X-NUPop-Charset: English Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 12:10:15 -0600 (CST) From: "Alan Spector" Sender: spector@calumet.purdue.edu Reply-To: spector@calumet.purdue.edu To: revs@csf.colorado.edu Subject: Fw: ERaM: Conference & Call for Papers: 'Patterns of Prejudice' >From Alan Spector, REVS Editor/Manager: The following was posted on the ERAM list and may be of interest to those on the REVS list ============================================================== --- From: Apurba Kundu Date: Wed, 19 Mar 97 13:50:20 GMT To:eram-list@Bradford.ac.uk Subject: ERaM: Conference & Call for Papers: 'Patterns of Prejudice' ****CONFERENCE: CALL FOR PAPERS****CONFERENCE: CALL FOR PAPERS**** __________________________________________________________________________ ANNOUNCEMENT: International Conference to Mark the 30th Anniversary of the Founding of *PATTERNS OF PREJUDICE*... *PATTERNS OF PREJUDICE* was founded in 1967 to 'record, document and analyse world-wide manifestations of racial and religious prejudice and to provide information about positive educational and legislative counter-measures'. For three decades it has been a forum for theoretical work and detailed empirical studies on racism and antisemitism. This period has seen major shifts in the conceptualization of these subjects. Early approaches rooted in class analysis, notions of totalitarianism, psychology or theories of scapegoating and the role of the 'middle-man' have been developed, challenged or discredited. The new emphasis on discourse and representation has transformed the treatment of 'race' and ethnicity. The collapse of 'actually existing socialism' undermined the Marxist disciplines associated with it. 'Religious fundamentalism', absent from the agenda of scholars until the 1970s, now looms large as a vehicle for nationalism and ethnic identity. The transformation of Southern Africa has terminated one line of enquiry into institutionalized racism, although the analysis of colonialist and post-colonial discourse shows immense vigour. In North America the 'melting pot' gave way to the 'ethnic revival' and, since the 1980s, to conflicts over affirmative action and multiculturalism. Similar trends are evident in Europe. In both continents the far right has transmuted and revived, eugenic thought has regained respectability, while immigrant communities have found their voice and political muscle. The study of antisemitism has moved from the periphery closer to the centre of the analysis of racism as a whole. This new constellation of forces is having a profound effect on conceptions of 'race' and ethnicity, the examination of prejudice and the delineation of policy. These developments will be the subject of a conference to mark the 30th anniversary of the founding of Patterns of Prejudice, organized jointly by the Institute for Jewish Policy Research, the Wiener Library and Institute of Contemporary History, and the Parkes Centre of the University of Southampton. Invited key-note lectures will be accompanied by presentations based on new work. The organizers would welcome papers on the following themes: *history, sociology and culture of racism, antisemitism and the far right *changes in the study of racism, antisemitism and the far right *the analysis of prejudice and discrimination *the relationship between racism and antisemitism *antisemitism, 'race' and representation *religion, ethnic identity and intolerance *new forms of the far right: the return of eugenics and the revival of nationalism The conference will take place in December 1997 at a venue in central London. If you would like to present a paper, please send a prospective title and 150-word summary, together with your institutional affiliation (if any) and full address, including telephone and fax numbers and e-mail address. Or if you would like to attend and wish to reserve a place and/or receive full details when the programme is finalized, please write to: Patterns of Prejudice, 79 Wimpole Street, London W1M 7DD; e-mail: . *PATTERNS OF PREJUDICE* is edited by Professor David Cesarani (University of Southampton and Wiener Library), Dr Tony Kushner (University of Southampton) and Antony Lerman (Institute for Jewish Policy Research). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Jonathan Carter * * Journals Marketing Manager * * SAGE Publications * * 6 Bonhill Street * * London EC2A 4PU, UK * * Tel: +44 171 374 0645 * * Fax: +44 171 374 8741 * * Email: jonathan.carter@sagepub.co.uk * * SAGE OnLine: http://www.sagepub.co.uk * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the eram-list, send a message to containing ONLY the text . To subscribe to the eram-list-digest, send a message to containing ONLY the text . 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