MCLC: Visual and Cultural Studies grad conference--cfp reminder

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Visual and Cultural Studies grad conference–cfp reminder
Dear MCLC subscribers,
I’m recirculating the CFP for the 10th Visual and Cultural Studies Graduate Conference at the University of Rochester, “Drawing Together: Solidarities, Pictures, and Politics.” Please see the updated version below, featuring the newly announced keynote speaker: Jared Sexton, African American Studies and Film & Media Studies, University of California, Irvine. Please also note the new conference dates: April 17-18, 2015. Submissions are due February 15, 2015—less than a month away! Please share widely.
Best regards,
Joel Neville Anderson
PhD Student, Visual and Cultural Studies
University of Rochester
Drawing Together: Solidarities, Pictures, and Politics
10th Visual and Cultural Studies Graduate Conference
University of Rochester
April 17-18, 2015
http://humanities.lib.rochester.edu/vcsconference
Keynote speaker:
Jared Sexton, African American Studies and Film & Media Studies, University of California, Irvine
“Solidarity” recalls notions of inclusivity, activism, and movement. Adopted from the French solidarité in the early 19th century, the word continues to indicate the communal union of interests or aspirations, as well as collective responsibility. From its use by labor unions to its association with socialism and communism, solidarity has historically been made to bear a sense of the political. We recognize in the powerful images of recent events a renewed need to assess strategies of togetherness, both historical and contemporary. We propose this topic with the aim of critically engaging pictures and their power to mobilize both differences and commonalities. Can we envision solidarity outside the pursuit of common political aims? Can we find common ground amidst different struggles?
&nWe invite scholars, artists, and activists to draw upon our understanding of solidarity and the visual dimensions in which solidarity is organized in social movements, represented in art and activism, and studied in and out of the academy. Possible topics might include, but are by no means limited to:
Artistic practice in political movements (labor, civil rights, climate change)
Tactics and strategies of historical and contemporary grassroots movements
Media images, hashtag #solidarity, spectacle
Protest songs, union anthems, “The Internationale,” “Solidarity Forever”
Armchair activism, “slacktivism,” and the ethics of involvement
Documentation of collectivity, alternative journalism
The politics of love and kinship
We invite individual submissions as well as pre-constituted panels (of 3-4 presenters) in the form of 300 word abstracts (for 20-minute paper presentations) and 100 word bios for each presenter, to be sent to vcsconference at gmail.com by February 15, 2015. Please see our website for the most up- to-date information: http://humanities.lib.rochester.edu/vcsconference
Select presenters may be invited to revise presentations for publication at InVisible Culture: An Electronic Journal of Visual Culture (http://ivc.lib.rochester.edu).
About the Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies at the University of Rochester: http://www.rochester.edu/college/vcs
Download PDF: http://humanities.lib.rochester.edu/vcsconference/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/VCSconference2015CFP.pdf
by denton.2 at osu.edu on January 20, 2015
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