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New schedule for the SLLC Graduate Student Conference on April 9, 2010
Dear Presenter,
Schedule for the SLLC Graduate Student Conference on April 9, 2010, at the University of Maryland is ready.
Presenter, please note that you may send us your bibliography (no more than 200 words) and your paper to us at SLLC-GRADCONFCOMM@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU by April 7, 2010. Thank you for your participation and let us know if you have any questions or concerns. We look forward to seeing you on April 9!
Best regards,
SLLC Graduate Student Conference Committee
8th Annual School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Graduate Student Conference
Friday, April 9, 2010, St. Mary’s Hall
8-8:30 Breakfast
8:30-8:45 Welcome Remarks
Kristen Gunderson, Committee Member, Department of French and Italian
Dr. Mossman, Director of the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures of the University of Maryland
Dr. Caramello, Dean of Graduate School of the University of Maryland
8:45-10:45 Panel 1 Hybrid Spaces: Crossing All Boundaries
Panel Moderator: David Libber, Committee Member, Department of Second Language Acquisition
Khady Diene, University of Maryland: “Post colonialism and the Question of Identity”
CJ Gomolka, University of Maryland: “Hushed Bodies, Screaming Narratives: The Reconstruction of Transsexual Identity Through the use of Narrative Space in Tahar Ben Jelloun’s The Sand Child”
Anna Lukyanchenko, University of Maryland: “Learning Spatial Relationships in a New Language”
Sunyoung Lee, University of Maryland: “Perceptions of Spatial Relations by Heritage Speakers”
10:45-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Panel 2 Geography: Space as Places
Panel Moderator: Rebecca Cheek, Department of French and Italian
Tzvi Raphael Rivlin, University of Montréal: “Heterotopias of Triestine Literary Space”
Cécile Cristofari, University of Aix-en-Provence, France: “Realism in Fantasy, Metaphor in Geography: The Maps of High Fantasy Literature”
Jillet Sam, University of Maryland: “Grobalization in the Layered City: The Global-as-Spectacle in Hitec City, Hyderabad”
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3:30 Panel 3 Walls vs. Opened Spaces
Panel Moderator: Oscar Santos-Sopena, Committee Member, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Chiann Tsui, Stanford University: “The Significance of Space in Kafka’s Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer”
Marie-Hélène Charron-Cabana, University of Montréal: “To Write in Closed Rooms”
Lucia Reinaga, Duke University: “Seremos capaces de bailar por nuestra cuenta: Bridging Time and Space Gaps and Building a Communal Space in a Café Tacvba Concert”
Anna Bachman Barter, University of Wisconsin, Madison: “Prison or Paradise?: An Examination of the Philosopher’s Study in George Sand’s Les Sept cordes de la lyre”
3:30-3:45 Coffee Break
3:45-5:15 Panel 4 Narrative space: culture throughout the Americas
Panel Moderator: Ina Sammler, Department of Germanic Studies
Julia Burstein, University of Maryland: “Discursive Space and the Antillean Identity quest in Two Novels by Simone Schwarz-Bart”
Hilary Levinson, University of Michigan: “Space, Sound, and Self in the Works of José María Arguedas”
Laura Quijano, University of Maryland: “El rebozo: Sandra Cisneros and transfronterista feminisms”
5:15-6:00 Refreshments and hors d’oeuvres
6:00-7:00 Keynote Speaker, Dr. Roberto Dainotto, Professor of Romance Languages at Duke University
Introduction of Dr. Dainotto by David Libber, Committee Member, Department of Second Language Acquisition
7:00 Closing Remarks, Katherine Tek, Committee Member, Department of French and Italian
Schedule for the SLLC Graduate Student Conference on April 9, 2010, at the University of Maryland is ready.
Presenter, please note that you may send us your bibliography (no more than 200 words) and your paper to us at SLLC-GRADCONFCOMM@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU by April 7, 2010. Thank you for your participation and let us know if you have any questions or concerns. We look forward to seeing you on April 9!
