The deadline for panel and paper proposals has been extended to December =
15, 2000. Also, please note that we are accepting creative submissions =
(sorry for the confusion).
Call for Papers
The English Graduate Student Association of Louisiana State University =
is pleased to announce the 11th Annual Mardi Gras Graduate Conference on =
Language and Literature (Thursday, February 22 - Friday, February 23, =
2001), featuring keynote speaker Diane Price Herndl, author of Invalid =
Women: Figuring Feminine Illness in American Fiction and Culture and =
co-editor of Feminisms: An Anthology of Literary Theory and Criticism, =
who will present "Hating the Body, Loving the Body: Narrating Disease =
and Disability."=20
Hate. It is the most destructive of all the human emotions. Hate divides =
humanity and frequently ends in violence, war, death, or grief. The =
conference theme encourages participants to explore representations, =
solutions, causes, and effects of hate in language, literature, and =
other cultural formations. Submissions from all periods, disciplines, =
and mediums are welcome, including creative works. In keeping with the =
conference theme, potential areas/methods of investigation may include =
but are not limited to: Popular Culture, Identity =
formation/construction, Cultural Studies, Self Hate, Hate Crimes, Gender =
Studies, Racism, Jingoism, Sexism, New Historicism, Rhetoric of Hate, =
Multiculturalism, Hate in the Classroom, Marxism, Postcolonialism , =
Transcending Hate, Canon (re)formation, Rebellion, Cyber Culture, =
Regional Studies, Nationalism, Hate Speech, Globalization, and =
Psychoanalysis.
250 word abstracts and/or proposals for panels must be e-mailed or =
postmarked by December 15, 2000 and should include: name of presenter, =
mailing address, e-mail address, phone number (home and/or office), and =
title of submission. Via Mail: Dallas Hulsey,11th Annual Mardi Gras =
Conference, Louisiana State University Department of English, 213 Allen =
Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803. Via e-mail: dal6@prodigy.net
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