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Conference Overview and Purpose

The purpose of this conference is to explore the role that contemporary scholars can play in the struggle against academic counterinsurgency, defined by Dylan Rodriguez (2020) as “the full spectrum of pacification, isolation, and domestication strategies that extend beyond violent state repression.” We aim to re-center the revolutionary origins of Latina/o/x and Ethnic Studies and interrogate their current potential as conceptual fields to materially impact the marginalized communities who are often their site of study.

We also aim to (1) examine what it would mean to reclaim insurgency in our work as well as the limitations of doing so within the context of the academy, and (2) how to re-orient knowledge production away from the confinements of the university and into the hands of our communities.

“Reclaiming Insurgency” seeks to foster an ongoing dialogue across disciplines that will consider the commonalities, differences, and diverse experiences we bring to the table as academics, while also serving as a call to see ourselves as far more than what the academy wants us to be.

Call for Abstracts

We welcome abstracts from across all disciplines on any topic concerning the theme of “Reclaiming Insurgency.”

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Community-Oriented Scholarship
• Ethnic Studies
• Immigration and Transnationalism
• Citizenship
• Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality
• Community Health
• Language and Social Interaction
• History 
• Communications & Media Studies 

Guidelines for Submission: 

• Abstracts should be no more than 300 words. Abstracts should be suitable for anonymous review. 
• Please submit all proposals electronically as an attachment to llsgradconference.illinois@gmail.com
  • Subject: UIUC LLS Conference 2024 Abstract

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