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CALLFORPAPERS MIDDLEEASTANDISLAMICCONSORTIUMOFBRITISHCOLUMBIA THIRDANNUALSTUDENTCONFERENCE UniversityofBritishColumbia,Vancouver Saturday,March12,2011 TheMiddleEastandIslamicConsortiumofB.C.(MEICON-BC)iscallingforsubmissionsofabstractsof papersfromgraduateandupperdivisionundergraduatestudentsinallacademicdisciplineswithan interestintheMiddleEastand/ortheIslamicworldandrelatingtoalltimeperiods.Possibleareasof researchandstudyinclude: MiddleEastGeo-politicsandGeo-cultures ReceptionofIslamicLiteraturesinWorldLiteratures ConceptualizationofIslamintheMiddleEastandBeyond MuslimsintheWestpastandpresent NarrativesofGender NarrativesofConflictandChange MarginandPeriphery MemoryandMemorialization TextsandContexts PowerandAuthority Theabstractsshouldbeofmaximum200words.Wewillbelookingforabstractsthathaveastrong focusedstatementofthesis,cleargoalsandmethodology,andconvincingcoherentconclusions.Accepted papersshouldbe20minutesinlength(i.e.,maximum8pages).Pleasesendabstractswithfullname, institutionalaffiliation,academicprogram/year,andpapertitleaspdfor.docattachmentsto [email protected] withtheheadingMEICON-BCABSTRACTSUBMISSIONnolaterthan24 January2011.PresenterswhoseabstractsareacceptedwillbecontactedbyFebruary4. Theconferencewillprovideaccommodationhelpforout-oftownstudentpresenterswhomayneedit. DEADLINEFORSUBMITTINGPROPOSALS:24JANUARY2011 WeencourageinterestedstudentsandfacultytojoinMEICON-BC.Visit: http://www.sfu.ca/ccsmsc/meiconbc.htm

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Page 1: CALL FOR PAPERS 2011 - University of British Columbiablogs.ubc.ca/earlyromance/files/2011/01/call-for-papers-2011.pdf · CALL FOR PAPERS MIDDLE EAST AND ISLAMIC CONSORTIUM OF BRITISH

CALLFORPAPERS

MIDDLEEASTANDISLAMICCONSORTIUMOFBRITISHCOLUMBIATHIRDANNUALSTUDENTCONFERENCEUniversityofBritishColumbia,Vancouver

Saturday,March12,2011

TheMiddleEastandIslamicConsortiumofB.C.(MEICON-BC)iscallingforsubmissionsofabstractsofpapersfromgraduateandupperdivisionundergraduatestudentsinallacademicdisciplineswithaninterestintheMiddleEastand/ortheIslamicworldandrelatingtoalltimeperiods.Possibleareasofresearchandstudyinclude:

• MiddleEastGeo-politicsandGeo-cultures• ReceptionofIslamicLiteraturesinWorldLiteratures• ConceptualizationofIslamintheMiddleEastandBeyond• MuslimsintheWestpastandpresent• NarrativesofGender• NarrativesofConflictandChange• MarginandPeriphery• MemoryandMemorialization• TextsandContexts• PowerandAuthority

Theabstractsshouldbeofmaximum200words.Wewillbelookingforabstractsthathaveastrongfocusedstatementofthesis,cleargoalsandmethodology,andconvincingcoherentconclusions.Acceptedpapersshouldbe20minutesinlength(i.e.,maximum8pages).Pleasesendabstractswithfullname,institutionalaffiliation,academicprogram/year,andpapertitleaspdfor.docattachmentstoyazigi@interchange.ubc.cawiththeheadingMEICON-BCABSTRACTSUBMISSIONnolaterthan24January2011.PresenterswhoseabstractsareacceptedwillbecontactedbyFebruary4.Theconferencewillprovideaccommodationhelpforout-oftownstudentpresenterswhomayneedit.

DEADLINEFORSUBMITTINGPROPOSALS:24JANUARY2011

WeencourageinterestedstudentsandfacultytojoinMEICON-BC.Visit:http://www.sfu.ca/ccsmsc/meiconbc.htm