Die Gesellschaft für Kanada-Studien möchte Sie ganz herzlich einladen zur Einreichung von Abstracts für die 45. Jahrestagung der GKS, die vom 16.-18. Februar 2024 in Grainau stattfinden wird.
Eine PDF-Datei des englischsprachigen CfP finden Sie hier.
Eine PDF-Datei des französischsprachigen AAC finden Sie hier.
The 45th Annual Conference of
the Association for Canadian Studies in German-speaking Countries
Borders – Migration – Mobility
Grainau (Germany), February 16-18, 2024
In today’s world of multiple successive and overlapping crises, territorial borders are experiencing resignification and revival in conjunction with increasing historical, political, and cultural pressures faced by local, national, and international communities on a multiplicity of scales. This is true both where patterns of mobility and migration are concerned, as well as in relation to borderlands, border regions, and border cultures. Canadian borders are no exception, with inherited border conflicts, negotiations, and imaginaries intersecting with new challenges, creating an increasing sense of urgency. Since the colonial settling of Turtle Island, the anglophone and the francophone settlers have drawn borders, parceled up land, and made use of land resources in what today is known as Quebec and Canada. These borders have not only become important for migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers but also for the inhabitants of border regions, whose cross-border life worlds were suddenly irritated by closed borders. The renewed importance of bordering processes in the 21st century asks for a recalibration of the study of Canada’s borders, calling for critical and ethical models of engagement from scholars across all disciplines involved in Canadian Studies, Quebec Studies, and Indigenous Studies. The 45th annual conference of the Association for Canadian Studies in German-speaking Countries (GKS) should present one such opportunity to reflect about the border/migration/mobility nexus from multiple perspectives and bring them into conversation.
The conference, therefore, focuses on narrations, policies, practices, (alternative) concept(ion)s, and geographies of borders, mobility, and migration. By investigating displacement, diaspora, and other forms of border crossings which entail questions of citizenship and nationality and negotiate the meanings of home, belonging, and marginality, and by thinking through diverse concepts with which borders, mobility, and migration are approached, we seek to broaden and deepen the understanding of Canada across the disciplines.
We invite paper proposals in both English and French across all disciplines involved in Canadian Studies, Quebec Studies, and Indigenous Studies on topics related to mobility, migration, and borders. Such topics may include, but are not limited to:
- Canadian, Québécois, and Indigenous border cultures: specificities and negotiations
- Canada/Quebec and global migration flows
- Cross-border mobilities within Canada/Quebec
- Borders/migration/mobility in Canadian, Québécois, and Indigenous literatures, art, and media, including oral tradition
- Canadian, Québécois, and Indigenous imaginaries of borders/migration/mobility/
- Indigenous nations and borders/migration/mobility
- Border disputes
- Posthumanist and non-anthropocentric approaches to borders/migration/mobility
- Borders/migration/mobility and crises (climate crisis and the pandemic)
- Border histories, geographies, and policies
- Border experiences and regulation
- Citizenship and human rights
- Federalism and territorial management
- Policies of borders, migration, and mobility
- (De)territorialization of languages
- Borders and gender
- Epistemologies of the border, epistemologies on the move
- (Alternative) concept(ion)s of borders
Contact and Abstract Submission
Paper proposals/abstracts of max. 500 words can be submitted in French or English and should outline:
- methodology and theoretical approaches chosen
- content/body of research
- which of the three aspects outlined above the paper speaks to (if any)
In addition, some short biographical information (max. 250 words) should be provided, specifying current institutional affiliation and position as well as research background with regard to the conference topic and/or three aspects. We encourage submissions in French.
Abstracts should be submitted no later than June 4, 2023, to the GKS office:
gks@kanada-studien.de
The Association for Canadian Studies in German-Speaking Countries (GKS) would like to invite you to submit an abstract for the 45th annual meeting of the GKS which will be held in Grainau, February 16-8, 2024.
A PDF version of the English CfP can be downloaded here.
