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TOPICS, ABSTRACTS,
PAPER SPECIFICATIONS
CONFERENCE TOPIC
The conference topic is “Shaw and Politics,” with “politics” to be
understood in its broadest sense to include gender, family, generational,
class, tribal, ethnic, professional, institutional, aesthetic, religious, and
any other category of politics you can think of, as well as the politics of
governments. For a detailed explanation
of the conference topic, see www.shawsociety.org/DC-Shaw-Conference.htm.
ABSTRACTS
Abstracts of proposed papers and/or panels of 300-500 words should be
sent to the committee chair, Professor Leonard Conolly, preferably by email (cover letter, abstract, and c.v. all in a
single file and in that order) to lconolly@trentu.ca
or by mail to him at Department of English, Trent University, Peterborough,
Ontario, Canada K9J 7B8. Please copy dietrich@cas.usf.edu
on email. DEADLINE IS MAY 1,
2009. It’s strongly recommended
that graduate students send abstracts of 500 words.
TALKING POINTS OUTLINE
When delivering your paper at the conference, we
encourage you to “talk it” rather than just read it. And please provide copies for your auditors
of a single page outline of “talking points” (or topic sentences) and key
quotations, with the abstract on the back.
30 to 50 copies.
LENGTH OF PAPER
Many papers stimulate discussion, and so you should stick very strictly to the
20 minute limit (and 15 minutes is okay) to allow for at least 10 minutes of
discussion. Please time your paper before delivery at the conference.
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