century and Beyond
College of Charleston, Avery Research Center
September 21 – 22, 2012

The Avery Research Center seeks contributors to discuss the meaning of "Black Power" in the broader context of American, African-American, and Pan-African history at the local, national, and international levels and across the twentieth century. We hope to expand the periodization of Black Power beyond the traditional narrative to include a variety of experiences and struggles over the course of the twentieth century. We seek papers that consider the Movement's:

• Intellectual and social protest origins, particularly Pan-Africanism, the Nation of Islam, and Garveyism;
• transnational and global aims, relationships, and global impact;
• engagement with foreign policy, anti-colonialism, and anti-war protests;
• role in reshaping state power, as reflected in such state institutions as the military, the prison, and the
  nation's educational system;
• political and social alliances with other minority groups in the demand for social justice;
• implications for social justice and remedies for poverty;
• concern for Black families and manhood;
• central role for Black women, feminism/womanism, gender identity, sexuality, and equity;
• influence on the Black Arts Movement and the establishment of Black Studies programs across the
  United States; and
• struggles to expose and eradicate police brutality, racial injustices in the nation's laws and politics, and
  mass incarceration.

The deadline for proposals is June 1, 2012; completed papers are due by August 1, 2012. Please send all paper and panel proposals to chasert@cofc.edu with your name, institution, title, email address, presentation title, and format along with a 150-word abstract, brief bio, and recent CV. Please put "Black Power" in your subject line.

Presentations will be limited to twenty minutes.

14^th Annual Graduate Student Conference in
African-American History
October 31-November 2, 2012
Memphis, Tennessee

The Graduate Association for African-American History (GAAAH) at The University of Memphis invites graduate students at all levels to submit proposals for its 14^th Annual Graduate Student Conference in African-American History, to be held October 31-November 2, 2012, in Memphis, Tennessee. We welcome the submission of individual papers, complete sessions, workshops, and roundtables on all topics relating to the scholarship and teaching of the history of African Americans and blacks throughout the Diaspora. We hope to elicit the participation of graduate students who represent a broad range of disciplinary and methodological approaches.

Individual paper proposals should include a 300-word abstract, including a paper title; author contact information; postal address and e-mail address; and a brief curriculum vitae. The organizers of complete sessions should send, in a single submission, abstracts and cvs for each of the paper presenters; 200-word description of the session; and contact information for all participants. Please list audio-visual requirements, if any.

The submission deadline for proposals is September 1, 2012. A committee of University of Memphis professors will consider all papers for the “Memphis State Eight Paper Prize” which is awarded to the conference’s best paper. The first place prize includes a monetary award. Second and third place papers will also receive recognition.

Participants will be notified of acceptance by September 8, 2012, and completed 10-12 page papers must be received no later than October 15, 2012.

Please submit all proposals by e-mail to GAAAH President Micki Kaleta.

For questions, you also may call Ms. Kaleta at (901) 678-3395 or contact GAAAH faculty adviser Dr. Arvin Smallwood at (901) 678-3869.

Interdisciplinary Conference on Race Monmouth University, November 8-10, 2012

The primary theme of the third biennial interdisciplinary conference on race at Monmouth University is access and privilege in higher education. Although the main conference theme is specifically related to access and privilege in higher education, we welcome all papers on race in the U.S./global societies from a variety of disciplinary perspectives including history, anthropology, sociology, economics (and labor), education, communication studies, and cultural studies.

The deadline for proposals is: August 1, 2012. Conference papers are due on October 1, 2012 (5-7 pages including notes). Graduate students are encouraged to apply. Please send your 250 word abstract with a brief CV to Hettie Williams, Lecturer African American History, Monmouth University.

Race/Ethnicity: Multidisciplinary Global Contexts
Volume 6, Number 3 (Spring 2013)
Grassroots Politics in the Postcolony

Papers must be received by September 15, 2012 to be considered for publication in this issue. Please send manuscript publications to the managing editor: Leslie Shortlidge. See Style Guidelines on the website.

Submission of artwork for the cover that relates to the theme of the issue is welcome. See website for submission guidelines.

