CFP: The Medium is the Lesson: Using Literature, Film, and New Media to Teach Politics

The editors invite submission of abstracts for an edited volume on the use of literature, film, and new media (broadly defined) in political science pedagogy. In particular we are interested in chapter-length pieces that examine innovative and non-traditional “texts” within the political classroom including: literature, art, film, theatre, music, advertising, simulations and role-playing, as well as internet resources such as YouTube and social networking media. We welcome submissions from all sub-fields of political science and government as well as related disciplines, and support a methodologically pluralistic approach to exploring the questions above. In addition, we welcome submissions covering teaching at all levels of higher education, from introductory surveys to graduate seminars. A publication timetable has not yet been set. Interested authors should contact the editors via email with any questions or to submit their abstracts of no more than 350 words by March 1, 2010 to: Robert W. Glover (gloverrw@jmu.edu) and Daniel Tagliarina (daniel.tagliarina@uconn.edu).