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Culture Wars in the United States: The Politics of Religious Conservatism in Obama’s Time
International Conference
Thursday, October 14th, 2010
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Guerres culturelles aux États-Unis. Regards critiques sur les guerres culturelles
Culture Wars in the United States: The Politics of Religious Conservatism in Obama's Time
International Conference organized by the Center for United States Studies
Simultaneous translation will be available.
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Conference venue
Thursday, October 14th, 2010
Institut de tourisme et d'hôtellerie du Québec (ITHQ)
3535 Saint-Denis Street, Montreal
Sherbrooke Metro Station
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Fees
Regular Fee: $50 / Free for students (with student ID). Registration fees to be paid cash, by credit or debit the day of the conference.
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Conference theme
The first two years of Barack Obama's presidency have shown that the culture wars continue unabated in the United States (for example, a proposal to ban gay mariage in California was passed on the same day Obama was elected; in May 2009, a pro-life activist murdered a doctor who performed late-term abortions; and in September 2010, a Christian Pastor scheduled Koran burning while many Americans were still debating the building of a mosque near Ground Zero). Accordingly, the goal of this conference is to generate a deeper understanding of U.S. culture wars and to ponder the impact of the moral/religious/christian right on U.S. society and politics. Moreover, the conference aims at assessing the transformations of U.S. conservatism and the possible impact of new conservative elements such as the Tea Party movement on the November 2010 midterm elections. These elections could indeed lead to the return of Republican majorities in the U.S. Congress and to substantial Republican/conservative gains in gubernatorial contests across the country.
- 8:15 Registration
- 8:45 – 9:00 Welcoming Remarks and Introduction
Frédérick Gagnon, Director, Center for United States Studies, Raoul Dandurand Chair and Professor of political science, UQAM
- 9:00 – 10:30 First Panel
Birthers, Deathers and Tea Partiers: U.S. Conservatism, the Moral/Religious/Christian Right and the State of U.S. Culture Wars in Obama's Time
Chair: Frédérick Gagnon, Director, Center for United States Studies, Raoul Dandurand Chair and Professor of political science, UQAM
After the Culture War ?: Shifts and Continuities in American Religious Conservatism
John Dombrink, Professor, Department of Criminology, Law & Society, University of California, Irvine
Crusade or Charade? The Religious Right and the Culture Wars
Graham G. Dodds, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Concordia University, Montreal
Immigration and the Politics of Cultural Identity in post-Obama America
Rhys H. Williams, Professor, Department of Sociology, Loyola University, Chicago
- 10:00 – 10:30 Question Period
- 10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break
- 10:45 – 12:15 Second Panel
Critical Perspectives about the U.S. Culture Wars and the the Moral/Religious/Christian Right
Chair: Sébastien Barthe, Ph.D. Candidate and lecturer, Department of Political Science, UQAM
Hypermediating and Remediating Culture Wars Infotainment TV: How Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Strike Back at O'Reilly, Hannity and Beck
David Grondin, Assistant Professor, School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa
La droite chrétienne et le pouvoir sexiste : le rôle des organisations et des personnalités locales
Véronique Pronovost, M.A. Candidate, Department of Political Science, University of Québec at Montreal
Cinéma américain, communication politique et information dans les années 2000
Isabelle Gusse, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Québec at Montreal
- 11:45 – 12:15 Question Period
- 12:15 – 14:00 Lunch
- 14:00 – 15:30 Third Panel
U.S. Culture Wars as Seen from the Other Side of the Atlantic : French Research on U.S. Conservatism and the Moral/Religious/Christian Right
Chair: Bruno Ramirez, Full Professor, Department of History, University of Montreal
Israël : enjeu des guerres culturelles aux États-Unis, de George W. Bush à Barack Obama
Antoine Coppolani, Professor, University of Montpellier, France
La fabrication de l'ennemi : les mécanismes de conquête du pouvoir des néo-évangélistes américains et la montée de l'islamisme sunnite dans les pays du monde arabe
Pierre Conesa, Lecturer, Fondation nationale des Sciences politiques, Paris, France
Rôle et place des « guerres culturelles » dans le discours politique des évangéliques nord-américains
Mokhtar Ben Barka, Professor, Université de Valenciennes, France
- 15:00 – 15:30 Question Period
- 15:30 – 15:45 Coffee Break
- 15:45 – 17:15 Roundtable
U.S. Culture Wars as Seen from North of the 49th Parallel : Canadian and Québécois Research on U.S. Conservatism and the Moral/Religious/Christian Right
Host: Philippe Marcoux, Journalist, French CBC Radio
L'instrumentalisation du concept de totalitarisme dans la guerre culturelle américaine
Frédéric Boily, Professor, Department of Political Science, Saint-Jean Campus, University of Alberta
Le conservatisme américain, une tare historique ?
Louis Balthazar, Professor Emeritus, Laval University, Co-President, Center for United States Studies, Raoul Dandurand Chair, University of Quebec at Montreal
Mariage gai et guerre culturelle en Californie : le débat entourant l'adoption de la proposition 8
Gilles Vandal, Professor, École de politique appliquée, University of Sherbrooke
History on Trial: Internment Denial and the Culture of White Resentment
Greg Robinson, Professor of History, UQAM and Member of the Center for United States Studies, Raoul Dandurand Chair, UQAM
- 17:00 – 17:15 Question Period
- 17:15 – 17:30 Closing Remarks
Charles-Philippe David, Copresident, Center for United States Studies, Raoul Dandurand Chair, UQAM
- 15:30 – 17:00 Poster Session
L'extrême droite américaine à l'ère de l'Amérique d'Obama : le cas du Ku Klux Klan
Maxime Wingender, M.A. in History, University of Québec at Montreal
Arrêts sur image : Entre répression identitaire et volonté d'émancipation : Pouvoir de l'horreur et abjection sur le champ de bataille hollywoodien
Sylvain Munger, Ph.D. Student / School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa.
Main sponsors
Institutional Partner
Institut d'études internationales de Montréal (IEIM)
Promotion Partner
Conseil des relations internationales de Montréal (CORIM)
