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Issues in Critical Investigation (ICI) is an initiative that seeks to stimulate new scholarship in the fields of African Diasporic studies. Designed to broaden perspectives in the relevant fields and to fill a vacuum that exists for young scholars between the time that they complete work for the Ph.D. and when they are reviewed for tenure, ICI is a cooperative venture that aims to sharpen the critical and competitive edge of its participants. ICI will offer two prizes biennially in the Humanities and the Social Sciences for the best book manuscript or manuscript of linked essays on any specific aspect of the study of the African Diaspora.

Announcing: ICI Biennial Symposium,
"The Environment, the Anthropocene, and the African Diaspora." October 4-7, 2018: CfP is Now Live!

ICI invites participants to a symposium dedicated to the exploration of the African Diaspora as a social, historical, political, and discursive problematic. ICI will take place at Vanderbilt University, and will examine a range of issues under the general theme, "The Environment, the Anthropocene, and the African Diaspora."

We will feature two keynote talks by distinguished speakers (TBA) over the course of the weekend.

We invite scholars to submit paper and panel proposals on topics relating
to the environment and the African Diaspora by February 15, 2018.
Please send these
proposals to ici@vanderbilt.edu.

Announcing: Issues in Critical Investigation 2018 Manuscript Competition

We are thrilled to invite scholars to submit a work-in-progress—either a complete
manuscript, or a series of linked essays, on African Diaspora Studies, along with a cover letter, a CV, and a brief description of the project that explains its core argument(s), why the work is important, what makes it different than other works and its intended ideal audience.

A complete submission will include three copies of the manuscript: one with the author’s name and academic affiliation clearly labeled; two that do not
bear the author’s name and affiliation. Because these manuscripts go out to readers, we wish to preserve the identity of the writer, who will be known only to ICI staff.

The deadline for the receipt of this material is January 15, 2018. Please see the Manuscript Competition How To Submit a Manuscript and Timeline for important dates on upcoming competitions and additional details.

Issues in Critical Investigation
Hortense Spillers, Executive Director
Phone: 615-322-3421
Fax: 615-343-8028
ici@vanderbilt.edu