Call for Presentations at the 2023 Working-Class Studies Association Symposium and Leadership Retreat

Michele Fazio Announcement
Location
United States
Subject Fields
Area Studies, Cultural History / Studies, Labor History / Studies, Social Sciences, Humanities

Call for Presentations at the 2023 Working-Class Studies Association Symposium and Leadership Retreat

Theme: Class Cultures 

 

The Working-Class Studies Association announces a symposium and leadership retreat to be held June 15-17, 2023 at the University of Illinois in Chicago, and via Zoom, co-sponsored by the Department of History, University of Illinois Chicago and the UIC United Faculty. A Thursday eve meet & greet at Haymarket Brewery and an online social hour for Zoom participants will kick off the event. The symposium, panel presentations, keynote, customary banquet and awards ceremony will take place on Friday. Saturday morning will begin with a breakfast and business meeting then proceed to a leadership retreat. The event will wrap up by 5:30 pm. 

 

The WCSA invites its members and others – whether academics, independent scholars, journalists, labor and community organizers, or artists - to propose presentations bearing on class cultures, their contradictions across class, and the common elements and differences that arise within class cultures among the racial, ethnic, and gender groups composing every class.

 

In choosing this focus, the WCSA honors the groundbreaking work on these issues by Jack Metzgar, Barbara Jensen, and Betsy Leondar-Wright, who will be in conversation at the symposium with other scholars and activists.  

Symposium Proposals

Proposals exploring the symposium theme may be for individual presentations or for a panel session of no more than four presenters. All presenters must be WCSA members by the time the conference opens. Please limit proposals to no more than two per person. 

 

Proposals for the symposium must include:

 

  •  Name/pronouns/affiliation/contact details for all participants.
  • Title of proposed paper or session. Session proposals must include a confirmation of willingness to participate from all proposed members.
  • Abstract that includes how the proposal speaks to the conference theme (max 250 words).
  • Indication of intention to attend in person, or via Zoom.

 

Proposals should be submitted by completing this form no later than January 15th, 2023.  All proposals will receive a response by February 15th, 2023. 

 

For inquiries about the call for presentations or program, please email us at: wcsa2023conference@gmail.com

 

 

Leadership Proposals

A WCSA leadership retreat will follow the symposium. The purpose of this retreat is to give members of the WCSA an opportunity to ‘take stock’ of the Association’s activities and to make plans for the future. There will be opportunities to discuss issues of organizational values and practices, membership, outreach, and future conferences.

 

WCSA members are invited to submit suggestions for topics/issues to be discussed and/or to self-nominate to facilitate a discussion or workshop. The program committee will review all proposals and create sessions from individual proposals as appropriate.

 

Proposals for the leadership retreat must include: 

 

  •  Name/pronouns/affiliation/contact details for all participants.
  • Title of proposed topic or session. Session proposals must include an indication of whether you are self-nominating to lead a workshop or facilitate discussion.
  • Brief description of the proposed topic/session or workshop (max 150 words).
  • Indication of intention to attend in person, or via Zoom.

 

Proposals should be submitted by completing this form no later than January 15th, 2023.  All proposals will receive a response by February 15th, 2023. 

 

For inquiries about the call for presentations or program, please email us at: wcsa2023conference@gmail.com

 

 

 

Contact Information

Jen Vernon, PhD

jvernon@sierracollege.edu 

WCSA President-Elect and Chair, Conference Organizing Committee

Contact Email
wcsa2023conference@gmail.com