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2005 Y|X Conference
Friday, March 25, 2005 - Detroit, Michigan
Presented by the American Studies Program of Wayne State University
and the Rushton Endowment
Submission Deadline: February 18, 2005
"The World is Not America: Re-Membering Politics and the Arts"
The American Studies Program at Wayne State University invites submissions for
its fifth-annual Y|X (Youth|Xchange) interdisciplinary Graduate/Undergraduate
conference, to be held on the campus of Wayne State University on Friday afternoon,
March 25, 2005.
The theme of this year’s conference is "The World is Not America:
Re-Membering Politics and the Arts" and we are eager to welcome students
from various disciplines throughout the University, both graduate and undergraduate,
to participate in this interesting discussion. Students from other
areas universities are also invited to submit abstracts for consideration. We
are particularly interested in offering undergraduate students an opportunity
to present their own intellectual work in an academic and formal setting. This
conference will enable undergraduate and graduate student scholars to participate
in an interdisciplinary conference that investigates how "American Studies"
can consider a world that is not primarily American, how this non-American world
can think about America, or how we can escape the notion of "America"
completely. While the theme of the conference emphasizes politics and
the arts, we hope that participants will also engage with the ways in which
various other disciplines can be political and/or considered arts.
Some suggested topics:
· Globalization and the
American Context
· Who is Lady Liberty:
Gender, Democracy, and the National Body?
· Outside Looking In:
American Expatriates
· Where are Ethics and
Radicalism in this Global Culture?
· Work, Recreation, and
Global Culture
· Who's Making America:
Margins, Middles, and the Media?
· Conservatism and the
De-Politicization of the Arts
· Wartime Creations:
The Arts in Turbulent Times
We welcome scholarly works, creative presentations, and multi-media presentations.
Two-hundred-word abstracts for individual papers must include the prospective
presenter’s name, department and university affiliation, level of study
(undergraduate or graduate), and email address in the upper right corner of
the page. Panel submissions are also welcome and must be accompanied by a cover
sheet detailing the applicability of the panel to the conference theme and the
panelists’ names; the individual abstracts for a panel must be stapled
to the cover sheet and must contain the information mentioned above.
An email regarding whether papers have been accepted or declined will be sent
via email on March 1, 2005.
Address all submissions by FEBRUARY 18, 2005 to:
Heather Blankenheim, Y|X Conference Director
Email submissions (or questions) to: h.blankenheim@wayne.edu
English Department, Wayne State University
5057 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI 48201