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> From owner-h-amstdy@MSU.EDU  Mon Nov 25 19:54:06 1996
> Date:         Mon, 25 Nov 1996 22:53:02 -0500
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> Subject:      CFP: Working Class Studies, Youngstown, OH (6/1997)
> 
> >Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 16:35:28 -0500 (EST)
> >From: Sherry Linkon <sjlinkon@cc.ysu.edu>
> 
> 
>                         CALL FOR PAPERS
> 
> WORKING CLASS STUDIES AND THE FUTURE OF WORK
> 
> The Third Biennial Conference of the Center for Working Class Studies
> at Youngstown State University
> 
> June 11-14, 1997
> Youngstown, Ohio
> 
> How do changes in work and technology affect ideas, representations, and
> experiences of class?
> 
> How does the debate over diversity and multiculturalism relate to work and
> working class studies?
> 
> How can workers and unions respond to changes in the work environment?
> 
> How have current and historical political debates altered traditional
> notions of class and class identity?
> 
> How can schools best address the needs of working class students and a
> changing workplace?
> 
> What are the difficulties and opportunities for interaction between those
> who study working class life and those who experience it?
> 
> We invite proposals for presentations, panels, workshops, performances,
> exhibits, and readings that address these questions as well as other
> aspects of working class life and working class culture.  Areas of
> exploration include literature of and by the working class; social, labor
> and oral history; material and popular culture; current workplace issues;
> journalism;  fine, graphic and performance art; multiculturalism;
> ethnography, biography, autobiography; and personal narratives of work.
> 
> Presenters should describe their project with a suggested presentation
> format. Submissions should be between 250 to 300 words and must be
> received by January 2, 1997. Address correspondence to Sherry Linkon,
> American Studies Program, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH
> 44555.  For further information contact John Russo, (330) 742-1783.
> E-mail inquiries to Sherry Linkon at sjlinkon@cc.ysu.edu.
> 
> Center for Working Class Studies: Beverly Gray, Psychology; Sherry Linkon,
> American Studies Program, Bill Mullen, English Department, Linda Strom,
> Women's Studies Center, Susan Russo, Art Department, and John Russo, Labor
> Studies Program.
> 
> Sherry Linkon
> <sjlinkon@cc.ysu.edu>
>