Returns & Revisions: The Eastward Counterflow from New World to Old
Keynote Speakers:
Eve Tavor Bannet, George Lynn Cross Professor of English, University of Oklahoma
Jahan Ramazani, University Professor and Edgar F. Shannon Professor of English, University of Virginia
Venue: Daemen College and the University at Buffalo, Amherst, New York, USA
Dates: Thursday 6th to Sunday 9th July, 2017
The editors of Symbiosis, the Conference Directors, and Daemen College’s and the University at Buffalo’s Departments of English invite proposals for panels and individual papers of twenty-minute length, which engage a wide variety of transatlantic and/or transnational topics in the literatures and cultural histories of the Atlantic world. Especially welcome are presentations on the conference theme, Returns and Revisions: the eastward counterflow from New World to Old and revisionary literary texts and views on the discipline of Transatlantic Studies. Submissions are actively encouraged from all scholars and students of literary and cultural history and representation from every period from the earliest settlement right through to the present, including indigenous responses to imperial discourses.
Please submit 200–300 word abstracts with academic affiliation and contact details in Microsoft Word attachments by 3rd March, 2017 to both Conference Directors, Prof. Robert Morace (Daemen College) and Prof. Carrie Bramen (U at Buffalo): rmorace@daemen.edu and bramen@buffalo.edu. Add ‘Symbiosis 2017 Proposal’ to the subject line of your message, an essential detail since messages will be sorted automatically using this search term.
All inquiries are welcome; early acceptance may be possible if required for institutional or similar funding to facilitate attendance. Symbiosis cannot offer bursaries or fee waivers but will offer a reduced early rate. Further details will be posted on this site, the Symbiosis website and its Facebook page. See variously:
https://symbiosistransatlantic.wordpress.com/home/
http://www.symbiosistransatlantic.com
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