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>From: "Joseph L. Benatov" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: CFP: Travel (grad) (12/15/06; 2/22/07-2/23/07)
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>Travel
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>Call for Papers
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>7th Annual Graduate Humanities Forum Conference
>University of Pennsylvania
>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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>February 22-23, 2007
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>Keynote Speaker: Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Professor of Performance
>Studies, New York University
>Keynote address: "Old Histories, New Itineraries: Museum of the History of
>Polish Jews"




>The Graduate Humanities Forum, a graduate student-run division of the Penn
>Humanities Forum, seeks papers for its interdisciplinary conference on
>this year's theme, Travel. We encourage interdisciplinary approaches and
>welcome proposals that consider any facet of this topic. In addition to
>formal papers, we encourage proposals for art displays, performances,
>panels, group discussions, short seminars, or workshops. Contributions
>from all fields in the humanities and sciences will be appreciated.
>Possible topics may include:
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>Tourism
>Museums and sites of memory
>Postmodern excursions
>Postcolonial voyages
>Sociology/anthropology of travel
>Art and film on the road
>Migration, emigration, exile, forced displacement
>Geographies of the novel, travel writing, literature and travel
>Experiences of travelers
>Pilgrimages, crusades, grand tours, voyages of discovery
>Traveling theory
>Epic journeys
>Time/Space Travel
>Mobility and language change
>Metaphors, allegory, and translation
>Globalization
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>The deadline for proposals is December 15, 2006. E-mail abstracts of no
>more than 200 words to Joseph Benatov, Penn Humanities Research Assistant,
>benatov [ at ] sas.upenn.edu. Notification of acceptances will be emailed
>by January 5, 2007.
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