At very short notice, a conference announcement. (The sender will 
perhaps let us have details of subsequent conferences a bit further 
in advance!)
Please reply to Ingo Schneider at the address below.
Tom

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From:          INGO SCHNEIDER <[log in to unmask]>
Organization:  University of Innsbruck, Austria

PERSPECTIVES ON
CONTEMPORARY LEGEND

The Sixteenth International Conference
Innsbruck, Austria
July 21 - July 24, 1998

The International Society for Contemporary Legend Research (ISCLR) is
pleased to announce that the Sixteenth International Perspectives on
Contemporary Legend Conference is to be held in Innsbruck, Austria,
July 21 - July 24, 1998. The Conference will be held at the Old Town
Hall. Accomodations will be available at the Central Hotel.
Registration will begin on July 20, 1998, 6.00 to 8.00 p.m., the
formal sessions on July 21, 1998.

First held in 1982 at he Centre for English Cultural Tradition and
Language, Sheffield, England, these meetings have provided scholars
working in this area with a forum for the exchange of ideas and with
an opportunity to keep in touch with current research. 

Participants have discussed the so-called ,urban" or ,modern" legends,
but also any legend or legend-like tradition that circulates actively
at present or has circulated intensively at any earlier historical
period. Periods discussed have ranged from ancient times to the
Internetlore, and cultures from Africa and the Pacific Rim to our own
academic worlds have been examined. 

The 1998 meeting will be organized as a series of seminars, at which
the mayority of individuals attending will present papers and/or
contribute to the discussion sessions. Concurrent sessions will be
avoided so that all participants can hear all the papers. 

If you wish to participate in the conference, please forward a title
and a four hundred word abstract of your paper, along with a
conference fee of $ 75 for ISCLR members ($ 100 for non members and $
45 for students) by February 1, 1998. Similarly if you would like to
propose any special discussion sessions or events , please do not
hesitate to get in touch.

For further information please contact / Send abstracts to:
Dr. Ingo Schneider
Institut fuer Europaeische Ethnologie 
Universitaet Innsbruck /Innrain 52
A-6020 Innsbruck
Telephone: 0043 (0)512 507 4433 / Fax: 0043 (0)512 507 3458
E-Mail: [log in to unmask]

PERSPECTIVES ON
CONTEMPORARY LEGEND
The Sixteenth International Conference
Innsbruck, Austria
July 21-July 24,1998


A 400 word (i.e. two double spaced pages) abstract is required for
papers, panels, forums and workshops.  Please attach three copies of
your DOUBLE-SPACED abstract to this page.  Abstracts are due on
February 1, 1998


FOR PAPERS:

1.	Name of author:

2.	Title of paper:

3.	Is this paper being submitted as part of a proposed panel?

Yes                        No                     .

4.   lf this paper is being submitted as part of a panel, forum or
workshop, please  
     supply the following information:

1.	Session organizer:

2.	Session title:

3.	Names of all participants, in the order in which they will give
their presentations:








 PERSPECTIVES ON
CONTEMPORARY LEGEND
The Sixteenth International Conference
Innsbruck, Austria
July 21-July 24, 1998


ADVANCE REGISTRATION FORM


Name:

Mailing Adress:


REGISTRATION FEES
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEES
Please check membership category:
[ ] ISCLR Member							$   75
[ ] Non member (Includes ISCLR membership fee)			$ 100
[ ] Students (Does not include ISCLR membership fee) 			$   45

I enclose a check for $  ____ made payable to the convener.

 Send abstracts and registration fees to:

Dr. Ingo Schneider
Institut fuer Europaeische Ethnologie 
Universitaet Innsbruck
Innrain 52
A-6020 Innsbruck
Telephone: 0043 (0)512 507 4433
Fax: 0043 (0)512 507 3458
E-Mail: [log in to unmask] 


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