CFP: "Gender, Race, Ethnicity and Power in Maritime America," 2006 A Multidisciplinary Discussion of Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in the Maritime World

CALL FOR PAPERS/PROPOSALS
Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc., and the Frank C. Munson Institute of American Maritime Studies, seek paper or presentation proposals for the national conference entitled:

“GENDER, RACE, ETHNICITY AND POWER IN MARITIME AMERICA,” 2006
A Multidisciplinary Discussion of Gender, Race and Ethnicity in the Maritime World

The conference will be held at Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Connecticut, October 26-29, 2006. It will engage a wide community of scholars, teachers, researchers, museum professionals, and the general public in an inclusive conversation about issues of gender, race, ethnicity, authority and power in American maritime history very broadly defined, in local, national, and global contexts. Sessions will be organized to foster an interdisciplinary dialogue among participants about the state of scholarship in the field, new research, and public access through institutional, educational, and media programming.

Graduate and postgraduate scholars in a range of disciplines -- American studies, history and literature; geography, anthropology, archeology, sociology and other social sciences; Native American, African American, Latin American, and Asian American studies; women's and gender studies -- as well as museum professionals, public historians, and professional educators at all levels, are encouraged to submit proposals for individual papers or presentations in other formats. Mystic Seaport plans to publish selected conference papers.

Please email a 250-word abstract of the proposed paper, panel or presentation and c.v.(s) before April 15, 2006, to: glenn.gordinier@mysticseaport.org
Or mail/fax: Dr. Glenn S. Gordinier, Munson Institute, Mystic Seaport, 75 Greenmanville Ave., P.O. Box 6000, Mystic CT 06355-0990; FAX 860/572-5329
The Munson Institute is Mystic Seaport’s summer graduate maritime history program.
Dr. Glenn Gordinier
Munson Institute, Mystic Seaport
75 Greenmanville Avenue
P.O. Box 6000
Mystic, CT 06355-0990
Fax: (860)572-5329
Email: glenn.gordinier@mysticseaport.org