雖然這不是漢學相關消息，但是或許反映了當代美國人文研究不斷強調跨領域的研究趨勢。大家可以參考參考。
Call for Papers
Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference at Brown University Space
as a Category of Analysis: New Perspectives with keynote address by Dr.
David Harvey, Distinguished Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, City
University of New York
Date: Friday April 7 and Saturday April 8, 2006
Location: Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Submission Deadline: January 15, 2006
The Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference at Brown University is
calling for papers for its second annual conference entitled "Space as a
Category of Analysis: New Perspectives" on April 7-8, 2006. This
conference seeks to bring together graduate students from diverse fields
by discussing a common research theme from multiple disciplinary angles.
We welcome scholarship from history, sociology, anthropology, geography,
urban studies, environmental studies, area studies, gender studies,
media studies, and others.
Some of the critical questions conference papers may consider are: How
are spatial categories historically constituted, and how do historical
projects reify and challenge spatial categories? How do spatial
relationships guide the growth and development of individual
communities, informing human understandings of nationality, ethnicity,
gender, race, class, and the environment? How are categories such as
urban, rural and wilderness constituted, and how are they informed by
technology and their inhabitants? How does space shape decision-making
processes of individuals and institutions, and in what ways has space
been used to assert power? Under what conditions has space been
transnational?
The conference features a keynote address by internationally renowned
scholar David Harvey. Widely considered to be the founder of modern
critical geography, Dr. Harvey's wide-ranging explorations of the ways
in which space and time have underpinned capitalism, post-modernity, and
imperialism speak directly to the spirit of intellectual breadth and
inclusion to which the conference is committed.
Please submit a 250-word abstract, curriculum vitae, and pertinent
contact information via email by January 15, 2006 to:
Interdisciplinary_Conference@brown.edu