With appologies for cross-posting. The deadline has been extended
to 1 May 2003.
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Western European Studies Section (WESS) of the Association of
College & Research Libraries (ACRL) is planning an international
conference to
coincide with the Salon du Livre in Paris.
"Migrations in society, culture, and the library"
Paris, France. March 22-26, 2004.
Keynote
Speakers: Roger
Chartier, École des Hautes Études, Paris
Hans-Jürgen
Lüsebrink, Universität von Saarbrücken
Friedrich
Heckmann, Universität von Bamberg
Papers are invited in, but not limited to, the following areas:
- ·
borders
and frontiers in the new Europe
· the
fate of culture(s) in the 21st
century
· orality
and literacy in a computer age
· the
fate of the book
· "migrations"
in libraries
· migration
from text to image
· literary
migrations into other disciplines
· migrations
from print to digital, bricks-and-mortar to virtual
Papers can be in English or French; simultaneous translations will be
available. Please send panel proposals and paper abstracts (300 words
max) addressing the paper's theme and conclusion, along with a short
biographical note to:
Barbara Walden
278A Memorial Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison
728 State Street, Madison, WI, 53706-1494
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Deadline: May 1, 2003
Sarah G. Wenzel
Reference Coordinator
Humanities Library
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
617.253.9349
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