MAKING HISTORY: Race, Gender, and the Media in the 2008 Elections

September 26 - 27, 2008

St. John’s Queens campus, New York City

The mission of the Ronald H. Brown Center is “to engage in legal studies, research and outreach focusing on issues that affect the lives of underrepresented people while simultaneously educating law students to be leaders on issues of racial, economic and social justice.” “MAKING HISTORY: Race, Gender, and the Media in the 2008 Elections,” will further that mission by convening scholars, practitioners, activists, and students to analyze the role of race, gender, and the media in 2008 general elections and to explore the broader legal, social, and political implications that these issues present.

Selected papers will be published in the St. John’s Journal of Legal Commentary, the official publication of the Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic Development.

For more information, visit www.stjohns.edu/Ronbrown/Symposia.

Proposal Guidelines:

• Letters should not exceed 1500 words in length and should include a summary of the proposed article.
• Include a biographical sketch of your research expertise that does not exceed 250 words.
• Include a bibliography of your writing and/or publications related to this topic to date.
• Submission deadline: March 14, 2008.

The organizers invite scholars of all relevant disciplines (e.g., law, media, political science, gender studies, race studies, ethnic studies, sociology, history, economics, history) engaged in developing concepts, analyses, methods, or data relevant to race, gender, media and elections to submit a brief letter that describes your interest in participating in the conference and a summary of your proposed article. Letters should not exceed 1,500 words. Please also include a brief biographical sketch of your research expertise that does not exceed 250 words and a bibliography of your relevant publications to date as attachments.

If your proposed article is accepted, you will be invited to participate as a panelist in the conference scheduled for Friday, September 25, and Saturday, September 26, 2008 at St. John’s University School of Law in Queens, New York. In order to participate in the conference, participants agree to also write an article based on their submitted proposal to be published in the St. John’s Journal of Legal Commentary, the official publication of the Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic Development.

Proposals should be submitted electronically to the Conference homepage at
http://www.stjohns.edu/ronbrown/symposia or via surface mail to:

Adam Redder
Editor-in-Chief
St. John’s Journal of Legal Commentary
The Official Publication of The Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic
Development
St. John’s University School of Law
8000 Utopia Parkway
Queens, New York 11439
Attn: Making History Conference