CFP: Crossing Borders: Traveling, Teaching, and Learning in a Global Age

[Francis Hult]

http://crossingborders2011conference.weebly.com/call-for-papers.html

 

Crossing Borders: Traveling, Teaching, and Learning in a Global Age

 

New Institute of Technology/Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Xianlin Campus

 

Nanjing, China

 

April 16th and April 17th, 2011

 

Abstract and panel proposal submission deadline: August 31st, 2010

 

Our conference topic focuses on borders, both real and imagined.  Border crossings can take place, for instance, between nations, cultures, and minds; and may express limitations or enhanced understanding. As borders suggest both barriers and closeness, they paradoxically can be sites of fear, trauma, stagnation; or they can be dynamic and fluid places of discovery and change.  In this age of technology, borders can shrink or they can be redefined, replaced, and reestablished.  We are interested in exploring how we perceive and interpret border crossings that take place as we travel, teach, and learn in a global age.

 

Call for Papers:

Interdisciplinary approaches are encouraged.  Topics may include, but are not limited to:
Teaching: online courses vs. traditional courses, ESL courses, teaching abroad
Communication and Linguistics: translations, telecommunications, bi- or multilingualism, texting/IM, linguistic borders



Arts: visual arts, creative writing, photography, dance, music 
Travel: travel writing genre, studying abroad, living abroad, virtual travel
Culture and Identity: multiculturalism, transnationalism, disability, postcolonialism, cyber culture, cyber identities, race relations, gender, sexuality, self vs. community, fetishism, rituals, customs, globalization, diasporas, imaginary homelands
Science and Technology: Western vs. traditional or holistic medicine, genetic engineering, space exploration, doctors without borders, internet, "gaming", piracy, copyright infringement, film reception across borders
Philosophy and Rhetoric: comparative/contrastive philosophical thought

We welcome academics and researchers, along with graduate and postgraduate students, from local, national, and international universities to submit abstracts pertaining to border crossings.  We seek submissions from all branches of the humanities, the social sciences, the sciences, and the arts. 

 

Guidelines: 

500 word abstracts should be submitted to Dr. Katyna Johnson at kjohns03 at nyit.edu. The presenter's name, a short bio, address, telephone, email, and institutional affiliation should be submitted along with the abstract.  Please indicate if you need an audio-visual equipment or need any other technical equipment.  Final papers should be approximately 15 minutes and no longer than 20 minutes.  We also welcome other presentation formats such as film, photography, and dance. 

Proposals for panel sessions should include three speakers.  Each session will last for one hour: forty-five minutes for the speakers and fifteen minutes for questions and discussion.  Panel proposals should include: 
(1) Panel title
(2) Paper titles
(3) Abstracts for each paper (500 words)  
(4) Names of presenters
(5) short biography for each participant 
(6) Institutional affiliation, telephone, and email, and address for each participant
(7) Audio-visual and other technical requirements

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