>From: Edition Reichenberger <[log in to unmask]> >To: "Lauer, A Robert" <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 04:13:21 -0500 >Subject: Conference__Travels Between Europe and the Americas (Berlin 2009) >Thread-Topic: Conference__Travels Between Europe and the Americas (Berlin > 2009) > > >---------- > >International and Interdisciplinary Conference >Alexander von Humboldt, 2009: >Travels Between Europe and the Americas > >at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, >July 27-31, 2009 > >Call for Papers >Researchers from all disciplines, professors and >graduate students interested in travels between >Europe and the Americas are invited to submit >abstracts of their papers for consideration. > >Topics >- Alexander von Humboldt >- Travels Between Europe and Latin America (15th through 21st centuries) >- Travelling in Dictatorships: Colonialism, Caudillismo, Fascism, Communism >- Travel and Science: Measuring, Collecting, Imagining the World >- Contemporary Travel Writing >- Emigration and Exile >- Travelling, Gender, Sexuality >- Travel Cultures, Practices and Economies: Discoveries, Expeditions, >Tourism >- Global Environments: Travels and Ecology >- Narrating Voyages: the Scholar-Traveller >- Theories of Mobility and Travel Literature > >Additional Program >- In special sessions, travel writers and >correspondents will read from their work. >- Cultural activities, excursions to historic >sites and a guided tour in Berlin will be offered. >- The conference will end with an optional trip to Weimar. >- Papers will be considered for publication. > >Languages >- Papers may be presented in English, German or Spanish. >- Participants who wish to speak in German or >Spanish are asked to provide English versions of >their papers to be projected onto screens during >their talk. > >Submission >- Presentations should not exceed 20 minutes >(approximately 8 pages double-spaced, 2.000 >words). >- Abstracts may be submitted in English, German or Spanish (250 words >maximum). >- Please submit your abstracts online via www.humboldtconference2009.de. >- If you would like to suggest a panel, please >send an e-mail to [log in to unmask] with the >title of your panel, the chair (name and contact >information) and the titles and reference numbers >of each of the presentations which were submitted >separately under "additional panels" in the >online abstract system. >- The deadline for submissions is December 1, 2008. > >Registration Fees >- 100 Euros for North American and European participants. >- 50 Euros for graduate students and Latin American participants. > >Contacts & Information >- Dr. Lilianet Brintrup, Conference President: [log in to unmask] >- Dr. Oliver Lubrich, Conference Vice President: [log in to unmask] >- For detailed information please visit our >website at www.humboldtconference2009.de > >Organisers > >Freie Universität Berlin >Peter Szondi Department of Comparative Literature >Habelschwerdter Allee 45 >14195 Berlin, Germany >www.complit.fu-berlin.de > >Humboldt State University >Department of World Languages and Cultures >Arcata, California 95521, USA >www.humboldt.edu Prof. A. Robert Lauer The University of Oklahoma Dept. of Modern Langs., Lits., & Ling. 780 Van Vleet Oval, Kaufman Hall, Room 206 Norman, Oklahoma 73019-2032, USA Tel.: 405/325-5845 (office); 405/325-6181 (OU dept.); Fax: 405/325-0103 (OU dept.) Vision: Harmonious collaboration in an international world. Mission: "Visualize clearly and communicate promptly" <http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/L/A-Robert.R.Lauer-1/vita.html>VITA / <http://www.peterlang.com/all/>IBÉRICA / <http://www.ou.edu/bcom/>BCom / <http://www.ou.edu/cervantes/coloquiocervantes.html>Coloquio <http://www.ou.edu/cervantes/coloquiocervantes.html>Cervantes / <http://www.ou.edu/teatro/coloquioteatro.html>Coloquio Teatro de los Siglos de Oro