{"id":2448,"date":"2019-11-27T10:48:46","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T10:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/francophone.port.ac.uk\/?p=2448"},"modified":"2019-11-27T10:48:47","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T10:48:47","slug":"call-for-papers-dakar-senegal-trans-regional-studies-symposium-march-18-21-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/francophone.port.ac.uk\/?p=2448","title":{"rendered":"Call for Papers: Dakar (Senegal) Trans-Regional Studies Symposium, March 18-21, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Call for Papers: Dakar (Senegal) Trans-Regional Studies Symposium, March 18-21, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a call for papers for an international symposium on Trans-Regional Studies to be held at the West African Research Center (WARC) in Dakar, Senegal, March 18-21, 2020. Building from the first symposium, held at Michigan State University in April 2019, this symposium seeks to broaden discussions of area studies by re-imagining a new model that retains place-based depth while providing cross-regional bridges among area\/regional experts. The symposium has four themes, broadly defined: a) Human mobilities, b) Religion, c) Foodways and waterways, and d) New trans-regional actors.  We welcome submissions that suggest other themes that may be relevant to the emerging field of trans-regional studies, especially those that center Senegal and\/or West Africa in trans-regional context. We particularly welcome participants from West Africa or elsewhere on the African continent, as well as those who approach trans-regional studies from new and innovative methods and geographies. The working languages of the conference will be English and French.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trans-Regional Studies is an emergent \u201cscholarly borderland\u201d that engages regional\/area studies while focusing on global intersections.  It considers the connections among world regions as well as the spaces of in-between, including global flows as well as frictions (Cooper 2014, Tsing 2005). Trans-Regional Studies advances an innovative re-interrogation of the organization of regional\/area studies as a way to generate knowledge about the world (Masao and Harootunian, 2004; Stevens, et al 2018). It recognizes the limitations of traditional area studies approaches (Schafer 2014) while strengthening and deepening area-specialized knowledge through the study of local, national and global phenomena that cross boundaries.  Following the lead of new scholarship in comparative social science (Arjomand 2014), our premise is that the study of globality requires an understanding of wide-scale connection that is critically informed by place-based historical experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The symposium will be held at the West African Research Center in Dakar, Senegal, on March 18 and 19, 2020. It will immediately be followed by two days of optional field excursions on March 20 and 21 centered on trans-regional topics. Please send abstracts (no longer than 250 words) and a CV by December 15, 2019, to David Glovsky, at glovskyd@msu.edu<\/a>. Should you want to suggest an alternative theme that your proposed project speaks to, please include that alongside your abstract. We have limited funding for participants based in the U.S. and Europe, but hope to be able to assist participants from within West Africa with travel costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Appel \u00e0 communications: Symposium des \u00e9tudes transr\u00e9gionales de Dakar (S\u00e9n\u00e9gal), 18-21 mars 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vous \u00eates invit\u00e9(e)s a soumettre vos propositions de communication pour un colloque international sur les \u00e9tudes transr\u00e9gionales qui se tiendra au Centre de Recherche pour l\u2019Afrique de l\u2019Ouest \/ West African Research Center (CROA \/ WARC) \u00e0 Dakar, au S\u00e9n\u00e9gal, du 18 au 21 mars 2020. S\u2019appuyant sur le premier symposium, tenu \u00e0 Michigan State University en avril 2019, ce symposium a l\u2019objectif d’\u00e9largir les discussions sur les \u00e9tudes r\u00e9gionales en repensant un nouveau mod\u00e8le toujours bas\u00e9 sur une connaissance r\u00e9gionale profonde mais qui permet aussi d’\u00e9tablir des connexions interr\u00e9gionales entre experts . Le symposium s’articule autour de quatre th\u00e8mes largement d\u00e9finis: a) les mobilit\u00e9s humaines, b) la religion, c) les voies alimentaires et les voies fluviales, et d) les nouveaux acteurs transr\u00e9gionaux. Nous souhaitons des propositions sugg\u00e9rant d\u2019autres th\u00e8mes pouvant pr\u00e9senter un int\u00e9r\u00eat pour le domaine \u00e9mergent des \u00e9tudes transr\u00e9gionales, et particuli\u00e8rement celles qui placent le S\u00e9n\u00e9gal et \/ ou l\u2019Afrique de l\u2019Ouest dans un contexte transr\u00e9gional. Nous sollicitons plus particuli\u00e8rement la participation des chercheurs de l\u2019Afrique de l\u2019Ouest ou d\u2019autres parts de l\u2019Afrique, ainsi que celle de toute personne abordant les \u00e9tudes transr\u00e9gionales \u00e0 partir de m\u00e9thodes et de g\u00e9ographies nouvelles et innovantes. Les langues de travail de la conf\u00e9rence seront le fran\u00e7ais et l\u2019anglais.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Les \u00e9tudes transr\u00e9gionales sont un champ de recherche frontalier qui confronte les \u00e9tudes r\u00e9gionales tout en se concentrant sur les intersections globales. Il examine les connexions entre les r\u00e9gions du monde et les espaces d\u2019entre-deux, y compris les flux mondiaux et les frictions (Cooper 2014, Tsing 2005). Les \u00e9tudes transr\u00e9gionales proposent une r\u00e9-interrogation innovante de l’organisation des \u00e9tudes r\u00e9gionales comme moyen de g\u00e9n\u00e9rer des connaissances sur le monde (Masao et Harootunian, 2004; Stevens et al. 2018). Il reconna\u00eet les limites des m\u00e9thodes d\u2019\u00e9tudes r\u00e9gionales traditionnelles (Schafer 2014) tout en renfor\u00e7ant et en approfondissant les connaissances r\u00e9gionales sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9es \u00e0 travers l’\u00e9tude de ph\u00e9nom\u00e8nes locaux, nationaux et mondiaux  transcendant les fronti\u00e8res. Suite aux avanc\u00e9es de nouvelles recherches en sciences sociales comparatives (Arjomand 2014), nous partons du principe que l\u2019\u00e9tude de la globalit\u00e9 n\u00e9cessite une compr\u00e9hension de l\u2019ampleur des connexion fonci\u00e8rementn bas\u00e9e sur une exp\u00e9rience historique locale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le symposium aura lieu les 18 et 19 mars 2020 au Centre de Recherche sur l’Afrique de l’Ouest \/ West African Research Center (CROA \/ WARC), \u00e0 Dakar, au S\u00e9n\u00e9gal. Elle sera imm\u00e9diatement suivie de deux journ\u00e9es d’excursions facultatives les 20 et 21 mars sur des th\u00e8mes transr\u00e9gionaux. Merci d’envoyer vos propositions (250 mots maximum) et votre CV avant le 15 d\u00e9cembre 2019 \u00e0 David Glovsky, \u00e0 l’adresse glovskyd@msu.edu<\/a>. Si vous souhaitez sugg\u00e9rer un autre th\u00e8me que votre projet examine, veuillez l\u2019indiquer dans votre proposition. Nous avons un financement limit\u00e9 pour les participants bas\u00e9s aux \u00c9tats-Unis et en Europe mais esp\u00e9rons \u00eatre en mesure d\u2019aider les participants venant de l\u2019Afrique de l\u2019Ouest avec leurs frais de voyage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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