The International Congress of Americanists has the longest interdisciplinary tradition of studies on this subject. It has been convened uninterruptedly since 1875 (when the first ICA was held in Nancy, France), with venues alternating between the Americas and Europe. Originally organized every two years, since 1976 the ICA is being held every three years. In the last two decades, congresses were held in the Netherlands (Amsterdam 1988), United States (New Orleans 1991), Sweden (Stockholm-Uppsala 1994), Ecuador (Quito 1997), Poland (Warsaw 2000), Chile (Santiago 2004), Spain (Seville 2006) and Mexico (Mexico City 2009).

Americanist scholarship is marked by a vibrant diversity of ontological, epistemological, and methodological questions. Since its inception, Americanists have gathered at ICA meetings to discuss empirical and normative scholarship, liberal and conservative politics, positivist and post-positivist perspectives, as well as activists and theoretical approaches, among other things. While these specializations often have been artificially separated, we aim to facilitate sharing of insights, questions, methods and viewpoints that could foster dynamic dialogues.

We want to promote self-reflection and encourage trans-disciplinary dialogues. Henceforth, we invite proposals for symposia that emphasize conjunctions between disciplines, subfields, theories and methods.

Registrierung bis 12. März 2012

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This summer school project is an Erasmus IP project, supported by the Utrecht Network and CEEPUS, carried out by the University of Graz, represented by the Center for Inter-American Studies (C.IAS) and the Center for Jewish Studies (CJS).

The target group are highly motivated students from all disciplines holding a bachelor's degree, or students working on their final theses. The summer school is designed to be integrated into the curricula of 4 Joint Master's Degree programs offered by a number of consortium partners (English & American Studies, Jewish Studies, Sustainable Development and Gender Studies).

Application deadline: March 18, 2012

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