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[ecrea] Second Annual North American Anarchist Studies Conference CFP

Fri Aug 13 02:44:18 GMT 2010


>CALL FOR PAPERS!!!
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>North American Anarchist Studies Network Conference
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>Toronto, Canada
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>January 15-16, 2010
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>Deadline for Proposals: November 1, 2010
>
>The North American Anarchist Studies Network is currently seeking
>presentations for our second annual conference to be held at the Steel
>Worker's Hall in Toronto, Canada. We are seeking submissions from radical
>academics, independent researchers, community activists, street philosophers
>and students. We invite those engaged in intellectual work within existing
>institutions, such as universities, but also those engaged in the production
>of knowledge beyond institutional walls to share their ongoing work. From
>the library stacks to the streets, we encourage all those interested in the
>study of anarchism to submit a proposal.
>
>* *
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>In keeping with the open and fluid spirit of anarchism, we will not be
>calling for any specific topics of discussion, but rather are encouraging
>participants to present on a broad and diverse number of themes- from the
>historical to the contemporary to the utopian. For inspiration, we have
>included a number of suggested themes that have been of interest us; we
>invite you to suggest and submit your own topics, papers, themes, panels and
>workshops:
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>* Theorizing Anarchism: Perspectives on Anarchist Studies
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>* Greening Anarchy: Anarchism and the Environment
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>* Bridging the Marxist/Anarchist Divide: Is Black and Red Dead?
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>* Race, Class & Solidarity: Migration Politics
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>* Indigenous Rights and Politics in (Occupied) North America
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>* Expanding the Anarchist Canon: Non-Western Anarchism(s)
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>* The South American 'New Left' and Anarchism
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>* 'Queering' Anarchy: Anarchism and LGBTQ Issues
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>* 'Revolution' in the 21st Century:  The Meaning of Social Change Today
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>* Militant Research: Connecting Activism and Academia
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>* Practicing Anarchy: Organization, Insurrection and Anarchist Social
>Movements
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>* Envisioning Alternatives: Anarchist Utopias
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>* Anarchism and Radical (Dis)ability Politics
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>* The Greek 'Crisis' and Anarchist Responses
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>* Post-G20 Toronto: Learning from Toronto's G20 Mobilizations
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>* Anarchist Cultural Perspectives and Practices
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>* The Post-Anarchist Challenge?
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>* Anarchists and Academia: The Perils, Pitfalls and Potentialities of the
>University
>
>It is our sincere hope that this conference will, to the greatest extent
>possible, accurately represent the diversity of North American anarchist
>politics and thought; to that end, we encourage submission(s) in English,
>French, Spanish and in any other language or on any other topic you feel
>relevant to this experience and this community.
>
>Send your proposal, including a short abstract, a working title and three
>keywords that describe your project to the Toronto NAASN Crew at *
>(naasntoronto /at/ gmail.com). *
>
>* *
>
>For more information on the North America Anarchist Studies Network check
>out our website at *www.naasn.org**. *
>
>We look forward to hearing from you, organizing with you and, of course,
>learning from you!
>

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