West Virginia University College of Law hosts The New Color Lines: What Will It Mean to Be an American? January 29-31, 2015. The conference will explore the legal implications of the projected end of a nationwide white ethnic majority in the United States by 2043. Selected papers from this Conference will be published in the West Virginia Law Review.
This Mid-Atlantic People of Color Conference seeks innovative panel and paper proposals exploring the legal implications of this projected demographic shift. We welcome proposals from legal and interdisciplinary scholars. Panel proposals should include a cover page with the working titles of each paper, the full name and institutional affiliation of each presenter, a current c.v. for each presenter (with current e-mail address and telephone number), and a description of the panel not to exceed 500 words. Individual paper proposals should include the working title, the authors full name and institutional affiliation, the authors current c.v. (with current e-mail address and telephone number), and an abstract not to exceed 250 words. Please e-mail panel and paper proposals (and any questions) to Bertha Romine at bertha.romine[@]mail.wvu.edu no later than September 15, 2014. We shall get back to you no later than October 15, 2014. Participants who wish to be considered for publication in the West Virginia Law Review must submit a full draft no later than December 15, 2014.
Works-in-Progress Program. MAPOCs long-standing works-in-progress (WIP) workshop provides a comfortable and constructive environment where authors can workshop scholarship in any stage of development to a dedicated discussant and supportive audience. Please e-mail your WIP abstract (and any questions) to MAPOCWIP2015[@]gmail.com no later than November 30, 2014, to be included in the WIP program.
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