Ethnic Studies Research Workshop, Spring 2011

The Asian American Studies Program, in collaboration with the programs in American Studies, Cultural Studies, and Latino Studies, and The Committee on Native American and Indigenous Studies, announces the establishment of the first Ethnic Studies Research Workshop for graduate students, which will take place on February 18 and 19, 2011.

This two-day workshop will feature graduate students from a variety of disciplines and departments sharing their work-in-progress with one another and receiving feedback and input from workshop participants, including graduate students and faculty. Selected participants will pre-circulate their essays two weeks prior to the workshop. Panelists will give a 10-minute presentation summarizing the main points of their essays, which will be followed by comments by a faculty respondent. Audience members in attendance will have ample time to ask questions and engage in discussion about the topics raised by the presenters.

The organizers invite submissions of 250-word abstracts from graduate students working on topics that fall under the category of “ethnic studies,” broadly defined in either a global or an American context. Submissions may contrast or connect the process of race-making or the experiences of ethnic communities with similar processes or experiences inside or outside the United States. Submissions may also focus on the experiences of a specific community; such papers could consider the internal dynamics of the community and the ways in which social hierarchies can challenge group solidarities or the processes through which the ethnic community defines itself in relation to majority cultures. We welcome essays on other topics as well, and only require that they consider the power of race/ethnicity to shape the lives of diverse groups of people.

Abstracts should be sent electronically via e-mail by November 12, 2010 to aasp@indiana.edu.
Abstract Submission Deadline: Friday, November 12, 2010

Paper Submission Deadline for Selected Participants: Friday, February 4, 2011