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Call for Papers for an Edited Collection: Embodied Practice, the Media, and Identity in
Canadian Contexts
In recent years, the increasing research focus upon various embodied ways of knowing and experiencing the world has been accompanied by shifting theoretical and methodological approaches to the interpretation and representation of both individual and collective human experiences in interdisciplinary contexts. “Embodied” practices include, for example, the recent “affective turn”(Clough and Halley 2007) within academia, the rise and popularization of various sensorial and experiential methods and modes of representation, and “educultural” approaches (Lea and Sims 2008). Such approaches seek to understand and explore the intersections among feelings, sensations, emotions, and affect and practice. In many ways, these models challenge scholars to critically re-examine pervasive mind/body dualisms as well as longstanding hegemonic discourses in the interpretation of social experiences.
Despite the growing body of literature on affect, emotion, and embodiment, however, there exists a paucity of ethnographic or other qualitative analyses of such domains of experience within Canadian contexts. As such, we are seeking original, previously unpublished papers that utilize qualitative approaches to explore collective affective states within the context of Canadian society. In particular, we are interested in papers that explore the relationship between embodied practice, media and the production of identities within Canadian contexts. Possible topics might include: examinations of emerging methods and methodologies; the role of the mass media, spectacles, or other performative genres in the development of affective states; the relationship between embodied practices, media, and the construction of identities of nationalism, gender, sexuality, race, or ethnicity, all within a Canadian context. Final chapters should be in English and between 6000-8000 words long. Accompanying photographic materials are encouraged, but authors will be responsible for obtaining publication rights.
Deadline:
Please submit a 500 word abstract and an abridged C.V. to Dr. Lynda Mannik (
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) by September 20, 2010. We will review all submissions and acceptances will be sent to authors by October 30, 2010. Final drafts of accepted papers will be due on April 1, 2011.
About the editors:
Dr. Lynda Mannik is an anthropologist currently working in the Social Anthropology Department at York University. She is the author of Canadian Indian Cowboys in Australia: Representation, Rodeo and the RCMP at the Royal Easter Show, 1939 (University of Calgary Press, 2006) and, a forthcoming book with UBC Press titled, “Photography, Memory and Refugee Identity: the Voyage of the S.S. Walnut, 1948” (2011). This fall she is embarking on a new research project in conjunction with Memorial University concerning media portrayals of the Amelia’s arrival in Charlesville, NS in the late 1980s, with a focus on the active, relational nature of photography.
Dr. Karen McGarry is a cultural anthropologist at Trent University whose research interests include sport, spectacle, and the production of Canadian identities within mediated contexts. Her forthcoming book titled, “Performing
Nationalisms: Spectacle and Identity in Elite Canadian Figure Skating,” to be published by McGill-Queen’s University Press, is based upon ethnographic research with Olympic figure skaters, and it explores the production of Canadian national identities via the global circulation and international consumption of skating imagery. Her work has also been published in a variety of edited volumes and peer-reviewed journals, including Reviews in Anthropology, Genders, and The Sport Journal.
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British Association for Canadian Studies, Legal Studies Group
Afternoon Seminar
In Search of the Sources: Canadian Legal History in British Collections
Canada House, London, 24th June 2010, 14:00 – 17:00
The historical development of Canada, from colonies to nation, means that many of its most important early historical sources reside in British repositories. An examination, or in some cases a re-examination, of these materials is essential to a proper understanding of the Canadian past. It is evident, however, that in many important areas, Canadian writers have not had access to, or known of, these essential source materials, scattered as they are across the collections of a number of institutions of which the relevance is not always obvious. The seminar will bring together archivists and researchers to identify and explore these hidden sources, to evaluate how they relate to each other, their uses in research, and the methodological issues arising from their use. It aims to promote and enhance the use of Canadian sources of legal history in British Collections and to build links between interested archivists and researchers.
