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<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Call for Papers</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>12th Annual Mediterranean Studies
Congress</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Università di Cagliari</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Sardinia, Italy</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>May 27 - 30, 2009</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>The Mediterranean Studies Association's 12th
annual International Congress will be held on May 27-30, 2009 at the Università
di Cagliari. As is the case each year, papers and sessions on all subjects
relating to the Mediterranean region and Mediterranean cultures around the world
from all periods are encouraged. Following a day of optional excursions, the
Congress will open with a plenary session and reception on the evening of
Wednesday, May 27. Over the course of the next days over 150 scholarly papers
will be delivered before an international audience of about 250 scholars,
academics, and experts in a wide range of fields. Held in the historic city of
Cagliari, the official languages of the Congress are English, Italian, and
Spanish. In addition, complete sessions in any Mediterranean language are
welcome. A number of special events are being planned for Congress participants
that will highlight the unique cultural aspects of Sardinia. An optional
five-day coach excursion of Sardinia and Corsica is also being planned following
the close of the Congress.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>The Congress is sponsored by the Mediterranean
Studies Association, the Università di Cagliari, the Istituto di storia
dell'Europa mediterranea del CNR-Cagliari, the Comune di Cagliari, the Provincia
di Cagliari, Utah State University, the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth,
and the University of Kansas. Selected revised papers will be considered for
publication in the Association's journal, Mediterranean Studies, published by
Manchester University Press.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>The Mediterranean Studies Association is an
interdisciplinary organization that promotes the scholarly study of
Mediterranean cultures in all aspects and disciplines. It is particularly
concerned with the ideas and ideals of western Mediterranean cultures from Late
Antiquity to the Enlightenment and their influence beyond these geographical and
temporal boundaries.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Proposals for papers and sessions are now being
solicited. Papers and proposals for sessions with a Mediterranean theme, from
any period and any discipline, will be considered. Proposals for roundtable
discussions of a topical work or theme are also welcome. The typical panel will
include three papers, each lasting twenty minutes, a chair, and (optionally) a
commentator. For examples of paper and session topics, and the range of
subjects, see the programs from </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Lisbon </FONT><A
href="http://www.mediterraneanstudies.org/ms/program_1998.html"><U><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>http://www.mediterraneanstudies.org/ms/program_1998.html</FONT></U></FONT></A><BR><FONT
face=Garamond size=4>Coimbra </FONT><A
href="http://www.mediterraneanstudies.org/ms/program_1999.html"><U><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>http://www.mediterraneanstudies.org/ms/program_1999.html</FONT></U></FONT></A><BR><FONT
face=Garamond size=4>Salvador </FONT><A
href="http://www.mediterraneanstudies.org/ms/salvadorsessions.html"><U><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>http://www.mediterraneanstudies.org/ms/salvadorsessions.html</FONT></U></FONT></A><BR><FONT
face=Garamond size=4>Aix-en-Provence </FONT><A
href="http://www.mediterraneanstudies.org/ms/sessions_aix.html"><U><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>http://www.mediterraneanstudies.org/ms/sessions_aix.html</FONT></U></FONT></A><BR><FONT
face=Garamond size=4>Granada </FONT><A
href="http://www.mediterraneanstudies.org/ms/granadaprogram.htm"><U><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>http://www.mediterraneanstudies.org/ms/granadaprogram.htm</FONT></U></FONT></A><BR><FONT
face=Garamond size=4>Budapest </FONT><A
href="http://www.mediterraneanstudies.org/ms/budapestprogram.htm"><U><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>http://www.mediterraneanstudies.org/ms/budapestprogram.htm</FONT></U></FONT></A><BR><FONT
face=Garamond size=4>Barcelona </FONT><A
href="http://www.mediterraneanstudies.org/ms/barcelonaprogram.htm"><U><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>http://www.mediterraneanstudies.org/ms/barcelonaprogram.htm</FONT></U></FONT></A><BR><FONT
face=Garamond size=4>Messina </FONT><A
href="http://www.mediterraneanstudies.org/ms/messinaprogram.htm"><U><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>http://www.mediterraneanstudies.org/ms/messinaprogram.htm</FONT></U></FONT></A><BR><FONT
face=Garamond><FONT size=4>Genoa<SPAN class=202160305-13092008>
</SPAN></FONT></FONT><A
href="http://www.mediterraneanstudies.org/ms/GenoaProgram.htm"><U><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>http://www.mediterraneanstudies.org/ms/GenoaProgram.htm</FONT></U></FONT></A><BR><FONT
face=Garamond><FONT size=4>Evora<SPAN class=202160305-13092008>
</SPAN></FONT></FONT><A
href="http://www.mediterraneanstudies.org/ms/evoraprogram.htm"><U><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>http://www.mediterraneanstudies.org/ms/evoraprogram.htm</FONT></U></FONT></A><BR><FONT
face=Garamond size=4>Lüneburg </FONT><A
href="http://www.mediterraneanstudies.org/ms/Luneburgprogram.htm"><U><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>http://www.mediterraneanstudies.org/ms/Luneburgprogram.htm</FONT></U></FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Proposals should include a 200-word abstract for
each paper and a one-page curriculum vitae for each participant, including
chairs and commentators. (If you have participated in a previous congress, you
need not submit your cv again; we have it on file.) Each participant's name,
e-mail and regular address, and phone number should also be listed.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Proposals are accepted on a rolling basis, and you
will be notified of acceptance soon after submission. You are encouraged to
submit no later than December 15.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>NOTE: The MSA regrets that no funding is available
to support travel and other costs of participants.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>You are encouraged to submit proposals online as
this is the quickest and most secure method. Please use these convenient online
forms to submit a paper proposal </FONT><A
href="http://www.mediterraneanstudies.org/ms/paperproposal.html"><U><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>http://www.mediterraneanstudies.org/ms/paperproposal.html</FONT></U></FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>or a session proposal </FONT><A
href="http://www.mediterraneanstudies.org/ms/sessionproposal.html"><U><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>http://www.mediterraneanstudies.org/ms/sessionproposal.html</FONT></U></FONT></A></P><FONT
face=Garamond size=4>
<P>Alternatively you may e-mail attachments to richard.clement@usu.edu<A
href="mailto:richard.clement@usu.edu">mailto:richard.clement@usu.edu</A>, </P>
<P>or send proposals to: Richard W. Clement, Dean of Libraries, Utah State
University, Merrill-Cazier Library, 3000 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322-3000,
USA.</P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>