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International and Multidisciplinary Conference Groningen, The Netherlands November 26-28, 2008 RE-EXPLORING CANADIAN SPACE / REDÉCOUVRIR L’ESPACE CANADIEN CALL FOR PAPERS The Canadian Studies Centre at the University of Groningen and the Association for Canadian Studies in the Netherlands are pleased to announce that on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Canadian Studies Centre an international and multidisciplinary conference will be held in Groningen. The conference seeks to examine and explore the various issues surrounding the idea of space in the Canadian studies context. The study of space has been one of the central themes around which the Centre has developed its activities. Among other areas, its members have published extensively on identity and space, frontiers and space, gender and space, colonial history and space, Arctic space and social change and space. The purpose of the conference is to explore questions that will extend current knowledge and foster new ideas in particularly in the realm of contemporary debates and developments. How is Canadian space affected by global climate change, and vice versa? How is Canada’s space protected, and influenced by security issues? How are the redistribution of land and new perspectives on space related? How do the nation’s multiple voices, for example those with ethnic or indigenous backgrounds, share Canada’s space? How are cultural activities, filmic and literary connotations on space embraced in Canada? We aim to reconnect our former discoveries with fresh perspectives in order to develop new angles on Canadian space by welcoming papers on, but not limited to, the following areas: - Canadian History, Society, Economy - Political Science - Trade and Foreign Relations - Culture, Cinema and Literature - Ethnicities and Languages - Geography and Arctic Studies - Foreign Policy and Security Issues The Greek philosopher Democritus has been quoted to say: “Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion”. For this conference we hope you will join us in our plan to fill the empty space by sending a proposal (maximum 300 words) for a 20 minute paper in English or French and a short CV by 1 November 2007. If a proposal is accepted a full draft paper should be submitted by 2 September 2008. Accepted papers are intended to be published. Proposals should be sent to the Canadian Studies Centre, University of Groningen, Oude Kijk in ’t Jatstraat 26, 9712 EK Groningen, The Netherlands, E-mail: [log in to unmask], tel. + 31 (0)50 3635891, fax. + 31 (0)50 3635821 Organizing committee: Jeanette den Toonder, Doeko Bosscher (Canadian Studies Centre), Conny Steenman-Marcusse, Fred Toppen (Association for Canadian Studies in the Netherlands) or at www.rug.nl/let/canada and http://www.acsn.nl/