Friday, June 29, 2007

Visualizing the City Resources

Visualizing the City Resources

Following the Visualising the City conference held in June 2005 in Manchester, we are now developing a series of resources relevant to this growing area of study. Information provided will include conferences, symposia, special research projects, key texts and other resources.

http://www.abdn.ac.uk/film/city-resources.shtml
This site will be continually expanded and updated.

Alan Marcus
Reader in Film and Visual Culture
University of Aberdeen

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

RESEARCHING NEW YORK 2007

RESEARCHING NEW YORK 2007
University at Albany, SUNY
November 15 & 16, 2007

This annual conference on the history of New York State is an excellent
forum for scholars to present their work on any aspect of NY history in any
time period. This year work that examines the political history of New York
-- and it's influence beyond New York State is especially encouraged.


CALL FOR PAPERS -- Submission deadline extended to July 8, 2007

The organizers of the 9th Annual Researching New York Conference invite
proposals for papers, panels, workshops, roundtables, exhibits, documentary,
and media or multi-media presentations on any facet of the history of New
York State-from settlement to the present. Researching New York brings
together historians, researchers, public historians, archivists, museum
curators, librarians, graduate students, teachers, Web site creators,
filmmakers, and documentarians to share their work on New York State
history. The conference will be held at the University at Albany, State
University of New York on November 15th and 16th, 2007.

Full panel proposals, workshops, roundtables, exhibits, and media
presentations are encourages. Partial panels and individual submissions will
be considered. For panels and full proposals, please submit a one-page
abstract of the complete session, a one page abstract for each paper or
presentation, and a one-page curriculum vita for each participant.
Individual submissions should include a one-page abstract and one-page
curriculum vita. All submissions must include name, address, telephone
number, and e-mail address. All proposals must include any anticipated audio
visual needs.

For Researching New York 2007 we especially encourage proposals that explore
the varied and complex role New York State has played in American political
life. From the days of Newcastle's New York, when the colony was at the
center of imperial ambitions to the present when commentators are
forecasting a presidential race in 2008 between two --- possibly 3 -- New
York politicians, New York has profoundly influenced American political
identity. New York State and its people have helped set the tone for
political leadership and the development of public policy nationwide. We
invite paper and panel submissions that explore this rich and diverse
history from any perspective and in any period.

We prefer electronic submission to resrchny@albany.edu. Further details at
http://nystatehistory.org/researchny/rsny.html. Please contact us at
resrchny@albany.edu with any questions.

Monday, June 25, 2007

CFP: Urban Culture

Urban Culture Area, Mid-Atlantic Popular Culture/American Culture Association.
In previous years, the Urban Culture area entertained the city of the past, the city of the present, and the city of the future, respectively. This year, the Urban Culture area would like to explore the intriguing and intricate relationship between the everyday and the ceremonial in the city. Presentations about mundane, extraordinary, or scheduled occurrences, histories, and places are welcome. We seek historical or ethnographic studies of cities, poetic accounts of personal geographies through cities, and explorations of highly orchestrated or surprisingly improvised events in designated areas in the city. If interested in participating in a workshop on “writing the urban,” in addition to presenting a paper, please, indicate so. Former writing workshops focused on city places, city characters, and city food.

Please, send your 1-page paper abstracts and 1-paragraph recent bios as virus-free, Word attachments to Blagovesta Momchedjikova, bmm202@nyu.edu, by June 30th, 2007. This year, the Mid-Atlantic Popular Culture/American Culture Association meets in Philadelphia, PA, November 2-4th, 2007. For more information, check: http://www.np.ncc.edu/gazette/2007cfp.htm

Blagovesta Momchedjikova, PhD
New York University
Expository Writing Program
411 Lafayette, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10003
bmm202@nyu.edu


Blagovesta Momchedjikova, PhD
New York University
Expository Writing Program
411 Lafayette, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10003
bmm202@nyu.edu
Email: bmm202@nyu.edu
Visit the website at http://www.np.ncc.edu/gazette/2007cfp.htm