Power and the Mediterranean
November 13-15, 2015
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
 
Keynote Speaker: Julia Clancy-Smith (University of Arizona)
Call for Participants
 
In the 2014 Blackwell Companion to Mediterranean History, Sharon Kinoshita notes, “As we approach the present, the Mediterranean, in the view of some historians, loses its power as a category of historical analysis.” In the same volume, Brian Catlos writes, “The ethno-religious diversity of the Mediterranean cannot be considered in isolation from the relationships of power that characterized the region.” What then, are these power relationships? What kinds of power – colonial, imperial, ethnic, religious, gendered, racial, symbolic – have been relevant to the Mediterranean area?
The conference is aimed at graduate students and junior faculty.We encourage submissions from a range of disciplines including, but not limited to, literary studies, anthropology, sociology, history, political science and international relations, art history, women’s studies, classical and ancient studies, as well as other area studies.
Submission may address questions including: How have power relations in the Mediterranean been figured across history? When and how is power exchanged between states, communities, and individuals? How is power relevant to discussions of politics, culture, and the future of the Mediterranean? How are power relations affected by migration and movement within the Mediterranean region and beyond?
Submission Instructions: Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be submitted by June 15, 2015 via email to Susan Abraham, atshoshan@umich.edu
Susan Abraham and Harry Kashdan, conference organizers
Meditopos Workshop, http://meditopos.rll.lsa.umich.edu
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor