{"id":685,"date":"2018-02-01T17:51:24","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T22:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/american-studies\/?p=685"},"modified":"2018-02-01T17:51:24","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T22:51:24","slug":"cfp-socialism-democracy-w-e-b-du-bois-life-thought-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/american-studies\/2018\/cfp-socialism-democracy-w-e-b-du-bois-life-thought-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"CFP: Socialism and Democracy in W. E. B. Du Bois\u2019 Life, Thought, and Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 150th anniversary of W. E. B. Du Bois\u2019 birth, 2018, offers an opportune moment to reflect on his remarkable life and legacy in light of his specific commitments to socialism and democracy. Moreover, the current political moment calls on activists\/scholars to explore how Du Bois\u2019 socialist and Marxist commitments can inform our praxis. The deficiencies of racial capitalism are clear and undeniable; therefore, we ask how Du Bois\u2019 radicalism can shape our historical understanding and infuse our reflections about the future?<\/p>\n

Devoting a Socialism and Democracy<\/em> issue to Du Bois taps into a vibrant and growing stream of incredibly important work on the black intellectual that addresses both the origins and outcomes, indeed the transformation of his political and intellectual work from a reform-minded progressive in his early days to a genuine radical during the Cold War. Reflecting this sense of change over time with clear reflections on how and why it matters today, we envision a Socialism and Democracy<\/em> special issue that illuminates the range and evolution, the shifts and changes in Du Bois\u2019 commitment to historical materialism as a political and interpretive framework. Put another way, contributors might consider Du Bois\u2019 political radicalism, anti-capitalist thought, Pan-Africanism, and Marxism in both their historical context and their meaning for our own day. To these ends, we invite 5,000 – 7,000-word essays that recover and reassess the relationship between Du Bois, socialism, and democracy, broadly defined, spanning across his lifetime. Topics to consider include, but are not limited to<\/em>:<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Du Bois and socialism in Germany as a student<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Du Bois and his brief membership in US Socialist Party<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Du Bois and The Crisis<\/em> on Communism and Marxism (i.e., articles he wrote, and articles published on these subjects when he was editor, ca. 1910-1934)<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Du Bois, the Talented Tenth (in both its original and revised conceptions), and socialism and democracy<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Du Bois\u2019 anti-imperialist thought and World War I in relation to Lenin\u2019s thesis<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Du Bois, Marxism, and Black Reconstruction<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Du Bois\u2019 Atlanta University courses (ca. 1934-1944) and teaching Marx and Marxism<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Socialism, communism, and Marxism in Du Bois\u2019 autobiographical writings (e.g., Dusk of Dawn<\/em>, Autobiography<\/em>, etc.)<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Socialism, communism, and Marxism in Du Bois\u2019 creative writings (e.g., poetry, novels, etc.)<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Anticommunism and Du Bois\u2019 engagement with socialism, communism, and Marxism (e.g., newspaper columns, speeches, correspondence, etc.)<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Du Bois and Cold War-era peace activism<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Du Bois, Pan-Africanism, Colonialism, Anticolonialism vis-\u00e0-vis socialism, communism, and Marxism in global perspective<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Du Bois and his classes at the Jefferson School of Social Science<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Du Bois\u2019 travels to Russia, China, Africa, and Europe, etc. in relation to his developing ideas on socialism, communism, and Marxism<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Shirley Graham Du Bois\u2019 influence on Du Bois\u2019 leftist radicalism (i.e., the network of radicals with whom Du Bois had contact during his late career)<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Du Bois\u2019 later years and socialism, communism, and Marxism ca. 1930s-1960s (e.g., membership in CPUSA)<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Du Bois\u2019 radicalism and his exclusion from the academy<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Du Bois\u2019 legacy in light of socialism, communism, and Marxism<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Du Bois and the Black Radical Tradition for today<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Du Bois and ideology (e.g., double consciousness, color line as 20th century\u2019s main problem, etc.)<\/p>\n

Timeline:<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Feb 28, 2018: contributor 500-word abstracts due<\/u> to editors<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 June 1, 2018: articles due<\/u> to editors<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 June: editors edit articles<\/u> and send to contributors<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 July-August: contributors edit for final revisions<\/u><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sept 1: hard deadline for final version<\/u> of articles<\/p>\n

Contact Information:<\/p>\n

Correspondence with and submissions to the guest editors may be sent to: dubois2018@sdonline.org<\/a><\/p>\n

To view issues of Socialism and Democracy<\/em>, please visit:<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/toc\/csad20\/current<\/a> (current issue)<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 http:\/\/SDonline.org<\/a> (archive)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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