The Graduate Center’s Second Annual Early Research and Scholarship Conference (formerly the Archival Research Conference) features student recipients of one of several different fellowships funded by the Provost’s office: the Knickerbocker Award for Archival Research in American Studies, the Award for Archival Research in African American and African Diaspora Studies, and the Pre-Dissertation Summer Research Awards. Panels moderated by Graduate Center faculty are followed by an afternoon roundtable featuring archivists from NYC institutions discussing the collections they curate. The conference is free and open to all, and it includes a complimentary lunch and reception.
The schedule for the day is below. For detailed panel descriptions, see the full program.
EARLY RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP CONFERENCE
Friday, September 25, 2015
9:00AM – 3:30PM
Graduate Center, CUNY – Concourse Level
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Program at a Glance
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| 9:00-9:20 | Welcoming Remarks: Duncan Faherty and Provost Louise Lennihan (in Concourse Lobby) |
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| 9:20-10:20 | The Unfinished Project of Emancipation Chair: Herman Bennett (History)John Blanton (History), Sean Gerrity (English), Glen Olson (History), Elvira Basevich (Philosophy), Sean Griffin (History) |
Aesthetics, Coloniality, and Otherness Chair: Tanya Agathocleous (English)Makeba Lavan (English), Krystle Farman (History), Maria Stracke (English), Christina McCollum (Art History) |
Teaching Otherwise Chair: Katina Rogers (Futures Initiative; HASTAC)Maureen Samedy (Urban Education), Talia Shalev (English), Caitlyn Bolton (Anthropology), Laura Kaplan (Urban Education) |
Re-mixing Methods Chair: Jessie Daniels (Public Health)James Head (Psychology), Joanna Smolenski (Philosophy), Rachel Chernick (Social Welfare), Devin Heyward (Psychology) |
Trans-/Queer Encounters in the Archives Chair: Matt Brim (English, CSI ; WSQ)B Lee Aultman (Political Science), Melina Moore (English), Frederic-Charles Baitinger (French), Christopher Ewing (History), Margaret Galvan (English) |
| 10:20-10:30 | BREAK | ||||
| 10:30-11:30 | Music-making and the Un/Making of ‘Self’ Chair: David Olan (Music)Julia Goldstein (Theatre), Sissi Liu (Theatre), Paul Fess (English), Elizabeth Weybright (English) |
Crafting the Global City Chair: Sujatha Fernandes (Sociology)Nicholas Gamso (English), Morgan Buck (Earth & Environmental Sciences, Geography), Elizabeth Sibilia (Earth & Environmental Sciences, Geography), Liz Donato (Art History) |
Inter-/ Trans-nationalisms Chair: Susan Buck-Morss (Political Science)Zeynep Oguz (Anthropology), Jenny LeRoy (English), Justin Bracken (Anthropology), Aparna Anand (Economics) |
Aesthetics and Politics Chair: Barbara Webb (English)Kannaki Bharali (Sociology), Timothy Griffiths (English), Sean Kennedy (English), Wendy Tronrud (English) |
Re/visioning Education Chair: Michelle Fine (Urban Education)Matthew Chrisler (Anthropology), Chloe Asselin (Urban Education), Danica Savonick (English), Brian Jones (Urban Education), Lynne Beckenstein (English) |
| 11:30-12:15 | LUNCH | ||||
| 12:15-1:15 | Alternative Media in the Long Nineteenth Century Chair: Hildegard Hoeller (English)Yair Solan (English), Nicole Zeftel (Comparative Literature), Krystyna Michael (Comparative Literature), Courtney Chatellier (English), Elizabeth Decker (English) |
On Roots and Routes of the Black Diasporas Chair: Robert F. Reid-Pharr (English)Kristin Moriah (English), Leila Harris (Art History), Gordon Barnes (History), Abigail Lapin (Art History) |
Militarism, Security, and the Environment Chair: Duncan Faherty (English)Sobukwe Odinga (Political Science), Alexandra Schindler (Anthropology), Lydia Pelot-Hobbs (Earth & Environmental Sciences, Geography), Laurel Turbin (Earth & Environmental Sciences, Geography) |
Criminalization, Reform, and Resistance Chair: Donald Robotham (Anthropology)Chunrye Kim (Criminal Justice), James Andrew Sevitt (Psychology), Bronwyn Dobchuk-Land (Sociology), Robert Jackson (Earth & Environmental Sciences, Geography) |
Dissent and Scandalous Expressions Chair: Claire Bishop (Art History)Thomas Muzart (French), Sydney Stutterheim (Art History), Nora Slonimsky (History), Meng Jiang (Comp Lit), Jessica Mahlbacher (Political Science) |
| 1:15-1:30 | BREAK | ||||
| 1:30-2:30 | NYC Archivists Roundtable (in Elebash Recital Hall) |
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| 2:30-3:30 | RECEPTION (in Elebash Lobby) |
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Roxanne Shirazi is associate professor and Head of Archives and Special Collections at the CUNY Graduate Center, where she also serves as project director for the CUNY Digital History Archive and oversees the Dissertation Office. 