Best regards,
SLLC Graduate Student Conference Committee
8th Annual School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Graduate Student Conference
Friday, April 9, 2010, St. Mary’s Hall
8-8:30 Breakfast
8:30-8:45 Welcome Remarks
Kristen Gunderson, Committee Member, Department of French and Italian
Dr. Mossman, Director of the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures of the University of Maryland
Dr. Caramello, Dean of Graduate School of the University of Maryland
8:45-10:45 Panel 1 Hybrid Spaces: Crossing All Boundaries
Panel Moderator: David Libber, Committee Member, Department of Second Language Acquisition
Khady Diene, University of Maryland: “Post colonialism and the Question of Identity”
CJ Gomolka, University of Maryland: “Hushed Bodies, Screaming Narratives: The Reconstruction of Transsexual Identity Through the use of Narrative Space in Tahar Ben Jelloun’s The Sand Child”
Anna Lukyanchenko, University of Maryland: “Learning Spatial Relationships in a New Language”
Sunyoung Lee, University of Maryland: “Perceptions of Spatial Relations by Heritage Speakers”
10:45-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Panel 2 Geography: Space as Places
Panel Moderator: Rebecca Cheek, Department of French and Italian
Tzvi Raphael Rivlin, University of Montréal: “Heterotopias of Triestine Literary Space”
Cécile Cristofari, University of Aix-en-Provence, France: “Realism in Fantasy, Metaphor in Geography: The Maps of High Fantasy Literature”
Jillet Sam, University of Maryland: “Grobalization in the Layered City: The Global-as-Spectacle in Hitec City, Hyderabad”
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3:30 Panel 3 Walls vs. Opened Spaces
Panel Moderator: Oscar Santos-Sopena, Committee Member, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Chiann Tsui, Stanford University: “The Significance of Space in Kafka’s Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer”
Marie-Hélène Charron-Cabana, University of Montréal: “To Write in Closed Rooms”
Lucia Reinaga, Duke University: “Seremos capaces de bailar por nuestra cuenta: Bridging Time and Space Gaps and Building a Communal Space in a Café Tacvba Concert”
Anna Bachman Barter, University of Wisconsin, Madison: “Prison or Paradise?: An Examination of the Philosopher’s Study in George Sand’s Les Sept cordes de la lyre”
3:30-3:45 Coffee Break
3:45-5:15 Panel 4 Narrative space: culture throughout the Americas
Panel Moderator: Ina Sammler, Department of Germanic Studies
Julia Burstein, University of Maryland: “Discursive Space and the Antillean Identity quest in Two Novels by Simone Schwarz-Bart”
Hilary Levinson, University of Michigan: “Space, Sound, and Self in the Works of José María Arguedas”
Laura Quijano, University of Maryland: “El rebozo: Sandra Cisneros and transfronterista feminisms”
5:15-6:00 Refreshments and hors d’oeuvres
6:00-7:00 Keynote Speaker, Dr. Roberto Dainotto, Professor of Romance Languages at Duke University
Introduction of Dr. Dainotto by David Libber, Committee Member, Department of Second Language Acquisition
7:00 Closing Remarks, Katherine Tek, Committee Member, Department of French and Italian
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Schedule Conference
8th Annual School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Graduate Student Conference
Friday, April 9, 2010, St. Mary’s Hall
8-8:30 Breakfast
8:30-8:45 Welcome Remarks : Kristen Gunderson, Committee Member, Department of French and Italian
Dr. Carol Mossman, Director of the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures of the University of Maryland
Dr. Charles Caramello, Dean of Graduate School of the University of Maryland
8:45-10:45 Panel 1 Hybrid Spaces: Crossing All Boundaries
Khady Diene, University of Maryland: “Post colonialism and the Question of Identity”
CJ Gomolka, University of Maryland: “Hushed Bodies, Screaming Narratives: The Reconstruction of Transsexual Identity Through the use of Narrative Space in Tahar Ben Jelloun’s The Sand Child”
Anna Lukyanchenko, University of Maryland: “Learning Spatial Relationships in a New Language”
Sunyoung Lee, University of Maryland: “Perceptions of Spatial Relations by Heritage Speakers”
10:45-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Panel 2 Geography: Space as Places
Tzvi Raphael Rivlin, University of Montréal: “Heterotopias of Triestine Literary Space”
Cécile Cristofari, University of Aix-en-Provence, France: “Realism in Fantasy, Metaphor in Geography: The Maps of High Fantasy Literature”
Jillet Sam, University of Maryland: “Grobalization in the Layered City: The Global-as-Spectacle in Hitec City, Hyderabad”
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3:30 Panel 3 Walls vs. Opened Spaces
Panel Moderator: Òscar Santos-Sopena, Committee Member, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Chiann Tsui, Stanford University: “The Significance of Space in Kafka’s Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer”
Marie-Hélène Charron-Cabana, University of Montréal: “To Write in Closed Rooms”
