[ecrea] CFP: Iraq - Between the Present and the Future

>Call for Papers
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>Iraq: Between the Present and the Future
>Themed issue of the Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication
>
>Themed Issue Editor: Lina Khatib (Stanford University)
>
>Papers are solicited for a themed issue of the Middle East Journal 
>of Culture and Communication on "Iraq: Between the Present and the 
>Future". The purpose of this themed issue is to tease out the 
>cultural, intellectual, artistic, social, and political dynamics in 
>Iraq today and the future vision for those dynamics. The issue aims 
>to understand the challenges and prospects facing Iraq's present and 
>future on those fronts, while seeking to ground this understanding 
>in an analytical reflection on Iraq's recent history.
>
>Since the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the country has been invariably 
>seen as a victim of Western imperialist aggression, as a prospective 
>democratic state in the making, as the homeland of traumatized 
>peoples on the verge of a civil war, and as a hub of transnational 
>terrorist activities. Discourse on Iraq has been mostly consumed 
>with security issues, hard politics, and economic issues. Literature 
>on how those elements have impacted people's everyday lives, Iraq's 
>artistic scene, its cultural milieus and its intellectual arenas 
>deserves to be expanded.
>
>Within this framework, this themed issue seeks answers to questions such as:
>
>- How have Iraqis co-opted, dissented, and/or resisted Iraq's 
>political, economic, social and security challenges in their everyday lives?
>- How has this been mediated in Iraqi art, films, media, and other 
>communication and cultural arenas?
>- How are ethnic and sectarian tensions being handled in the public 
>sphere and in everyday life and what are the developments in this 
>respect that are being overlooked but which deserve attention?
>- How can Iraq recover from the trauma of destruction of much of its 
>material culture?
>- How is Iraq dealing with a traumatic memory that intersects with a 
>traumatic present?
>- What role have Iraqi (and Arab) intellectuals played in the 
>formation of Iraq's present?
>- What is the position of artists, journalists, educators and 
>activists towards the challenges facing Iraq today and what is their 
>vision for its future?
>- What are the main spaces for dialogue emerging in Iraq that may 
>play a role in shaping a brighter future for the country?
>- What are the cultural practices through which power is expressed?
>- How and where is politics performed on the level of the everyday?
>
>Scholars from a wide variety of disciplines including geography, 
>international relations, media and communication studies, cultural 
>studies, memory studies, gender studies, sociology, history, 
>anthropology, archaeology, and politics are invited to present 
>innovative responses to those questions in the form of full length 
>articles, shorter reflective essays and critical reviews.
>
>Deadline for submission of proposals: 15 May 2010.
>Notification of acceptance of proposals: 30 May 2010.
>Deadline for submission of manuscripts for accepted proposals: 1 
>November 2010.
>Expected publication date of accepted articles: May 2011.
>
>Proposals for articles and reflective essays should be about 500-600 
>in length. They must clearly describe the proposed approach, and 
>explain the contribution that would be made to the themed issue.
>
>Articles should be 6000-7000 words long and include an abstract of 
>not more than 150 words that clearly defines the nature of the 
>article. Reflective essays should be 1500-3000 words and reviews 
>1000-1500 words. Up to five keywords should be included to identify 
>articles and reflective essays.
>
>Please email the proposal to Dr Lina Khatib, co-editor of Middle 
>East Journal of Culture and Communication: (lkhatib /at/ stanford.edu)
>
>Please note that all articles will be subject to our peer review 
>process and that the Editors retain the discretion at all stages of 
>the publication process to accept or reject an article.
>
>MEJCC is a peer-reviewed journal published by Brill: http://www.brill.nl/mjcc
>
>
>Dr. Lina Khatib
>Program Manager
>Program on Good Governance and Political Reform in the Arab World
>Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
>Stanford University
>http://cddrl.stanford.edu/people/linakhatib/
>
>http://arabreform.stanford.edu

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