University of Maryland 6th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference

The Graduate English Organization (GEO) of the University of Maryland, College Park invites you to submit an abstract for the upcoming 6th annual interdisciplinary conference on April 5 and 6, 2013. The conference theme is “(Dis)realities and the Literary and Cultural Imagination,” and we seek to explore Western and non-Western notions of (dis)reality and its relationship to realities in various cultural and literary imaginaries. Presentations on original compositions in fiction, poetry, drama, dance, arts and film are highly welcome. Scheduled plenary speakers include Dr. Matthew Kirschenbaum of the Department of English and the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities, Dr. Vessela Valiavitcharska of the Department of English, Dr. Christina Hanhardt of the Department of American Studies, and Dr. Faedra Carpenter of the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park.

To encourage graduate student participation and inspire thought-provoking presentations, we are also delighted to announce this conference will feature a best paper award at its end. Send panel proposals or individual paper abstracts as a Word Document or PDF attachment by December 7th, 2012 to the conference organizers here. For more information, please visit the English department website and the conference website/call for papers website.

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Click here to view the Call for Papers.