{"id":1737,"date":"2016-01-24T13:30:49","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T21:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.malcs.org\/archive-2017\/?p=1737"},"modified":"2016-03-22T07:39:40","modified_gmt":"2016-03-22T14:39:40","slug":"malcs-2016-summer-institute-call-for-papers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/2016\/01\/24\/malcs-2016-summer-institute-call-for-papers\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadline Extended!: MALCS 2016 Summer Institute Call for Papers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"UWsign2\"<\/a>University of Wyoming<\/h3>\n

August 3 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 6, 2016<\/h3>\n

Laramie, Wyoming<\/h3>\n

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Conference Theme:\u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Deconstructing the Equality State: Remnants of Colonialism, Trauma, and Invisibility<\/strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

The state of Wyoming is known as the Equality State, a moniker that belies a much less beautiful truth. The history of this land encompasses the stories of multiple bands and Indigenous tribes,\u00c2\u00a0the shifting borders of colonization and frontier wars, the growth of immigrant populations, and the subjugation of several native peoples. This history is not well known because the story of this land is the story of the cowboys of the collective American imagination, which is a colonial narrative of the conquering white male. This invisibility of women of color in Wyoming leads to a sense of disconnect to our home and our history and a continuation of abuse across the centuries. The trauma that lingers in the native peoples of Wyoming is a constant retelling of the pressure to give up traditions and lifeways and assimilate, often at the threat of violence. This onset of trauma resonates through the generations and replays itself as self-harm. These cycles affect native communities and communities of people brought to our state to toil toward the betterment of a society in which they could not truly participate.<\/p>\n

The 2016 MALCS Summer Institute will showcase new historical research on the centrality of multiple identities and experiences in Chicana, Latina, Afro-Latina, Native American and Indigenous women in global, colonial and post-colonial engagements, emphasizing entangled histories and comparative and cross-cultural analyses. This scholarship redefines national and collective communities in the American West.<\/p>\n

Potential areas of interest include:<\/strong><\/p>\n