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Transnational Configurations of Tamil Identities (submissions deadline 10 February 2017)

Transnational Configurations of Tamil Identities
Tamil Studies Symposium 2017
91亚色

New Submissions Deadline: 10 February 2017

Tamil migrations have moved across multiple continents in the present, and maintained an interconnectivity often borne through shared linguistic, cultural, economic and political links. These crossings begin from the earliest recorded movements through to colonial and economic migrations, indentured labor, and include forced displacements due to conflict. A critical study of transnational Tamil identity must therefore engage with the issues of which persons and which practices possess the abilities to move/cross and why, while recognizing the diverse and plural identities that may inhabit Tamilness. The 3rd Annual Tamil Studies Symposium seeks to examine the ways in which transnational Tamil identities have been documented historically and politically and performed culturally and artistically; and to explore the benefits and pitfalls of transnationalism in the face of the contradictions and limitations of nation states. The Symposium is to be held at 91亚色, on the traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nations, the Haudenosaunee, and the Metis Nation of Ontario on the 26th and 27th of May 2017.

Submission topics for academic papers may include, but are not limited to:

  • Colonial and postcolonial labor migrations
  • Transnationalism, Law and Human Rights concerns
  • Transgenerational narratives; youth activism and community formation
  • Return, Circulation and Limbo
  • Indigeneity, Blackness and other Marginalized Histories
  • Material Culture; Object Histories; Archival practices (public and private documentations)
  • The Mobility/Immobility of Caste and Religious Practices
  • Health, well-being, medicine and circumscriptions of dis/ability; health and well-being post-settlement (including mental health, intimate partner violence, elder abuse, poor integration etc)
  • Feminisms, Queerness, Gender Norms/Roles and Challenges and Counter-Strategies
  • Cultural transmission and heritage preservation in diaspora 听听听听听听听
  • Economic agreements, circulation and shifting state boundaries
  • Transnational literatures (migration and acculturation from Cankam period onward); Literature in translation
  • New Media and forms of Tamil Identities

Submissions are welcome in the form of academic papers, works of art, music, film and live performance. Abstracts must not exceed 250 words, or five minutes (if submitted in the form of a film or music clip). Submissions must be accompanied by a short bio (150 words) and emailed to tamilstudiesyork@gmail.com. The [updated] deadline for submissions is **10 February 2017**. The Symposium is committed to functioning within an anti-oppressive framework, and with an critical awareness of our implications in settler-colonial practices. We welcome papers/performances that draw on solidarities with indigenous and other racialized/marginalized communities and posit meaningful historical and political parallels with transnational Tamil experiences.

*Please alert us to media and/or staging requirements, accessibility requirements, as well as Visa requirements in your submission.

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喈嗋喁嵿喁佮畷喈赤瘝 喈曕瘈喈脆瘝喈掂喁佮喁 喈む喁堗喁嵿喁佮畷喈赤瘓 喈瘓喈喈距畷喈曕瘝 喈曕瘖喈`瘝喈熰瘉 喈呧喁堗畷喁嵿畷喈瘝喈疅喈侧喈瘝:

