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PROLONGED: Apply by June 15 – Call for Papers für Jahrestagung der GKS 2025: The North: Changes, Challenges, Opportunities // Le Nord: Changements, défis, opportunités

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Le Nord. Changements – défis – opportunités

La 46ème Conférence Annuelle de l’Association d’Études Canadiennes dans les pays germanophones (GKS)

Du 26 février au 1 mars 2025 à Berlin, Allemagne

Le 46ème colloque annuel de l’Association d’études canadiennes dans les pays germanophones se concentrera sur le Nord en tant que réalité physique et humaine, mais aussi en tant que construction socioculturelle symbolique et concept de débat théorique et critique. Fidèle à une compréhension pluraliste et multidisciplinaire des études canadiennes, la conférence abordera le Nord en tant qu’espace et lieu à une multitude d’échelles, étudiera l’interaction des systèmes naturels et humains, et explorera les représentations culturelles et littéraires, les (constructions de) significations historiques du Nord ainsi que les dynamiques et processus contemporains qui y sont liés.

Le Nord canadien est un espace vaste et varié, mais aussi un foyer de peuples autochtones pour lesquels les régions septentrionales sont chargées de significations, d’histoires et de liens spirituels.

Mais les perspectives et les programmes du colonialisme de peuplement ont accentué le regard qui domine, jusqu’à nos jours, le discours public sur le Nord canadien et qui est principalement axé sur la diversité des ressources naturelles et l’idée du Nord comme un projet de développement. Les débats politiques et universitaires ont souligné l’importance du Nord pour le caractère ou le sentiment d’identité nationaux canadiens. Dans le domaine artistique et culturel, les significations et les représentations du Nord constituent un sujet récurrent dans de nombreuses œuvres de tous les domaines. Depuis peu de temps, le Nord figure au centre des études canadiennes en raison du changement climatique, de la géopolitique, des théories académiques (telles que les études post-coloniales ou « more-than-human-studies ») et de la difficile relation entre les peuples autochtones et l’État canadien.

Trois axes et perspectives, chacun à caractère multidisciplinaire, structureront le colloque :

(1) La nature du Nord et les interactions entre la nature et l’homme
(2) Le regard sociopolitique sur le Nord
(3) Le Nord en tant que formation discursive

Les propositions de contribution pourraient aborder (sans s’y limiter) les thèmes suivants :

  • la dynamique du changement climatique et son impact sur les environnements naturels dans le Nord ;
  • les politiques et les technologies relatives à la désindustrialisation, à la remise en état des terres et à l’assainissement après des pratiques d’exploitation ;
  • le rôle des ressources énergétiques et minérales dans le développement économique, la durabilité et la configuration des discours sur le Nord ;
  • les problématiques liés aux droits autochtones, aux nations autochtones et à l'(auto-)gouvernance (par exemple, les accords de cogestion, les conseils de gestion des ressources et de la faune, les accords sur l’utilisation des terres) ;
  • la coopération et les conflits circumpolaires et transfrontaliers le Canada et la gouvernance circumpolaire ;
  • les systèmes (coloniaux) de gouvernance du Nord (par exemple, au Québec ou en Ontario) ;
  • les discours politiques et leur utilisation des récits et des représentations du Nord ;
  • la production culturelle et la représentation des idées du Nord dans la littérature, les contes, la danse, le film, les arts visuels, etc. ;
  • les constructions académiques (et disciplinaires) du Nord dans les études canadiennes (en géographie, histoire, politique, études culturelles et littéraires, etc.) ;
  • les voix du Nord vs. les écrits, etc. sur le Nord ;
  • le domicile et l’appartenance, les espaces, les lieux et leurs significations dans le Nord ;

Contact et soumission des résumés

Les propositions de contribution de 500 mots maximum peuvent être soumises soit en français soit en anglais et doivent souligner :

  • la méthodologie et les approches théoriques choisies
  • le contenu/ le corpus de recherche
  • l’axe (choisi parmi ceux mentionnés plus haut) élaboré dans la communication.

La proposition de communication doit être accompagnée de quelques brèves informations biobibliographiques (250 mots maximum). Nous encourageons des propositions en français.

