Call for Papers: CSSA Humanities and Social Justice Graduate Symposium

Wednesday, Sep 28, 2016
Florida Atlantic University  
Comparative Studies Student Association  
Call for Papers  
Humanities and Social Justice  
Graduate Symposium  
February 23-24, 2017  

The Comparative Studies Student Association (CSSA) at Florida Atlantic University invites academic submissions for our 2017 Humanities and Social Justice Graduate Symposium in Boca Raton, FL.

SYMPOSIUM THEME

Our 2017 Symposium will focus on the intersection of the humanities and social justice, and will take place in conjunction with the visit of distinguished professor emerita and renowned activist Angela Davis to our campus. Continuing our program’s tradition of interdisciplinarity, and taking into consideration the many ways in which the humanities can speak to our current cultural climate, our symposium welcomes submissions dealing with the convergence of various aspects of society, including, but not limited to, the following topics:
The Prison Industrial Complex/Marginalized Groups/Civil Rights and Activism/History/Media and Communication/Race Studies/ Social Work/Religion/Theology/Theater/Art/Dance/Public Health/ Environmental Studies/Sociology and Anthropology/Education/
Psychology/ Entertainment/Gender Studies/Queer Theory/ Disability Studies/Monstrosity/Game Studies/Popular Culture/ Linguistics/Business/Film/Affect Theory/ Journalism /Memoir and Testimony/Photography/ Mythology and Myth-Making/Folk and Oral Narratives/Speculative Fictions/Science Fiction & Fantasy/
Horror/Genre Studies/Global Studies/International Affairs

DEADLINE: FAU Graduate Students interested in presenting or proposing a panel should submit a 300-word proposal to faucssaconference@gmail.com by November 30th, 2016.

Please include paper title and keywords.