CFP: Histories of Misunderstanding
From H-Material Culture (N.B. this sounds really interesting!):
Histories of Misunderstanding
Second Annual UVa History Graduate Students Conference
Call for Papers
The Graduate History Students Association at the University of Virginia is happy to announce the second annual History Graduate Students Conference, to be held in Charlottesville, Virginia, on *April 18-19, 2009*.
Misunderstandings, misinterpretations, misconceptions, and miscalculations are an inseparable part of people's lives. Yet only rarely do historians pay special attention to these phenomena in the study of the past. This conference will provide a forum for graduate students of history and related fields at all levels to discuss misunderstandings in history.
Possible topics might include (but are not limited to) the following:
Miscommunications in Battle and in the Political Arena
Gendered Misperceptions
Cross-Cultural Misinterpretations
(first contact between settlers and indigenous people, etc.)
"Distorted" Memories
Technological Appropriations
Media Mistakes
Unforeseen Consequences
The papers should address the problem of distinguishing between unintended misunderstandings and intentional manipulation and misrepresentation.
Keynote address by Prof. *Allan Megill*, University of Virginia
You are invited to submit paper proposals based on seminar papers, master's theses, or dissertation projects. Proposals should be no more than one page and include the scholar's name, e-mail address, the paper's title, and a short description of the proposed topic.
Paper proposals must be submitted by *December 5, 2008*.
If selected, participants will be asked to submit a final version of their paper (no more than 20 minutes) two weeks prior to the conference.
Submit abstracts and questions by email to Mike Caires (*mtc2p@virginia.edu*).
Histories of Misunderstanding
Second Annual UVa History Graduate Students Conference
Call for Papers
The Graduate History Students Association at the University of Virginia is happy to announce the second annual History Graduate Students Conference, to be held in Charlottesville, Virginia, on *April 18-19, 2009*.
Misunderstandings, misinterpretations, misconceptions, and miscalculations are an inseparable part of people's lives. Yet only rarely do historians pay special attention to these phenomena in the study of the past. This conference will provide a forum for graduate students of history and related fields at all levels to discuss misunderstandings in history.
Possible topics might include (but are not limited to) the following:
Miscommunications in Battle and in the Political Arena
Gendered Misperceptions
Cross-Cultural Misinterpretations
(first contact between settlers and indigenous people, etc.)
"Distorted" Memories
Technological Appropriations
Media Mistakes
Unforeseen Consequences
The papers should address the problem of distinguishing between unintended misunderstandings and intentional manipulation and misrepresentation.
Keynote address by Prof. *Allan Megill*, University of Virginia
You are invited to submit paper proposals based on seminar papers, master's theses, or dissertation projects. Proposals should be no more than one page and include the scholar's name, e-mail address, the paper's title, and a short description of the proposed topic.
Paper proposals must be submitted by *December 5, 2008*.
If selected, participants will be asked to submit a final version of their paper (no more than 20 minutes) two weeks prior to the conference.
Submit abstracts and questions by email to Mike Caires (*mtc2p@virginia.edu*).
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