[csaa-forum] Call for Papers : HISTORICISING WHITENESS

[Leigh Boucher]

Dear Colleagues,
please find a call for papers for the Historocising Whiteness Conference
below.

Many Thanks
Leigh Boucher

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Call For Papers
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HISTORICISING WHITENESS
22-24 November 2006
University of Melbourne

Keynote Speakers:
Louise Newman – Professor of History, University of Florida
Lilllian Holt – Vice Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Melbourne
Angela Woollacott – Professor of History, Macquarie University

While studies of whiteness have proliferated across numerous disciplines,
there has not, to date, been a major conference focusing specifically on
the intersections between whiteness studies and history. This conference
thus aims to bring together scholars interested in teasing out the
potential of this field for historians. We invite submissions of papers
related to the broad theme of ‘Historicising Whiteness’.

We envision the conference traversing a variety of theoretical concepts,
countries, periods and methodologies. How does examining constructions
whiteness offer new insights into the past? How does it
relate/compare/contrast with other scholarship on issues of race? Does it
simply re-inscribe white people at the centre of historical narratives? Or
do we need to understand whiteness in order to fully understand
racialisation? What about other forms of racialised power relations, for
example in Asia? Possible themes of the conference might include:

Whiteness and scientific/medical discourse
Whiteness and the law
Popular understandings of whiteness
Gender and Whiteness
Looking towards Asia
White places, white spaces

Conference convenors: Dr Katherine Ellinghaus and Dr Jane Carey

The conference will be hosted by the Department of History, University of
Melbourne with support from the Australian Centre. The deadline for
submissions is 31 July 2006. Please send 250 word abstracts, along with a
brief CV, to:

Leigh Boucher: lboucher at unimelb.edu.au

Proposals for panels of up to three speakers are also most welcome.

Updated information on the conference will soon be available through the
Department of History, University of Melbourne website:
http://www.history.unimelb.edu.au/


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Dr Leigh Boucher
History Department
Univeristy of Melbourne