Journal of History and Cultures (JHAC)

The Journal of History and Cultures (JHAC) is issuing a call for papers and welcomes article submissions on subjects in the field of history and cultures within a broad spatial and temporal range. We are particularly keen to encourage articles that consider and engage with historical cultural, political, social, and theoretical analytical research in new and original ways. The deadline for submissions is September 18, 2012.

Email the Journal for more information.

Failure of Imagination? Authoral Identity and Racial Depiction
Society for the Study of Southern Literature
2012 South Atlantic Modern Language Association

The popularity of the novel and film versions of Kathryn Stockett’s The Help has drawn attention to cross-racial depictions of characters in Southern texts. Discussions of texts like The Help, Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Kaye Gibbons’s Ellen Foster, Charles W. Chesnutt’s The Goophered Grapevine, Sue Monk Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees, Zora Neale Hurston’s Seraph on the Suwanee, and William Faulkner’s Intruder in the Dust raise questions about the depiction African American characters by white authors or, conversely, of white characters by African American authors.

Papers for this panel might explore approaches to cross-racial depictions in texts from diverse Southern authors; papers examining films are also welcome.

Dr. Sharon E. Colley
Macon State College
100 College Station Dr.
Macon, GA 31206
(478) 737-3218

The 35th African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific Annual Conference
Africa: People, Places and Spaces
November 26-28, 2012
Burgmann College, Australian National University, Canberra

The African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific invite papers from academics, researchers, students, practitioners and policy makers with interests in African studies, both on the African continent and in the Australasia and Pacific region. This year, the conference theme is 'Africa: People, Places and Spaces'. Following on from the 'Africa 2011' theme, our conference for 2012 will explore ways in which Africans on the continent and abroad continue to change, challenge and re-shape our knowledge of African people, spaces and places. We invite papers from all disciplines that discuss African issues in the following broad range of topics, such as culture, physical, social and economic development, environment, politics, ecology, demography, health, education, migration, media, aid, climate change, natural and human-induced disasters, civil society and gender. We welcome submissions from all disciplines that explore the human and physical diversity of Africa and the internal and external forces shaping social and natural places and spaces on this diverse continent.

Visit the website for more information.

The Journal of African American History

The Journal of African American History welcomes scholarly essays on African Americans and the Civil War, including but not limited to: 1) the activities of free and formerly enslaved African Americans as Union soldiers; 2) the multiple roles assumed by free and enslaved women during the Civil War; 3) the impact of the war on African American families and children; 4) the educational efforts among African Americans during and immediately after the war; 5) the extent and effectiveness of the freedmen’s aid movement and the Freedmen’s Bureau; and 6) the legacy of the Civil War and its impact of U.S. race relations in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Essays should be no more than 35 typed, double-spaced pages (12 point font), including end notes. The JAAH uses the Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Edition (Chicago, IL, 2010) for citations. Guidelines for manuscript submission are available in The Journal of African American History; and on the JAAH website.

Manuscripts submitted will be peer-reviewed.Your cover letter should include the title of your manuscript, name, postal address, e-mail address, phone number, and fax number. Your essay should begin with the title of the essay and should NOT include your name.

Deadline for submissions is December 31, 2012.

Please send three (3) hard copies of your manuscript to:

V.P. Franklin, Editor
The Journal of African American History
University of California, Riverside Graduate School of Education
1207 Sproul Hall
900 University Avenue
Riverside, CA92506

Conferences:

International Conference on Health in the African Diaspora
July 4 - 8, 2012

In the summer of 2012, the International Conference on Health in the African Diaspora—ICHAD2012 will bring together an international group of scholars, policymakers, health workers, health advocates, and journalists from across the globe to compare knowledge about the health and social experience of slave descendants in the Western Hemisphere. Conference participants will share multilevel solutions to major health challenges confronting these populations, including chronic disease, infant mortality, and HIV/AIDS. The theme of the first biannual conference is "The Great Scattering: Solving the Puzzle of Slavery, Race, and Contemporary Health in the African Diaspora."

ICHAD2012 will be held from July 4 to July 8, 2012 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA and hosted by the Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions.

