{"id":9968,"date":"2012-07-24T04:33:01","date_gmt":"2012-07-24T04:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.univie.ac.at\/Geschichte\/salon21\/?p=9968"},"modified":"2022-05-19T16:13:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T16:13:22","slug":"cfp-14th-annual-graduate-student-conference-in-african-american-history-at-the-university-of-memphis-10112012-dl-01-09-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salon21.univie.ac.at\/?p=9968","title":{"rendered":"CfP: 14th Annual Graduate Student Conference in African-American History at The University of Memphis (10\/11\/2012); DL: 01.09.2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Graduate Association for African-American History (GAAAH)<\/strong> (Web)<\/a> at The University of Memphis invites graduate students at all levels to submit proposals for its 14th Annual Graduate Student Conference in African-American History<\/strong>, to be held October 31-November 2, 2012, in Memphis, Tennessee.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s conference will feature a keynote address<\/strong> from Dr. Deborah Gray White<\/strong>, Professor of History at Rutgers University and the author of Ar\u2019n\u2019t I A Woman? Female Slaves in the Plantation South (1985 and 1999), the groundbreaking gendered analysis of the institution of slavery. Additionally, she is the author of Too Heavy a Load: Black Women in Defense of Themselves, 1984-1994 (1999) and Let My People Go: African-Americans, 1804-1860 (1996). Professors from area institutions will serve as panel commentators and participate in a workshop on professional development and the job market.<\/p>\n

We welcome the submission of individual papers, complete sessions, workshops, and roundtables on all topics relating to the scholarship and teaching of African-American\/African Diaspora histories and cultures. We encourage the participation of graduate students who represent a broad range of disciplinary and methodological approaches.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The submission deadline for proposals is September 1, 2012<\/strong>. A committee of University of Memphis professors will consider all papers for the \u201cMemphis State Eight Paper Prize\u201d which is awarded to the conference\u2019s best paper. The first place prize includes a monetary award. Second and third place papers will also receive recognition.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Please submit all proposals by e-mail to GAAAH President Micki Kaleta: gaaah.memphis@gmail.com or mykaleta@memphis.edu<\/p>\n

For questions, you also may call Ms. Kaleta at (901) 678-3395 or contact GAAAH faculty advisors Dr. Arvin Smallwood at (901) 678-3869, asmallwd@memphis.edu or Dr. Ernestine Jenkins, eljenkins@memphis.edu (901) 678-3450.<\/p>\n

Source: H-WOMEN@H-NET.MSU.EDU<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Graduate Association for African-American History (GAAAH) (Web) at The University of Memphis invites graduate students at all levels to submit proposals for its 14th Annual Graduate Student Conference in African-American History, to be held October 31-November 2, 2012, in Memphis, Tennessee. This year\u2019s conference will feature a keynote address from Dr. Deborah Gray White, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-calls-for-papers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salon21.univie.ac.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salon21.univie.ac.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salon21.univie.ac.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salon21.univie.ac.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salon21.univie.ac.at\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9968"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/salon21.univie.ac.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60985,"href":"https:\/\/salon21.univie.ac.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9968\/revisions\/60985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salon21.univie.ac.at\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salon21.univie.ac.at\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salon21.univie.ac.at\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}