MCLC: KFLC 2013--cfp

Denton, Kirk denton.2 at osu.edu
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From: Liang Luo <luolia at gmail.com>
Subject: KFLC 2013--cfp
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Dear List Members,

 
Please help get the word out for the upcoming KFLC Conference in April
2013. Proposal submission deadline is November 15, 2012.

Luo Liang

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66th Annual KFLC: The Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Conference
April 18-20, 2013 – University of Kentucky – Lexington, Kentucky
 
CALL FOR PAPERS

East Asian (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) Studies
 
Deadline for Abstract Submission: November 15, 2012
 
The KFLC (formerly the Kentucky Foreign Language Conference) is proud to
open sessions devoted to the presentation of scholarly research in the
area of East Asian (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) Studies. Abstracts are
invited in all areas and aspects of this field, including, but not limited
to:

* Class, gender, ethnicity/race
* Colonialism and Diaspora
* Memory, violence, and nation
* Popular culture in global markets
* Performance, agency, and identity
* Ethics of literary-cultural studies
* Classical literature; new readings
* Media studies, music studies, film studies
* Social movements – justice, citizenship, and resistance
* The avant-garde – arts in contexts
* Body, space, and the public sphere
* The politics of writing – writing within/against culture

 
Sessions are 20 minutes followed by a 10-minute question & answer session.
In addition to individual abstracts for paper presentations, proposals for
panels of 3-5 papers will be considered.
  
The KFLC has a tradition of attracting scholars from a broad range of
languages and specializations.
 This year’s conference will have sessions
in Arabic Studies, East Asian Studies, French and Francophone Studies,
German-Austrian-Swiss Studies, Hispanic Linguistics, Hispanic Studies
(Spanish Peninsular and Spanish American), Neo-Latin Studies,
Luso-Afro-Brazilian Studies, Language Technology, Second Language
Acquisition, and Translation and Cultural Studies.

Individually submitted abstracts should be no more than 250 words and
should include author's name, affiliation and contact information.

Panel proposals of 3-5 presentations should be submitted as follows: The
panel organizer should e-mail a panel proposal to the track director of
his or her division.  The panel proposal cannot exceed one page in length
and should include the theme of the panel, the organizer's name and
contact information, and the names, contact information and affiliations
of the panel participants.  Each participant MUST submit an individual
abstract using our online system in addition to the panel proposal. Please
indicate that your presentation is part of a pre-organized panel and list
the title and organizer of the panel in the abstract.

Papers should be read in English to facilitate cross-cultural dialogue and
conversation.  Acceptance of a paper or complete panel implies a
commitment on the part of all participants to register and attend the
conference. All presenters must pay the appropriate registration fee by
February 15, 2013 to be included in the program.

To submit abstracts and panel proposals BY NOVEMBER 15, 2012, please use
the KFLC link: https://kflc.as.uky.edu/. For more information on
conference logistics, please visit http://web.as.uky.edu/kflc/.
I look forward to seeing you in Lexington next April!

罗靓 Luo, Liang Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chinese Literature and Culture
Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
971 Patterson Office Tower
University of Kentucky
Lexington KY 40506-0027
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