30 Years Beyond the War: Vietnamese, Southeast Asian, and Asian/American Studies
Currently Sponsored by the UC Research Program Southeast Asia:
Text, Ritual, Performance (SEATRiP-UCR), the Ethnic Studies
Department-UCSD, and the Vietnamese American Caucus of the
Association
for Asian American Studies
To Be Held at the University of California, Riverside
April 19-20, 2005
Keynote Addresses:
Yen Le Espiritu (Ethnic Studies, UC San Diego)
Peter Zinoman (History, UC Berkeley)
Confirmed Plenary Panel Participants:
Hien Duc Do (Social Sciences, San Jose State University)
Mark P. Bradley (History, Northwestern University)
Khatharya Um (Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley)
Submission Deadline: Postmarked by December 1, 2004.
This two-day conference takes the occasion of the 30th anniversary of
the fall of Saigon as a time to reflect on Vietnamese,
Vietnamese/American, Southeast Asian, and Southeast Asian/American
Studies -- where these fields have been, where they are headed, and
the place that the U.S. war in Southeast Asia has played in shaping
both U.S. and Southeast Asian politics and culture. The history of
U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia is an important contemporary topic
as memories of war are written and re-written for multiple purposes
in
multiple places such as in the language used to discuss U.S. foreign
policy, in the discourse of the current presidential campaign, in the
structuring of trade and the place of Southeast Asian goods in the
U.S. and global markets, and in discussions of the movement of
Southeast Asian nationals in international venues. In the spirit of
exploring the lasting connections between these two regions, we are
soliciting proposals for papers, panels, roundtables, workshops,
films, videos, readings, and performances dealing with a range of
topics, including, but not limited to transnational and mixed-race
identities, the politics of remembering the war, the intersections of
Vietnamese and Vietnamese/American Studies, Southeast Asian
immigration, community development, the Southeast Asian diaspora,
Vietnamese/American culture, comparative ethnic projects, studies of
the Hmong, Mien, etc., Southeast Asian Studies in a comparative
context, cultural production, multiple histories of Southeast Asian,
Vietnamese, Southeast Asian and Asian/American autobiography,
community politics, and the meanings of cultural contact.
In order to investigate these rich fields, this conference is open to
scholars, artists, and community members who want to submit proposals
for the conference. The conference is an interdisciplinary event,
and
the conference committee welcomes individual paper and panel
proposals
from a wide variety of disciplines including, but not limited to
literature, history, sociology, art history, visual cultures,
political science, ethnic studies, women's and gender studies,
performance studies, cultural studies, postcolonial studies, Asian
studies and area studies, the performing arts, film or video making,
writing, and community activism and leadership. Participants will be
informed of acceptance in January 2005.
The Conference is being held to coincide with the Association of
Asian
American Studies (AAAS) conference in Los Angeles, April 20-24, 2005.
Panel Proposal
A one-page description of your panel
One-page abstracts of each paper
One-page CV from each presenter, the panel chair, and/or the
discussant
AV needs for the panel
Contact information for each participant
(2 copies of each)
Individual Paper Proposal
A one-page abstract of your paper
One-page CV
AV needs
Contact information
(2 copies of each)
Performance, Reading, Video or Film Proposal
A one-page description of your project
A one-page artist resume
If a film, video, or performance, send a sample video or DVD, if
available (this will be returned to you)
AV needs
Contact information
(2 copies of each, except for videotape or DVD)
Please mail all materials to
Fiona Ngo
Ethnic Studies Program
201 McKenzie Hall
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403
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Contact:
Mariam B. Lam
mariam.beevi@ucr.edu
(951) 827-1220
Fiona I.B. Ngo
fiona@uoregon.edu
(541) 346-6160
Updates and Info. at darkwing.uoregon.edu/~fiona/conference.htm