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Call for Publications
Theme: American Multiculturalism in Context, Publication: Edited Volume, Deadline: 1.8.2015 (ongoing)
We are starting to put together a volume initiated by the March 2015 conference in Mulhouse (France). Though we will have a substantial volume of conference contributions for the book, we would like to open up the CFP to non-conference participants as well. One main ingredient of American exceptionalism is its multiculturalism, which is based on a long and still ongoing history of immigration. From the terrible experiences of slavery, through discrimination, long civil rights struggles, and final successes such as the election of president Obama, American culture has developed and strengthened its multiculturalism. However, in a globalized world of migration, the United Stated is no longer the only country exposed to the multicultural challenge. It may in the future no longer be the prime site defining the issues and dominating the critical debates.
This volume wants to reassess American multiculturalism from today’s perspective, look back at its history, its development, success and finally celebration as politically correct dogma. In terms of today’s world, what is “multiculturalism”? Has it exhausted its usefulness? Do we need a different kind of multiculturalism? How should we redefine it in an international context?
As possible topics for contributions, we suggest:
- the history of American multiculturalism
- multiculturalism in literature and art
- multiculturalism and ethnicity
- multiculturalism and identity politics
- multiculturalism and the law
- representation and the media
- the labor market
- multicultural geographies
- domestic vs. international issues
- nation vs. culture—the issue of passports
- comparative multiculturalism (India, Africa, Europe?)
- multiculturalism and multilingualism
- multicultural literacy
- useless multiculturalisms
- the multiculturalism of the future
- etc.
Please submit articles of standard length by 1st August, in MLA style. For help, see https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/747/
We are in contact with Liverpool UP and Cambridge Scholars Press to produce a book with articles as the outcome of this conference. Submissions will be reviewed for publication by a peer committee.
As I will be busy reviewing the incoming articles, the deadline can be extended. Please contact me, if you are interested in contributing! For more information, I can send you the old conference CFP and the conference program.
Contact:
Prof. Sämi Ludwig
Institut de recherche en Langues et Littératures Européennes
Faculté des Lettres, Langues et Sciences Humaines
Université de Haute-Alsace
10, rue des Frères Lumière
F-68093 Mulhouse
France
Email: samuel.ludwig(at)uha.fr
Web: http://www.ille.uha.fr/colloques-seminaires/Colloques-passes/Coll-Multiculturalism/