Submissions Open for Race and Citizenship Conference
The Center for the Study of Citizenship at Wayne State University has just announced its Fourth Annual Conference in Citizenship Studies. The conference will be held on March 1-4, 2007 and will focus on the Center’s theme for this academic year: Race and Citizenship. The submission deadline is 11/20/06. They encourage submissions fromboth individual scholars and from preformed panels. As part of the Center’s efforts to foster the development of Citizenship Studies, participants’ papers will be reviewed for possible invitation to publish in the Center’s planned volume of essays on race and citizenship. Themes include “Citizenship and the Construction of Race, and Vice-Versa;” “Race, Citizenship and Policy Studies;” and “Race, Participation and Belonging.”
To apply for the conference, submit a 1) one-page abstract of a paper proposal OR a panel proposal with a panel abstract and abstracts for each participant (approx 300 words each) 2) a one-page c.v. for each proposed participant and 3) please rank in order of preference your choice of seminar. Submit materials to Marc Kruman, Director, Center for the Study of Citizenship, Wayne State University at M.Kruman@wayne.edu by November 20, 2006. Proposals are welcome from scholars in all disciplines. The program committee will review each application and announce its decisions at the beginning of December. Please see the website for full details: http://www.clas.wayne.edu/unit-inner.asp?WebPageID=1289.