Lucia Reinaga, Duke University: “Seremos capaces de bailar por nuestra cuenta: Bridging Time and Space Gaps and Building a Communal Space in a Café Tacvba Concert”
Anna Bachman Barter, University of Wisconsin, Madison: “Prison or Paradise? : An Examination of the Philosopher’s Study in George Sand’s Les Sept cordes de la lyre”
3:30-3:45 Coffee Break
3:45-5:15 Panel 4 Narrative space: culture throughout the Americas
Julia Burstein, University of Maryland: “Discursive Space and the Antillean Identity quest in Two Novels by Simone Schwarz-Bart”
Hilary Levinson, University of Michigan: “Space, Sound, and Self in the Works of José María Arguedas”
Laura Quijano, University of Maryland: “El rebozo: Sandra Cisneros and transfronterista feminisms”
5:15-6:00 Refreshments and hors d’oeuvres
6:00-7:00 Keynote Speaker, Dr. Roberto Dainotto, Professor of Romance Languages at Duke University
Introduction of Dr. Dainotto by David Libber, Committee Member, Department of Second Language Acquisition
7:00 Closing Remarks, Katherine Tek, Committee Member, Department of French and Italian
Friday, April 9, 2010, St. Mary’s Hall
8-8:30 Breakfast
8:30-8:45 Welcome Remarks : Kristen Gunderson, Committee Member, Department of French and Italian
Dr. Carol Mossman, Director of the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures of the University of Maryland
Dr. Charles Caramello, Dean of Graduate School of the University of Maryland
8:45-10:45 Panel 1 Hybrid Spaces: Crossing All Boundaries
Khady Diene, University of Maryland: “Post colonialism and the Question of Identity”
CJ Gomolka, University of Maryland: “Hushed Bodies, Screaming Narratives: The Reconstruction of Transsexual Identity Through the use of Narrative Space in Tahar Ben Jelloun’s The Sand Child”
Anna Lukyanchenko, University of Maryland: “Learning Spatial Relationships in a New Language”
Sunyoung Lee, University of Maryland: “Perceptions of Spatial Relations by Heritage Speakers”
10:45-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Panel 2 Geography: Space as Places
Tzvi Raphael Rivlin, University of Montréal: “Heterotopias of Triestine Literary Space”
Cécile Cristofari, University of Aix-en-Provence, France: “Realism in Fantasy, Metaphor in Geography: The Maps of High Fantasy Literature”
Jillet Sam, University of Maryland: “Grobalization in the Layered City: The Global-as-Spectacle in Hitec City, Hyderabad”
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3:30 Panel 3 Walls vs. Opened Spaces
Panel Moderator: Òscar Santos-Sopena, Committee Member, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Chiann Tsui, Stanford University: “The Significance of Space in Kafka’s Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer”
Marie-Hélène Charron-Cabana, University of Montréal: “To Write in Closed Rooms”
Lucia Reinaga, Duke University: “Seremos capaces de bailar por nuestra cuenta: Bridging Time and Space Gaps and Building a Communal Space in a Café Tacvba Concert”
Anna Bachman Barter, University of Wisconsin, Madison: “Prison or Paradise? : An Examination of the Philosopher’s Study in George Sand’s Les Sept cordes de la lyre”
3:30-3:45 Coffee Break
3:45-5:15 Panel 4 Narrative space: culture throughout the Americas
Julia Burstein, University of Maryland: “Discursive Space and the Antillean Identity quest in Two Novels by Simone Schwarz-Bart”
Hilary Levinson, University of Michigan: “Space, Sound, and Self in the Works of José María Arguedas”
Laura Quijano, University of Maryland: “El rebozo: Sandra Cisneros and transfronterista feminisms”
5:15-6:00 Refreshments and hors d’oeuvres
6:00-7:00 Keynote Speaker, Dr. Roberto Dainotto, Professor of Romance Languages at Duke University
Introduction of Dr. Dainotto by David Libber, Committee Member, Department of Second Language Acquisition
7:00 Closing Remarks, Katherine Tek, Committee Member, Department of French and Italian
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Keynote Speaker: Roberto Dainotto
ROBERTO DAINOTTO
It is said in his legend that Professor Dainotto's PhD from New York University was in Comparative Literature, and only when he was struck by an illumination under the statue of Washington Duke, possessed by the spirit of JB our Founder, he started pronouncing burning words in Italian and was appointed Assistant Professor in that Field. The image of Garibaldi spake unto him and said: "Roberto, go and spread Italian words, that manyfold students can hear." And he went and taught, as thou can see, on Eighteenth- and Nineteent-Century Italian literature and culture, and fascism and Reconstruction, and Mediterranean Studies and European Unions; and he wrote in European History Quarterly, SubStance, Nepantla, Critical Inquiry, Segno, NAE, Journal of Modern Italian Studies, Annali d'italianistica, Italian-Americana, and in collections in Italy and abroad. On a time, he wrote about excrements, which scholars naturally abhor, but it reminded him of sublime ecstasies, and anon he wrote that for Postmodern Culture; wherefore he went to publish Il racconto americano (Einaudi Scuola) and Place in Literature (Cornell UP, 2000), to which Europe (in Theory) did follow.
