Call for Papers: "Independence and Decolonization" (2010)

Call for Papers:

The Institute for Historical Studies at the University of Texas at Austin will host a symposium, Independence and Decolonization, April 15-17, 2010.

Inspired by the upcoming bicentenary of Mexican independence, thesymposium aims to generate dialogue among scholars from a variety ofdisciplines working on processes of independence, decolonization, andthe reconfiguration of territorial and social borders that suchprocesses generate. We encourage proposals that adopt an explicitly synoptic approach to the interactions between metropolitan powers and colonial/nationalist societies. We welcome proposals from scholarsworking on the following broad problem areas:

1. Global and localdynamics of "first wave" independence movements and decolonization inthe late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries (e.g. UnitedStates, Haiti, Spanish America)

2. Nineteenth century decolonization(e.g. Ottoman successor states, Brazil, Cuba)

3. National liberationmovements and decolonization in the twentieth century. We areinterested in bringing into dialogue a variety of approaches and themes which might include ethnic identities and anti-colonial movements, postcolonial state formation, and economic development ofpostcolonial states.

Interested scholars should submit an abstract of 200-500 words and a one-page CV to Professor Susan Deans-Smith, sdsmith@mail.utexas.eduby March 1, 2009.

Participants will be reimbursed for travel and lodging expenses.

For further information about the Institute for Historical Studies, its programs, and fellowships see: www.utexas.edu/cola/insts/historicalstudies/