{"id":1118,"date":"2017-12-04T14:53:12","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T12:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tu-dresden.de\/american-studies\/?p=1118"},"modified":"2017-12-04T14:53:35","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T12:53:35","slug":"call-for-proposals-american-studies-leipzig-graduate-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tu-dresden.de\/american-studies\/2017\/12\/04\/call-for-proposals-american-studies-leipzig-graduate-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Proposals: American Studies Leipzig Graduate Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

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At the onset of the 21st century, dissent and public protest in the US are apparently seeing a revival. Leftist and liberal movements, such as Occupy Wall Street or Black Lives Matter, as well as nationalist and\/or conservative groups, such as the Unite the Right rallies or figures such as Kim Davis, have shown that America is once again at the crossroads of competing visions in a globalized world.<\/p>\n

In addition, as historian Ralph Young has suggested, the notion of protest is also inextricably intertwined with the understanding of America in general: In his book\u00a0Dissent: The History of an American Idea\u00a0<\/span>(2015), Young has highlighted the \u201cinterrelatedness of dissent and what it means to be an American.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0sixth American Studies Leipzig MA-level graduate student conference on “American Cultures of Dissent”<\/strong>\u00a0aims to focus on these issues and invites contributions investigating diverse representations and conceptions of dissent.\u00a0 The conference will specifically, yet not exclusively, focus on questions of counterculture(s), critical theory, grassroots movements, oppression, subversion, and the relation between the body politic and ‘otherness’.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Research questions may include but are not limited to:<\/p>\n