Let us devoutly pray this teacher, Professor Dainotto, to be our instructor and soccur and aid us in our adversities and curricula, and help, that we may after this short life at Duke come into everlasting life in the other world called real.
Education:
PhD New York University, 1995
MA New York University, 1990
Laurea, cum laude University of Catania, Italy, 1986
Research Interests:
Modern and contemporary Italian culture. His publications include Place in Literature: Regions, Cultures, Communities (Cornell UP, 2000), Europe (in Theory) (Duke UP, 2007), and the edited volume Racconti Americani del ‘900 (Einaudi, 1999). His research interests include the Italian historicist tradition (Vico, Cuoco, Manzoni, Labriola and Gramsci), the formation of national identity between regionalism (including the so-called “Southern Question” and “Jewish Question”) and European integration; Italian cinema.
Representative Publications
Europe (in Theory). Duke University Press, 2007.
"Asimmetrie mediterranee. Etica e mare nostrum." NAE 3 (2003): 3-18.
"The Gubbio Papers: Historic Centers in the Age of the 'Economic Miracle'." Journal of Modern Italian Studies 8:1 (2003): 67-83.
Place in Literature: Regions, Cultures, Communities. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2000.
R. Dainotto. "Historical Materialism as New Humanism: Antonio Labriola’s ‘In Memoria del Manifesto dei Comunisti’ (1895)." Annali d'Italianistica 25 (2008): 265-282.
"The Canonization of Heinrich Heine and the Construction of Jewish-Italian Literature." The Most Ancient of Minorities: History and Culture of the Jews of Italy Ed. Stanislao Pugliese. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2002, 131-138.
R. Dainotto. "Of the Arab Origin of Modern Europe: Giammaria Barbieri, Juan Andrés, and the Origin of Rhyme." Comparative Literature 58:4 (Fall, 2007): 271-292.
"The Importance of Being Sicilian: Italian Cultural Studies, sicilitudine and je ne sais quoi." Italian Cultural Studies (2001): 201-219.
"Goethe's Backpack." SubStance 105:33 (2005): 6-22. [html]
"Tramonto and Risorgimento: Gentile's Dialectics and the Prophecy of Nation." Making and Unmaking Italy: The Cultivation of National Identity around the Risorgimento Ed. Alberto Ascoli and Krystyna von Henneberg. Oxford: Berg., 2001, 241-256.
"La città e il represso. Moderno, postmoderno, e l' immaginario del(la) capitale." Golem. Il futuro che passa Ed. Fausto Carmelo Nigrelli. Roma: ManifestoLibri., 2001, 49-72.
"Die Rhetorik des Regionalismus. Architektonischer Ort und der Geist des Gemeinplatzes." Die Architektur, die Tradition und der Ort: Regionalismen in der europaäischen Stadt Ed. Vittorio Magnano Lampugnani. Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 2000, 15-30.
R. Dainotto. "The Discreet Charm of the Arabist Theory." European History Quarterly 36:1 (2006): 7-29.
"The `Other' Europe of Michele Amari: Orientalism from the South." Nineteent-Century Contexts 26:4 (2005): 18-27.
"Vico's Beginnings and Ends: Variations on the Theme of Origins of Language." Annali d'Italianistica 18 (2000): 13-28.
