CFP: Imagined Communities: Nation, Race, Home, Family in Literature (12/6/04; 4/22/05-4/24/05)

CALL FOR PAPERS

THE EIGHTH ANNUAL

RED RIVER CONFERENCE ON WORLD LITERATURE

APRIL 22 - 24, 2005

NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY

FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA

"Imagined Communities": Nation, Race, Home, Family

We invite papers and panel proposals on topics that investigate the
ideological construct of "imagined communities," and its various
formulations and combinations across medias, languages, disciplines, time
periods and theoretical approaches.

Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

Expatriate/ Diasporic Writings and Writers

Frontiers in Fiction: Writers, Readers, Representations

Nationalism and Narration

The Subject of/in Postcolonial

Cultural Capital, Global Culture

Post / Nationalism

Dreams / Dream Worlds

Utopias and Counter-Utopias

While we are particularly interested in proposals that address the
conference theme, papers and panels on all aspects of world literature will
be considered.

Individual presenters should submit a 250-word abstract; include your name,
complete mailing address, and e-mail address. Proposals for panels must
include an abstract for each presenter, as well as names, addresses and
e-mail addresses of all participants. Abstracts submitted as e-mail
attachments in Word or Word Perfect are preferred but hard copies will also
be accepted.

Submissions must be received by December 6, 2004.

Address all submissions or inquires to:

Jeanne.Hageman_at_ndsu.nodak.edu

Jeanne Hageman, Coordinator

Red River Conference on World Literature

Department of Modern Languages

320 Minard Hall

North Dakota State University

Fargo, ND 58105

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