​7th Annual Southeast Regional Graduate Student Conference

The History Graduate Student Association at Florida State University invites graduate students in all areas of the humanities and social sciences to join us as we explore rich and exciting new research related to politics, culture, and memory. This is a warm and lively environment, where participants are encouraged to meet fellow rising scholars with similar interests, provide research collaboration, and build networks that are essential for burgeoning careers in academia.

 

We welcome submissions that investigate how we construct and remember the past. We want to expand our understanding of this theme with an interdisciplinary approach including but not limited to the fields of history, psychology, sociology, philosophy, education, gender/sexuality, modern languages/linguistics, religion, anthropology, literature, and visual arts.

 

Some questions this conference seeks to address are: How are collective memories constructed and distorted over time? How does rhetoric and language alter our understanding of the past? Why do people memorialize particular events and people? What role do educators play in constructing societies’ perceptions of history, and how heavily are they influenced by political agendas? What happens to people when they question popular historical narratives? How has the information revolution changed the way people and groups construct memories?

 

Possible paper topics and approaches to this theme include but are not limited to:

· Advertising and Visual Culture

· Social Media and Technology

· Commemoration and Legacies

· The Power and Influence of Rhetoric  

· Education and Politics

· Gender/Sexuality

· Historiography and Revisionism

· The Psychology of Deception

· Nationalism and Political Identities

· Revolutionary Mentalities

· Ethics and Memory

· Civil Religion

 

 

Additionally, we invite papers for a special roundtable session on the legacies of 1815 & 1915, particularly in regards to European politics. The last two centuries have seen dramatic changes in international relations, war, diplomacy, and society. How we interpret those changes has undergone equal if not greater transformations. This roundtable will explore historiographical shifts and academic debates surrounding the Congress of Vienna, the First World War, and other events that reshaped  the international order.

 

Presentations are to last approximately 15 minutes.

 

Proposals must include a titled abstract (no more than 300 words in length), participant’s name, e-mail address, university affiliation, level of study, and any special needs such as technological resources. For panel submissions, please include all of the above information for each presenter, the name and contact information for the panel’s commentator and moderator, as well as the title of your proposed panel and how it relates to the conference’s theme.

 

The deadline for submissions is January 15, 2015. All proposals will be acknowledged, with notification of acceptance, by the beginning of February.

 

Please send proposals and any questions to: southeastregionalgrad@gmail.com