January 2021 - Committee

examine the options to create an AIW online journal
by ross＠rosske.de 25 Jan '21

25 Jan '21

Dear All, the AIW platform has been existing for over 40 years and is a kind of an institution for the community of American studies. Having been a member of the AIW for almost three decades now (although most of the times a „silent“ member), I find it a pity that most of the valuable contributions have not been published or at least archived over the years. And I’m sure that this is not a stand alone opinion. Therefore I’d like to make the suggestion to check the possibility of creating an AIW organized Online Journal. Please find attached some more details and feel free to enter comments within the „notice area“ by leaving your name. I’d appreciate your remarks until February, 7th. Best regards, Sonja

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AIW Committee mailing list
by AIW - Bartl 23 Jan '21

23 Jan '21

Dear Committee members, I have added Sonja Ross to our Committee mailing list: committee(a)list.american-indian-workshop.org <mailto:committee@list.american-indian-workshop.org> , as she volunteered for our journal project and she will discuss this with us within the committee. On the other side I had to remove Sylvia Wackernagel from our committee list, as she is not answering my emails and email requests by members since 2 years. She is not taking part in AIW Meetings and Committee meetings either. Her AIW email is not working since quite a while and people were starting to send complaints to me for receiving no answer. As I have a lot of emails to handle each day concerning the AIW, I cannot manage these complaints additionally. Therefore I decided to remove Sylvia from the Committee and the webpage. I hope this is ok for you. The current committee members are: * Renate Bartl * Markus Lindner * Thomas Donald Jacobs * Sonja Ross * Henry Kammler * Friederike Nusko * Saskia Brill * James Mackay * Carlo Krieger * Tania Giberyen Best regards Renate

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AIW periodical
by AIW - Bartl 18 Jan '21

18 Jan '21

Dear all, Sonja Ross from Munich has contacted me, because she is interested in organizing the publication of a AIW Journal. The plan to offer a platform where AIW speakers can publish their papers. Sonja has studies ethnology with me in Munich and I know her since almost 40 years. As she is retired now, she would have time to engage in a project like this. I suggest asking her to present her project to the committee and we can discuss then, whether we are interested in it. If it is ok for you, I would add her to our committee list and tell her to explain her plans to us. Would this be ok for you? Best regards Renate

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WG: Conference update
by AIW - Bartl 16 Jan '21

16 Jan '21

Dear James, thank you for the update. 33 submissions is not bad for a virtual AIW. If the AIW would have been in person in Cyprus, you might have got more papers, I guess. If you want more papers, you should think about prolonging the deadline of the CFP and encourage historians and ethnologists to send in paper suggestions. Best Renate Von: James Mackay <J.Mackay(a)euc.ac.cy> Gesendet: Samstag, 9. Januar 2021 09:02 An: bartl(a)american-indian-workshop.org Cc: committee(a)list.american-indian-workshop.org Betreff: Conference update Dear colleagues – Today was the deadline for submissions for the Sovereign Erotic conference, so I thought I would quickly update you on progress. In total, we have received 33 submissions, including 4 for complete panels/roundtables. In addition, I have lined up three keynote speakers. I will go through the submissions in more detail over the next couple of weeks, but my initial impression is that just about all of them are of sufficient quality to include. All are on the conference theme (apart from one roundtable on the work of Cherokee jurist and memoirist Steve Russell, who I think would be tickled to find himself being discussed in this context!). So I’m happy that this will be a strong conference with a lot of engaged discussion. However, it is fewer submissions than I had hoped for, so I may end up making some changes to the original conference design to allow for longer individual papers. There was an unfortunate snafu, however, and one that was entirely my own fault: in placing the CFP on the UPenn site, I made an error with the form, giving the deadline as Jan 2020 (the correct year was given in the body of the CFP, but most people only look at the topline date). I only noticed this error in December, and so took the decision to extend the deadline there until January 18th. Hopefully this will generate a couple more submissions. I’m disappointed not to have received more submissions from historians and ethnologists. If any of you know of academics in those fields who might be interested in submitting, I’m happy to receive additional abstracts past the submission date. I’ll keep you updated as things move along. Kind regards James Dr James Mackay Assistant Professor of British and American Literatures European University Cyprus [t] +357 22713257 [e] J.Mackay(a)euc.ac.cy <mailto:J.Mackay@euc.ac.cy> [w] <http://www.euc.ac.cy/> www.euc.ac.cy Organiser “Sovereign Erotic”- 42 <https://journals.kent.ac.uk/index.php/transmotion/conf> nd American Indian Workshop 2021 Editor Transmotion <https://journals.kent.ac.uk/index.php/transmotion/issue/view/43> P Please consider the environment before printing this email Follow European University Cyprus today: <https://www.facebook.com/EuropeanUniversityCyprus> <https://twitter.com/europeanunicy> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/european-university-cyprus> <https://www.youtube.com/user/EUCyprus> <https://plus.google.com/+EucAcCy/> _____ The information contained in this communication is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and others authorized to receive it. It may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by responding to this email and then delete it from your system. European University Cyprus & Cyprus College is neither liable for the proper and complete transmission of the information contained in this communication nor for any delay in its receipt. If based on the relationship with EUC or Cyprus College, received personal data of students or employees, these data can be kept for as long as the relationship exists or according to the contract signed. All personal data shared must be deleted as soon as the relationship is terminated.

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