Call for Papers Ferguson? A Morehouse College Multidisciplinary Discussion on Race, Identity, Community, and Criminality Abstract Submission Deadline for Students, Faculty, and Staff: March 16, 2015 The Morehouse College English Department in collaboration with the Office of the Provost invites all students, faculty, and staff to participate in the Ninth Annual Student Symposium to be held in late April 2015. The Symposium provides a forum by which students and others can present their original works in a variety of genres: composition, creative writing, film shorts, journalism, literary criticism, and cultural criticism from all disciplinary perspectives. Additionally, students are invited to give oratorical, spoken-word performances, and musical performances. Students, Faculty, and Staff may present papers on a variety of topics. However, considering the recent events in Ferguson, Missouri, papers that address one of the themes listed below are particularly desired: • Athletics: the response of high-profile athletes to the Ferguson case or to other events involving racial tension and police activity • Business: the impact on business of unrest in Ferguson or in other communities dealing with racial unrest • Foreign Language and Culture: the response of foreign countries to the Ferguson case or to issues involving police activity, racial concerns, and community unrest outside of the United States • History: the Ferguson case as viewed in light of events in American history involving race, community unrest, and law enforcement • Journalism: the news media response to and coverage of Ferguson or of criminality and race in general • Literary, Visual, and Performance Art: the artistic presentation and discussion of the Ferguson case or of issues concerning race, identity, community unrest, or police activity; race, class, and criminality understood through biography and autobiography • Mathematics and Computer Science: math, technology, and statistics as tools for understanding the data around race, police activity, and community unrest • Religion, Faith, and Philosophy: the theological or philosophical concerns and complexities that arise from the Ferguson case or that emerge when considering identity and race in modern society • The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King: the Ferguson case understood in light of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s philosophy and teachings on nonviolence and on what he termed “the world house” • Science: the role that science has played in defining blackness or in shaping notions of race or racial identity • Social and Political Science, Urban Studies: the social, political, and psychological concerns underlying clashes between law enforcement and communities like Ferguson Publication: After the April symposium, the best papers from Morehouse faculty, staff, and students will be published in an anthology meant to provide a scholarly, multidisciplinary response to the events in Ferguson, Missouri. Those interested in participating in the Symposium should submit a 300-word abstract of their paper or presentation by going to 2015symposium.weebly and clicking on the “Submit Abstract” tab. Questions about the 2015 Symposium may also be submitted through this same website or by contacting Dr. Francine L. Allen at [email protected]
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