  • 喈曕喈侧喈苦喁嵿喁佮, 喈喈┼瘝 喈曕喈侧喈苦喁嵿喁佮 喈曕瘋喈侧喈瘉喈编瘓喈瘝 喈瘉喈侧喁嵿喁嗋喈班瘝喈掂瘉
  • 喈ㄠ喈熰瘉喈曕疅喈ㄠ瘝喈 喈む喈苦喁嵿畾喁 喈氞瘋喈脆喈苦喁喈氞疅喁嵿疅喈瘝, 喈喈苦 喈夃喈苦喁堗畷喈赤瘝
  • 喈む喁堗喁佮喁 喈曕疅喈ㄠ瘝喈 喈庎疅喁佮喁嵿喁佮喁堗喁嵿喁佮畷喈赤瘝,听喈囙喁堗疄喈班瘝 喈氞瘑喈喁嵿喈距疅喁佮畷喈赤瘝, 喈氞喁傕畷 喈夃喁佮喈距畷喁嵿畷喈瘝,
  • 喈畷喁嵿畷喈赤喈┼瘝喈喈编喁嵿喈苦疅-喈掂喈苦喈苦疅 喈氞瘉喈编瘝喈编瘚喈熰瘝喈熰喁, 喈呧喁嵿喈 喈ㄠ喈侧瘓 (Circulation and Limbo)
  • 喈嗋喈苦畷喁佮疅喈苦喈苦喈瘝,听喈曕喁佮喁嵿喈苦喈瘝,听喈忇喁堗 喈掂喈赤喈瘝喈瘉 喈ㄠ喈侧瘓喈喈┼喁 喈掂喈侧喈编瘉喈曕喁
  • 喈瘖喈班瘉喈赤瘝 喈氞喈班瘝喈ㄠ瘝喈 喈喁嵿喈距疅喁 (material culture),听喈喁佮喁嵿喁娻喁佮喁 喈掂喈侧喈编瘉 (object history),喈嗋喈`喁嵿喈熰瘉喈む瘝喈む瘉喈む喁 (喈む喈苦喈┼喈む喁 喈喈苦喁佮畷喈赤瘉喈瘝 喈瘖喈む瘉 喈嗋喈`畽喁嵿畷喈赤瘉喈瘝 喈囙喈苦喁 喈夃喁嵿喈熰畷喁嵿畷喈瘝)
  • 喈氞喈む 喈氞喈 喈ㄠ疅喁堗喁佮喁堗畷喈赤喈┼瘝 喈囙疅喈瘝喈瘑喈喁佮喁/喈瘑喈喈距喁 喈む喈编喁
  • 喈夃疅喈侧瘝 喈ㄠ喈瘝,听喈ㄠ喁嵿喈距喁嵿喁,听喈喁佮喁嵿喁佮喈瘝,听喈掂喁佮喈苦喈瘝喈瘉 喈氞喈班瘝喈ㄠ瘝喈 喈掂喁堗喈编瘓喈曕喁,听喈曕瘉喈熰喈瘒喈编瘝喈编喁嵿喁佮畷喁嵿畷喁佮喁 喈喈┼瘝喈┼喈 喈夃疅喈侧瘝 喈ㄠ喈瘝,听喈ㄠ喁嵿喈距喁嵿喁,听喈喈ㄠ喈瘝,听喈ㄠ瘑喈班瘉喈權瘝喈曕喈 喈掂喈脆瘝喈曕瘝喈曕瘓喈む瘝 喈む瘉喈`瘓喈掂喁 喈掂喈赤瘓喈掂喈曕瘝喈曕瘉喈瘝 喈掂喁嵿喁佮喁,听喈瘋喈む喈赤喁 喈瘈喈む喈 喈む瘉喈粪瘝喈喈班喁嬥畷喈瘝,听喈曕瘉喈编瘓喈喈熰瘉喈熰瘓喈 喈掄喁佮畽喁嵿畷喈苦喁堗喁嵿喁.
  • 喈瘑喈`瘝喈`喈喁,听喈喈侧喈┼喁 喈氞喈班瘝/喈氞喈班 喈呧疅喁堗喈距喈權瘝喈曕喁 (queer),听喈喈侧喈 喈ㄠ瘑喈编喈曕喁/喈瘖喈编瘉喈瘝喈瘉喈曕喁,喈氞喈距喁嵿畷喈赤瘝,听喈喁 喈夃喁嵿喈苦畷喈赤瘝 (counter strategies)
  • 喈瘉喈侧喁嵿喁嗋喈班瘝 喈ㄠ喈熰瘝喈熰喈侧瘝 喈喁嵿喈距疅喁嵿疅喁佮畷喁 喈曕疅喈む瘝喈む瘉喈曕瘓喈瘉喈瘝 (transmission)听喈喈瘉 喈瘒喈`喁佮喁
  • 喈瘖喈班瘉喈赤喈む喈 喈掄喁嵿喈ㄠ瘝喈む畽喁嵿畷喈赤瘉喈瘝 听喈喈编 喈掂喁佮喁 喈呧喈氞瘉/喈ㄠ喈熰瘝喈熰瘉 喈庎喁嵿喁堗畷喈赤瘉喈瘝(circulation and shifting state boundaries)
  • 喈瘖喈脆喈瘑喈喁嵿喁嵿喁 喈囙喈曕瘝喈曕喈畽喁嵿畷喈赤瘝,听喈ㄠ喈熰瘉 喈曕疅喈ㄠ瘝喈 喈囙喈曕瘝喈曕喈畽喁嵿畷喈赤瘝 (喈氞畽喁嵿畷 喈曕喈侧喁 喈瘉喈む喁 喈囙疅喈瘝喈瘑喈编瘝喈 喈瘉喈侧喁嵿喁嗋喈班瘝喈掂瘉喈曕喁佮喁 喈喁嵿喈距疅喁嵿疅喁 喈忇喁嵿喁佮喁)
  • 喈む喈苦喁 喈呧疅喁堗喈距喈む瘝喈む喈┼瘝 喈瘉喈む喈 喈娻疅喈曕畽喁嵿畷喈赤瘉喈瘝 喈夃喁佮喁佮喁

