Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 20:59:09 -0500 (EST)
Subject: CFP - "The Body Politic: Racialised Political Cultures in  Australia"




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From: Tseen Khoo <t.khoo-AT-uq.edu.au>
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Subject: CFP - "The Body Politic: Racialised Political Cultures in
    Australia" (University of Queensland, Australia; 24-26 November 2004)

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CALL FOR PAPERS
The Body Politic: Racialised Political Cultures in Australia
http://asc.uq.edu.au

A University of Queensland Australian Studies Centre Conference
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
24-26 November 2004

"The Body Politic" conference is focused on multiculturalism and race
politics in Australia. Given global developments and pressing debates on
issues of multiracial societies, this timely conference aims to generate
engagement with various formations of racialised, politicised cultures.

This conference concentrates on cultural and political contexts, welcoming
in particular comparative research between Australian and other contexts.
With increasing representation and activism from racial minority
individuals on a range of issues and in a variety of forums, it is an apt
moment to examine the politics of 'post-multicultural' Australia. How have
racial minority groups participated in political and cultural debates and
development? What forms of activism and engagement take place in these
communities? How are these social and cultural formations informed by
issues of gender, race, and class?

Major conference themes include:
 >	Political activism by racial minority groups/individuals
 >	Racial minority citizenship and belonging
 >	Race and the 'ethnic' vote
 >	Gender in race politics
 >	Multiculturalism and race politics in cultural production
 >	Transnationalism, diaspora, and local contexts
 >	'Ethnic' and/or indigenous community politics


CONFERENCE KEYNOTES
* Professor SNEJA GUNEW - Coordinator "Transculturalisms Canada" and
Professor of English and Women's Studies, University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, Canada.

* Dr AILEEN MORETON-ROBINSON - ARC Research Fellow, Australian Studies
Centre, University of Queensland, Australia.

* Professor DON NAKANISHI - Director of Asian-American Studies Centre,
University of California, Los Angeles, USA.

* Dr SUVENDRINI PERERA  - Fellow in the School of Communication, Arts, &
Critical Inquiry, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.


 >>>>  FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT http://www.asc.uq.edu.au  <<<<

SUBMISSION of ABSTRACTS
Abstracts of up to 250 words should be submitted electronically BY 28 MARCH
2004 through the Australian Studies Centre website:  http://www.asc.uq.edu.au/


Enquiries:
 >>  Dr Tseen Khoo (Convenor) t.khoo-AT-uq.edu.au
 >>  Ms Marilyn Barton  m.barton-AT-uq.edu.au

The Body Politic conference is also kindly supported by the:
* Faculty of Arts "Asian Identities Research Concentration"
* Asian Studies Centre, School of Languages & Comparative Cultural Studies


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