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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Crossing Borders: Traveling, Teaching, and Learning in a Global Age</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">New Institute of Technology/Nanjing <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Posts</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> and Telecommunications, Xianlin Campus</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Nanjing</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">April 16th and April 17th, 2011</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Abstract and panel proposal submission deadline: August 31st, 2010</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">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.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Call for Papers:</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Interdisciplinary approaches are encouraged. Topics may include, but are not limited to:<BR>Teaching: online courses vs. traditional courses, ESL courses, teaching abroad<BR>Communication and Linguistics: translations, telecommunications, bi- or multilingualism, texting/IM, linguistic borders<BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Arts: visual arts, creative writing, photography, dance, music <BR>Travel: travel writing genre, studying abroad, living abroad, virtual travel<BR>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<BR>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<BR>Philosophy and Rhetoric: comparative/contrastive philosophical thought<BR><BR>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. </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Guidelines: </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">500 word abstracts should be submitted to Dr. Katyna Johnson at kjohns03@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. <BR><BR>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: <BR>(1) Panel title<BR>(2) Paper titles<BR>(3) Abstracts for each paper (500 words) <BR>(4) Names of presenters<BR>(5) short biography for each participant <BR>(6) Institutional affiliation, telephone, and email, and address for each participant<BR>(7) Audio-visual and other technical requirements</P></DIV></BODY></HTML>