喈嗋喁嵿喁佮畷喁嵿畷喈熰瘝喈熰瘉喈班痪喈曕喁,听喈囙畾喁,听喈む喈班痪喈瘝喈疅喈权瘝喈曕喁,听喈曕喁堗喁嵿喈熰痪喈瘝喈瘉喈曕喁,听喈嗋喁嵿喁佮畷喁堗畷喁 喈曕喁堗畷喈赤瘝 喈嗋畷喈苦喈掂瘓 喈掂喈掂瘒喈编瘝喈曕喁嵿喈熰瘉喈曕喈┼瘝喈编. 喈嗋喁嵿喁佮喁 喈瘖喈脆喈瘝喈瘉喈班瘓喈曕喁 听250听喈氞瘖喈编瘝喈曕喁佮畷喁嵿畷喁 喈喈曕喈喁佮喁 喈囙畾喁 喈呧喁嵿喈む瘉 喈む喈班痪喈瘝喈疅喈权瘝喈曕喁嵦5听喈ㄠ喈喈熰畽喁嵿畷喈赤瘉喈曕瘝喈曕瘉 喈喈曕喈喁佮喁 喈む畽喁嵿畷喈赤瘓喈瘝 喈喁嵿喈苦 喈氞喈编瘉喈曕瘉喈编喈瘝喈瘉喈熰喁嵦tamilstudiesyork@gamil.com喈庎喁嵿 喈瘉喈曕喈班喈曕瘝喈曕瘉 喈喈┼瘝 喈呧疄喁嵿畾喈侧瘝 喈氞瘑喈瘝喈瘉喈權瘝喈曕喁.

喈囙喈编瘝喈编瘓 喈呧喁佮喁嵿喁佮喈む喁嵿畷喈距 听喈囙喁佮喈苦喁 喈む喈曕喈: ***喈む瘓听10, 2017.***

喈囙畷喁嵿畷喈班瘉喈む瘝喈む喈權瘝喈曕瘉 喈掄疅喁佮畷喁嵿畷喁佮喁佮喁堗畷喁嵿畷喁 喈庎喈苦喈距 喈曕疅喁嵿疅喁佮畷喁嵿畷喁嬥喁嵿喁佮疅喈┼瘉喈瘝 喈曕喈侧喈苦喈瘝, 喈掂喁嵿喁囙喁佮畷喁佮疅喈苦畷喈赤喈┼瘝 喈曕喈侧喈苦喁嵿喁佮喈瘝 喈曕瘉喈编喈む瘝喈 喈ㄠ瘉喈熰瘝喈喈距 喈掂喈脆喈瘝喈瘉喈`喁嵿喁佮疅喈┼瘝 喈囙喈權瘝喈曕瘉喈曕喈编喁. 喈呧喈┼喈侧瘝 喈ㄠ喈熰瘉 喈曕疅喈ㄠ瘝喈 喈む喈苦喁 喈呧喁佮喈掂畽喁嵿畷喈赤瘉喈熰喁 喈呧喈氞喈喁 喈喁嵿喁佮喁 喈掂喈侧喈编瘝喈编瘉喈氞瘝 喈氞喈距喁嵿喈班喁嵿喁 喈呧疅喈苦畷喁嬥喁佮喁 喈掂畷喁堗喈苦喁 喈嗋喈苦畷喁佮疅喈苦畷喈赤瘝,听喈喈 喈囙喈權瘝喈曕喁,听喈掂喈赤喈瘝喈瘉 喈ㄠ喈侧瘓喈喈┼喁佮疅喈┼瘝 喈夃喈班瘝喈掂瘉喈む瘝 喈む瘚喈脆喁堗喁 喈夃喁佮喈距畷喁嵿畷喁佮喁 喈嗋喁嵿喁佮畷喁嵿畷喈熰瘝喈熰瘉喈班痪喈曕喁/喈嗋喁嵿喁佮畷喁堗畷喁 喈曕喁堗畷喈赤瘝 喈掂喈掂瘒喈编瘝喈曕喁嵿喈熰瘉喈曕喈┼瘝喈编.

喈夃畽喁嵿畷喈赤畷喁嵿畷喁佮喁 喈む瘒喈掂瘓喈瘝喈疅喁佮喁嵦畩喈熰畷喈瘝/喈瘒喈熰瘓 喈忇喁嵿喈距疅喁佮畷喈赤瘓喈瘉喈瘝, 喈掂喈氞喈む瘝 (visa) 喈む瘒喈掂瘓喈曕喁堗喁佮喁 喈庎畽喁嵿畷喈赤瘉喈曕瘝喈曕瘉

喈瘉喈┼瘝喈曕瘋喈熰瘝喈熰喈瘒 喈む瘑喈班喈喁嵿喈熰瘉喈む瘝喈む瘉喈權瘝喈曕喁.