[Linganth] Call for papers: Center for Native American Research at the APS conference

[Leila Monaghan]

Interesting call for papers.  See below for information.CFP: Translating
Across Time and Space, American Philosophical Society
<https://networks.h-net.org/node/2718/discussions/88278/cfp-translating-across-time-and-space-american-philosophical>
[discussion]
by Abby Shelton <https://networks.h-net.org/users/abby-shelton>

Translating Across Time and Space: Endangered Languages, Cultural
Revitalization, and the Work of History

American Philosophical Society

October 13-14, 2016

Philadelphia, PA



The Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR) at the
American Philosophical Society (APS) is seeking papers for an academic
symposium on October 13-14, 2016 to coincide with the APS Museum’s 2016
exhibition, *Gathering Voices: Thomas Jefferson and Native America*.  The
exhibition traces the story of Native American language collection at the
APS from Thomas Jefferson’s Indian vocabularies to the anthropological
fieldwork of Franz Boas and his students to the language revitalization and
community-based initiatives supported by CNAIR today. In doing so, the
exhibition also explores the themes of translation across cultures and
borders, the politics of representation, practices of language collection
and study, cultural continuity and change, and the transformation of the
material archives.

The accompanying symposium aims to attract scholars and practitioners whose
work expands upon and deepens understanding of the core themes of the
exhibition.  Conference organizers are particularly interested in
presenters whose work deals with:

1) the preservation of endangered languages, both historically and in the
present day;

2) cultural practices surrounding translation and translators over time;

3) the work of language and cultural revitalization; and

4) current and/or collaborative Native language projects.

In the spirit of the exhibition’s emphasis on crossing linguistic,
cultural, and disciplinary boundaries, the APS encourages the submission of
interdisciplinary papers and will design panels that cross disciplinary
boundaries.

The symposium will begin with a keynote address sponsored by the McNeil
Center for Early American Studies at the University of Pennsylvania on
Thursday evening.  On Friday, October 14, panels will convene at the
American Philosophical Society.

Applicants should submit a title and 250-word proposal along with a
C.V. by February
1, 2016 to: conferences at amphilsoc.org. Decisions will be made by the summer
of 2016.  All presenters will receive travel reimbursement and hotel
accommodations.  Accepted papers will be due a month before the conference
and precirculated to registered attendees.  Papers should be no longer than
25-double spaced pages.  Presenters will also have the opportunity to
publish revised papers in the APS’s *Proceedings*, one of the longest
running scholarly journals in America.

For more information about the APS, the Museum, or CNAIR, please visit the APS
website. <http://www.amphilsoc.org/>

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Leila Monaghan, PhD
Publisher, Elm Books
Laramie, Wyoming
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