Call for Papers

CFP Deadline for AALS Indian Nations Section Papers

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

CALL FOR PAPERS

Tribal Nation Economics and Legal Infrastructure

This call for papers seeks submissions for the AALS Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples Section’s 2010 publication of selected papers.  The Section will meet during the American Association of Law School’s Annual Conference on January 8th, 2010.  The Indian Nations and Indigenous Peoples Section Meeting will focus on “Tribal Nation Economics and Legal Infrastructure.”  The Washburn Law Journal will be publishing the papers on this topic accepted for publication.

The papers should address the themes of Tribal Nation economics and law.  Law and economics are intertwined fields.  As Tribal Nations rebuild economies in the wake of failed federal policies, legal infrastructure promoting a climate of healthy economics has become vitally important.  Subject areas for papers include topics on contemporary reservation economies, successful practices in tribal commercial law, assessing federal economic incentives for Tribes, legal code development to facilitate economic opportunities, evaluation of the tribal corporate model, creative thinking regarding tribal economic development in the era of federal Indian self-determination, review of sustainable tribal economic strategies, and related topics along these lines.

Abstracts for the papers should be sent by Friday, October 2nd, 2009 to Angelique EagleWoman at (eaglewoman@uidaho.edu).  Abstracts should be no longer than two pages.  Abstracts will be reviewed when received by the deadline and chosen authors notified in a timely manner.  Completed papers will be due by Monday, March 1st, 2010.

**Papers selected will result in publication in the Washburn Law Journal.  Authors are not required to attend the AALS Conference.  The Speakers for this year’s Symposium panel at the AALS Conference are: Professor Robert J. Miller; Professor Judith Royster; and Legislative Director/Tribal Attorney Helaman Hancock.

William Mitchell Law Review Call for Papers

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Call for Papers – Indian Law

William Mitchell Law Review, Vol. 36, Issue II (Fall 2009)

The William Mitchell Law Review is proud to dedicate its second issue to Indian Law in its upcoming Volume 36 (fall 2009). We are currently seeking papers that examine current issues and recent developments in this important area of law. Submissions may either take the form of shorter commentaries or longer law review articles.

The William Mitchell Law Review is highly regarded both regionally and nationally. Our Law Review recently ranked twenty-second in citations by judges and ranked fifty-seventh in citations by other law journals, culminating in an overall ranking of seventieth. Over the years, the William Mitchell Law Review has featured the works of various scholars and practitioners such as Congressman Tim Penny, and former Vice President Walter Mondale. The William Mitchell Law Review has also published nationally known legal experts ranging from Philip Bruner, to Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O’Connor, Byron White, and Harry Blackmun. Now, we would like to invite you to join us to publish in our upcoming volume.

Please direct inquiries to Executive Editor Vanessa Denis at vanessa.denis@wmitchell.edu.

Please send submissions to lreview@wmitchell.edu or mail them to our Editorial Office.

Please note that the Law Review prefers electronic submissions.

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CFP: Centering Anishinaabeg Studies Book

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Call For Papers:

Centering Anishinaabeg Studies: Understanding the World Through Stories

Editors: Jill Doerfler, Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark, Niigonwedom James Sinclair

Describing how to understand Anishinaabeg cosmology and epistemology in his 1976 book Ojibway Heritage, Basil Johnston writes that “it is in story, fable, legend, and myth that fundamental understandings, insights, and attitudes toward life and human conduct, character, and quality in their diverse forms are embodied and passed on” (7).  As scholar Gerald Vizenor remarks in a 1992 interview with Laura Coltelli: “You can’t understand the world without telling a story.  There isn’t any center to the world but story” (156).

Responding to calls for tribally-centered critical approaches in American Indian Studies/Native Studies, this critical anthology focuses on Anishinaabeg (Ojibwe/Chippewa) Studies and the ways in which stories might serve as a center for the field. We invite engagement with and employment of the term “story” in its multifaceted meanings. Simply put, the essays in this book will explore and engage with the following questions:

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Call for Papers: Law and Lit at CUNY — 2010

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Kevin Maillard at Faculty Lounge has posted a call for papers for CUNY’s Law and Literature symposium. As the organizers and hosts of the only (so far) symposium on American Indian Law and Literature (our 2007 Indigenous Law Conference), and contributors to the only (so far) special symposium issue of a law journal dedicated to American Indian Law and Lit (American Indian Law Review’s volume 33, issue no. 1), we sincerely hope to see some American Indian law and lit papers at CUNY.

