Call for Papers: National Council for Black Studies

NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BLACK STUDIES   CALL FOR PAPERS 37TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE Indianapolis, In. - March 13-16, 2013 The Westin Indianapolis, 50 South Capitol Avene | Indianapolis, IN 46204  800-228-3000 Hotel Rates: $134 /per night (NCBS members) NCBS is currently accepting abstracts for individual paper, poster, panel, session, and roundtable discussions that explore the Black experience locally, nationally, and/or globally from a variety perspective. Of particular interest are presentations that comparatively explore these experiences, as well as those that examine the discipline of Africana/Black Studies using multi-layered frameworks and methodologies. Papers that incorporate various combinations of race/nationality, class, gender, and sexuality, through the lens of, but not limited to Afrocentric, cross-and multicultural, diasporic, feminist and womanist, post-colonial, post-modernist or transnational interpretative schemes are welcomed. Send a 150-400 word abstract for a panel (one for the panel subject and one for each panelist), and/or individual paper and poster presentations. For roundtable discussions, submit a 500 word abstract that explores the discussion topic, specifying the roles of the facilitator. Each participant on a panel submission must submit their complete individual. Please submit abstracts by Friday, December 14, 2012 at: www.ncbsonline.org Call for Papers for the 2013 NCBS Conference link: http://convention2.allacademic.com/one/ncbs/ncbs13/ Abstracts will be reviewed before the end of January 2013, conference participant notifications will be sent out during late January 2013 via All Academic .   If you and/or your panel have already submitted your abstract(s), please pass this message on to your friends and colleagues.      Sincerely,   Sundiata Cha-Jua President, National Council For Black Studies