"CFP: Independence and Decolonization, April 2010, Institute for Historical Studies at UT-Austin"
Bell-Metereau, Rebecca L <rb12 <at> TXSTATE.EDU>
2009-01-06 19:15:08 GMT
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From: Courtney Meador [meadorcl <at> mail.utexas.edu]
Call for Papers. The Institute for Historical Studies at the
University of Texas at Austin will host a symposium, Independence and
Decolonization, April 15-17, 2010.
Inspired by the upcoming bicentenary of Mexican independence, the
symposium aims to generate dialogue among scholars from a variety of
disciplines working on processes of independence, decolonization, and
the reconfiguration of territorial and social borders that such
processes generate. We encourage proposals that adopt an explicitly
synoptic approach to the interactions between metropolitan powers and
colonial/nationalist societies. We welcome proposals from scholars
working on the following broad problem areas: 1. Global and local
dynamics of "first wave" independence movements and decolonization in
the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries (e.g. United
States, Haiti, Spanish America); 2. Nineteenth century decolonization
(e.g. Ottoman successor states, Brazil, Cuba); 3. National liberation
movements and decolonization in the twentieth century. We are
interested in bringing into dialogue a variety of approaches and
themes which might include ethnic identities and anti-colonial
movements, postcolonial state formation, and economic development of
postcolonial states.
Interested scholars should submit an abstract of 200-500 words and a
one-page CV to Professor Susan Deans-Smith, sdsmith <at> mail.utexas.edu
by March 1, 2009. Participants will be reimbursed for travel and
lodging expenses. For further information about the Institute for
Historical Studies, its programs, and fellowships see: www.utexas.edu/
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