AJHS 2012 - 2012 BIENNIAL SCHOLARS’ CONFERENCE ON AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY

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Category AJHS 2012

Deadline: November 15, 2011 | Date: June 11, 2012-June 13, 2012

Venue/Country: New York, U.S.A

Updated: 2011-11-06 17:32:12 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

Center for Jewish History, New York City

The 2012 AJHS Scholars’ Conference will explore disciplinary and other

kinds of boundaries that currently confront the field of American

Jewish history. It will examine the opportunities and challenges that

arise from the engagement of history and the humanities (including

literary studies, media studies, theater, dance and art history,

cultural studies, and musicology) as well as the social sciences

(anthropology, economics, folklore, linguistics, political science,

psychology, sociology). The conference will also explore the impact

that the work of American Jewish historians has had on other

disciplines.

Looking beyond disciplinary boundaries raises various questions: How

has the interdisciplinary study of American Jewry developed? How does

the study of American Jewish history take shape in relation to area

studies or comparative programs, such as American Studies, Ethnic

Studies, Comparative Religions, or Jewish Studies? What kinds of

cross-disciplinary engagements would best enhance the field of

American Jewish history?

In considering disciplinary boundaries, how do they compare with other

boundaries that figure in the work of American Jewish historians?

These other boundaries include:

* Geographical boundaries (e.g., in studies of immigration or of

American Jews as part of a transnational or diasporic community)

* Cultural boundaries (e.g., in studies that examine the relation

of Jews with their neighbors, comparative studies of Jews vis-à-vis

other groups, or the study of communities that test the limits of

Jewish peoplehood)

* Discursive boundaries (e.g., in studies that engage non-verbal

forms of expression)

* Institutional boundaries (in work that bridges the academy and

the arts, or institutions of public culture, or work that addresses a

general public audience or reflects Jewish communal concerns)

The committee invites proposals for papers that engage any of the

aforementioned issues and encourages the submission of complete panel

proposals and roundtable presentations. The organizers view the theme

of "beyond boundaries" very broadly, and will consider a wide range of

proposals bearing on all aspects of the American Jewish experience,

though preference will go to those that deal in some way with the

conference's central theme.

Graduate students completing dissertations may submit proposals

accompanied by a letter of recommendation from their advisor. All

submissions must include a one-page (250 words) paper abstract, short

(120 words) biography, and a specific indication of technological

needs. Complete panel proposals are strongly encouraged. Please send

proposals to hsalomonajhs.org by November 15, 2011.

Amy Sokal asokalajhs.org