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Call for Papers: The Chimalpahin
Conference 2010: Colonial and Post-Colonial Remembering and Forgetfulness
(IV) Conference homepage: http://www.enkidumagazine.com/chics/chimalpahin/intro_ch_en.htm October 15 - 18, 2010 Mexico City This conference cycle organized annually by Enkidu
Magazine and the International Society for Cultural History and Cultural
Studies (CHiCS) in Mexico City is devoted to colonial and post colonial
remembering and forgetfulness viewed from a wide range of different,
interdisciplinary perspectives with particular attention to communicative
issues and reflections on „self" and „otherness", memories, historical
myths and other expressions of historical and political memory The conference focuses on conceptualizations and
representations of cultural categories in colonial and post colonial
realities, and the ways in which individuals have understood and enacted these
frameworks in their lives. What are the distinctions between memory and
history? What is it that we choose to remember and forget? Why are some
historical injustices simply forgotten, and others objects of remembrance and
commemoration? How is the past and future invented and reinvented? In 2010, the Chimalpahin
conference on colonial and post-colonial remembering and forgetfulness will
take place for the fourth time. We welcome submissions from all branches of the
social sciences, humanities, as well as the arts. The conference aims to be a
space for dialogue and reflection for graduate students, postdoctoral
fellows, and junior and senior faculty members from any field that concern
itself with the broad themes of the conference. The program will be organised in a large number of special thematic sessions covering a diverse series of topics. Papers will be
considered on related themes and topics from a wide range of perspectives.
Presenters are encouraged to interpret the themes of the conference broadly and
may explore any historical period, with any geographic focus. Among the themes that might direct your proposal are
the following: * Conquest and Continuity * Borders and Borderlands * Intra-ethnic translations * Representations of Otherness * Historical stereotypes in the construction of the
past and the present * Gendered Spaces * Reinterpretations of History and Histories about
colonialism and post-colonialism * Memory and Archives * The interaction of categories like nation, gender,
class, and religion * Education and nation-building in post-colonial
societies * Identities in transition * Historical Memory * Political Memory * Narrative and Linguistics * Narrative and Myth * Voice and reflexivity in oral and written records * Story, Dialogue and Discourse * Testimonial Narratives * Memory and Written Record * Language, Authority and Silence * Other Suggestions... Interdisciplinary perspectives are especially
welcome since all these topics in themselves stretch across several
disciplines: history, literary studies, linguistics, psychology, political
sciences, pedagogy, ethnology, anthropology, sociology... "Sensing the Other, Living in Nepantla: Colonial and Post-Colonial Remembering and
Forgetfulness" is dedicated to the Nahua
Historian Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin (1579-1660), who more than a century
after the Spanish conquest narrated and mediated in his native language Nahuatl, the history of Central Mexico and in particular
his own altepetl (ethnic state unit in Central
Mexico before and after the conquest) Chalco. Papers should be of approximately 30 minutes
duration (circa 8 - 10 pages). Other forms of presentation, for instance
workshops, panel debates and poster sessions will be considered on request. The conference has developed into a unique
international academic forum for interpretative approaches in the humanities
and social sciences. The conference has traditionally also been a forum for
discussing creative historical and political memory, remembering and
forgetting of the past, as well as translations between cultures and
re-negotiations and re-constructions of cultural identities in one one way or another. The conference sessions are conducted in Castillian and English. Occasionally, the conference also
has sessions conducted in German and French. Some sessions will be bilingual
and conducted in both languages with interpreters. Other sessions will be conducted
in one of the two conference languages, and the session moderator will give
summaries of the paper in the other language. Many sessions are being
conducted with interpreters for sign language (on request). Papers are welcomed on virtually all related topics
and themes, independently of time period and space. Also papers of
comparative phenomena will be considered. Interdisciplinary perspectives are
encouraged. The conference aims at bringing together academics working in all
relevant disciplines as well as activists, artists and other professionals,
and promoting innovative multidisciplinary and multicultural exchange and
