Student
and graduate academic conference
American South
The
role, the specificity and importance in American culture and history
Institute
of American Studies and Polish Diaspora
Jagiellonian
University
2-4
April 2014
The sixth edition
of American Culture Days (2-4 April 2014), organized by the American Studies
Academic Circle of the Jagiellonian University, in collaboration with the
Institute of American Studies and Polish Diaspora, will focus its attention on
a very distinct American region – the South. The student and graduate academic
conference, the central event of the Culture Days, will analyze and discuss the
key aspects that made the South stand out on the cultural map of the United
States, considering factors of historical, economic, and political nature that
made the American South a cultural entity, not only a geographical one. What
shaped the South, and what is it today? What makes it so specific, its identity
so distinctive? How has it changed and how is it changing still?
It is impossible
to overstate the historical importance of slavery and the Civil War, the period
of Reconstruction and racial segregation, the impact of this history on the
entire United States. But the South is so much more than just its history; it
is, among other things, the birthplace of many genres of music – blues, country,
jazz, southern rock – it continues to influence music today. Southern
literature born such authors as Mark Twain, Tennessee Williams, William
Faulkner, and many others. One cannot forget the Southern American English, the
largest group of language dialects in the US. Or the phenomenon of
“Southernization”, the increasing role of southern politicians but also the
“southern values” at the level of national policy. Today, the South is a region
with a population exceeding 100 million, where there are two fifths of the 50
largest metropolitan districts of the US, including the most famous Dallas-Fort
Worth.
Striving to
facilitate scientific reflection on the specificity of the South (in history
and now) and its role within the culture and history of the United States, the
American Studies Academic Circle at the Jagiellonian University, in
collaboration with the Institute of American Studies and Polish Diaspora,
decided to establish the American South as the main theme of the 6th American
Culture Days. We invite you to submit abstracts of conference presentations on
the issues outlined above, in the historical, cultural, economic, political
context, etc.
All interested in
the conference "American South", please send your completed
application form available at https://knauj.typeform.com/to/nifZzy. The deadline for submissions is March 10th 2014. We will contact the
authors of accepted presentations no later than 20th March 2014. The planned
length of the presentations must not exceed 15 minutes. The conference fee for
the presenters is 60zł, which must be paid by the accepted speakers no later
than March 25th 2014. Participation in the 6th ACD as a listener is free. We
want to also inform that we plan to release a peer-reviewed publication after
the event. We will notify the speakers who will participate in our event about
its details.
If you have
questions or any concerns regarding conference or other events which will occur
during 6th American Culture Days, please contact us via e-mail
dniamerykanskie@gmail.com or the official website of 6th ACD on Facebook.
With regards,
The American
Studies Academic Circle
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