The 45th Annual Conference of
the Association for Canadian Studies in German-speaking Countries
Borders – Migration – Mobility
Grainau (Germany), February 16-18, 2024
In today’s world of multiple successive and overlapping crises, territorial borders are experiencing resignification and revival in conjunction with increasing historical, political, and cultural pressures faced by local, national, and international communities on a multiplicity of scales. This is true both where patterns of mobility and migration are concerned, as well as in relation to borderlands, border regions, and border cultures. Canadian borders are no exception, with inherited border conflicts, negotiations, and imaginaries intersecting with new challenges, creating an increasing sense of urgency. Since the colonial settling of Turtle Island, the anglophone and the francophone settlers have drawn borders, parceled up land, and made use of land resources in what today is known as Quebec and Canada. These borders have not only become important for migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers but also for the inhabitants of border regions, whose cross-border life worlds were suddenly irritated by closed borders. The renewed importance of bordering processes in the 21st century asks for a recalibration of the study of Canada’s borders, calling for critical and ethical models of engagement from scholars across all disciplines involved in Canadian Studies, Quebec Studies, and Indigenous Studies. The 45th annual conference of the Association for Canadian Studies in German-speaking Countries (GKS) should present one such opportunity to reflect about the border/migration/mobility nexus from multiple perspectives and bring them into conversation.
The conference, therefore, focuses on narrations, policies, practices, (alternative) concept(ion)s, and geographies of borders, mobility, and migration. By investigating displacement, diaspora, and other forms of border crossings which entail questions of citizenship and nationality and negotiate the meanings of home, belonging, and marginality, and by thinking through diverse concepts with which borders, mobility, and migration are approached, we seek to broaden and deepen the understanding of Canada across the disciplines.
We invite paper proposals in both English and French across all disciplines involved in Canadian Studies, Quebec Studies, and Indigenous Studies on topics related to mobility, migration, and borders. Such topics may include, but are not limited to:
- Canadian, Québécois, and Indigenous border cultures: specificities and negotiations
- Canada/Quebec and global migration flows
- Cross-border mobilities within Canada/Quebec
- Borders/migration/mobility in Canadian, Québécois, and Indigenous literatures, art, and media, including oral tradition
- Canadian, Québécois, and Indigenous imaginaries of borders/migration/mobility/
- Indigenous nations and borders/migration/mobility
- Border disputes
- Posthumanist and non-anthropocentric approaches to borders/migration/mobility
- Borders/migration/mobility and crises (climate crisis and the pandemic)
- Border histories, geographies, and policies
- Border experiences and regulation
- Citizenship and human rights
- Federalism and territorial management
- Policies of borders, migration, and mobility
- (De)territorialization of languages
- Borders and gender
- Epistemologies of the border, epistemologies on the move
- (Alternative) concept(ion)s of borders
Contact and Abstract Submission
Paper proposals/abstracts of max. 500 words can be submitted in French or English and should outline:
- methodology and theoretical approaches chosen
- content/body of research
- which of the three aspects outlined above the paper speaks to (if any)
In addition, some short biographical information (max. 250 words) should be provided, specifying current institutional affiliation and position as well as research background with regard to the conference topic and/or three aspects. We encourage submissions in French.
Abstracts should be submitted no later than June 4, 2023, to the GKS office:
gks@kanada-studien.de
L’Association d’Études Canadiennes dans les Pays de Langue Allemande (Gesellschaft für Kanada-Studien in den deutschsprachigen Ländern/GKS) vous invite à partager vos propositions pour une présentation pour le 45
ème congrès annuel de la GKS, de 16 au 18 février 2024 en Grainau.
une version de PDF de cet appel à communications se trouve ici.
