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CALL FOR PAPERS
Submission Deadline: April 15, 2010
Download Call for Papers (pdf)
If war is the continuation of politics by other means,
then Cold War politics can be seen as a continuation of war by other means.
This interdisciplinary conference seeks to explore these means in the context
of global encounters between states and "Blocs" as well as engagements with
"East" and "West." Indeed, after the end of the Second World War,
a new kind of "war" continued and expanded as governments and/or
interest groups created and continually reshaped institutions, media,
popular culture, and various elements of social and political life.
Globally, these broad-based transformations took place in the shadow of
Cold War politics, especially as expressed through rhetoric of
threat and mutual annihilation. In particular, cultural phenomena
shaped by Cold War power conflicts take on myriad forms in a host of
geographic contexts, both in and outside the Bloc, from iconic public
representations to distinctive media advertising, memorable political speeches,
world expositions, spy novels and films, and a plethora of official
and popular modes of expression. In some places, of course,
military or paramilitary conflagrations translated Cold War politics
into "hot" wars, which further fueled the fire of Cold War imaginations.
We invite proposals for individual 20-minute papers that explore any
geographic area or disciplinary field of Cold War studies, as well
as contributions that might engage the notion the of "Cold War"
theoretically. Full panels of three papers may also be proposed
(however, please submit all papers and biographies for full panels
together in a single email).
SUBMISSIONS
- Deadline: April 15, 2010
- Submit your abstract of 150-200 words in an email (no attachments) to
coldwarcultures@gmail.com.
- Put "ABSTRACT: Cold War Conference" in the subject line of the email.
- Include a brief biographical statement (max. 150 words) in the email.
POSSIBLE PAPER & PANEL TOPICS include, but are not limited to:
- Material and consumer cultures
- Popular culture and everyday life
- Borders, walls, and the Iron Curtain
- Surveillance, torture and show trials
- Literature, music, art and architecture, film and other media
- The space and arms races
- Commodities, trade and the environment
- Cold War client states, arms dealing and proxy wars
- Spies and intelligence communities (in fact or fiction)
- Dissidents and defections
- "Neutral" sites, nonalignment, and the intersection of North-South
and East-West dynamics
- International institutions and Trans-national networks
DETAILS
- No registration fee for the conference; open to the public.
- Conference will open on Thursday, September 30, with a keynote address
and sessions will continue until noon on Sunday, October 3.
- Conference sessions will be held in classrooms with standard
media podia allowing for playing of DVDs, CDs, and PowerPoints.
Include a note in your email if you need any other form of media.
- Attendees who are not giving papers are encouraged to register for
the conference mailing list by sending an email to
coldwarcultures@gmail.com
and putting "INFORMATION REQUEST: Cold War Conference"
in the subject line of the email.
- A block of rooms will be reserved at a local hotel for participants'
convenience.
- For presenters with limited resources, it may be possible to arrange
space with local hosts.
This conference is the centerpiece in a series of several events on the UT
campus, all of which are free and open to the public.
Plans include a Cold War Film Series, curated and introduced by members of
the UT faculty and multiple keynotes during the conference, representing
the geopolitical and cultural interests of the UT Centers and Institutes.
For more information, consult the conference website at
www.coldwarcultures.org OR contact the organizing committee at
coldwarcultures@gmail.com
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