CFP: Annual Meeting at Texas Tech on Vietnam War Refugees and Their Story
The Vietnam Center at Texas Tech University requests proposals for papers
to be presented at a conference on the Overseas Vietnamese Experience, to
be held at the International Cultural Center of Texas Tech University in
Lubbock, Texas, March 31 - April 1, 2000. Topics for papers can include
any topic related to the Overseas Vietnamese experience. Papers
representing all points of view are welcome. It is the Vietnam Center's
established policy to encourage active participation by graduate students;
proposals by them will receive favorable consideration.
We encourage papers relating to all aspects of the Overseas Vietnamese
Experience; however, we particularly seek papers examining the following
themes:
1. Building a new life: issues in the challengese posed in adjustment and
acculturation of overseas Vietnamese.
2. Community building and the politics of Vietnamese communities in host
countries.
3. Second-generation overseas Vietnamese: their role in the community and
issues relating to them.
4. Relations between overseas Vietnamese and their home country.
Individuals interested in presenting papers are encouraged to submit a
one-page outline proposal to Dr. James R. Reckner, Director of the Vietnam
Center. Submissions can be electronically to Dr. Reckner at
jjrec@ttacs.ttu.edu or vietnam.center@ttu.edu, or via mail to:
James R. Reckner
The Vietnam Center
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX 79409-1045
Telephone: (806) 742-3742
Fax: (806) 742-8664
Website: http://www.ttu.edu/~vietnam
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