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Description (this event has passed)This signature New College conference builds on recent intellectual work in trauma studies while attempting to create new spaces that link theory and practice. While some contention surrounds the boundaries, scope, and content of "trauma studies," the field has been shaped by twentieth-century catastrophes including war, genocide, and forced migration alongside everyday experiences of violence, loss, and injury. At the conceptual heart of trauma studies is a set of tensions between the everyday and the extreme, between individual identity and collective experience, between history and the present, between experience and representation, between facts and memory, and between the "clinical" and the "cultural." The conference is deeply interdisciplinary and will feature a diverse set of keynote speakers alongside thematic sessions. Community members/organizations from the Phoenix metropolitan region will also participate. Papers are invited in any field or area that addresses trauma including, but not limited to, trauma theory, American studies, cultural studies, social justice, human rights, mental health, disability studies, health and illness, race and ethnicity, social work, sex and gender, trafficking, genocide, disasters, cultural memory, narrative and memoir, social science, psychology, neuroscience, relief and recovery, humanitarian aid, and practice. Click here to download the program. (.pdf - 2mb) View Keynote Speaker Dorothy AllisonKeynote Speakers
THIS PROGRAM IS MADE POSSIBLE BY SUPPORT FROM...Arizona Humanities Council - View website » RegistrationThe conference is free and open to the public, but registration is required. To register, please email your name, affiliation, status (e.g., grad student, faculty, community member, etc.), and contact information to lucy.berchini@asu.edu by Lodging And AccommodationsPlease download the following document for more information on accomodations: Updated Accomodations >> (PDF 58.3 KB) Local Arrangements CommitteeMonica Casper, Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies, New College |