CFP: William A. Owens Centennial Celebration (8/1/05; 11/9/05-11/12/05)

CALL FOR PAPERS
William A. Owens Centennial Celebration
November 9-12, 2005

November 2, 2005, will mark the one-hundredth birthday of William A. Owens,
the nationally-renowned folklorist, essayist, autobiographer, and author of
fiction. He is the author of such works as This Stubborn Soil (1966), Black
Mutiny: The Revolt of the Schooner Amistad (1968), A Season of Weathering
(1973), and Eye Deep in Hell (1989).

To celebrate this occasion, Texas A&M University-Commerce and Paris Junior
College will joint-host a series of featured speakers, scholarly
presentations, roundtable discussions, film screenings, and dramatic
productions surrounding the extraordinary career of this brilliant
storyteller and folklorist. The William A. Owens Centennial Celebration
will be held November 9-12, 2005, and conference organizers are looking for
a variety of scholarly papers and creative efforts that reflect Owens's life
work. Possible topics for presentation could include, but are certainly not
limited to:

* William A. Owens as master storyteller
* Owens as a chronicler of Texas history and Texas folklore
* Frontier narrative in the writings of Owens
* Owens's influential work in folklore studies
* Texas songs, ballads, and spirituals and Owens's efforts in collecting and
preserving them
* The crossroads of folk studies and African American studies, and Owens's
work in this area
* Owens as military historian, as reflected in works such as Eye Deep in
Hell
* Original creative fiction, poetry, or drama inspired by or paying tribute
to the work of Owens as writer and scholar

Texas A&M University-Commerce and Paris Junior College are located in the
northeast region of Texas, approximately one hour (Commerce) and an hour and
45 minutes (Paris) from Dallas. Conference accommodations and the
celebration schedule will be listed on the William A. Owens Centennial
Celebration Web site, http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/cwheeler/wmowens/, at
a future date.

Deadline for submission is August 1, 2005.

Please send all proposals and queries to:

Karen Roggenkamp
Department of Literature and Languages
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Commerce, TX 75429-3011
Email: Karen_Roggenkamp_at_tamu-commerce.edu
Fax: 903-468-3230

OR

Derek P. Royal
Department of Literature and Languages
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Commerce, TX 75429-3011
E-mail: Derek_Royal_at_tamu-commerce.edu
Fax: 903-886-5980

For more information on the William A. Owens Centennial Celebration, please
visit our Web site at http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/cwheeler/wmowens/

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