[AIW] CFP: 20/20 Vision: Citizenship, Space, Renewal (EAAS Conference), University of Warsaw, Warsaw/Poland, May 1-3, 2020

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Call for Papers

European Association of American Studies (EAAS) Conference

20/20 Vision: Citizenship, Space, Renewal

University of Warsaw, Warsaw/Poland

May 1-3, 2020

http://eaas2020.eu/ 

 

The EAAS 2020 Conference coincides with the 400th anniversary of the
establishment of the Plymouth Plantation. Falling on the quadricentennial,
EAAS 2020 invites broader contemplations of American history, politics, and
culture. The conference seeks to underscore questions of optics, distance,
and acuity. The concept of "20/20 vision," an optical term denoting "normal"
visual clarity and sharpness of sight, invites a reflection on historical
distance, focal points, visibility and invisibility of socio-historical,
cultural, and literary aspects of American citizenship, space, and renewal
until today.

 

Citizenship

The first thematic scope of "20/20 Vision" is citizenship. We thus welcome
papers targeting the idea of citizenship from various historical, political,
ethical, and aesthetic perspectives, and addressing questions about the
archaic, residual or emergent forms, styles and norms of being a citizen.
Papers and pre-formed panels may focus on the following problem points:

*	the evolution or devolution of the idea of a democratic citizen in
American politics
*	legal fiction, the citizen, and citizenship in history and
literature
*	the problems of citizenship and agency in the days of the early
Republic
*	the relation between citizenship and economy
*	citizenship and mobility
*	citizenship and migration
*	citizenship and slavery
*	citizenship and disability
*	citizenship and the changing idea of freedom
*	citizenship and community
*	civil rights
*	limits of responsibility
*	limits of engagement

 

Space

The second theme "20/20 Vision" addresses is space, a general umbrella term
for the issues related to the environment:

*	land exploration and exploitation in the US
*	American history of land property
*	US borderland issues
*	US problem of natural resources
*	climate change and the US policy
*	climate change and the American landscape
*	pollution and toxic waste
*	ecological disasters
*	space exploration

 

The theme of space also relates issues connected with spatiality on a
different dimension such as the issues of

*	private vs public space
*	social media and internet space
*	architecture, mortgage problem
*	rural vs. urban space
*	utopias in American history, politics and literature
*	dystopias in American history, politics and literature
*	American heterotopias

 

Renewal

The last focus area of "20/20 Vision" is perhaps the broadest of the three:
the idea of renewal. While strongly related to the issues of citizenship and
space, where it may also serve as a reflective angle, the theme of renewal
on its own relates to a strong appeal in the American culture of the
discourse of rebirth, reawakening, and revolution. Long before "make it new"
became the slogan of the modernist artists on both sides of the Atlantic,
making things new and resetting the parameters had always been part of the
American life ethos. We welcome individual papers as well as pre-formed
panels.

 

Submissions

We welcome abstracts and proposals in a range of formats, including
individual papers; complete three-paper sessions (do note that a proposed
session cannot feature scholars from the same institution and the same
country); roundtables; and workshops. Individual paper abstracts should be
no longer than 350 words (excluding bibliography, if you choose to have
one). Session proposals must include a short description of the session as
well as the title and abstracts of all three papers.

 

Deadline for abstracts: November 30, 2019

Acceptance notifications: December 15, 2019

 

Email: eaas.warsaw at gmail.com <mailto:eaas.warsaw at gmail.com>  

 

American Studies Center & American Literature Department

University of Warsaw

Al. Niepodleglosci 22

02-653 Warsaw

Poland

 

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