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> SUNY Binghamton graduate students invite submissions for:
>
> CROSSING THE BOUNDARIES IX
> An Inter-Disciplinary Graduate Student Conference
> March 30-April 1, 2001
> SUNY Binghamton
> Binghamton, New York
>
> This year^s conference will focus on:
>
>  ^Vagabond- Somewhere to Run to, Nowhere to Hide^
>
> The collective of the 9th annual Crossing The Boundaries Conference
> invites
> members from various cultural spaces and different academic disciplines
> to
> examine the issues of cultural groups/ individuals who travel for a
> myriad
> reasons and motivations.
>
> Some possible themes:
>
> -      Accounts of exploration and expedition
> -      Crusades
> -      Pilgrimages: secular and religious
> -      Tourists/tourism
> -      The refugee experience
> -      Nomads
> -      Collectors and collectibles
> -      The flneur
> -      The Hobo
> -      Traveling salespeople
> -      Migrant workers
> -      Issues of immigration/emigration
> -      The ^Grand Tour^
> -      Homelessness
> -      Rites of passage
>
> We invite paper and panel proposals, and encourage creative, informal,
> and
> interactive presentations (e.g. video, performance art, installations,
> interactive multimedia, etc^).
>
> Completed panel proposals are encouraged and enthusiastically received.
> This conference has been established and is run by graduate students.
>
> Abstracts should be submitted along with a C.V., a separate listing of
> name, paper title, institutional and department affiliation, preferred
> mailing address, phone number, and email address. As well, include a
> self-addressed stamped envelope for any materials you would like
> returned
> to you (portfolios, discs, video tapes, etc.). Although January 15 is
> the
> submission deadline, earlier submissions are highly encouraged!
>
> Submit one-page (250 words) abstracts or presentation proposals by
> January
> 15, 2001 to:
>
>                Crossing the Boundaries IX
>                C/o Art History Department
>                SUNY Binghamton
>                Box 6000, Binghamton NY, 13902
>
> Or e-mail your proposal to: [log in to unmask]
>
> If you need more information, please feel free to contact:
>
> Sara J. Yehl
> Department of Art History
> SUNY Binghamton
> Binghamton, NY 13902
> Email: [log in to unmask]
>
> Or:
> Sharon C. Smith
> Department of Art History
> SUNY Binghamton
> Binghamton, NY 13902
> Email: [log in to unmask]
>
> Or:
> Camille Goodison
> Department of English
> SUNY Binghamton
> Binghamton, NY 13902
> Email: [log in to unmask]
>
> Sharon C. Smith
> Department of Art History
> SUNY Binghamton