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PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS INCLUDE:
The Bentham Project, the British Library, the National Archives, the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Library, the Institute of Commonwealth Studies Library
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For further information or to register please contact
Dr. Charlotte Smith at
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EU-Canada Study Tour and Internship Programme 2010 –
“Thinking Canada”
“Thinking Canada” is an exciting new initiative of the European Network for Canadian Studies, a three-and-a-half week study tour to Canada for European students that will 1-26 September 2010, followed for a few selected participants by two-month internships. It will be preceded by four days of briefings in Brussels on the EU and EU-Canada relations.
The aim of the study tour is to offer its participants a unique in-depth experience of Canada through an intensive programme of visits to major private and public institutions, government bodies, think-tanks and NGOs. At each place, the students will receive briefings and have the opportunity to exchange views with representatives of these bodies, many of them leading experts in their fields. The tour will begin in Brussels, and travel to Ottawa, Québec, Montréal, Toronto, Vancouver and Victoria.
This immersion in Canada will offer a unique opportunity for an academic experience in a non-academic setting. The tour is focused on a number of themes, in particular cultural diversity (including the English/French relationship, the First Nations and multiculturalism), political issues (federalism, regionalism, the role of government), the environment (including Arctic issues), urban issues and economic topics (business, finance, trade). EU-Canada relations will also be covered and provide a recurring backdrop to the discussions. Two European academic advisors will be accompanying the tour to serve as resource persons and work with the students in helping them complete the specific academic tasks they have previously agreed on with their academic advisors at their home universities.
In addition to the tour, three two-month internships will be offered to participants immediately following the end of the tour. These will take place at the Institute for Research on Public Policy (Montréal), Canada’s oldest public policy think thank; the environmentally-focused David Suzuki Foundation (Vancouver); and a Canadian government department in Ottawa.
For further information on the tour, its programme, internships, costs and how to apply, go to the tour’s website.
Deadline for applications: Monday 24 May 2010
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CALL FOR PAPERS
The 19th European Seminar for Graduate Students in Canadian Studies will be hosted by the Department of History of the University of Milano, Italy, September 23-24, 2010.
Any students at European universities working on Master’ s or doctoral theses in Canadian Studies are invited to share their current research in the form of an oral presentation before a panel of experts and fellow students. Contributions from all disciplines are welcome.
Contributions may be in either English or French, and should not exceed 15-20 minutes. A selection of the best papers will be published after the conference.
Application
Students interested in participating should submit an abstract (1 page) outlining the topic of their research and the nature of their findings, plus a short C.V. Applications may be submitted by e-mail. Papers will be selected on the basis of the abstract. Invitations to participate will be sent out as soon as the selection process has been completed.
Deadline for abstracts: June 15, 2010 – at the address below
Accommodation and other costs: Accommodation and meals will be covered by a grant from the Government of Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade to the European Network for Canadian Studies.
Travel costs: please apply to your university or your national/regional Association for Canadian Studies.
Contact address:
Prof. Luigi Bruti-Liberati
Department of History
University of Milano
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[BACS members: assistance for travel will depend on the number of students attending the seminar; please send a copy of your submission to BACS (
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Eccles Centre Visiting
Professor in North American Studies 2010
One
award to be made to post-doctoral scholar resident in the USA or Canada whose research, in any field
of North American Studies, entails the use of the British Library collection.
The award holder must plan to be in research residence at the British Library
for a minimum of three months.
The
Eccles Centre Visiting Professor will be entitled to an award of £6,000 for
travel and other expenses connected with the research visit to London. The British
Association for American Studies will manage the detailed administration of
this award. The award holder will have privileged access to the collections and
the curatorial expertise of the British Library.
It
is anticipated that the Eccles Visiting Professor is likely to be on research
sabbatical from his/her university/college in North
America, and that the award will supplement other research funds
in order to help the professor undertake a period of research at the British
Library.
