The following -- passed on on behalf of others -- may be of interest. Please respond direct to Douglas Higbee <[log in to unmask]>
CFP: Intersections of Academic and Military Cultures (11/15/08;
collection)
While studies of the military and military culture have proliferated in
recent years, and the culture of academic institutions has been a
subject of perennial interest, there has been comparatively little
written on the multiple ways in which military and academic cultures
intersect. Focusing on this subject offers an opportunity to explore
the various ways the personal and professional converge in the lives of
those with such cross-cultural experience.
For those whose personal and professional identities were formed in part
in military cultures, what are the adjustments and challenges you face
working in academe? For those at home in academic culture, what are the
adjustments and challenges you face while working and teaching in a
military institution? Do different disciplines in the humanities
present different kinds of intersections with military culture? Do
different branches of the military mesh differently with academe?
Of particular interest will be essays that discuss and interrogate both
the personal and institutional issues faced by those with experience in
both academic and military cultures. Pieces informed by historical
context and cultural theory are welcome.
Optimally, the resulting collection will provide a cogent overview of
the intersections between academic and military cultures.
Here are few starting points, not meant to be exhaustive:
*College teachers/scholars who are military veterans and those who grew
up as members of military families: How does your military
experience/identity mesh with your academic life?
*College teachers/scholars who work at military institutions: How does
your role in a military institution relate to your pedagogical and
scholarly roles as an academic?
*College teachers/scholars who work with student-veterans: What
challenges do you notice in student-veterans (re)adjusting to academic
life? How do you attempt to address them?
*College teachers/scholars who work at institutions with ROTC programs:
How does the ROTC program mesh with the overall mission and culture of
the institution?
*College teachers/scholars who have been connected to the military and
who have worked at different levels of the academy (eg., community
colleges; baccalaureate, comprehensive, and research universities): Do
different levels of the academy mesh differently with your military
identity/experience? For instance, are research universities more or
less compatible with your identity/experience?
1-2 page abstracts (single spaced), along with a brief CV, should be
emailed to [log in to unmask] by 15 November 2008. Following acceptance,
full essays should be completed by 1 July 2009. Questions welcome.
Douglas Higbee
Assistant Professor
Department of English
University of South Carolina Aiken
471 University Parkway
Aiken, SC 29801
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