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It is said in his legend that Professor Dainotto's PhD from New York University was in Comparative Literature, and only when he was struck by an illumination under the statue of Washington Duke, possessed by the spirit of JB our Founder, he started pronouncing burning words in Italian and was appointed Assistant Professor in that Field. The image of Garibaldi spake unto him and said: "Roberto, go and spread Italian words, that manyfold students can hear." And he went and taught, as thou can see, on Eighteenth- and Nineteent-Century Italian literature and culture, and fascism and Reconstruction, and Mediterranean Studies and European Unions; and he wrote in European History Quarterly, SubStance, Nepantla, Critical Inquiry, Segno, NAE, Journal of Modern Italian Studies, Annali d'italianistica, Italian-Americana, and in collections in Italy and abroad. On a time, he wrote about excrements, which scholars naturally abhor, but it reminded him of sublime ecstasies, and anon he wrote that for Postmodern Culture; wherefore he went to publish Il racconto americano (Einaudi Scuola) and Place in Literature (Cornell UP, 2000), to which Europe (in Theory) did follow.
Let us devoutly pray this teacher, Professor Dainotto, to be our instructor and soccur and aid us in our adversities and curricula, and help, that we may after this short life at Duke come into everlasting life in the other world called real.
Education:
PhD New York University, 1995
MA New York University, 1990
Laurea, cum laude University of Catania, Italy, 1986
Research Interests:
Modern and contemporary Italian culture. His publications include Place in Literature: Regions, Cultures, Communities (Cornell UP, 2000), Europe (in Theory) (Duke UP, 2007), and the edited volume Racconti Americani del ‘900 (Einaudi, 1999). His research interests include the Italian historicist tradition (Vico, Cuoco, Manzoni, Labriola and Gramsci), the formation of national identity between regionalism (including the so-called “Southern Question” and “Jewish Question”) and European integration; Italian cinema.
Representative Publications
Europe (in Theory). Duke University Press, 2007.
"Asimmetrie mediterranee. Etica e mare nostrum." NAE 3 (2003): 3-18.
"The Gubbio Papers: Historic Centers in the Age of the 'Economic Miracle'." Journal of Modern Italian Studies 8:1 (2003): 67-83.
Place in Literature: Regions, Cultures, Communities. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2000.
R. Dainotto. "Historical Materialism as New Humanism: Antonio Labriola’s ‘In Memoria del Manifesto dei Comunisti’ (1895)." Annali d'Italianistica 25 (2008): 265-282.
"The Canonization of Heinrich Heine and the Construction of Jewish-Italian Literature." The Most Ancient of Minorities: History and Culture of the Jews of Italy Ed. Stanislao Pugliese. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2002, 131-138.
R. Dainotto. "Of the Arab Origin of Modern Europe: Giammaria Barbieri, Juan Andrés, and the Origin of Rhyme." Comparative Literature 58:4 (Fall, 2007): 271-292.
"The Importance of Being Sicilian: Italian Cultural Studies, sicilitudine and je ne sais quoi." Italian Cultural Studies (2001): 201-219.
"Goethe's Backpack." SubStance 105:33 (2005): 6-22. [html]
"Tramonto and Risorgimento: Gentile's Dialectics and the Prophecy of Nation." Making and Unmaking Italy: The Cultivation of National Identity around the Risorgimento Ed. Alberto Ascoli and Krystyna von Henneberg. Oxford: Berg., 2001, 241-256.
"La città e il represso. Moderno, postmoderno, e l' immaginario del(la) capitale." Golem. Il futuro che passa Ed. Fausto Carmelo Nigrelli. Roma: ManifestoLibri., 2001, 49-72.
"Die Rhetorik des Regionalismus. Architektonischer Ort und der Geist des Gemeinplatzes." Die Architektur, die Tradition und der Ort: Regionalismen in der europaäischen Stadt Ed. Vittorio Magnano Lampugnani. Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 2000, 15-30.
R. Dainotto. "The Discreet Charm of the Arabist Theory." European History Quarterly 36:1 (2006): 7-29.
"The `Other' Europe of Michele Amari: Orientalism from the South." Nineteent-Century Contexts 26:4 (2005): 18-27.
"Vico's Beginnings and Ends: Variations on the Theme of Origins of Language." Annali d'Italianistica 18 (2000): 13-28.
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
EXTENSION OF THE DEADLINE: January 31, 2010
Abstracts are encouraged from all fields and papers should be in English.
Please submit an abstract of no more than 300 words by January 31, 2010 to umdsllcconf2010@gmail.com.
