[csaa-forum] CFP 'Racialising Desire' ACRAWSA Conference, December 2012

[Gilbert Caluya]

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RACIALISING DESIRE
2012 ACRAWSA CONFERENCE
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Keynote Speakers
Prof. Jasbir Puar, Rutgers University
Prof. David Eng, University of Pennsylvania
Dr Rebecca Stringer, University of Otago

This conference aims to focus on the imbrication of desire in the project of local, national and global forms of racialised domination. By taking desire as its starting place, the conference will aim to problematize how race shapes desire (and desire shapes race) in as diverse forms as gender, sexuality, consumerism, identity, embodiment, occupation, territory, knowledge and the possessive investments that often underpin claims to belonging and indeed being. Importantly, the conference will focus on desire within both mainstream and marginal communities, and from across borders and communities, and draw upon a broad understanding of what constitutes ‘desire’. It will also consider the desire for difference. With these points in the mind, the convenors are calling for 200 words abstracts (to be submitted along with a 50 word author note) by the deadline of June 30th 2012. Full CFP at: www.acrawsa.org.au<http://www.acrawsa.org.au/> including indicative topics.

Kind regards,
Gilbert
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Dr. Gilbert Caluya
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
The International Centre for Muslim and non-Muslim Understanding
University of South Australia
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