Ethnic History / Studies

This is a call for papers for a special issue of Historia Crítica, published out of the Universidad de los Andes.

Historia Crítica, published by the Faculty of Social Sciences at Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia), announces a call for papers for the dossier “Intermediaries and Migrations. Mediators and Places of Transit”, to be received between June 1st and October 1st, 2020.

CALL FOR PAPERS DEADLINE | 1 SEPTEMBER 2020

Managing the Cosmopolitan City: Inter-Asian Strategies of Ethnic Administration, Past and Present
14 - 15 January 2021
Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore

Table of Contents JTAS 11.1 (2020)

With more research and analysis of video games as literary and cultural media in the last few years, there are still substantial gaps relating to the role of diversity and non-normative identities in games. This roundtable panel welcomes papers topics related (but not limited to) the role of identity in video games, the expression of non-normative identities through games, inclusion and diversity in the video game industry, and any other topics related to identity and representation in video games.

An international biannual print and on-line publication of the American Studies Association of Turkey, the Journal of American Studies of Turkey operates with a double-blind peer review system and publishes work in English by scholars of any nationality on American literature, history, art, music, film, popular culture, institutions, politics, economics, geography and related subjects. The Editorial Board welcomes articles which cross conventional borders between academic disciplines, as well as comparative studies of America and other cultures.

Academic work has never been more precarious. Between the neoliberal austerity measures that undercut higher education funding over the last decade and the COVID crisis that amplified the inequalities produced by this system, we face the very real prospect of the end of scholarly labor. 

The Diasporic Plate

Open to scholars of food studies, postcolonial and migration studies, history etc., this online conference explores the pivotal role of food discourses in times of crisis, including the current pandemic. In everyday life, history and representation, food occupies a central role. 

We invite 15 minute papers on the following themes:

food and consumption

food and resilience

literary and cultural representations of food

women and global food systems

migration and foodways

taste and the urban environment