2007
Call For Papers
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Following the success of last year’s initial Battleground States Conference, the graduate students of the newly formed Culture Club: The Cultural Studies Scholars’ Association at Bowling Green State University are proud to announce this year’s conference, “Battleground States: Intersections of Poetics and Politics,” to be held March 30-31, 2007 in Bowling Green, Ohio. We are inviting submissions aimed at examining the often conflicted points where poetics
– defined loosely as the study of art, language, literature, music and other forms of expression – and politics – which we take to mean the study of government, social systems, race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and other networks of power relations – meet. The scholar’s role, in both these
conflicts and their larger cultural context, has been the subject of broad and heated debate.In the interest of expanding the debate and encouraging interdisciplinary dialogues, this conference actively seeks to include a range of academic and activist concerns, methodologies and voices. We are interested in presentations that apply academic study to larger social issues, such as, but not limited to:
• Body and Identity Politics
• Mass Media, Journalism and The First Amendment
• Education and Academic Freedom
• Post-Colonialism and Immigration Politics
• Health Care and Reproductive Rights
• Religious Studies and Religion in U.S. Electoral Politics
• New Media and Intellectual Property Law
• Gender and Sexuality in Popular LiteratureWe are particularly interested in presentations by scholars from the Great Lakes Region and papers that examine the cultural and political histories of the region. This conference invites proposals from graduate students as well as artists, activists, filmmakers, educators, and everyday people whose work engages both political and poetic aspects of everyday life. To be considered as a presenter, please send a presentation proposal, not to exceed 300 words. To propose a panel, please submit a session proposal describing the panel topic, not to exceed 300 words. We will accept proposals by regular mail and email (include abstract in both message body as well as an attachment) to the following:
Battleground States Conference
c/o American Culture Studies
101 East Hall
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH 43403or via Email:
ACSConf@bgsu.eduPaper Proposals—due by February 15th—should include the following information:
• Name
• Institutional Affiliation (if applicable)
• Mailing Address (including zip code)
• Phone Number
• Email address
• Title for the proposed presentation
• Abstract
• A/V equipment requests, if any (A/V logistics)
• Special needs, if anyPanel Proposals—due by February 15th—should include the above information for all proposed participants.
Important Information:
• To preserve time for discussion, all presentations should be limited to 15 minutes.
• Notification of proposal status will be sent around February 1st.
• You may read more than one paper at the conference; however, each paper must be submitted
separately.
• To promote discussion, all papers must be read by their authors; persons not in attendance may
not have papers read by colleagues.
• The conference coordinators can not sponsor or fund travel or underwrite participant costs.
BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY
AMERICAN CULTURE STUDIES PROGRAM
INSTITUTE FOR CULTURE AND SOCIETY
POPULAR
CULTURE ASSOCIATION/
AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION
Battleground
States Conference Presented by
Culture Club: The Cultural Studies Scholars' Association
c/o American Culture Studies, Bowling Green State University, 101 East
Hall, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403