Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies.Cuba Project. The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Call for Papers
Since the early part of the nineteenth-century, Cuban intellectuals, political leaders, civil society organizations and institutions have created multiple visions, projects and blueprints for building an independent Cuba. External and transnational groups, including governments, have also participated in creating ideas for shaping or improving Cuban society. These efforts continue today. Past or present, these visions and agendas can often clash with each other, fail to attract support, or be unsuccessful in inducing change perceived as desirable. However, they have generated legacies that stand and shape realities, memories, perceptions, and diverse movements for reforming Cuba.
This international symposium invites interested academics, both young scholars and established specialists, to submit paper and panel proposals on actors, processes, ideas, institutions, and prospects/outcomes in these efforts. The symposium is organized by the Cuba Project at the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies (The Graduate Center, CUNY). The Cuba Project welcomes participation from academic, artistic, and professional institutions and endeavors. Papers can explore a wide range of historical and contemporary themes and contexts. Written by academics and other scholars, they may illuminate the visions, processes, institutions, civil society organizations, social movements, and other actors operating or focused on various contexts and futures.
The list of possible ideas for sessions, papers, and special events include:
Historical Contexts:
· Revolutionary period and future dynamics: Cultural, economic, and political dimensions
· Republican Cuba (1902-1959) and 19th Century
Themes:
· Creation and demise of utopias and paradigms
· Cultural spheres: Literature, cinema, arts, photography
· Intellectuals and knowledge
· Diverse substantive and policy areas:
Racial & Ethnic Relations, Identity, Education, Health, Environment, Economic reform, Political organization and Democracy
· Cubans living abroad and ‘diasporic’ communities
· Transnational actors and processes
· Political mobilization, civil society, state-society relations
· Havana and other cities through history, including the character of the culture, politics, cosmopolitism, geography
· Issues about socialism, post-socialism, and participation
· Afro-Cuban culture and society
· New voices and approaches, young scholars
· US-Cuba Policy Issues
· Technology and internet networks in Cuban cyberspace
* We welcome ideas, papers, and panels about these and other themes and contexts*
Proposals should consist of a 1-2 page abstract of the proposed paper or panel, with a cover letter indicating the author's professional affiliation, biographical sketch and complete contact information. Proposals may be in Spanish or English. (Note: Panel proposals must include an abstract and author information for each proposed panelist and paper.)
Submission: Please send proposals by email to: cubaproject@gc.cuny.edu; or via fax to: 212-817-1540. Or send a hard copy in a sealed envelope to:
Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies,
Attention: Cuba Project
365 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5209
New York, NY 10016-4309
United States.
Deadlines: We strongly encourage early submission. Proposals will receive preliminary assessment as they arrive. Upcoming deadlines are as follows:
Paper Proposals: July 31, 2010
Completed Version of Accepted Papers: November 24, 2010
For updates and further information: www.cubasymposium.org (click “International Conferences” on left panel). For general information about the Bildner Center please visit www.bildner.org.
Please send comments and inquiries to cubaproject@gc.cuny.edu |
