[Discussion] CFP: Border Crossing: From Oppression to Nation (grad) (2/18/05; 4/1/05-4/2/05)

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

Border Crossing: From Oppression to Nation

7th Annual Graduate Conference of the Departments of Foreign Languages
and Literatures, and Comparative Literature at Purdue University, West
Lafayette, Indiana, April 1-2, 2005

Overview: This topic will encompass common experiences of different
nations and people as they cross borders, both literal and metaphoric,
at different periods in time. It will include the experiences of nations
ranging from conditions of oppression to the search for a national
identity. This topic will also include the experiences of marginalized
people (on the basis of politics, language, education, gender, race,
religion, theater, linguistic, etc.), under the condition of oppression,
while searching for an identity, and at various other stages.

Abstract: Please submit an anonymous 300 word abstract, typed,
double-spaced and postmarked by February 18th, 2005. Please include a
cover page with the following: paper title, your name, e-mail address
and institution address.

Submission: Abstracts/cover pages may be sent by mail or e-mail
attachment to:
Nalda B=E1ez Smith
Department of Foreign Language and Literature
Purdue University
640 Oval Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2017
E-mail: baezn@purdue.edu

Presentation Format: Presentations should not exceed twenty minutes
(eight pages).

Awards: Awards will be presented for outstanding papers.

Website: For more information, visit:
http://www.cla.purdue.edu/academic/fll/grad_symp/




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