[Cwgrad-announcements] Fwd: (Dis)junctions 2009 CFP- Brave New Worlds - UC Riverside (Abstract Deadline 02/27/09)

[Ching-In Chen]

FYI,
Some of us creative writers participated last year because of the organizing
efforts of Brenda Varda.

Ching-In

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Elizabeth Bermudez <bermudez.elizabeth at gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 8:53 AM
Subject: (Dis)junctions 2009 CFP- Brave New Worlds - UC Riverside (Abstract
Deadline 02/27/09)
To: bermudez.elizabeth at gmail.com





   Dear Prospective Participant:

As the (dis)junctions 2009 staff prepares to host its upcoming themed
conference, Brave New Worlds, at the University of California, Riverside, we
are excited to extend this invitation for abstract submissions to all of our
former participants. We were delighted to have you attend last year, and we
hope that your experience with us will help motivate you to once again
consider attending our conference, which will take place on April 3 through
April 4, 2009.


*General CFP*


*(**dis**)**junctions** 2009: Brave New Worlds*
For (dis)junctions 2009, we are seeking papers that explore the construction
and definition of "the world," in all its various permutations. Papers may
address topics such as imperialism, postcolonialism, travel narratives,
medieval mappae mundi and philosophy, creation narratives and mythology,
science-fiction planet-building, fantasy literature, narrative
representations of the natural or sociopolitical world, and/or questions of
identity and self in relation to the ever-changing global landscape.  We are
interested in how the idea of "the world" crosses boundaries of space and
time, as well as the ways in which diverse participants construct, and
relate to, ever-changing conceptions of what "the world" entails. As always,
(dis)junctions welcomes papers from all areas of the humanities, social
sciences, and creative disciplines; participants may submit to a specific
panel or in response to the general call for papers.
Please take a look at the attached CFP to read about more details of this
year's conference. The CFP is comprised of general, specific, and panel
submission topics; however, should you have ideas for panels (with at least
3-4 graduate student participants), we welcome panel submission ideas.
General abstracts of 250-300 words should be e-mailed to
disjunctions09 at gmail.com by February 27, 2009 (text in the body of the
message; please no attachments).


We would also appreciate it if you can post this respective CFP on your
department's list-serve--or share this information with any other
department/campus you think might benefit from this opportunity--to help
extend knowledge of this conference to other graduate students.

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please do not hesitate to
contact us. Thank you for your time, and we look forward to hearing news
from you.

Sincerely,

Elizabeth Bermudez
(Dis)junctions 2009
Public Relations Committee
UC - Riverside
Department of English
Graduate Student
bermudez.elizabeth at gmail.com

-- 
~~~~~
Ching-In Chen
THE HEART'S TRAFFIC (Arktoi Books/Red Hen Press forthcoming 2009)
www.redhen.org/arktoi.asp
www.chinginchen.com
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