The Institute for Historical Studies at the University of Texas at Austin announces its 2013-14 theme, Trauma and Social Transformation
The Institute for Historical Studies at the University of
Texas at Austin announces its 2013-14 theme, Trauma and Social Transformation.
Catastrophes-- whether war, genocide, mass rape, enforced
disappearances, or environmental disasters --inevitably leave their mark on the
social fabric. Civic trauma is an
unavoidable, and yet little-explored, element and consequence of such
tragedies.
For the Institute's 2013-14 theme, we seek proposals that
analyze trauma as a transformative historical experience for individuals,
families, communities, and nations. Projects may include but are not limited to
the suppression of trauma and processes of individual healing and collective
transformation; the cumulative toll and intergenerational nature of trauma;
trauma as a catalyst for geographic displacement, social reform, and political
mobilization; varied cultural and historical understandings and representations
of trauma; the fetishization and commercialization of trauma; and the
methodological challenges of integrating trauma into historical analysis.
Drawing from the fields of human rights, psychoanalysis,
memory studies, sociology, anthropology, the cognitive and neurosciences, and
semiotics, applicants are encouraged to employ interdisciplinary approaches to
the historical study of trauma. From the testimonial to the theoretical, the
medieval to the modern, and from the secular to the religious, we invite papers
from across periods, sites, and historiographical traditions that foreground
trauma as a frame for historical analysis.
The IHS invites applications for resident fellows at all
ranks.
Deadline: January 15, 2013. For more information about the
institute's fellowship and application process, please visit:
For further information on IHS, including events
programming and applications for residential fellowships for 2013-14, please
visit the IHS website:
Institute for Historical Studies
The University of Texas at Austin