Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Forum

and The Humanities Center Best Graduate Research Award

In a series of meetings, each featuring graduate student guest speakers, this forum provides the opportunity for students from across disciplines to share their work with one another. These forums are intended to bring together graduate students from all academic disciplines at Northeastern University to create a collaborative and interdisciplinary intellectual community. The forums provide a unique opportunity to expand research through collaborative processes and to discuss approaches to research through a variety of methodological and theoretical frameworks.

We are currently inviting Northeastern University graduate students to submit papers for the IGSF for the 2011-2012 academic year. Graduate students from all academic departments are welcome to apply. Submissions will be accepted on a rolling basis or until all forums are filled. There will be 4 forums in total. 2 IGSFs will take place during the fall semester and 2 will occur during the spring semester. Each forum will consist of 2 presenters from different academic departments. Paper presentations will be followed by a discussion.

We are currently inviting students to contact us via e-mail with a brief synopsis (1-2 paragraphs) of potential presentation topics. Presentations can vary in topic, presentation style, and stage. Ideally, the forums would include two presentations of 15-20 minutes each, followed by discussion.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

The following provides more detailed information for submission:

Individual paper presentations should range from 15-20 minutes.

Please submit the following materials:

• At least three proposed dates and times in order of preference that you can potentially present on.
• The title of the proposed paper.
• An abstract that does not exceed 500 words. The abstract should include the paper’s argument, theoretical framework, and a brief bibliography which does not count toward the word limit.
• A brief bio of 200 words or less.

The Northeastern University Humanities Center Best Graduate Research Award

One paper from the 2011-2012 IGSF will be recognized with The Northeastern University Humanities Center Best Graduate Research Award. This award will be given to an unpublished written work that exemplifies the mission of the Northeastern University Humanities Center: interdisciplinarity; innovative thinking; and a concern for the critical questions of our time that need addressing. Submissions will be reviewed by faculty affiliated with the Northeastern University Humanities Center.

ELIGIBILITY:

Graduate Students who presented at an IDGSF during the 2011-2012 academic year. Additionally, only papers which were presented at the 2011-2012 forums will be accepted.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

• Eligible students must submit an electronic version of their paper to nuhumanities@neu.edu by March 31, 2012.
• Papers should be a maximum of 30 pages.

Past Presentations

Lana Cook (English): '"All in the game": Value and HBO's The Wire"

Autumn Mathias (Sociology): "The "Supply" of Sex Trafficking in India and Barriers to Reintegration: Globalization, Fundamentalist Discourse, and the State"

Yingchan Zhang (Sociology): "The Experiences of Immigrant Nurses in Lowell, MA: A Case Study"

Joshua Sooter (History): '"We Must Know of Them": Christian Missionaries’ Efforts to Know and Convert Chinese Muslims, 1910-1950"

Heather Browne (Political Science): "Nationalism, Education Reform & Rational Choice in Egypt in the 19th & 20th Centuries"

Katrina Uhly (Sociology): "Loosening the Foundations for Action: Feminist Theory and Sociology in the Academy"

Christopher Prener (Sociology): "Negotiation and Collaboration: The Contested Terrain of Emergency Medical Service Work"

Stephanie Boyle (History): "Medical Cosmopolitanism: Religion and Medical Collaboration in the Egyptian Delta City of Tanta in the late 19th Century"

Lisa Granquist (Law, Policy & Society): "Climate Change, Sea Level Rise, and the Preservation of Massachusetts Coastal Communities."

Michael Dedek (English): "Human as Environment, Environment as Human: the Lyric Speaker in Gary Snyder's Early Poems."

David Smith (Political Science): "Perceived Threats and the Integration of National Minorities."

Stacy Fahrenthold (History): '"We Bring to America Our Great Heritage": The Syrian and Lebanese Civilizing Mission in the United States, 1905-1935."

Liana J. Pennington (Law, Policy, & Society): "Legal Consciousness in Juvenile Delinquency Court: Understanding the Experiences of Parents and Youth

Rachel Gillett (History): "Biguines and Banana Skirts: Race, Jazz, and Gender in Interwar Paris"

Tej Kumar Karki (Law, Policy, & Society): "Should Planners Join Politics?"

Julie Hall (Communication Studies): "Talkin' About My Regeneration: PUtting the People into Planning"

Estye Fenton (Sociology): "Ideologies of Mothering and Women's Labor Force Participation"

Jen Sopchockchai (English): "The Textual Absence and Cinematic Presence of Romance in The Lord of the Rings and Prince Caspian"