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Julian Wells
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> > Please post, copy, and/or forward to listservs, distribution lists,
> > friends, colleagues and the like. Thanks for your help and your
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> > THE GRADUATE PROGRAMME IN SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT ANNOUNCES A
> > CALL FOR PAPERS FOR ITS ANNUAL GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE:
> >
> > STRATEGIES OF CRITIQUE 14: WHAT IS POLITICAL?
> > March 24-25, 2000 / York University
> >
> > There is much debate on what, precisely, it is when we speak of politics
> > and
> > the political. Is everything political? Does this mean nothing is
> > political? What or where are the politics of government? What are the
> > politics of defining the political? What is the relation between the
> > political and other discourses: economics, gender, sexuality,
> technology,
> > race, and so forth? Where is the political? Are there places where the
> > political is absent? Is there an urgency to the political?
> >
> > Keeping in mind these questions, we seek proposals which attempt to shed
> > light on the political and politics. We encourage proposals which focus
> on
> > the following themes but all proposals related to the conference will be
> > considered.
> >
> > · The Poverty of Globalization
> > · The Politics of Race, Class, and Gender
> > · "Marxish": Limits of Orthodoxy and Transgression
> > · Sexual Politics: Sub-Missionary Positions
> > · Art, Aesthetics, and Propaganda
> > · Future States
> > · Traditions and Institutions: On the Future Past
> > · The Public Statement
> > · Unconscious Nation
> > · Echos of Empire: Colonized Possessions
> > · Cases of the Political
> >
> > Graduate students are invited to submit a 200-word proposal for a paper,
> > case study, performance, or video presentation by Wednesday, December
> > 15th,
> > 1999. All proposals will be blind reviewed. Presentations should be
> > approximately 20 minutes. Send all proposals and inquiries via e-mail,
> > fax,
> > or mail to:
> >
> > STRATEGIES OF CRITIQUE 14: WHAT IS POLITICAL?
> > c/o Graduate Programme in Social and Political Thought
> > S716 Ross Building
> > York University
> > 4700 Keele Street
> > Toronto, Ontario
> > CANADA
> > M3J 1P1
> >
> > E-mail: c/o Mark Hiller, [log in to unmask]
> > Fax: (416) 650-8075
> > Web: http://www.yorku.ca/org/spot/
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