dialogue. CHICS' academic conferences are characterized by
traditional paper presentations in panel sessions with three speakers each,
followed by lively exchange, dialogue and interaction between speakers and
audience in many small groups, workshops and seminars rather than by formal
plenary sessions. Our conferences provide a forum for diverse voices from all
over the world, to come together and make connections across linguistic,
cultural and academic barriers. Selected papers from the conference will be
published in book form. * Proposals for individual papers Abstracts (ca 500 words) are to be submitted along
with the presenter’s name, address, telephone, email, and institutional
affiliation as well as a short biography (ca 100-150 words) and a list over
audio-visual and other technical requirements. It is recommended to use the
form here when submitting an abstract: http://www.enkidumagazine.com/chics/chimalpahin/intro_ch_en.htm However, abstracts will also be accepted as e-mail
attachments to liowlb@enkidumagazine.com * Proposals for Panel Sessions: Typically, a panel of academic papers should include
3 (maximum 4) speakers and 1 moderator. Each session will last for 2 hours
allowing for 30 minutes for each speaker and a further 30 minutes for
questions and discussion. Proposers should submit: (1) session title and a session intro (ca 100
words), (2) paper titles, (3) abstracts for each paper (500 words), (4) short biography for each participant and the
panel chair (ca 100-150 words), (5) institutional affiliation and address for each
participant, (6) audio-visual and other
technical requirements. If you would like to propose a panel session, and
want assistance in finding speakers and/or a session chair, we can publish a
call for papers for your panel session on the conference web site and
distribute it in our newsletter. If you have an idea for panel session and
would like us to publish a call for papers on the conference website, please
send us a proposal by e-mail to liowlb@enkidumagazine.com All correspondence for this conference will be
conducted via email. You will be notified within 10 days after we have
received your abstract, whether your proposal has been accepted or rejected.
Abstracts of the conference papers will be made available at the conference
web page. We acknowledge receipt and answer to all paper
proposals submitted within few days. If you do not receive a reply from us
within a week you should assume we did not receive your proposal; it might be
lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to resend your abstract and resubmit
your registration form, and if possible, suggest an alternative e-mail
address. In particular delegates using hotmail or yahoo accounts to receive
conference related e-mails often experience problems receiving conference
information by e-mail. E-mails from the conference organisers
are often delivered to your spam folder and not to your inbox, unless you
remember to add the following e-mail addresses: info@enkidumagazine.com and
liowlb@enkidumagazine.com to your safe-list. The first address is the general
e-mail address of Enkidu Magazine and will be used to send conference
newsletters and general information. The second, is
the e-mail address of the academic coordinator of the conference and will be
used for individual communication with delegates. * EXHIBITORS, PUBLISHERS AND ARTISTS: Artists are welcome to suggest exhibitions and
displays of art during the conference. Organisations, universities and publishers are welcome to sign up for information
stands at the conference center. Commercial exhibitors pay a modest daily
fee. The following information is required by artists,
publishers and other exhibitors during the conference: 1) Technical Description of the information stand or
artwork with indications of technical requirements for their presentation,
the size and extension of the individual artworks to be presented. 2) Estimated Insurance value of the artworks 3) One image of a representative sample of artistic
work from the exhibitions can be sent by e-mail to the conference organizers
in the format tiff or jpg. 4) Curriculum Vitae of artist (or organisation). 5) Description of Exhibition (300 - 500 words). 6) Short bio of artist (or organisation). * BOOK EXHIBITION: * REGISTRATION FEE for "Colonial and Postconial Remembering and Forgetfullness": Payment received via PayPal or bank transfer in
advance (Payments completed before 1..October. A supplement of 50 USD applies
after this day and for payments on location.) We recommend everyone to
arrange their payment of the registration fee before the conference. On
location, we have no possibility to process credit cards, nor issue official
receipts and the registration desk will generally be staffed with volunteer
students who are not entitled to receive payments in cash. If you for any
reason prefer to pay on location in Mexico, please inform the organizers in
advance, and we will find a solution for you. Centro
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