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THE SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
ON
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
UNIVERSITY OF CAIRO
17th- 19th DECEMBER, 2002
TRANS/INTER-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION
This conference invites dialogue across cultures and traditional
disciplinary boundaries. Papers are invited dealing with all aspects of
interdisciplinary study, in all Literatures in English and in translation,
as well as in the Arts, the Humanities and Sciences. The conference
encourages submissions that examine "language" and "text" both within these
disciplines and across these disciplines. The aim is to provide studies that
help in crossing cultural and language barriers.
Suggested Topic Areas:
- Cultural Crossing
- Cultural Friction
- Crossing Boundaries of Ethnicity
- Non-verbal communication (visual and body language)
- E-communication
- Relationality
- Inter-gender communication
- New developments
- Envisioning north/south cultural relations today
- The role of translation
- Second language acquisition
- Contrastive linguistics
- Cross-linguistic / cross-cultural studies
Keynote speakers will include writers on inter-disciplinary studies and
cultural communication.
The official languages of the Symposium are Arabic and English.
Presentations during the Symposium should not exceed 20 minutes.
Registration fee:
- L.E. 20 for Egyptians and Foreign Residents
- $150 for overseas contributors (including five days accommodation on bed &
breakfast basis).
- No fee for undergraduate students
Publication Fee for Contributors:
All presentations and subsequent papers to be considered for publication
should not have been presented elsewhere or previously published. All papers
will be refereed for publication.
- $150 for non- Egyptians
- L.E. 250 for Egyptians
Above amounts are payable at registration desk. Cost includes registration
fee and two copies of the Proceedings. If paper is not accepted for
publication, this sum will be refunded minus the registration fee.
Deadline for submission of abstract 30th June 2002.
Please complete the attached form and send both a typewritten hard copy and
diskette to:
Chair,
Department of English Language and Literature,
Faculty of Arts,
Cairo University,
Gamaa St., Giza, Egypt.
Or by e-mail to: sympcomlit@egyptgates.com
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