UT CENTER FOR NORTH AMERICAN STUDIES HOSTS CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS AMERICA’S TODAY’S ROLE
22.04.2005
The interdisciplinary conference brings together scholars from the US,
Europe and other parts of the world (in all, 46 scholars from 10
countries), gathering to discuss the role of the US in the contemporary
world.
The aim of the conference is to stimulate the discussion of the points of tension linked to North America and examine a variety of possible solutions informed, in particular, by the comparative interculturalist perspective.
Plenary addresses at the conference will be given by renowned scholars, amongst others by Paul Goble of University of Tartu, to speak about relations between the US and the rest of the world after 9/11. Maureen Montgomery will take up the question of the influence exerted by US foreign policy on American Studies as a field of research; Marianne Johnson will draw parallels between the developments in the US and Estonia in the privatisation of social services; James Schwoch will compare the image of US foreign policy during the Cold War and today; John. R. Wunder will analyse the tensions apparent in matters of race, class and gender in the American West; Eric Sandeen will look into US cultural diplomacy and Markku Henriksson will give his interpretation of the North American environment.
A wide variety of supplementary topics will be treated in the conference workshops which, among other themes, will focus on foreign and social policy, questions of national and political identity, the media picture, popular culture as well as Canadian and American literature and linguistic and art issues.
The working language of the conference will be English. The conference programme is available at /5101?viewtype=event&event_id=96171.
The conference is supported by the embassy of the United States.
Illari Lään
Head, UT Public Relations and Information Office
Additional information: Ms Raili Põldsaar, Executive Director, UT North American Studies Center, tel. +372-737-5218
The aim of the conference is to stimulate the discussion of the points of tension linked to North America and examine a variety of possible solutions informed, in particular, by the comparative interculturalist perspective.
Plenary addresses at the conference will be given by renowned scholars, amongst others by Paul Goble of University of Tartu, to speak about relations between the US and the rest of the world after 9/11. Maureen Montgomery will take up the question of the influence exerted by US foreign policy on American Studies as a field of research; Marianne Johnson will draw parallels between the developments in the US and Estonia in the privatisation of social services; James Schwoch will compare the image of US foreign policy during the Cold War and today; John. R. Wunder will analyse the tensions apparent in matters of race, class and gender in the American West; Eric Sandeen will look into US cultural diplomacy and Markku Henriksson will give his interpretation of the North American environment.
A wide variety of supplementary topics will be treated in the conference workshops which, among other themes, will focus on foreign and social policy, questions of national and political identity, the media picture, popular culture as well as Canadian and American literature and linguistic and art issues.
The working language of the conference will be English. The conference programme is available at /5101?viewtype=event&event_id=96171.
The conference is supported by the embassy of the United States.
Illari Lään
Head, UT Public Relations and Information Office
Additional information: Ms Raili Põldsaar, Executive Director, UT North American Studies Center, tel. +372-737-5218