Global Americas – A Second Call for Papers

6th Biennial Conference, Swedish Association for American Studies

NEWS | Published 2010-03-30

"Americas multiply in memories and fancies," Felipe Fernandez-Armesto writes in the introduction to The Americas: A Hemispheric History. The plurality and multidimensionality of America/the Americas and American Studies - social, cultural, political, geographical, mythological America/s appearing in interpretative international, transnational and interdisciplinary American studies - are at the forefront in the conference Global Americas, which The Swedish Association for American Studies is pleased to announce at the Department of Humanities, Mid Sweden University, Härnösand, on September 17-18, 2010.

The conference will feature plenary speakers (Gunlög Fur, Donald E. Pease, Erik Åsard, among others), paper sessions and workshops. Paper sessions provide the occasion to present individual papers, and workshops gather papers shared by the organizer and the workshop members on a common theme or topic in reference to the conference rubric. Global Americas invites senior and junior scholars in Sweden and Scandinavia for the presentation and exchange of scholarly work, thereby mapping and exploring the range and extent of American Studies.

The first call for papers met with proposals for workshops and papers in areas such as art, cosmopolitanism, ecocriticism, empire, family, foreign policy, images, literary theory, literature, rhetoric, transnational transfers, all for the exploration of Global Americas. This is a second call to invite participants and presenters. Proposals, written in English, should include a 200-word abstract, clearly outlining the objectives of the workshop, or the paper. Please include author/s, institutional affiliation (university and department), mailing address, email address, fax and phone number.

Please send proposals to Anders Olsson, Department of Humanities, Mid Sweden University, SE-871 88, HÄRNÖSAND, SWEDEN, Anders.Olsson@miun.se, phone +46 611 86162, cell phone +46 70-2527644, fax +46 611 861 70, no later than April 30, 2010. Proposals may be submitted electronically or in paper version. Authors will be informed of acceptance by May 15, 2010. Further details pertaining to the conference program and to accommodations will then be available.