Call for papers: Storytelling in the Americas -- DEADLINE FOR ABS TRACTS 15 DECEMBER 2000

[Scott McGinnis]

Date:  Mon, 27 Nov 2000 15:37:05 -0500 (EST)
From:  Irene Blayer <ics at www.brocku.ca>
Subject:  Storytelling in the Americas




                 Storytelling in the Americas Conference

                         Second Call for Papers



                         August 30 to September 1, 2001
                                 Brock University
                         St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

                 (keynote speaker: Mario Valdes, University of Toronto)


                                 Call for Papers


We welcome the submission of abstracts for 20-minute talks. Papers
accepted for presentation will be considered for an independent
volume. Submissions must address the issue of storytelling in the
Americas. Specific areas of inquiry include, but are not limited to
the following:



      Aboriginal Studies                                      Literary
Studies
      Audience and Reader's Response                  Myth
      Children's Narratives                           Oral Traditions
      Cinema                                          Power and Language
      Ethnolinguistics                                        Semiotics
      Gender                                          Testimonial
Narratives


The deadline for receiving abstracts is December 15, 2000. Acceptance
of your paper for presentation implies a commitment on your part to
register and attend the conference. Notification of acceptance will be
sent out on March 2, 2001. Only one individual and one joint abstract
per author will be accepted. Send 3 copies of a 250 word
abstract. (Submissions by e-mail are also encouraged. Abstracts sent
via e-mail should be in Microsoft Word or RTF file format.) Include
the title of the paper on the abstract, but not the names. Papers may
be given in English, French, Portuguese or Spanish. Please include a
cover page with the following:

                    author's name(s) and affiliation(s)
                    title of presentation
                    mailing address
                    e-mail address
                    fax number

Abstracts should be sent to either contact below.

                        Storytelling in the Americas
                        c/o Dr. Mark Anderson
                        Dept. of History
                        Brock University
                        St. Catharines, Ontario
                        Canada L2S 3A1
                        e-mail: manderso at spartan.ac.brocku.ca

                        Storytelling in the Americas
                         c/o Dr. Irene Blayer
                        Dept. of French, Italian and Spanish
                        Brock University
                        St. Catharines, Ontario
                        Canada L2S 3A1
                        e-mail: blayer at spartan.ac.brocku.ca

                                OR

                        ics at www.BrockU.CA

                                OR

Fax: 905-688-2789, attention: Irene Blayer, Department of French,
Italian and Spanish

Note: The independent volume from the 1999 conference (Storytelling:
_Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Perspectives_ published by Peter
Lang) will be available.

URL of this document:
http://www.brocku.ca/storytelling/callforpapers.htm
               Conference questions: ics at www.BrockU.CA