ASLCH Call for Papers

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

From Law & Humanities Blog:

Call for Participation: 13th Annual ASLCH Conference

March 19-20, 2010
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

The Association for the Study of Law, Culture and the Humanities is an organization of scholars engaged in interdisciplinary, humanistic legal scholarship. The Association brings together a wide range of people engaged in scholarship on legal history, legal theory, jurisprudence, law and cultural studies, law and literature, law and the performing arts, and legal hermeneutics. We want to encourage dialogue across and among these fields about issues of interpretation, identity, ideals, values, authority, obligation, justice, and about law¹s place in culture.

We will be accepting proposals for panels, roundtables, papers, and volunteers for chairs and discussants from July 15th until October 15th 2009.

PLEASE NOTE: To submit proposals, please go to the online submission site https://www.regonline.com/13thAnnual

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Indigenous Law Journal — 2009 Call for Submissions

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The Indigenous Law Journal at the University of Toronto is now accepting submissions from Students and Professionals for Volume IX (Fall 2010).

The submission deadline is:  September 30, 2009.

For full details on the submission process and on our student awards, please see: http://www.indigenouslawjournal.org/

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Call for Papers: Great Lakes History Conference

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Indigenous Peoples of the Globe:
Colonization and Adaptation

Call for Papers: Great Lakes History Conference
November 13 & 14, 2009

The 34th annual Great Lakes History Conference, sponsored by Grand Valley State University’s History Department, will be held in Grand Rapids, Michigan on November 13 & 14, 2009. The theme is “Indigenous Peoples of the Globe: Colonization and Adaptation.”  Along with exchanging ideas and research, we also desire panels on innovative ways of teaching this year?s topic to students at every level.

We are pleased to welcome Sherman Alexie and Amy Lonetree (Ho-Chunk) as our keynote speakers.

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Call for Papers: South Dakota Law Review

Kate Fort

From the South Dakota Law Review:

The South Dakota Law Review is pleased to announce that it has
selected the 20th anniversary of the Employment Division v. Smith
decision as the topic for its annual symposium issue.  The Smith
decision remains central to our understanding of the scope of religious
protection Americans enjoy and continues to provoke much debate.  The
anniversary provides an occasion for scholars to engage the decision,
its impact on Free Exercise doctrine, and the subsequent actions by
Congress and the federal courts in the area of Free Exercise.

The Law Review invites the submission of abstracts on any facet of policy
or law research relating to the symposium topic.  The topic will
encompass diverse areas of religion and the law, with an emphasis on Indian law and constitutional law.

To submit an abstract for publication consideration, send an electronic copy of the abstract by email to kelly_jo_minor@yahoo.com by August 10, 2007.  All abstracts must contain original work that has not previously been published.

CFP: Great Lakes History Conference 2009

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Indigenous Peoples of the Globe: Colonization and Adaptation Call for Papers: Great Lakes History Conference November 13 & 14, 2009

The 34th annual Great Lakes History Conference, sponsored by Grand Valley State University’s History Department, will be held in Grand Rapids, Michigan on November 13 & 14, 2009. The theme is “Indigenous Peoples of the Globe: Colonization and Adaptation”. Along with exchanging ideas and research, we also desire panels on innovative ways of teaching this year’s topic to students at every level. We are pleased to welcome Dr. Amy Lonetree (Ho-Chunk), University of California, Santa Cruz, as a keynote speaker.

At the conference, we welcome individual papers and arranged complete panels, and encourage comparative work across regions and chronological boundaries, as well as innovative presentations, including workshops or moderated discussions. If you are interested in presenting a paper, please send an abstract of approximately 200 words and your curriculum vitae to one of the e-mail addresses below. Please include your address, e-mail, and telephone number. The deadline for proposals is June 30, 2009. Those interested in commenting on a session should send a CV and indicate areas of expertise. Papers must take no longer than 30 minutes in a 2-paper session or 20 minutes in a 3-paper session. Sessions will last 90 minutes.

Conference headquarters will be at Grand Valley State University’s L.V. Eberhard Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Hotel accommodations will be available at the Days Hotel of Grand Rapids which is across from the L.V. Eberhard Center. The conference is within easy walking distance to museums and restaurants. Grand Rapids is served by most major and regional airlines.

Please share this information with your colleagues and students. Address all inquiries and abstracts to:

Dr. Matthew Daley, daleym@gvsu.edu
Dr. Scott Stabler, stablers@gvsu.edu

William Mitchell Law Review Call for Papers

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

William Mitchell Law Review is seeking submissions for its second symposium issue dedicated to American Indian Law.

The call for papers is here — william-mitchell-call-for-papers

Please direct inquiries to Executive Editor Vanessa Denis at vanessa.denis@wmitchell.edu.
Please send submissions to lreview@wmitchell.edu or mail them to our Editorial Office.
Please note that the Law Review prefers electronic submissions.