> >From: "Gary Totten" <[log in to unmask]> > >Subject: 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: > > > >[log in to unmask] > > > >Jeanne Hageman, Coordinator > >Red River Conference on World Literature > >Department of Modern Languages > >320 Minard Hall > >North Dakota State University > >Fargo, ND 58105 ******************* The German Studies Call for Papers List Editor: Stefani Engelstein Assistant Editor: Meghan McKinstry Sponsored by the University of Missouri Info available at: http://www.missouri.edu/~graswww/resources/gerlistserv.html