Posted on behalf of Ros Jennings [log in to unmask] Call for papers TEACHING ACROSS CULTURES: INTERDISCIPLINARY THINKING AND STUDENT DIVERSITY IN AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT Conference to be held at the University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, UK, Monday 28th July 2003. See http://www.glos.ac.uk/arts/content.asp?rid=18 for full details. This conference is aimed at those who teach cultural material as part of Anglophone Area studies programmes in the Higher Education sector (particularly American, Australian and Canadian Studies) as well as those involved in teaching elements of Anglophone cultures in Education, Film, History, Media/Media Communications, Human Geography, Postcolonial Studies and Sociology courses. The focus of the conference is on classroom practice. For all those involved in cross-cultural and intercultural teaching, it is vital to formulate teaching strategies to provide students with a framework for reflecting upon intercultural differences and to develop ways of assessing the effectiveness of such teaching. This conference is run by the School of Art, Media & Design, University of Gloucestershire in conjunction with the LTSN Learning and Teaching Support Network. (For further information visit: http://www.lang.ltsn.ac.uk/ Abstracts of no more that 300 words should to be sent to: [log in to unmask] by April 30th 2003. For any further information or assistance please contact: Dr Ros Jennings Research Director (Arts & Humanities) University of Gloucestershire Tel: 01242 544016 or [log in to unmask] Dr John Canning Academic Coordinator for Area Studies School of Modern Languages University of Southampton Southampton SO17 1BJ Tel: +44 023 80 595407 Fax: +44 023 80 594815 Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies: http://www.lang.ltsn.ac.uk