2012 Rocky Mountain Interdisciplinary History Conference
September 14-16, 2012

The Rocky Mountain Interdisciplinary History Conference (RMIHC) is a unique conference planned and organized by the University of Colorado's history graduate students.

RMIHC seeks graduate students from the humanities, arts, and social sciences to create an informed discourse on the past and chart its impact on the present. The principle goal of the conference is to provide graduate students with the opportunity to present their original work among their peers in an atmosphere that is both professional and congenial.

New Approaches to Black Leadership in the Diaspora
23rd Annual Conference on African American Culture and Experience
October 18 - 19, 2012, University of NC at Greensboro

The annual Conference on African American Culture and Experience (CACE) examines critical and timely African American-related issues and perspectives to engage students, faculty, staff, and members of the community in the exploration and discussion of these topics and ideas. CACE was initiated in 1990 by the UNCG Department of Religious Studies and seeks to promote a better understanding of the various facets of African American culture and experience. It is now organized by the African American Studies Program, which will celebrate its 30^th anniversary in Fall 2012.

Failure of Imagination? Authorial Identity and Racial Depiction
November 9-11, 2012, Research Triangle, NC

The popularity of the novel and film versions of Kathryn Stockett’s The Help has drawn attention to cross-racial depictions of characters in Southern texts. Discussions of texts like The Help, Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Kaye Gibbons’s Ellen Foster, Charles W. Chesnutt’s The Goophered Grapevine, Sue Monk Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees, Zora Neale Hurston’s Seraph on the Suwanee, and William Faulkner’s Intruder in the Dust raise questions about the depiction African American characters by white authors or, conversely, of white characters by African American authors. Papers for this panel might explore approaches to cross-racial depictions in texts from diverse Southern authors; papers examining films are also welcome.

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Fellowships & Internships:

Ella Baker Interns Program 2012
Seeking Summer 2012 Applicants

Ella Baker, perhaps the civil rights movement’s most effective organizer, learned on her family’s Halifax County farm that local people have the knowledge and the capacity to shape their own lives.  This summer, the Ella Baker Interns will work in the 20-county eastern North Carolina “Black Belt” to greatly increase voter registration and participation in the region. As they do so, they will stitch together a human “quilt” committed to what Miss Baker and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called “the beloved community,” a vision of redeeming goodwill for all.

The Ella Baker Interns Program will accept and train about fifty young community organizers who will work and learn from June 1^st until at least August 15^th.  Applications are due by May 23, 2012. Early applications are encouraged. Late applications may be considered but only if slots and funding are available.

Ella Baker Interns will attend seminars with some of the best scholars, leaders, activists, and artists in North Carolina while they register voters, mobilize volunteers, organize events, make friends, develop skills, establish credentials, and document their own experiences.

The Ella Baker Interns Program is sponsored by the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and Democracy North Carolina and supported by the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation. The faculty includes Dr. Timothy B. Tyson, a historian of the South and especially the African American freedom movement in North Carolina. The executive director of the Ella Baker Interns Program is Jennifer Dixon-McKnight, currently a doctoral candidate in the Department of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Questions should be directed to her and copied to Dr. Tyson.

Internships and Opportunities for Undergrad and Grad Students

List of internship and other opportunities for minorities in college compiled by Building Bonds, Breaking B.A.R.S.

Seminars:

The Institute for Humane Studies is hosting a graduate-level seminar on the future of classical liberal scholarship & its applications to society June 23-29, at Towson University near Baltimore, MD. The seminar features talks from today’s thought leaders on how they apply classical liberal principles to their current research & student presentations for peer review.

Graduate students at all levels will gain valuable insight & get inspiration for their own work:

• Early-Stage Graduate Students: Network with top faculty & future co-authors & brainstorm dissertation ideas.
• Late-Stage Graduate Students: Insight on how to take research to the next level. Accepting submissions to present current research for peer-review

Presenting faculty include economist Peter Boettke, philosopher David Schmidtz, & historian Steve Davies.

Be part of conversations that will define the intellectual agenda for the coming decade.