Call for Papers
Transcending Boundaries – Interdisciplinary Insights in Transpacific Studies
***EXTENDED DEADLINE: 20 September 2023***
Transpacific Studies Network Hybrid Conference
February 9-10, 2024
Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
We seek contributions that explore connections across national and regional borders in and along the Pacific. The presentations (no format restrictions) should not exceed 20 minutes. The event will serve as a space to discuss early stage-research and on-going projects in this field. We welcome papers deploying new and innovative practices in Transpacific Studies and encourage in particular emerging scholars (current PhD candidates and recent graduates) to apply. This call, however, is not limited solely to scholars, we also welcome artists and practitioners who engage with the region in their work.
Possible topics may include:
- Film and television that culturally crosses the pacific ocean
- Literary works (novels, memoirs, poems, etc.) from and about (Trans)pacific regions
- Representations and/or performances of gender in (Trans)pacific regions
- (Trans)pacific mobilities and migration, including policy
- The Pacific and the blue humanities
- Climate change and the environment in (Trans)pacific regions
- (Trans-)Pacific issues of collective memory
- Understandings of geography/space/territory in relation to (Trans)pacific regions
- Negotiating cultural hybridity
- Revitalizations of (Trans)pacific traditional ecological epistemologies
- Reflections on practices and imaginations of borders/bordering in the Pacific
Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be submitted along with a 100-word biography to transpacificstudiesnetwork@gmail.com by 20 September 2023. Selected participants can expect to be notified by early October 2023.
For further information, please see the Call for Papers document or contact Sandra Meerwein.