The Centre for American Studies is delighted to announce that its third annual Americanist Symposium: Visualising the Americas will take place on Monday 3rd June, 2019 at The University of Kent, Canterbury.
With this year’s keynote speaker confirmed as Professor Luciana Martins, Professor of Latin American Visual Cultures at Birkbeck, University of London, the symposium organisers now welcome submissions for a 20-minute paper from all interested postgraduate and early stage researchers. Please see the call for papers, below, or contact the organisers at kentamericanists@gmail.com for further information.
Call for papers
This symposium invites Postgraduate Researchers and Early Career Researchers to aid in advancing the interdisciplinary potential of American Studies by focusing on a specific object or image as a gateway to a broader event, trend or figure. Respondents should aim to reverse the common use of objects or images as mere illustrations by bringing them to the forefront for analysis as a means of inspiring new methodologies and uncovering further knowledge. The use of digital humanities within American Studies will be central to this symposium, as geography requires that European-based researchers are naturally reliant on digital sources and data. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of this symposium, proposals are welcomed from PGRs and ECRs working across different periods, themes, landscapes, and disciplines within American Studies including, but not limited to, History, Literature, Music, Visual Culture, Politics, and Film.
Please submit a proposal for a 20-minute paper to kentamericanists@gmail.com by 20th April, 2019. Proposals should include the title of the paper, a 250-word abstract, the chosen object or image, and a 50-word biography.
Travel bursaries will be offered accordingly.