Call for Proposals

Conference Call for Papers: The Changing Demographics of US Society May 8-9, 2006 Hosted and Organized by University of London’s Institute for the Study of the Americas And The British Library’s Eccles Centre for American Studies.The Institute for the Study of the Americas at University of London’s School of Advanced Study, and The Eccles Centre for American Studies at the British Library invite papers for a multidisciplinary conference on ‘The Changing Demographics of US Society” Proposals are welcome from all disciplinary perspectives. Papers might address topics including, but not limited to: **regional population and economi c changes and their impact;

**the impact of changing demographics on politics;

**new immigration shifts, and the impact of new immigration;

**the greying of America; **the enduring significance of race and ethnicity;

**borderland populations, lives and literatures.

A selection of the conference papers will be included in a volume edited by Iwan Morgan and Philip Davies, published by The Institute for the Study of the Americas Press (distributed by Brookings Institution Press in the US). Confirmed keynote speakers: William Frey, University of Michigan Population Studies Center And Rhodes Cook, leader in US political opinion polling Accommodation will be provided for one night for UK- and Europe-based speak ers, and four nights for trans-Atlantic-based speakers, or a comparable con tribution to defray conference costs. Deadline for proposals: Monday, 12 December 2005. Proposals (maximum length four pages, including a short c.v.) should be emailed to: Iwan.Morgan@sas.ac.uk and Philip.Davies@bl.uk

KJ