La 45ème Conférence Annuelle de
l’Association d’Études Canadiennes dans les pays germanophones (GKS) Appel à communications
Frontières – Migration – Mobilité
Grainau (Allemagne), 16-18 février 2024
Dans le monde d’aujourd’hui, marqué par la succession quasi immédiate de multiples crises, les frontières territoriales renaissent et regagnent en importance en même temps que s’amplifient les pressions historiques, politiques et culturelles auxquelles sont confrontées les communautés locales, nationales et internationales à de multiples échelles. Cela s’applique tant dans le contexte des modèles de mobilité et de migration que dans le contexte des zones frontalières, régions frontalières et cultures frontalières. Les frontières canadiennes ne font pas exception à la règle : les conflits, les négociations et les imaginaires frontaliers hérités du passé se mêlent aux nouveaux défis, créant un sentiment d’urgence croissant. Depuis la colonisation de l’Île de la Tortue, les colons anglophones et francophones ont tracé des frontières, morcelé des terres et exploité des ressources naturelles sur la terre qu’on appelle aujourd’hui le Québec et le Canada. Ces frontières sont devenues importantes non seulement pour les migrants, les réfugiés et les demandeurs d’asile, mais aussi pour les habitants des régions frontalières, dont les univers de vie transfrontaliers ont été soudainement bousculés par la fermeture des frontières. L’importance renouvelée des processus frontaliers au XXIe siècle demande un recalibrage de l’étude des frontières du Canada, appelant des modèles d’engagement critiques et éthiques de la part des chercheur.e.s de toutes les disciplines impliquées dans les études canadiennes, les études québécoises et les études autochtones. La 45ème conférence annuelle de l’Association d’Études Canadiennes dans les pays germanophones offrira l’occasion d’analyser et de discuter les liens entre mobilité(s)/migration(s)/frontière(s) à partir de perspectives multiples.
La conférence se concentre donc sur les récits, les politiques, les pratiques, les concepts et conceptions (alternatifs) et les géographies des frontières, de la mobilité et de la migration. En étudiant le déplacement forcé, la diaspora et d’autres formes de franchissement des frontières qui soulèvent des questions de citoyenneté et de nationalité et bousculent les significations du foyer, de l’appartenance et de la marginalité, et en réfléchissant à divers concepts avec lesquels la mobilité, la migration et les frontières sont abordées, nous cherchons à élargir et à approfondir la compréhension du Canada à travers les disciplines.
Nous invitons toutes les disciplines impliquées dans les études canadiennes, les études québécoises et les études autochtones à proposer des communications sur des sujets liés à la mobilité, à la migration et aux frontières. Ces sujets peuvent inclure, mais ne sont pas limités à:
- cultures frontalières canadiennes, québécoises et autochtones: spécificités et négociations
- le Canada/Québec et les flux migratoires mondiaux
- les mobilités transfrontalières au sein du Canada/Québec
- frontières/migrations/mobilités dans les littératures, les arts et les médias canadiens, québécois et autochtones, y compris la tradition orale
- imaginaires canadiens, québécois et autochtones de la frontière/migration/mobilité
- les nations autochtones et les/la frontières/migration/mobilité
- frontières disputées
- les approches post-humanistes et non anthropocentriques des frontières/migrations/mobilités
- frontières/migrations/mobilités et crises (climatique ou la pandémie)
- histoires, géographies et politiques de frontière(s)
- expériences frontalières et régulations de frontière(s)
- citoyenneté et droits de l’homme
- fédéralisme et gestion territoriale
- politiques des frontières, de la migration et de la mobilité
- (dé)territorialisation des langues
- les frontières et le genre
- épistémologies de la frontière, épistémologies en movement
- concepts et conceptions (alternatifs) de frontières
Contact et soumission des résumés
Les propositions d’article/résumés de 500 mots maximum peuvent être soumis soit en français soit en anglais et doivent souligner :
- la méthodologie et les approches théoriques choisies
- le contenu/ le corpus de recherche
- l’aspect (choisi parmi les trois mentionnés plus haut) traité par la communication.
Également doivent être fournies quelques brèves informations biographiques (250 mots maximum), spécifiant votre actuelle affiliation institutionnelle, votre position actuelle, ainsi que votre expérience de recherche en rapport avec le sujet du congrès et/ou des trois aspects principaux. Nous encourageons des propositions en français.
Les résumés sont à soumettre à l’administration de la GKS au plus tard le 4 juin 2023:
gks@kanada-studien.de
