H-Net Announcement Empire and Imperial Culture

Location: California, United States
Call for Papers Deadline: 2003-06-10
Date Submitted: 2003-04-28
Announcement ID: 133511

http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/announce/show.cgi
ID=133511

Interdisciplinary conference on empires and their impact on politics,
literature, history, art, architecture, philosophy, economics, and the
sciences. From antiquity to postmodernity, for every continent and
culture, the relationship of empires to the broader culture is the topic
of this conference that seeks to facilitate a conversation between
scholars working in a variety of disciplines. Empire, Science and
Technology, Imperialism, Education and Aid, Theories of Empire,
Imperialism and the Visual Culture, the Border Culture, Dialecticism and
Resistance, and Imperialism and Language are possible topics for this
conference. The conference will feature the following plenary speakers:
Thomas Metcalfe (History, UC Berkeley), Richard Roberts (History,
Stanford) and Robert Bernasconi (Philosophy, University of Memphis).

Scott Davis
Department of English
California State University - Stanislaus
801 W Monte Vista Ave Turlock, Ca 95382

Phone: 209 667 3883

Email: sdavisathena.csustan.edu

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