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January
8 - 10, 2012
Honolulu, Hawaii
2012 Arts and Humanities Conference
Aloha
and E komo mai! (Greetings and Welcome!)
Hawaii
University International Conferences (HUIC) specifically address and
designed the latest developments for the academic studies and advancements.
The Arts and Humanities conference is dedicated to academicians and
individuals from all disciplines to discover, to nurture, to create
and to inspired. This is an interdisciplinary conference that will provide
a forum for discussions.
The HUIC
Arts and Humanities Conference will held from 8 January, Sunday to 10
January, Tuesday, 2012 at Ala Moana Hotel, in Honolulu Hawaii.
The HUIC
will be hosted in the charming city of Honolulu on the island of O'ahu,
the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands. O'ahu, is also known as the
"Gathering Place" featuring the uniqueness of the Aloha Spirit with
both complements of the warmth of the people and the perfect temperature
throughout the year. O'ahu is truly the Jewel and the Heart of Hawaii.
With these wonderful complements, this gathering place serve as the
heart and platforms for academicians, researchers and professionals
worldwide. Many successful conferences, Educational or Business were
held in the some of the hotels and the new convention centre.
The goal
of the conference is to create and provide a launching pad for academicians,
researchers and professionals to come together to share, discuss and
exchange ideas, and exploring relevant individual requirements. Truly,
the Hawaii University International Conferences (HUIC) is where everyone
in the relevant field convenes - inspire, engage, challenge and contribute
to the growing field of knowledge and individual professional progress.
Join us here in Hawaii for the most comprehensive conference, and learn
with us in an inspiring atmosphere our beautiful Islands provide.
Me ka
`oia`i`o (With sincerity)
Submission
Proposal Deadline : September 15 2011 TO REGISTER
For more
information go to: http://www.huichawaii.org/2012-arts-a-humanities-conference
March
28-29, 2012
El Paso, Texas
The Naked Truth: Women’s Education and Empowerment 2012
Women’s History Month Conference
Submit
Proposals to WHMconf@utep.edu
The Women’s
Studies Program, the Women’s Resource Center, and the Women’s Studies
honor society (Iota, Iota, Iota) seek participants for a two-day conference
on March 28 -29, 2012 at the Union East Building on the campus of the
University of Texas at El Paso.
We invite
activists, scholars, and artists in all fields to propose panels, papers,
roundtable discussions, workshops, and performances. All individual
and panel papers will be considered.
Graduate
and undergraduate students are encouraged to participate.
Formats
will include 60-minute sessions of 2-3 presenters and 90-minute sessions
of 3-4 presenters. Bilingual panels are welcome.
Examples
of topics may include, but are not limited to discussions of Women and/or
Gender Issues in the following categories:
Historical
and current studies of K-12 and higher education
Popular
and Mass culture
Sex Industry
Border Issues
The gender
gap in politics, science, and technology
Leadership
Domestic
Violence/Rape
Motherhood
Workplace
Success/Discrimination
Activism
and Education
Fine Arts
and Crafts
Religion
Environmental
Issues
Identity
Festival
Date: March 29-31, 2012
Wichita, Kansas
The 13th annual Literary Festival and Scholars’ Day
Newman University will be hosting this year's festival in Wichita, KS.
This year’s
theme is “Lands of Unlikeness: Mysterious Landscapes in Literature.”
The keynote speaker is Scott Cairns, author of Short Trip to the
Edge: Where Earth Meets Heaven, Compass of Affection, The
Sacred Place, and many other books.
Guest speakers
will include Clare Vanderpool, Michael Austin, and Bryan D. Dietrich.
Interdisciplinary
or creative approaches to this or other topics are welcome and encouraged.
Submit
250-word abstracts to Dr. Bryan Dietrich at kryptonnights@yahoo.com
by February 13, 2012. For more information, call 316-942-4291, ext.
2341.
Boston, Massachusetts
Medieval Popular Culture and Arthurian Legends
42nd Annual Popular and American Culture Associations Conference Call for papers and panel proposals on all popular treatments of the Middle Ages or Arthurian Legend from any period and in any medium.
We will consider all proposals for papers, but we especially encourage abstracts on the following for this year’s conference:
Arthurian themes in Dragon Age I and II
Harry Potter and medievalism
The Lost finale and the Holy Grail
Medievalism in Martin’s Game of Thrones The Mists of Avalon after 30 years
New Camelots: Camelot on Starz and the
BBC’s Merlin
Paranormal romance and medievalism
Robin Hood
Abstracts should not exceed 250 words and papers must keep to a reading time of 15 minutes (approximately 7-8 double spaced pages). Be sure to include your full name, affiliation, mailing address, phone number and email address on your abstract, not just in the email. Email submissions are preferred.
Proposal Deadline: December 15, 2011.
Send submissions to Amy Kaufman at: kaufmana@mtsu.edu or mail to: Amy S. Kaufman Department of English, Middle Tennessee State University, MTSU, Box 0070, 1301 East Main Street, Murfreesboro, TN 37132-0001.
Please note: Membership in the PCA is required for participation. Membership forms and more information about the conference are available online at www.pcaaca.org. Conference contact email: kaufmana@mtsu.edu.
May 10-13, 2012
San Francisco, California
CREATING
THE CHALICE
Imagination and Integrity in Goddess Studies The Association for
the Study of Women and Mythology Biennial National Conference
Advancing
our scholarship involves the evolution and refinement of our methods.
Suggested topics for this exciting conference might include, but are not
limited to, the following:
What are new
paths for the field of Women’s Spirituality and Goddess Studies?
How creative
can we be? Are we inventing, reconstructing, or using creative license
to reawaken and bring the past into the present?
How do we
evaluate this work?
How can we
use this creative work together with more “traditional’ approaches to
advance our scholarship?
What are
new models and methods for our scholarly inquiry?
Can we develop
and advance our scholarship with methods such as Organic or Heuristic
inquiry?
What is Spiritual
Autobiography, and how can this be useful?
Sacred geography?
What else?
How shall
our new methods be evaluated?
What are
our criteria for solid scholarship using these new models?
What are
the complexities around issues of Cultural Appropriation?
How do we
understand and address the tensions around rootedness and local culture
on the one hand, and issues of lineage and history on the other?
Are there
new models of scholarship that honor history and culture while simultaneously
enriching our scholarship?
Proposals
for papers, panels, and workshops addressing these topics will be given
preference, but other subjects will be considered. Papers should be 20
minutes; up to four papers on a related topic may be proposed together.
Workshops
(limited to 90 minutes) should be organized to provide audience interaction
and must clearly address theme. Presenters from all disciplines are welcome,
as well as creative artists and practitioners who engage mythic themes
in a scholarly manner in their work.
Presenters
must become members of ASWM prior to conference. Send 250-word abstract
(for panels, 200 word abstract plus up to 150 words per paper) to aswmsubmissions@gmail.com
by January 15, 2012.
Include bio
of up to 70 words for each presenter, as well as contact information including
surface address and email.
