Three factors have changed:
Venue, Dates, and Deadline have changed:
New Venue: Tampa, Florida
New Dates: 10-17 July 2003
New Deadline: May 30, 2003
Here's the updated announcement. Thank you very much.
Due to recent and current events in the Middle East, and in accordance
with U.S. Government directives
(http://travel.state.gov/turkey_warning.html), the Beast Fable Society's
10th International Congress will NOT convene in Turkey. Instead, it will
convene in Tampa, Florida.
Congress Dates: 10-17 July 2003
Location: Tampa, Florida
Host: Park Plaza Hotel (Westshore) www.parkplaza.com
Beast Fable Society:The Congress
In accordance with its objectives, the Society holds an international
congress annually in a different world center Sites have included Agadir
(1988), Copenhagen (1989), Mayagüez (1990), Margarita Island/Caracas
(1991), Glasgow (1992), Marrakech, Morocco (2001), and Malta (2002).
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Call for Papers
10th International Congress : Tampa, Florida
"Animals in Fact, Fable, and Scripture: An Ecumenical Examination."
Congress Dates: 10-17 July 2003
"Animals in Fact, Fable, and Scripture: An Ecumenical Examination" is an
interdisciplinary, cross-cultural look at how human beings from all
walks of life look at, think of, treat/mistreat, write about, teach,
learn from, and cohabitate with animals. This includes--but not limited
to--literary and artistic presentations; theoretical and hermeneutical
approaches; zoological and medical perspectives; ethical, religious, and
philosophical exegeses; public, national, and international policy
making; commercial and financial considerations; and historical and
fictional narratives.
Papers (in English) are welcome from littérateurs, creative writers,
nature writers, and literary scholars; historians; artists;
philosophers; theologians; scientists; economists; ethicists; animal
lovers; journalists who cover animal rights in the media (old journalism
adage: "'Dog bites man' is not a story, but 'man bites dog' is."); and
champions of animal rights.
N.B. All papers and original fables delivered at the Congress will be
considered for publication in Bestia
<http://beastfablesociety.org/bestia.html>, the Society's refereed
Yearbook.
Send 250-word abstract and one-page c.v. by May 30, 2003 to:
Professor Ben Bennani, President
Beast Fable Society
Division of Language and Literature
Truman State University
Kirksville, MO 63501
Email submissions are encouraged: bbennani@truman.edu
Reduced room rates are available to Congress participants and their
immediate family members.
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