Call for Papers
4th Annual
Graduate Student Conference
Theme:
Cross-Disciplinary Approaches to the Power of
Language and Literature: Values and Ethics for a New Age
Sponsored
by the Modern Languages Graduate Forum
Wayne State University
Department
of Romance Languages and Literatures
Department
of German and Slavic Studies
Conference Date:
Saturday,
March 25, 2006
Submission
Deadline for Abstracts:
Friday,
January 20, 2006
Submission
Categories
*power relations
of language and literature, * hierarchical
structures of class, race, and ethnicity relations, *gender relations,
*ethical
values in journalism and media, *present vs. past (shifts in power
relations
and ethical thought), *humanitarianism, *medical and scientific lingo,
*values
of nationalist literatures vs. world literatures, *canonical vs.
minority
literature, *adults and children, *relationship between language and
political
empowerment (lobbyism), * linguistic in-groups, and out-groups
*linguistic
differences and comparative linguistics
Submission Criteria
- Abstracts and papers must be in
English.
- Abstracts must not exceed 200 words.
- Presentation time limit 20 minutes (8
page maximum).
For
further information and
submissions,
contact Theresa Jordan at [email protected],
or submit abstracts to Theresa at 348 Manoogian Hall.
Modern
Languages Graduate Forum website: www.geocities.com/graduateforum/