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- The Multicultural South: A Graduate Student
Conference
- March 30, 2001
- University of Georgia
- Athens, Georgia
The Graduate Association of Multicultural Studies at
the University of Georgia invites submissions for an upcoming one day conference entitled, "The
Multicultural South: A Graduate Student Conference" to be held March 30, 2001. Graduate students from a
variety of disciplines, including Literary Theory and Linguistics, History, and Education, are encouraged to
submit papers that explore multiculturalism in the South from diverse perspectives. Our featured speaker
will be Dr. Henry Giroux, Waterbury Chair of Secondary Education at Penn State University.
Although the primary focus of the conference will be multicultural studies in the South, papers examining
all areas of multicultural study are welcome. We are especially interested in submissions that demonstrate
an interdisciplinary approach. Presenters might consider the following areas of interest:
-Teaching multiculturalism
-Technology and multiculturalism
-Native American studies
-Latin American Studies
-African American studies
-Asian American Studies
-Legal Studies
-Gender Studies
-Gay and Lesbian Studies
-Popular Culture
-Comparative Literature
Deadline for submissions: December 15, 2000.
Abstracts of 300-400 words can be submitted via e-mail to the following
address: gamsuga@yahoo.com
You can either send an attachment or send your paper in the body of an e-mail message.
Or, you can submit your paper in hard copy, along with a copy on disk (PC please) to the following address:
GAMS-2001 Conference
c/o Valerie Frazier
English Department
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
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