The abstract submission deadline for ICOLL 2000 has been moved forward to June
10, 2000.
~~~~~~~Keynote Speaker Nancy K. Miller~~~~~~~
~~~~~Performances of Identity: Voices of the Self~~~~~
~~~~~ICOLL 2000~~~~~
October 20-21, 2000 @ Texas A&M University, College Station Texas
The English Graduate Student Association of Texas A&M University announces
its Interdisciplinary Conference On Language and Literature. You are invited
to submit abstracts (500 words) addressing any aspect of the conference's
theme, "Performances of Identity" which explores the myriad relationships
between "self" and representation. Complete panel proposals are also
encouraged and should include the panel's title, participants' names, and
paper abstracts. All approaches in the humanities are welcome. Submissions
should be postmarked no later than Thursday June 1, 2000. Electronic
submissions welcome, see form on website: @
<http://www-english.tamu.edu/egsa/icoll/>
Possible topics addressing the performance of identities might include the
following:
Autobiographies/ Biographies
Artists' Self-portraits
Philosophical Definitions of Subjectivity
Legal Definitions of What Constitutes a Person
Multicultural Literature/Multiculturalism
Race and/or Gender
Cross-Dressing--for men and for women
Gay and Lesbian Studies
Women's Studies
Writing from the Margin
Negotiating Between Academic Identities
Negotiating the Profession
Literary Theory
Film/Stage
Colonialism/Post Colonialism
Pseudonymous/Anonymous Writers
Creative Writing--Fiction and Poetry that addresses the conference theme
Propose your own complete panel (3-4 presenters per panel)
The following topics are being sponsored by the Discourse-Oriented Student
Society of Texas A&M. If your submission relates to any of these topics,
please write "DSSA" on your abstract/panel proposal.
Classroom Identities
Graduate Student/Teacher Identities
Functional Linguistics and Discourse Analysis
Interstices in Classical and Modern Rhetoric
Technical Writing
See our website @ http://www-english.tamu.edu/egsa/icoll/ To submit your
abstracts, proposals, and to read more about our conference. You can also
join the listserv online.
Address submissions to:
Amy Childers, ICOLL Abstracts
Dept. of English
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
77843-4227
aac9841@unix.tamu.edu
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Amy Childers
512-436-8470
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