[ecrea] CFP 9/11 and the Academy

CALL FOR PAPERS: 9/11 AND THE ACADEMY

 Conference and Edited Volume

November 6 and 7, 2015

Emory & Henry College

Conveners: Professors Mark Finney and Matthew Shannon of Emory & Henry 
College

Proposal Deadline: March 1, 2015



September 11, 2001 was, according to then President George W. Bush, “the 
day that changed everything.” This one-day conference takes that 
statement and turns it into a question directed toward the academy. It 
seeks to bring together scholars of all levels to discuss the states of 
their field. Its goal is to facilitate an interdisciplinary conversation 
about the influence that 9/11 has had on the humanities; visual and 
performing arts; and the social, physical, and natural sciences.



Papers may address a number of questions, including but not limited to: 
How has critical scholarship changed across the disciplines since 9/11 
and the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq? How have disciplinary 
methodologies changed (or not) since 9/11? Have alternative avenues of 
inquiry, new research questions, and emergent conceptual frameworks been 
explored, asked, and articulated? How has 9/11 produced a reexamination 
of older theories or the formulation of new ones that possess greater 
explanatory power? Has recent work been driven by methodological 
innovations, the political context of the early twenty-first century, or 
a convergence of the two? Has cooperation between the academy, the 
federal government, and the private sector increased or decreased, and 
has that cooperation been productive or restrictive with regard to 
disciplinary evolution? In what ways has scholarship informed public 
understandings and shaped collective memories of the attacks? How has 
the fact that scholars have been, for more than a decade, writing during 
wartime and economic woes rather than an era of peaceful prosperity 
affected the production of knowledge? Are there comparisons or contrasts 
to be made between the academy’s response to 9/11 and disciplinary 
developments during previous eras of national “crisis”? In the end, was 
9/11 a watershed moment in the academy, or have the developments of the 
past thirteen years built on earlier intellectual trends that transcend 
that day?

 Scholars interested in taking part in this collective examination of 
the academy should submit a 500-word proposal and CV. Conference papers 
should be approximately 10,000 words. The conference organizers expect 
to compose the accepted papers into an edited collection that highlights 
the changes and continuities in the academy since 9/11.

 Hosted at Emory & Henry College, a liberal arts college in 
southwestern Virginia, the conference anticipates being able to take 
advantage of the campus culture of service and scholarship, bringing to 
bear a spirit of interdisciplinary cooperation and critical discourse 
toward the creation of a lively and rigorous dialogue about how academic 
disciplines have been and continue to be affected by world historical 
events.



For more information, please contact:



Mark Finney

Department Chairperson and Assistant Professor of Mass Communications,

Emory & Henry College

(mfinney /at/ ehc.edu)



Matthew Shannon

Assistant Professor of History,

Emory & Henry College

(mshannon /at/ ehc.edu)
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Mark Finney, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of
Mass Communication
Emory & Henry College

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