CFP In Pursuit of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (9/9/2022; NEASA Fall Colloquium 11/12/2022 Worcester, MA)

In Pursuit of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Saturday, Nov. 12 | Clark University

Proposals Due by Sept. 9th | @neasacouncil@gmail.com

For the New England American Studies Association’s 2022 Fall Colloquium, we invite submissions for 1-hour long panels, workshops, roundtables, and facilitated conversations or 15-min interactive presentations that will explore how the pursuit of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has shaped or could shape American higher education, history, culture, society, politics, and/or the field of American Studies. Submissions may explore histories, theories, and case studies surrounding DEI, but should focus on being strategy-generating rather than simply content-driven. In particular, we are interested in programming that will foster dialogue on possible DEI best practices in a variety of settings, and that will offer key takeaways for practical application.

We invite submissions that explore questions including but not limited to:

• How do we create a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture in academia and beyond?
• What strategies and methods do we employ to foster DEI in our work and teaching?
• Beyond theory, what does DEI in practice look like in various settings such as classrooms, universities, libraries, museums, community organizations, or other educational spaces?
• What are some obstacles in the pursuit of DEI and how can we overcome them?
• How can we bring an actual systemic change through DEI initiatives? Or what is the role of DEI initiatives in addressing systemic barriers?
• What are some challenges and limitations of the DEI framework and how can we overcome them?
• What is at stake when DEI efforts fail?

If you’re interested in organizing a panel or giving an individual presentation addressing these themes please send an email to neasacouncil@gmail.com by September 9th. This can be an informal email, including your name, affiliation if any, and a broad theme of your panel or presentation. For panels, please also include the names of other participants.

This event will be held in-person at Clark University in Worcester, MA on November 12, 2022. Registration will be free, but required. Full schedule will be available by October 17th. More details TBD.

Register for the colloquium using the link below.

Colloquium Registration

CFP Young Adult Literature and Culture (In-Person panel) (5/15/2022; PAMLA 11/2022)

Young Adult Literature and Culture (In-Person panel)

Source: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2022/03/05/young-adult-literature-and-culture-in-person-panel

deadline for submissions:
May 15, 2022

full name / name of organization:
Pacific and Ancient Modern Language Association (PAMLA)

contact email:
melaniemarotta@yahoo.com



This session is open to all papers that explore some aspect of Young Adult literature and/or culture. The panel is particularly interested in papers attuned to some facet of the conference theme, " Geographies of the Fantastic and the Quotidian.” How does space impact YA literature and/or culture? How is the Anthropocene represented in YA fantasy? Further, presentations that examine diverse voices in media are encouraged. This panel welcomes submissions about young adult literature, film, television, etc. Feel free to submit an abstract pertaining to the conference theme or otherwise. If you have any questions, please email.



Please submit abstracts via the PAMLA submission portal: PAMLA CFP (ballastacademic.com)

Conference site: https://www.pamla.org/conference/2022-conference-theme/

Location of conference: UCLA Luskin Conference Center and Hotel



Last updated March 8, 2022

Panel Call for ICFA 2020: Expanding the Archive (10/11/2019; Orlando 3/2020))

Panel Call for ICFA 2020: Expanding the Archive
July 2, 2019
https://www.fantastic-arts.org/2019/panel-call-for-icfa-2020-expanding-the-archive/


Panel Call for ICFA 2020: Expanding the Archive

In 2019, the fanfiction site Archive of Our Own (AO3) was nominated for a Hugo award. This repository of nearly 5 million original works, representing over 30 thousand fandoms, stands out in the world of Science Fiction and Fantasy awards not only because of the sheer number of authors it represents, but also because it is the first nomination for unpublished fanfiction and many of the authors are young women. This nomination draws attention to what is “archived” and, by extension, what is valued. AO3’s nomination is not the year’s only example of the expanding canon of Speculative Fiction. The documentary film Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror, produced by Tananarive Due, directed by Xavier Burgin, and based on Dr. Robin R. Means Coleman’s book Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to Present (2011), begins with the assertion that “black history is black horror” and tracks how the genre can engage with questions of race and power. Similarly, Dr. Ebony Thomas’s The Dark Fantastic considers Black female characters Bonnie Bennett (CW’s The Vampire Diaries), Rue (The Hunger Games), Gwen (Merlin), and Angelina Johnson (Harry Potter), and explores how these characters mirror racist violence in the real world. Each of these examples makes a case for expanding the idea of the canon (and what we value enough to archive) to include different types of characters and voices.

In terms of physical archives, a recent open letter on the Reading While White blog called out the lack of context and white-washing of the University of Minnesota’s Children’s Literature Research Collection’s exhibit and corresponding book The ABC of It: Why Children’s Books Matter, demonstrating that even professional archives are not neutral—especially once their materials are extracted and exhibited for public consumption. In the wake of this controversy, curators of archives, whether in libraries, classrooms, or their own scholarly work, must address how the materials presented and their surrounding context represent choices that speak to the curator’s values and priorities.

When archives hold the power to exclude and include, to value and affirm both people and genre, then how do we as scholars decide what belongs and how do we think through the consequences of those choices for ourselves, our students, and our field? We encourage submissions that answer these questions and otherwise critically examine the speculative fiction archive, broadly defined.

Submissions may consider but are not limited to the following topics in relation to archives:

• Accessibility
• Materialism
• The worth/value estimation of collecting
• Teaching courses in the archives
• Archival pedagogy- constructing the archives for our courses/ asking students to construct their own archives
• Controversies and canon
• Digital collections
• Internet as archive
• Fan spaces
• Race and representation
• Award winners as archive

Please submit a 300-500 word abstract and preliminary bibliography to Emily Midkiff (midki003@umn.edu) or Sara Austin (austins4@miamioh.edu) by Oct 11, 2019. Abstracts will also be considered for a special issue of the Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, for which we will be issuing a CFP in November.

Bookmark the Google Doc version of this call to keep on top of any updates: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i1_izexTPz_vj8hfreDZjqaXc3yNN4zud5ifc6TV9QA/edit?usp=sharing