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>                               CALL FOR PAPERS:
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>                              Crossing Borders,
>                                  Cultures,
>                                    and
>                                Disciplines
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>The German Graduate Student Governance Association of the University of
>Cincinnati
>and the editors of the graduate student journal
>Focus on German Studies
>invite abstracts for the
>Eighth Annual Focus Graduate Student Conference
>held on October 24th and 25th, 2003
>at the University of Cincinnati (Ohio, USA).
>
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>We welcome papers that explore crossing as a metaphor or event, from one
>culture to another, across national and/or imagined borders, and across
>disciplines. What are the effects and significance of such movements?
>How are globalization and multiculturalism changing literature and
>culture(s)? What new discourses are emerging?
>
>Possible topics might include, but are not limited to:
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>Transnational literature – “Ausländerliteratur/Migrantenliteratur” –
>Turkish-German literature – German/Austrian-Jewish literature – East-West
>– diasporas –  travel literature – exile –  representation of minorities
>– subcultures – bridges between cultures – interdisciplinary studies –-
>real and imagined border crossings – immigration and migration
>–globalization – multiculturalism – linguistic changes – translation –
>identity – cosmopolitanism – mother tongue/accent – memory
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>One page abstracts should be submitted as an MSWord email attachment by
>May 30th, 2003.
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>Papers presented at the conference will be considered for publication in
>Focus on German Studies 11 (2004).
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>Please send abstracts and inquiries to:
>
>Focus on German Studies
>Attn: Aine Zimmerman
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>Silke Schade, Editor-in-chief
>Aine Zimmerman, Book Review Editor
>Focus on German Studies
>University Of Cincinnati ML 0372
>Cincinnati, OH  45221-0372 USA
>(513) 556-2752  Fax (513) 556-1991
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