Reminder: CFP Urbanism and Urbanity NCSA Chicago
Urbanism and Urbanity
March 20-22, Chicago IL
deadline: September 30, 2013
We seek papers and panels that investigate elements of
urbanism and urbanity during' the long nineteenth century, such
as: urbanites (the flaneur, the prostitute,the detective,
the criminal, etc.); urbanites and the rise of consumer culture; immigrants and
urban communities: urban domesticity in literature and culture; architecture,
urban design, and city planning; urban spaces and the gothic imagination;
mobilities and forms of urban transport; the politics of urban space; the city
and the natural environment; urban cartographies; urban crime and violence;
urban spaces and urban peripheries (suburbs; ghettos, wastelands, industrial
zones, dumps and other hybrid spaces); urbanism and public health; animals and
urban environments; concert halls, opera houses, and other urban entertainment
venues; restaurants, cafes, and urban eating and drinking; leisure and
urbanism; city/country divides; and the anti-urban tradition in art and
literature.
We welcome other interpretations of the conference theme
as well. Please e-mail abstracts (250 words) for 20-minute papers that include
the author's name, institutional affiliation, and paper title in the heading,
as well as a one-page CV, by September 30, 2013 to: Maria K. Bachman and Maria
Gindhart, Program Co-Chairs, ncsa2014@gmail.com
Please note that submission of a proposal constitutes a commitment to attend
the conference if the proposal is accepted.
All proposals received will be acknowledged, and
presenters will be notified in November 2013. Graduate students whose proposals
are accepted may, at that point, submit complete papers in competition for a
travel grant to help cover transportation and lodging expenses. Scholars who
live outside the North American continent, whose proposals have been accepted,
may submit a full paper to be considered for the International Scholar Travel
Grant. (See the NCSA website for additional requirements -- http://www.ncsaweb.net/) Proposal Deadline:
September 30,2013