[Discussion] REGION, NATION, BELONGING

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The Tenth International Conference on the Literature of Region and Nation

REGION, NATION, BELONGING

3rd August - 6th August 2004 Hosted by MMU Cheshire ( http://www.mmu.ac.uk/cheshire )
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Conference Details

The conference will have as it's theme Region, Nation, Belonging and papers are invited on topics
relating to:

Societies in transition
Change Nationhood
Redefining nationalism
Globalisation, region and nation
Diasporic identities
Migration and shifting notions of belonging
Life writing and a sence of Place
Belonging, memory and remembering


Please visit http://www.cheshire.mmu.ac.uk/rnla for further details of conference events
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Background to the association:

The first step toward the creation of an association for the study of literatures of region and
nation was taken in 1986. In August of that year the first series of bi-annual international
conferences exploring all aspects of natand region in literatues written in English was held in
Aberdeen, Scotland. Since then, as the international network has grown, the following locations have
hosted the conferences:

Nottingham (1988)
Luxembourg (1990)
Swansea (1992)
Bratislava (1994)
Saint John, New Brunswick (1996)
Germersheim, Germany (1998)
Ostersund, Sweden (2000)
Durban, South Africa (2002)
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Current officers of the rnla are:

President: Emeritus Professor, Winnifred M Bogaards, University of New Brunswick at Saint John,
Canada

Chair: Dr Susanne Hagemann, University of Mainz, Germany.

Secretary: Professor Donna Potts, Kansas State University, USA.

Treasurer: Professor S. Manzoorul Islam, Dhaka University, Bangladesh.
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Executive committee members:

Mrs Reiko Aiura-Vigers, Shiga University, Japan

Professor Johan Jacobs, University of Natal, South Africa.

Dr. Joss West-Burnham, Manchester Metropolitain University, U.K.

Dr. David Bell, Ostersund, Sweden.
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Convenors:

Dr Joss West-Burnham
Dept of Humanities and Applied Social Studies
MMU Cheshire

Dr Dave Roberts
Dept of Humanities and Applied Social Studies
MMU Cheshire
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Call for papers - Deadline is 20th February

Please send all abstracts for paper proposals of up to 500 words (20 minute sessions) to Alison
Bailey (see Contact Details for address).

Contributions from this conference will be considered for publication.
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Contact details:

All communication regarding the conference should be made via:

Alison Bailey
CPSI - HASS,
The Lodge, Alsager.
MMU Cheshire
Hassal Road, Alsager,
Cheshire ST7 2HL
U.K.

Tel: +44 (0) 1270 2475408
Email: a.j.bailey@mmu.ac.uk
Web: http://www.cheshire.mmu.ac.uk/rnla /> ------------------------------------------------------------------