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Future of Minority Studies 2006 Summer Seminar
"Theory from the Periphery: Minority Struggles for Social Justice"
July 24 * August 4, 2006
http://www.fmsproject.cornell.edu/ 

Seminar Leaders:
Michael Hames-Garcia, Barbara and Carlisle Moore Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Oregon and Associate Professor of English, Binghamton
University and Paula M. L. Moya, Associate Professor and Vice-Chair of English, Stanford University

Seminar Description: Over the last few decades, scholars concerned with social
justice have offered excellent accounts of local, specific, and concrete
struggles that often point to, without necessarily explaining, global
structural processes. Other social theorists have produced powerful analyses of
oppression and domination at the global level, but these often do not take
into account day-to-day experiences or local variation. Therefore, this
course will be organized around several research questions all of which
relate to the necessary mediation between the "local" and the "global,"
and to the role of identity in that mediation.

In this two-week, intensive summer seminar, participants will be concerned with
analyzing, evaluating, and producing theory from the perspective of
minorities struggling for social justice. Some of the questions they will ask
include: How can theorists both develop theory praxically and extrapolate it
to larger contexts? How do we move from individual experiences to larger
social meanings? How might we analyze broader social movements while
attending to individual subjectivities? How do our social contexts affect
our personal choices? The readings for the course will be drawn from the
disciplines of sociology, philosophy, literary theory, and psychology.

Seminar members will participate in the two-day colloquium organized by the
Future of Minority Studies Research Project on July 28-29.

Eligibility:
Doctoral students who have completed at least two years of their Ph.D. work
and junior faculty in temporary or tenure-track positions who are working on
minority issues. Minority scholars and those who are at HBCUs and other
minority-serving institutions are especially encouraged to apply. For the
twelve scholars selected to participate in the summer institute, subsidy
will be available to cover room, board, and (if needed) travel costs. FMS
does not charge tuition or fees. Application deadline: December 20, 2005.

The FMS Summer Institute is funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation