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Crossroads Conference Program

Conference Poster

Call for Papers

The Organization of Graduate Students in Comparative Literature (OGSCL) is welcoming papers for an interdisciplinary conference held at the University of Massachusetts Amherst on October 11th and 12th.

The 2008 Crossroads Conference envisions a student dialogue on the extraordinary outcomes of cultural encounters, national and ideological borders, disciplines in interaction, the overlapping of distinct historical periods, the interweaving of literary genres, the symbiosis between academics and social change, and the foreplays between rhetorics of war, freedom, memory, and silence.

Graduate students at any stage are welcome to participate. Your research can be presented in the form of a paper, a research proposal, thesis and dissertations chapters, or an outline. In addition, undergraduates from the five-college consortium are encouraged to participate as well.

Please e-mail your 250 word abstract or any questions regarding the conference to umasscrossroads@gmail.com Abstracts must be received by May 25, 2008 (Deadline extended to July 30, 2008). Abstracts must include the participant’s name, institutional affiliation, email, and phone number.

Send Paper Abstracts to:

OGSCL, Program in Comparative Literature
Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
University of Massachusetts
430 Herter Hall
161 Presidents Dr
Amherst, MA 01003-9312

Contacts:

Antonia Carcelén-Estrada: antoniac@acad.umass.edu

Matthew Goodwin: matthewg@complit.umass.edu

Rhona Trauvitch: rtrauvitch@complit.umass.edu