Critical Mixed Race Conference 2012: Call for Papers

Critical Mixed Race Conference 2012: Call for Papers

Critical Mixed Race Conference 2012
“What is Critical Mixed Race Studies?”
2012-11-01 throuth 2012-11-04
DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois

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Conference Description: What is Critical Mixed Race Studies? will be hosted at DePaul University in Chicago, November 1-4, 2012. The CMRS conference brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines nationwide. Recognizing that the diverse disciplines that have nurtured Mixed Race Studies have fostered different approaches to the field, the 2012 CMRS conference is devoted to the general theme “What is Critical Mixed Race Studies?”

Proposals:We invite panels, roundtables, and papers that address the conference theme, although participants are also welcome to submit proposals that speak to their own specialized research, pedagogical, or community-based interests. The primary criterion for selection will be the quality of the proposal, not its connection to the conference theme. Proposals might consider the ways different disciplines approach or provide methodologies for critical analyses of mixed race issues. Proposals might also consider the following areas as related to Critical Mixed Race Studies:

Arts
Census/Racial Counting
Communications
Comparative & Transnational Studies
Commerce
Community Organizing
Critical Race Studies
Cultural Studies
Economics
Education
   Global Migrations & Diaspora
Government/Civil Rights Compliance
Health Care
History
Identity
Geography
Indigenous Studies
Interdisciplinary Studies
K-12
Literary Studies
  Mental Health
Politics
Prison/Industrial Complex
Psychology
Queer Studies
Religious Studies
Social Services
Sociology
Transracial Adoption
Urban Studies

To submit a proposal or for more information, please visit: http://las.depaul.edu/cmrs

Deadline for all proposals: December 15th, 2011.
Selections will be finalized by March 1, 2012.

All queries should be directed to cmrs@depaul.edu.

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