[Commlist] CfP Working Group on Culture and War

The *Working Group on Culture ad War invites submissions for*

*the 23rd annual conference of the Cultural Studies Association*

(U.S.), on May 29-31, 2025, at the California Institute of the arts,

Valencia, California.

*_General call_**:* We invited interdisciplinary papers, panel proposals

and non-traditional forms of creative intervention that consider

the social, economic and political landscape of conflict past and

present. Submissions treating current conflicts in Myanmar,

Nagorno-Karabakh, and Ukraine are especially welcome, as

are those consonant with this years conference theme: "Imagin-

ary Futures: Utopias, Dystopias & Protopias of Cultural Studies."

**

*_Special Call--the War on Gaz_**a: *Following decades of illegal

occupation, de-development, blockade, and routinized "mowing

the lawn" to cull resistance, the Hamas-led break out and massacre

of 1200 mostly civilian Israelis on Oct. 7, 2023, triggered the IDF's

12th and most devastating assault on the Gaza Strip. The whole-

sale, indiscriminate destruction of infrastructure (including hospitals

and schools), blockage of humanitarian aid, and the horrific civil-

ian death toll have moved humanitarian organizations within and

without Israel to argue that the assault meets the UN devinition of

"genocide." And yet, despite livestreaming devastation and

suffering, global protest and calls for sanctions and an arms

blockade, the international institutions created to protect civilians

against such violence and to hold perpetrators accountable

have so far failed. As the war enters its seeming final act, it

challenges all of us, whether engaged in traditional disciplinary

scholarship or Cultural Studies, to develop modes of research,

critique and activism which which help us meet this moment--

and future ones--by more effectively addressing this conflict

its enabling political and economic conditions, and likely conse-

quences. To that end, we invite submissions on all aspects of

the Gaza War, how to make sense of it and how to respond.

Topics might include--

Representing the conflict: aganeda setting and framing in various

national media; social media and disinformation. Ethical paradox,

Palestinians as "victims of the victims."

International Law and the occupation. IHL and war crimes: rape

"human shield" allegations as a rationale for unrestricted war-

fare against civilians; the Dahiya Doctrine. Killing of aid workers

and blockage of humanitarian aid. Ongoing violence in the

West Bank. Limitations/effectiveness of the ICC and ICJ.

Suppression of free speech/academic freedom in Eudrope and

the U.S. The conflation of anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism in

policy proposals and legislation; Project Esther. Press censor-

ship in Gaza and Israel, including the deliberate targeting of

journalists.

North American and European complicity/responsibility.

The future of Gaza: regional powers, the Palestinian Authority

and Palestinian statehood. The U.N., Trump, and U.S. foreign

policy, Expanding famine.

Activism--What is to be done? What is being done? BDS,

international resistance, arms embargo, sanctions. Coalition

building, education, campus protest, platforming Palestinian

voices.

SUBMISSION AND REGISTRATRION

Friday, December 6, 2024 submission system open.

Friday, December 6, 2024 until Frideay April 4, 2025: Early

  Bird Registration.

Sunday, February 23, 2025: FINAL DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS

Friday, March 7, 2025: Notifications sent out.

Friday, April 4, 2025: Early Registration Ends. Regular rate begins

Friday, May 9, 2025: Last day to register to participate in the

conference. If you do not register by this date and are not a

current member, your name will be dropped from the program.

REGISTRATION: In order to participate in the conference and be

listed in the program, all those accepted to participate must

register before Friday, May 9, 2025: Remember: Registration

for the conference and membership in the CSA are combined

transactions. All proposals should be submitted through Easy

Chair: hhtps://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=csa2025 
<http://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=csa2025>.

Make sure to create/and/or log in to your Eashy Chair account

before you attempt to submit, Please prepare all materials

required to propose your session according to the given

directions before you begin electronic submission. All

program information--names, presentation titles, and institu-

tional affiliations--will be based on initial conference submis-

sions. Please avoid lengthy presentation and session titles,

use normal cpaitalization and standard fonts, and include

your name and affiliations as wyou would like them to

appear on the conference program schedule.

SUBMISSION FORMATS:

All sessions are 90 minutes long. All conference formats

are intended to encourage the presentation and discussion

of projects at different stages of development and to foster

intellectual exchange and collaboration. Please feel free to

adapt the suggested formats or propose others in order to

suit your sessions goals.

The CSA aims to provide multiple and diverse spaces for the

cross-pollination of art, activism, pedagogy, design and

research by bringing together participants from a variety

of positions inside and outside the university. We are

particularly interested in proposals for sessions designed

to document and advance existing forms of collective

action or catalyze new collaborations. We encourage

submissions from individuals working beyond the boundaries

of the university: artists, activgists, educators, independent

scholars, professionals, and community organizers.

While the language of the conference must be English,

submissions from outside the Anglophone world are

welcome.

Further information regarding various session formats,

transportation, and housing can be found at

https://www.culturalstudiesassociation.org/conference.htiml 
<https://www.culturalstudiesassociation.org/conference.htiml>

Questions regarding Working Group submissions should be

addressed to Howard Hastings at (aspinozist /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(aspinozist /at/ gmail.com)> or

Tony Grajeda at (athony.grajeda /at/ ucf.edu) <mailto:(athony.grajeda /at/ ucf.edu)>.

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