Les résumés sont à soumettre à la GKS au plus tard le 15 juin 2024 : gks@kanada-studien.de.

Pour voir la version complète de l’appel, cliquez ici.

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Call for Papers

The North: Changes, Challenges, Opportunities

46th Annual Conference of the Association for Canadian Studies in German-speaking countries (GKS)

February 26 – March 1, 2025, Berlin, Germany

The 46th Annual Conference of the Association for Canadian Studies in German-speaking countries will focus on the North as a physical and human reality as well as a symbolic socio-cultural construct and a concept for theoretical and critical debate. True to a pluralistic and multidisciplinary understanding of Canadian Studies, the conference will approach the North as space and place at a multitude of scales, investigate the interaction of natural and human systems, and it will explore cultural and literary representations, historical (constructions of) significance of the North as well as contemporary dynamics and processes.

Canada’s North is a vast and variegated physical space, but also homeland to Indigenous peoples, for whom the North is filled with meanings, stories, and spiritual connections. Yet the perspectives and agendas of white settler colonialism have long dominated public discourse and activities in the Canadian North, primarily focusing on its resources and configuring the North as a development project. Political and academic debates have discussed the North’s importance for the Canadian national character and identity. Cultural and artistic discourse has centered on meanings and representations of the North, as artists of all genres made it a recurring subject of their creative works. As of late, the North has moved again center stage in Canadian Studies due to climate change, geopolitics, academic theories (such as post-colonial or more-than-human studies), and the relationship between Indigenous peoples and the Canadian state.

Thus, three sub-themes and perspectives, each one multidisciplinary in character, will structure the conference proceedings:
1   The nature of the North and nature-human interactions
2   The socio-political gaze at the North
3   The North as discursive formation
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The following themes could be addressed – among others, this is not an exclusive listing:

  • the dynamics of climate change and the impact of environmental changes on natural environments, local (and Indigenous) communities, and traditional ways of life
  • policies and technologies dealing with climate change as well as deindustrialization and remediation after exploitative practices
  • the role of energy and mineral resources in configuring discourses on the North
  • issues of environmental rights, justice and sovereignty and concepts of governance
  • issues of Indigenous rights, Indigenous nationhood, and (self-)governance (e.g. co-management agreements, land use agreements)
  • reconfigured issues of national sovereignty/national security in current times; circumpolar and cross-border cooperation, conflict, and governance
  • different (settler colonial) policies and systems of governing the North (e.g. in Quebec vs. in Ontario)
  • political discourses and ideologies and their use of narratives and representations of the North
  • cultural production and representation of ideas of the North as well as environmental change and human adaptation in literature, storytelling, dance, films, visual arts, etc.
  • academic constructs of the North in Quebec Studies, Canadian Studies, and different disciplinary contexts (in geography, history, politics, cultural and literary studies, etc.)
  • voices of the North vs. writing etc. about the North
  • home and belonging – spaces, places, meanings in the North

Contact and Abstract Submission.

Paper proposals/abstracts of max. 500 words can be submitted in French or English and should outline:

  •  methodology and theoretical approaches chosen
  • content/body of research
  • which of the three sub-themes specified above the paper speaks to (if any).

In addition, some short biographical information (max. 250 words) should be provided, specifying

  • current institutional affiliation and position
  • research background with regard to the conference topic and/or sub-themes.

Abstracts should be submitted no later than June 15, 2024, to gks@kanada-studien.de.

For the complete CfP, please click here.

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CfP GKS Emerging Scholars Conference Territory, Tension, and Taboo: Canada in Crisis | Territoire, tension et tabou : le Canada en crise

21st Conference of the Emerging Scholars Forum of the Association for Canadian Studies in German-Speaking Countries (GKS)

Territory, Tension, and Taboo: Canada in Crisis | Territoire, tension et tabou : le Canada en crise

University of Bremen, 10-11 October 2024

Submissions to esfconference2024@gmail.com will be accepted until April 30, 2024.

Please find the Call for papers here. / Vous trouverez l’appel à communications ici.

