Arabic-L:GEN:Africa and the West Conference

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1) Subject:Africa and the West Conference

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Date: 28 Jan 2009
From:mnnassif at byu.edu
Subject:Africa and the West Conference

Colloque international/International Conference

Regards croisés sur deux espaces : l’Afrique & l’Occident
Reciprocal Images of Two Spaces: Africa and the West

  (4 & 5 May 2009)


The Research Group “Langues, Littérature, Civilisation & Histoire en  
Afrique” invites proposals

(up to 300 words) for an inter-disciplinary conference on the theme of  
Reciprocal Images of Two Spaces:

Africa and the West to be held in the University of Oran, Algeria, on  
4–5 May 2009.

Papers addressing any of the following themes are invited:

1- Identity, otherness and migratory movement;

2- Contact of languages and cultures;

3- Intercultural space;

4- Cultural relativism;

5- Mediterraneity.


Please note that the languages of the conference are English/French/ 
Arabic and presentation time for each

paper is limited to 20 minutes.Abstracts and a short bio notice should  
be sent by 31 January 2009 to:

colloque2009 at aol.fr. Full-length papers should be sent by 25 April 2009.



Our Research Group offers full accommodation for 3 nights to all  
participants. Travel expenses will, however,

be at the charge of participants.

A selection of papers will be published in the Africa & the West  
Journal in a volume of proceedings in 2009.

Participants are kindly advised to check with the Algerian Embassy in  
the country of their residence whether they are required to have a  
visa to get to Algeria.

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