'Where Are You Going Where Have You Been': Journeys, Treks, and Voyages That Shape(d) the Americas

Submissions should examine the controversies of the field, both resolved and ongoing, through the varied lenses of scholars across disciplines. We ask the broad question: as society becomes more global, in what ways do scholars, artists, and musicians reimagine, reframe, or reflect what it is to be American?

• How has American Identity shaped or been shaped by concepts of American Individualism?
• How has the conflicted political past/present reshaped American Identity?
• How has our own art and music reflected the American Ideal? Are there such things as uniquely American food, music, art, culture?
• Has the embracing of multiculturalism in society reflected or deflected our understanding of what it is to be American?
• How is multiculturalism reflected in current American culture?

We welcome a broad view that considers historical and contemporary concepts. In keeping with the theme, consider presentations that

• Celebrate the interdisciplinary nature of American Studies and the complex interconnections of theory and research.
• Allow us to take stock of our own memories of where we came from and the paths we have crossed, or negotiated, to get where we are now.
• Reveal the human aspects of our work in ways that intersect with other fields.

Submit a 500-word proposal to asat@shsu.edu detailing your individual or panel presentations, performances, posters, or art work by September 1, 2014. Acceptance notices will be sent by September 15, 2014. Accepted presenters must become ASAT members in order to participate in the conference and have their names appear in the official conference program. To become a member, visit: www.asatexas.org/membership.html.

We invite papers in the following disciplines which reflect the conference theme:

• Advertising
• Agriculture
• Art (visual and performing)
• Commerce
• Creative Writing
• Criminology/Criminal Justice
• Cuisine/Diet
• Décor/Design/Fashion
• Education/Pedagogy
• Environment/Landscape
• Ethnicities (in America)
• Film
• Folklore
• Gender (in America)
• Health/Wellness (in America)
• History (General, Cultural,
  Economic, Social)
• Invention/Ingenuity
• Libraries/Museums/Parks
• Literature/Linguistics
• Military
• Music
• Natural Resources
• Politics
• Popular Culture
• Prisons/Prison Reform
• Religion (in America)
• Rhetoric
• Science (Physical, Social)
• Sports
• Technology (in America)
• Transatlantic topics
• Transportation
• War (American participation)
• Zeitgeist