| Date: November 11 – 13, 2010 Venue: University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia, USA 25th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference in the Humanities, Sponsored by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures of the University of West Georgia We welcome submissions in all areas of the humanities, including foreign languages and literatures, English, creative writing, linguistics, anthropology, psychology, cultural studies, the visual arts, theatre, music, philosophy and history. Papers, proposed performances, art installations or screenings may be submitted by scholars, writers, artists or performers and may be in English, French, German or Spanish. Conference participants will be encouraged to expand and revise their papers for submission to a special issue of JAISA: The Journal of the Association for the Interdisciplinary Study of the Arts. Suggested topics include but are not limited to the topic Word / Image / Culture as it intersects with: KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr. Carrie Noland (Ph.D. Harvard University) is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of California at Irvine. She has published on European and avant-garde literary and artistic production, performance theory, phenomenology, and postcolonial poetry and poetics. For individual proposals please submit a one-page abstract in English, French, German or Spanish via email to Dr. Lynn Anderson, landerso@westga.edu. Include the presenter’s name, institution, email, phone and any audio-visual or technical requirements for the presentation. Submissions for panels are especially welcome. For panel proposals please submit panel title, abstracts and contact information for all speakers and the panel moderator. See for submissions details, registration, and all further information:http://www.westga.edu/forlangconf/ |
