Hi all,

Jason here, with my concluding post about the conference, and a couple of pictures. As you can tell from Chris and Maureen’s posts (here and here), “States of Emergency” was a thought-provoking and exciting conference. Thanks are definitely due to Bryce Traister, the organizer, for his tremendous efforts (and success!) in putting together such a terrific conference. Following Bryce’s own lead, I also want to pass on CAAS’s thanks to Christine Wall, the Admin Assistant for the Centre for American Studies at the University of Western Ontario: Christine put a lot of work into the conference for us, and we are very grateful for everything!

We also would like to thank various organizations for their support: at Western, the Centre itself, as well as the VP Research, the Deans of Social Sciences, Information and Media Studies, Arts and Humanities and Law, and the Chairs of English and History. We would also like to thank the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and the US Consulate General, Public Affairs Section, in Toronto.

And, finally, thanks to my fellow bloggers, Maureen Mahoney and Chris Lockett for offering their time and intellectual energy to this effort! Thanks!

In closing, I’d like to remind everyone that we can continue the conversations started in London, and begin some new ones, at next year’s conference in Windsor. Keep an eye on this website for updates! Our regular cfp blog will return soon. –Jason

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