06.14.13 (CFP: Later and Marifest Islamophobia: Mutimedal Engagements wit the Production of Knawedge | Certer For Race Gender User login Username * Password * © Request new password HOME ABOUT —_— PEOPLE PROGRAMS, EVENTS MEDIA, CONTACT — DONATE. CFP: Latent and Manifest Islamophobia: Multimodal Engagements with the Production of Knowledge Date: 01/10/2014 - 11:45pm Call for Papers Abstract Deadline: January 10th, 2014 Islamophobia Research and Documentation Project at the Center for Race and Gender, UC Berkeley invites scholars, researchers, artists, poets, media producers, visual artists, activists, and organizations to submit abstracts for the Fifth Annual International Conference on Islamophobia Studies: Latent and Manifest Islamophobia: Multimodal Engagements with the Production of Knowledge April 14-19, 2014 Boalt School of Law University of California, Berkeley Inspired by Edward Said’s work on Orientalism, the 2014 conference is focused on exploring the link between, “latent” Islamophobia as “the unconscious, untouchable certainty about what Islam and Muslims are and the basic content that is asserted to be static and unanimous,” and the Muslim as the problematized subject of Iskamophobie discourse constructed “as separate, eccentric, backward, silently diferent, sensual, and passive.” Latent Islamophobia is founded upon an unquestionable certitude that Muslims trend “towards despotism and away fom progress.” They are constructed and “judged in terms of, and in comparison to, the West, so itis always the Other, the conquerable, and the inferior.” Manifest Islamophobia “is what is spoken and acted upon.” For example, the obsessive pre-occupation of erg berieleyedutpsteont014 19oat.13 CFP: Later ard Maifest nlarophbia: Mulimoddl Engagements whe Production of Krowedge | Ceter For Race Gender everything related to Islam and Muslims, congressional and parliamentary hearings criminalizing Muslims and violations of their civil liberties and rights, domestic and international surveillance programs exclusively on Muslims and Arabs, extra-judicial use of force on Muslims and Arabs, interventions, miliary campaigns, and policies rationalizing its exercise, are, in essence, what we see and bear witness in the Muslim world, These are the direct effects of latent Islamophobia. ‘The link to understand the relationship between latent Islamophobia and manifest Islamophobia is urgently needed and further research examining this relationship using empirical methods to art practices is highly encouraged. ‘The conference wil include multimedia formats, We encourage participants to submit abstracts covering the widest spectrum of disciplinary fields, interdisciplinary projects as well as presentation formats including poetry, spoken word, short documentaries, art, cartoons, comedy as well as traditional research papers both theoretical and empirical. The conference will be a one-week affair with each day assigned to one or more genres of scholarly and artistic production. Submit a 300 word abstract and a 50 word short biography (to be used for advertising materials) to Dr. Hatem Bazian at hatemb@berkeley.edu Poetry, comedy, short Documentaries and artistic projects are welcomed at the conference but we are not able to host an actual art exhibit due to limitation of available space and resources at this time. Conference Deadlines: Abstract Deadline: January 10th, 2014 Acceptance Letters: January 24th, 2014 Final Paper Submission Deadline: March 21, 2014 Final Program April Ist, 2014 Note: Participation in the conference is contingent on a paper being submitted on March 2st, 2014 and invited abstracts with no papers will not be included in the program, Send by email Upcoming Events 11/06/2013 - $30pmto 8:00pm Be : The Black Panther P: the Fight A; Medical Discr mn 11/07/2013 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm 11/14/2013 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm Race and Social Movements: What Reproductive Justice Teaches Us 11/14/2013 - 5:30pm to 7:30pm g Archive Conversations: Third World, Indigenous and Anti-Colonial Queer, and Feminist Transnational Solidarities 11/21/2013 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm Ret Black Pasts and Fi Representation & Belony More Events CRG Multimedia Blog ‘The souls of Muslim folk Egypt, the ‘war on terrorism! and Islamophobia ;odied Epistemologies - Audio rg bereleyedulcfpisleont20t4 28oa tt.13 (CFP: Later and Marifest Islamophobia: Mutimedal Engagements wit the Production of Knawedge | Certer For Race Gender Download the Current Issue rg berteleyedultpisieont2014 a8