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The Nineteenth Century Americanist Reading Group seeks paper abstracts for our upcoming conference, "Troubling the Water," to be held October 28-29, 2022 at Cornell. Please see our CFP below and reach out to sps258@cornell.edu or arg-readinggroup@cornell.edu with any questions. Abstracts are due Friday, September 9.
Troubling the Water: What kind of trouble can water make? The oceanic turn in nineteenth century studies conceptualizes the sea as a force central to American history. What Marcus Rediker and Peter Linebaugh call hydrarchy – the organization of life at sea from the top down and from the bottom up – has revealed how ideas of democratic equality circulated among mixed race, multinational, “motley” crews, over the high seas, and into thriving cities. Recent scholarship like Melissa Gniadek’s Oceans at Home answers Hester Blum’s paradigmatic call to take the ocean seriously as a material space with consequences far beyond the coastline. These watery discourses destabilize ideas of race, gender, and nation, providing even the most landlocked Americans with cosmopolitan visions. Yet the ocean and its networks drive militaristic expansion and environmental exploitation, contemporary manifestations of the colonialism, racism, and genocide which are all too easily washed away in romanticized rhetoric of the sublime, empowering sea.
We seek papers that consider the troubled and troubling power of the ocean. We are particularly interested in papers that think through the Black Atlantic, concepts like Christina Sharpe’s “wake work,” shipboard mutinies, rebellions of enslaved people against colonial empires, gender roles at sea, the environmental consequences of whaling and fishing, the rediscovery of maritime aspects of the Underground Railroad, the economic life of port cities, and technological advancements like the laying of submarine cable or the construction of canals.
This conference will take place virtually on October 28th (Keynote) and 29th (Panels). By Friday, September 9th, please send your abstract (250-300 words), department affiliation, contact information, and a brief bio (no more than 50-60 words) to arg-readinggroup@cornell.edu.
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Job Opportunity: IR Asst Professor position with focus on international development, health, energy, and/or the environment --- at Duke Sanford School of Public Policy: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/22386.
Application Deadline: September 30, 2022
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Call for Applications:
HWW Predoctoral Career Diversity Summer Workshop
Internal application deadline: November 1
The Humanities Without Walls Career Diversity Summer Workshop is an intensive, student-centered career exploration program of values discernment and practical preparation for jobs in a variety of sectors, both beyond and within the academy. This year's workshop will be hosted by the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities from July 17 - 28, 2023. Students must be in residence in Minneapolis for the duration of the workshop and are expected to attend all workshop activities.
Selected workshop fellows will be provided with accommodations in Minneapolis and a $4,000 stipend to support travel, meals, and incidentals during the workshop.
For more information and application instructions, visit the Society for the Humanities Website.
https://societyhumanities.as.cornell.edu/hww
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