Call for Panel and Paper Proposals
The New Color Lines: What Will It Mean to Be an American?
The 19th Mid-Atlantic People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference (MAPOC)
West Virginia University College of Law—January 29-31, 2015
Although the United States remains extremely racially segregated, with the increasing number of interracial American families and the increasing reversal of white flight from U.S. cities to suburbs, could greater racial integration accompany this fundamental demographic shift? Or will we be more racially isolated than ever? How might this demographic shift impact what it will mean in the future to be an American? In a 1998 university commencement address, President Bill Clinton commented:
No
other nation in history has gone through demographic change of this
magnitude in so short a time. What do the changes mean? They can either
strengthen and
unite us, or they can weaken and divide us. We must decide. . . . I
believe [that this change is] renewing our most basic values and
reminding us all of what it truly means to be an American.
In
response to Clinton’s speech, Pat Buchanan wrote, “Mr. Clinton assured
us that it will be a better America when we are all minorities and
realize true ‘diversity.’
Well, those students are going to find out, for they will spend their
golden years in a Third World America.”
1. Panel/Paper Proposals Related to the Conference Theme.
MAPOC seeks innovative panel and paper proposals exploring the legal
implications of this projected demographic shift. We welcome proposals
from legal and interdisciplinary scholars. Panel proposals should
include a cover page with the working titles of each
paper, the full name and institutional affiliation of each presenter, a
current c.v. for each presenter (with current e-mail address and
telephone number), and a description of the panel not to exceed 500
words. Individual paper proposals should include the
working title, the author’s full name and institutional affiliation, the
author’s current c.v. (with current e-mail address and telephone
number), and an abstract not to exceed 250 words. Please e-mail panel
and paper proposals (and any questions) to Bertha
Romine at bertha.romine@mail.wvu.edu no later than September 15, 2014. We shall get back to you no later than October 15, 2014. Participants who wish to be considered for publication
in the West Virginia Law Review must submit a full draft no later than December 15, 2014.
2. Student Writing Competition.
MAPOC is sponsoring
a writing competition open to all currently enrolled law students of any
level, J.D., LL.M., and S.J.D., at a U.S. law school. Papers should be
between 15,000-25,000 words in length and there is a preference for
papers related to the conference theme but we
will accept papers on other topics as well. Please email submissions
(and any questions) to erosser@wcl.american.edu no later than September 15, 2014. The winning submission will receive
$300 and travel expenses to attend the Conference. The two runner-ups will receive $100 each.
3. Works-in-Progress Program. MAPOC’s
long-standing
works-in-progress (WIP) workshop provides a comfortable and constructive
environment where authors can workshop scholarship in any stage of
development to a dedicated discussant and supportive audience. Please
e-mail your WIP abstract (and any questions) to
MAPOCWIP2015@gmail.com no later than November 30, 2014, to be included in the WIP program.
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