[EDLING:2407] CFP: Writing Research Across Borders

[Francis M Hult]

> WRITING RESEARCH ACROSS BORDERS
> AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE
> 
> 2008 Santa Barbara Conference on Writing Research
> University of California Santa Barbara
> February 22-24, 2008
> 
> Call for Proposals:
> Theme:  Writing Research Across Borders
> Due Date:  May 1
> Length: under 300 words
> 
> The Gevirtz Graduate School of Education and the Writing Programs at  
> the University of California, Santa Barbara and the University of  
> California, Davis invite proposals for their interdisciplinary  
> conference, "Writing Research Across Borders," to be held February  
> 22-24, 2008 in Santa Barbara, California.
> 
> This is an exciting time where research on writing is having many  
> births, rebirths, and growing spurts in many nations, with foci on  
> many levels of schooling and development across the lifespan.  At the  
> 2008 Santa Barbara Conference on Writing Research we hope to foster  
> dialogues across different writing research traditions, located in  
> varied national, disciplinary, and programmatic venues. We have  
> invited a premier panel of plenary and featured speakers to represent  
> the diversity of writing research in the world
> and to open the door for further broad participation from researchers  
> of all nations interested in exploring writing across all life stages,  
> institutional settings, and disciplinary approaches.
> 
> This conference follows on the successes of the 2002 and 2005 Santa  
> Barbara Conferences on Writing Research, which had the themes of  
> "Writing as A Human Activity" and "Writing Research in the Making."  
> Information about the 2005 conference is available at  
> http://education.ucsb.edu/netshare/wrconf05/.  Further information  
> about our upcoming 2008 conference is available at  
> http://www.writing.ucsb.edu/wrconf08/.
> 
> We invite proposals for panels, roundtables, and individual  
> presentations that discuss works in progress, completed research, and  
> reflections on how writing research is conceived, proposed, funded,  
> carried out, published, and responded to.  Conference proposals should  
> be submitted by May 1, 2007.  Proposals should be under 300 words and  
> in English (for a fuller statement on  language diversity at our  
> conference, please see  
> http://www.writing.ucsb.edu/wrconf08/language.html ). Please send  
> proposals via email (as a Microsoft Word attachment or in the email  
> body) to writing at education.ucsb.edu or send paper copies to the  
> address below.
> 
> 
> TRAVEL ASSISTANCE FELLOWSHIPS:
> 
> In addition, through the generosity of the Writing Program of the  
> University of
> California at Davis and Chris Thaiss, the Clark Kerr Professor of  
> Writing at UC Davis, we are able to offer a small number of  
> fellowships to help support travel expenses for speakers.  Fellowships  
> will be awarded based on financial need and proposal quality.  If you  
> would like to apply for a fellowship, please submit a separate  
> fellowship application letter explaining your need for funding.
> 
> If you have questions about the fellowship application letter or other  
> aspects of the submission process, please feel free to contact Dr.  
> Charles Bazerman or Suzie Null, the Writing Research Across Borders  
> Conference Coordinators.  Both can be reached at the address at the  
> bottom of the page.
> 
> Thank you for your interest in our conference.  If you have any  
> questions please contact us at the above addresses below.
> 
> For the Organizing Committee,
> 
> Charles Bazerman
> Sheridan Blau
> Robert Krut
> Susan McLeod
> Suzie Null
> Paul Rogers
> Amanda Stansell
> 
> http://www.writing.ucsb.edu/wrconf08/.
> writing at education.ucsb.edu
> 
> 
> Committee Contact Information:
> writing at education.ucsb.edu. or
> Writing Research Across Borders Conference
> Proposal Committee
> c/o Charles Bazerman
> Gevirtz Graduate School of Education
> UC Santa Barbara
> Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9490