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Date: 16 Nov 2007
From:Cairo Symposium <cairosymposium08 at yahoo.com>
Subject:Cairo Comp Lit Symposium Nov 2008 CFP

  Call for Papers

The Ninth International Symposium on Comparative Literature

November 4-6, 2008

Department of English Language and Literature, Cairo University

“Egypt at the Crossroads: Literary and Linguistic Studies”
Deadline for abstracts: March 15, 2008

Because of its geographical, historical, and cultural placement,  
Egypt has been—since time immemorial—both literally and  
metaphorically at the crossroads. Enjoying the strategic location  
that it does—at a meeting point between Africa and Asia, facilitating  
contact between the two continents and Europe, and at a juncture  
between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea—Egypt is a rich amalgam of  
diverse cultural heritages: Ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Persian,  
Coptic, Islamic. Influenced by all these and, in modern times, the  
French and British, the inhabitants are in the happy position of  
being hybrid—African, Arab, Mediterranean—but indubitably and  
inimitably Egyptian. It is, perhaps, this unique situation that  
inspired the Egyptian geographer Gamal Hamdan (1928-1993) to write of  
Egypt as having a “natural gift” which may explain “the secret of  
Egypt’s survival and vitality through the ages and in spite of the  
ages.”

Contributors to the Symposium are invited to explore the various  
aspects and paradoxes of Egypt through literature and language,  
making use of, though by no means restricted to, the following  
suggested topics:

Egypt in World Literature (African/Arab/Mediterranean)
Teaching Egyptian/Arabic Literature in Non-Egyptian Cultures
Teaching English Literature in Non-English-Speaking Cultures
The Presentness of the Past in Literature and Language
Egyptian Literature in Translation
Travel Literature
Revisiting the Canon in Literary and Linguistic Studies
New Forms in Literary and Linguistic Studies
Orientalism: Past and Present
The Quest for Identity
Cross-Linguistic/Cross-Cultural Studies of Different Discourse Types
Presentations may be in one of the following forms: papers (20  
minutes), workshops (45 or 90 minutes), and poster sessions.

Please complete the form below and send it to the following address:  
cairosymposium08 at yahoo.com

Guidelines for submissions:

§       The languages of the Symposium are English and Arabic.

§       Replies will be posted by April 30, 2008.

§       Fees: Registration and Proceedings + cultural events: USD 300  
for non-Egyptian participants; LE 300 for Egyptian participants; LE  
50 for attendance; free admission for students.



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