Call for Proposals: The Subaltern-Popular Dissertation Workshop 2
University of California, Santa Barbara, September 29-30, 2007
Deadline: Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Eligibility: Applicants must be current University of California graduate students in the humanities, fine arts, and social sciences.
Objective of the Dissertation Workshop: The objective of the dissertation workshop is to facilitate graduate student research on the relation between subalternity and popular culture. The workshop will provide an opportunity for students to present their current dissertation research and receive critical feedback on their projects. Dissertation participants will be expected to post their research descriptions on a web-based discussion board prior to the September meeting. For students from campuses other than UCSB, the Subaltern-Popular Workshop will provide travel expenses to Santa Barbara from the participant's home campus, and accommodation at Santa Barbara. Two graduate students from among the dissertation workshop participants will be awarded research stipends of up to $2,500 each, for field research outside the United States, during the academic year 2008-9.
Faculty Moderators:
- Parama Roy, English, UC Davis
- Michael Provence, History, UC San Diego
About the MRG: The Subaltern-Popular Workshop, a University of California Multi-campus Research Group (MRG) invites applications for a dissertation workshop to be held at the University of California, Santa Barbara on September 29-30, 2007. The Subaltern-Popular Workshop is an inter-disciplinary forum involving faculty and graduate students from all 8 UC general campuses, and dedicated to promoting research and understanding of the subaltern -- the disenfranchised, and the popular, as subjects and modes of inquiry into culture and history. Our objective is to bring together scholars working on Asia, Africa, Ireland, Latin America, and the Middle-East to focus on the relation between subalternity and popular culture.
Proposal Submission: Proposal package must include the following items: (1) Proposal cover form ; (2) Three-page (single-spaced) project proposal including a project description, research method, a statement on current stage of student's research; (3) Research schedule; (4) One-page bibliography; (5) Letter of support from the student's dissertation advisor.
Applications must be submitted electronically. The first 4 items should be sent by the applicant to: swati@arthistory.ucsb.edu. Item 5 should be sent to the same e-mail address directly by the dissertation advisor. Each application must be clearly marked "Subaltern-Popular Dissertation Workshop II".
Completed applications must be received by: May 2, 2007.
Successful applicants will be notified by: June 20, 2007
Please direct quires regarding workshop to:
Swati Chattopadhyay
Director, The Subaltern-Popular Workshop
The Interdisciplinary Humanities Center
University of CaliforniaSanta Barbara, CA 93106
swati@arthistory.ucsb.edu
Dissertation Workshop I
Sunday, September 24, 2006
IHC Conference Room, 6th Floor, HSSB
Faculty Moderators:
- Prof. Horacio Legras, Spanish and Portuguese, UC Irvine
- Prof. Anjali Arondekar, Feminist Studies, UC Santa Cruz
Session 1: 9am-12:30pm
- Jianhua Wang, Anthropology, UC Riverside
Worldview, Landscape, and Politics: Natural Resource Management of Akha People in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, Southwest China
Abstract
- John Munro, History, UC Santa Barbara
Margin and Center in the Anticolonialist Impulse of the Early Cold War, 1945-1960
Abstract
Session 2: 1:30pm-5pm
- Juan R. Buriel, Comparative Literature, UC Irvine
Textual Misfits: Subaltern Narratives and Chicano Representation in an Age of Multiculturalism
Abstract
- Sarah K. McLemore, English, UC Santa Barbara
Modern Terror: Space and Violence in British and Irish Fictions 1883-1922
Abstract
Draft Chapter
Objective of the Dissertation Workshop:
The
objective of the dissertation workshop is to facilitate graduate
student research on the relation between subalternity and
popular cultureamong graduate students across the UC system. The workshop will provide an opportunity
for students to present their current dissertation research
and receive critical feedback on their projects. We
expect to host four workshops between 2006 and 2010 to provide
opportunities for graduate students to explore new topics,
research methods, and theoretical perspectives. Two
faculty members from the Subaltern-Popular MRG will conduct
each workshop. Two graduate students from among the dissertation
workshop participants will be awarded research stipends of
up to $2,500 each, for field research outside the United
States.
About The Subaltern-Popular Workshop:
The Subaltern-Popular Workshop, a University of California
Multi-campus Research Group (MRG), is an inter-disciplinary forum involving faculty
and graduate students from all 8 UC general campuses, and
dedicated to promoting research and understanding of the
subaltern -- the disenfranchised, and the popular, as subjects
and modes of inquiry into culture and history. Our
objective is to bring together scholars working on Asia,
Africa, Ireland, Latin America, and the Middle-East to focus
on the relation between subalternity and popular culture.
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