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CfA: ESF Conference „Territory, Tension, & Taboo“ | October 10-11, 2024

Join us for our 21st annual Emerging Scholars Forum conference in Bremen this October!

The CfP for our conference on the topic „Territory, Tension, and Taboo: Canada in Crisis“ is now open. We are interested in all of territory’s possible articulations and invite BA, MA, and doctoral students to submit proposals from all disciplines related to Canadian Studies (e.g. Francophone and Anglophone linguistic, literary and cultural studies; Indigenous studies; history; political science; sociology; geography; economics; queer studies; gender studies; diversity studies; environmental studies, etc.).

The conference will take place in person at the University of Bremen on October 10 and 11. Please submit your abstracts by April 30, 2024.

Download the full CfPs (in English and French) here:
CfP Territory, Tension, and Taboo
CfP Territoire, Tension et Tabou

 

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Apply Now: Indigenous Futurisms – Workshop with Chelsea Vowel 19.2.2024 Universität Wien

Workshop for PhD and advanced MA students

Date: February 19, 2024

Location: Helene-Richter-Saal, UniCampus, Hof 8, Department of English and American Studies
and ONLINE

Chelsea Vowel, Métis writer from manitow-sâkahikan (Lac Ste. Anne) Alberta, is coming to the University of Vienna to offer a workshop on Indigenous Futurisms for MA and PhD students. Students interested in Indigenous futurisms and Indigenous speculative writing are encouraged to apply for this workshop, which will be an opportunity to receive critical input on their own work and to gain new perspectives on Indigenous theory and writing. The workshop will begin with an opening talk by Chelsea Vowel on the intersection between theory and fiction writing. Students will then have the opportunity to present their own work and get a response and feedback from our guest. To close, Chelsea Vowel will read from her recent short story collection Buffalo is the New Buffalo.

Please submit abstracts incl. project title (max. 300 words) and a short biographical note to barbara.gfoellner@univie.ac.at by January 5, 2024. All applicants will be notified of their participation in the workshop by the beginning of January 2024.

Please find the full call for papers here.

Chelsea Vowel is Métis from manitow-sâkahikan (Lac Ste. Anne) Alberta, residing in amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton). Parent to six children, she has a BEd, LLB, and MA. She is a Cree language instructor at the Faculty of Native studies at the University of Alberta. Chelsea is a public intellectual, writer, and educator whose work intersects language, gender, Métis self-determination, and resurgence. Author of Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis & Inuit Issues in Canada, she and her co-host Molly Swain produce the Indigenous feminist sci-fi podcast Métis in Space, and co-founded the Métis in Space Land Trust. Her most recent work is the short story collection Buffalo is the New Buffalo, published by Arsenal Pulp Press in 2022.

Organizers: Stefanie Schäfer, Markus Schwarz, Barbara Gföllner, Alexandra Ganser

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Call for Papers: New Moons, New Tides: A Century of Change in Canada, 1923-2023

10th triennial CEACS conference on Canadian Studies in Central Europe

September 12 to 14, 2024, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia

To honour the 101st anniversary of the publication of L. M. Montgomery’s novel Emily of New Moon, we welcome proposals that address or contest narratives of change and development in the fields of history, sociology, anthropology, science, music, literature, language, or the fine arts.

Topic areas—in either French or English–could include (but are not limited to) the following:

  • Revolutionary Canadian ideas, paradigms or theoretical approaches,
  • Climate-change issues (including in literature),
  • Evaluation/re-evaluation of key 20th-century events,
  • Individual author/ artist/ performance studies (literature, music or other arts),
  • Cultural impact of technological innovation,
  • Updated genres, and new media,
  • Language change and linguistic policy changes,
  • Renegotiations of gender and mental health in language, literature, and society,
  • Multiculturalism and marginalization revisited,
  • Urban development in literature and arts,
  • Canadian identities (Acadian, Quebec etc.),
  • Migrant literature (écriture migrante),
  • Transnationalization, migration, and cross-border issues/identities,
  • And a special topic on Margaret Atwood at 85.

Abstracts of 200 words, along with a brief bio (200 words) should be sent to ceacs2024@um.si by January 31st, 2024.