Eccles Centre Visiting
Fellows in North American Studies 2010
Three
awards to be made to post-doctoral scholars normally resident in the UK, outside the
M25, whose research, in any field of North American Studies, entails the use of
the British Library collection. The award holder must plan to be in research
residence at the British Library for a minimum of one month.
Each
Eccles Centre Visiting Fellow will be entitled to an award of £2,000 for travel
and other expenses connected with the research visit to London. The detailed administration of this
award will be managed by the British
Association for American Studies. The award holder will have privileged
access to the collections and the curatorial expertise of the British Library.
Eccles Centre Postgraduate
Awards in North American Studies 2010
Five
awards to be made to graduate students normally resident in the UK, outside the
M25, whose research, in any field of North American Studies, entails the use of
the British Library collection.
The
Eccles Centre Postgraduate Fellows will be entitled to an award of £500 for
travel and other expenses connected with the research visit to London. The detailed administration of this
award will be managed by the British
Association for American Studies.
Eccles Centre Visiting
European Fellow in North American Studies 2010
One
award to be made to a post-doctoral scholar normally resident outside the UK, in a
European country that has membership in the European Association for American
Studies, whose research, in any field of North American Studies, entails the
use of the British Library collection. The award holder must plan to be in
research residence at the British Library for a minimum of one month.
Each
Eccles Centre Visiting European Fellow will be entitled to an award of £2,200
for travel and other expenses connected with the research visit to London. The detailed
administration of this award will be managed by the British Association for American Studies. The
award holder will have privileged access to the collections and the curatorial
expertise of the British Library.
Eccles Centre European
Postgraduate Awards in North American Studies 2010
Two
awards to be made to graduate students normally resident outside the UK, in a
European country that has membership in the European Association for American
Studies, whose research, in any field of North American Studies, entails the
use of the British Library collection.
The
Eccles Centre European Postgraduate Fellows will be entitled to an award of
£700 for travel and other expenses connected with the research visit to London. The detailed
administration of this award will be managed by the British Association for American Studies.
Further information
The
British Library website, including public access to the catalogues, can be
found at http://www.bl.uk. The Eccles Centre does not house a collection
separate to that of the British Library, and the bibliographies on the Eccles
Centre webpages give only a snapshot of some of the items in the British
Library collection. For details of
Eccles Centre activities see http://www.bl.uk/ecclescentre.
Enquiries
regarding the British Library's North American holdings can be directed in the
first instance to
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(US curator), Philip Hatfield
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(Canadian
curator), or to the
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General terms and
conditions
Research
visits should take place in the period April 2010 - September 2011.
All
award holders will be required to submit a financial report on their visit to
the Treasurer of the British Association for
American Studies
All
award holders will be required to submit a short report on their visit to the British Association for American Studies and
to the Eccles Centre that may be published in American Studies in Britain or in
an Eccles Centre publication.
All
award holders will agree to acknowledge the support provided by the Eccles
Centre in any publication resulting from this research visit, and to inform the
Eccles Centre of any such publications. If the opportunity arises, it is
expected that the award holders will present their work at an appropriate
Eccles Centre/British Library seminar or conference.
No
extra funding will be available. Candidates must ensure that they have
sufficient funds to cover their own needs and the needs of any dependants
during their stay. Award holders from
outside the UK are
individually responsible for fulfilling any regulatory requirements to enter
the UK.
None
of the organisations or individuals connected with this award are in a position
to arrange travel or organise accommodation for award holders.
Applications
Applications
should be in the form of a brief CV (no more than two pages), and a document
explaining the nature of the North American Studies research being proposed at
the British Library (no more than two pages).
Four
copies of the application must be submitted in hard copy.
Applications
must be submitted by 5pm on 28 February 2010.
Applications
by fax will not be accepted. Applications should be sent to:
Professor Ian Bell, School of Humanities, American Studies, University of Keele,
Staffs ST5 5BG. Applications
must conform to the guidelines set out above.
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