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>Emory University
>The Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts Conference
>Atlanta, Georgia, USA
>March 28-30, 2003
>Critical Moments: Re-Membering Community & Self
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>Historically and culturally, individuals and collectives
>have experienced certain events and transitions as
>particularly momentous, destructive, or re-invigorating
>ěcritical moments.î Why are some events and transitions
>deemed more significant than others? How have local and
>international critical moments such as genocide, revolution,
>protest, war, colonialism, immigration waves, and industrial
>, technological and labor developments affected individual
>and group identities? What formats, frameworks or
>trajectories are there for the re-membering
>life-changing events and transitions? Can we mark major
>paradigmatic shifts in theory and activism in terms of such
>critical moments?
>We are soliciting papers, presentations, panels, and
>creative projects that address the issue of re-membering
>self and community in the face of or in response to
>ěcritical moments,î in the past or present. Such
>projects
>can be focused on local or global events and perspectives,
>and may address ěcritical momentsî on international,
>national, communal, or personal levels. We welcome
>presentations rooted within a particular discipline or
>interdisciplinary in nature.
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>Some general and specific topics that might be addressed:
>Interweavings and Creation of Memory, Culture and History
>Local and Global Perspectives on Cultural Identity and
>Memory Diaspora, Displacement and Identity
>Cultural Continuity and Change
>Narrative & Representation
>Reconciliation
>Trauma and Grief
>Activism (developments of coalitions, groups, or
>organizations in response to critical moments)
>Patriotism in Moments of Change
>Space, Place, Landscape, Architecture
>The Role of Economics
>The Role of the Media (the press, TV, radio, film, and the
>Internet) Responses within the Academy and Public
>Scholarship
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>In addition to traditional academic paper presentations and
>panels, we strongly encourage submissions in the forms of
>documentaries, video, photography, and other visual
>installations, along with spoken word and/or poetic projects
>and performances.
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>This event takes place during the 50th Anniversary of The
>Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts (ILA) at Emory
>University. The ILA is Emory University's institutional
>center for comparative and interdisciplinary studies across
>the social sciences and humanities. The Institute is one of
>the oldest interdisciplinary programs in the United States.
>Since the 1950s, the ILA has offered graduate students the
>opportunity to pursue doctoral work in the study of culture
>and society from historical, ethnographic and comparative
>perspectives. For more information, go to:
>http://www.emory.edu/COLLEGE/ILA/ila.html.
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>Proposals should be 1-2 pages, single-spaced (max. 600
>words), should include the title of the presentation, and
>should outline how the project will address the conference
>topics. If submitting a panel, please include the title of
>the panel, the names of the participants, individual project
>or paper titles, and brief descriptions of each project or
>paper. Please also include what technical support you may
>need and the format (paper, panel, installation, etc.) to
>which you will adhere.
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>Proposals may be submitted one of two ways:
>via email to [log in to unmask]: Please
>format written documents in MS WORD. Please format visual
>art submissions in screen-sized jpg images with a resolution
>of at least 300 dpi and no more than 600 dpi. For video
>submissions, please send small quicktime video clips. For
>audio clips, please send .wav or MP3 files.
> by the postal service- send three copies to: Critical
>Moments Conference, The Graduate Institute of the Liberal
>Arts, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322. Proposals
>should be postmarked or emailed no later than October 1,
>2002.
>Direct questions via email to:
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>Visit our website at:
>http://www.emory.edu/COLLEGE/ila/events/criticalmoments/index.html
>(will be up and running by August 1, 2002)
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