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CALL
FOR PAPERS 2010
Conference
The
Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures and Cultures is organizing its
eighth conference at James Madison University with the collaboration of the
departments of English, History, Justice Studies, Philosophy and Religion,
Political Science, Sociology and Anthropology, The School of Art and Art
History, The School of Music and the support of the College of Arts and
Letters. This conference will bring
together scholars/researchers from a variety of disciplines to address the
various fields in which the Eastern and the Western worlds have come
together, integrating their minds and souls. East
and West could not have come into significant contacts until their respective
philosophical traditions made deliberate attempt to study each other. It took centuries; but the world situation
has changed and the East and the West have come once and for all into
intimate contact. Each feels the
necessity of mutual understanding and even for assimilating whatever in the
other is true and useful. This need to
understand is no longer a matter of mere intellectual curiosity but of
survival. The influences of each
other’s cultures have for some time coexisted in various fields; for example,
some consumers prefer Traditional Chinese medicine over Western medicine; the
influence of Japanese prints and Chinese pottery established the stylistic
precedents for Post-Impressionist painting; writers like the Akutagawa use western references without abandoning their
own culture; Takemitsu Toru brings works by
Japanese composers to the attention of Western performers and introduces
Western musical innovation to Japan.
Influences between these two worlds are also found in fashion, in
design, in science and technologies, in food and cuisine, and even in
politics. We are inviting faculty, students, and
independent scholars and researchers in fields such as English, foreign
languages, history, art history, philosophy and religion, music, theater and
dance, political science, psychology, sociology, and the sciences to submit
abstracts/proposals and convene panel discussions and/or workshops. We also encourage participants to organize
and chair sessions.
Guidelines
for Submitting Abstracts/Proposals 1.
Submit abstracts of about 300 words. 2.
Each abstract should include: title, author’s
name, affiliation, address, telephone number and e-mail address. Proposals with multiple authorships should
indicate the person to be contacted. 3.
The deadline for submission of abstracts/proposals
is March 8, 2010. 4.
Send abstracts/proposals to: Dr. Giuliana Fazzion, Conference
Program Director, Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures and Cultures, 5.
Proceedings: Abstract/Full text of your
paper(s) presented at the conference may also be published in the Proceedings.
Upon receiving acceptance of your paper, please send a copy of your
abstract/full paper and a diskette to the Proceedings Editor, Dr. Stephany
Plecker, Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures and Cultures, by no
later than March 8, 2010. E-mail: pleckesg@jmu.edu
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