The 2015 History Students Association Conference at San Francisco State University is seeking papers for its conference on “Gods and Monsters: Historicizing Ritual, Public Memory, and the Religious Imagination,” to be held Saturday April 25, 2015 at San Francisco State University
How does ritual inform mentality? What can the supernatural tell us about historic truth and memory? How can we interpret stories so as to better understand the storyteller? How does politicization shape religious experience? How does the demonization of the other inform cultural fear? What do the fantastic elements interwoven with oral histories help us to discover about cultural norms? These are some of the questions that would be of interest for the conference.
Cross disciplinary submissions from film studies, literature, religious and ethnic studies, art history, and anthropology are encouraged.
Submission Guidelines: Please submit abstracts of 300 words or less to hsaATmail.sfsu.edu. Please include the title of the submitted paper, your name, affiliated institution, field of study, and contact information. The deadline for submissions is February 13, 2015. If selected, final papers will be due to your panel chair no later than March 20, 2015. Conference will be held Saturday April 18, 2015 at San Francisco State University.