Please submit an abstract of no more than 300 words by January 31, 2010 to umdsllcconf2010@gmail.com.
Friday, January 8, 2010
Travel and Conference Information II
Traveling:
Reagan National Airport is the easiest connection to get you to College Park. You can get on the DC Metro at the airport, switch to the green line at several points, and ride the green line to the University of Maryland, College Park. From the College Park-University of Maryland metro station, take a taxi to your hotel; this will be no more than a 5 minute drive.
BWI airport is another option but the trip between BWI and College Park is slightly more complicated. You may take a shuttle or a taxi to College Park OR you can take the B30 “Greenbelt-BWI Airport” DC metro bus from the airport to the Greenbelt Metro Station where you can ride the metro to the College Park-University of Maryland station (one stop later on the Green line) and then take a taxi to your hotel.
Dulles Airport: this airport is farthest from the college, and there is no direct connection to the DC Metro (though there are buses in between). For a list of possible shuttle services between Dulles and DC, you can check http://dc.about.com/od/transportation/a/DullesAirport.htm.
For questions regarding DC Metro and Metro Bus stations, timetables, etc., please go to http://www.wmata.com.
Lodging:
There are several hotels in close proximity to campus.
• The Marriott Inn is located on the edge of campus. It is a bit pricy but you could share a room with another participant to make it more affordable.
• We have a special contract with the Quality Inn for conference participants; if we get many rooms, our rate is going to be $ 79/ night, plus taxes, for a single room (however, these are not luxurious accommodations). However, they offer a free shuttle service to the college as well as to the metro station. When you call to make your reservation, please tell them that you are a participant of a conference (SLLC University of Maryland, contact name Kristen Gunderson). Also, please inform me ASAP that you are planning on staying with them in case I have to increase our number of rooms. The Quality Inn’s website can be found at http://www.qualityinn.com/hotel-college_park-maryland-MD021
• One out of many other options is the Comfort Inn in College Park, also close to the college.
Conference Format:
Each presentation should last no longer than 20 minutes. Out of respect for fellow panel speakers, please adhere to this time frame. Speakers will be stopped if not finished when their time is up. There will also be a 10-minute question and answer session for every speaker.
For presenters working with AV material: We will provide a laptop, projector, and screen. Please let us know in advance if you need other technical equipment for your presentation. A tentative program showing panel formations and abstracts will be available soon. Please confirm your tentative paper titles as soon as possible.
We look forward to meeting you all in March and listening to your very promising abstracts.
Please contact as any time with questions and comments.
Sincerely,
Planning Committee
8th Annual SLLC Graduate Student Conference
Reagan National Airport is the easiest connection to get you to College Park. You can get on the DC Metro at the airport, switch to the green line at several points, and ride the green line to the University of Maryland, College Park. From the College Park-University of Maryland metro station, take a taxi to your hotel; this will be no more than a 5 minute drive.
BWI airport is another option but the trip between BWI and College Park is slightly more complicated. You may take a shuttle or a taxi to College Park OR you can take the B30 “Greenbelt-BWI Airport” DC metro bus from the airport to the Greenbelt Metro Station where you can ride the metro to the College Park-University of Maryland station (one stop later on the Green line) and then take a taxi to your hotel.
Dulles Airport: this airport is farthest from the college, and there is no direct connection to the DC Metro (though there are buses in between). For a list of possible shuttle services between Dulles and DC, you can check http://dc.about.com/od/transportation/a/DullesAirport.htm.
For questions regarding DC Metro and Metro Bus stations, timetables, etc., please go to http://www.wmata.com.
Lodging:
There are several hotels in close proximity to campus.
• The Marriott Inn is located on the edge of campus. It is a bit pricy but you could share a room with another participant to make it more affordable.
• We have a special contract with the Quality Inn for conference participants; if we get many rooms, our rate is going to be $ 79/ night, plus taxes, for a single room (however, these are not luxurious accommodations). However, they offer a free shuttle service to the college as well as to the metro station. When you call to make your reservation, please tell them that you are a participant of a conference (SLLC University of Maryland, contact name Kristen Gunderson). Also, please inform me ASAP that you are planning on staying with them in case I have to increase our number of rooms. The Quality Inn’s website can be found at http://www.qualityinn.com/hotel-college_park-maryland-MD021
• One out of many other options is the Comfort Inn in College Park, also close to the college.
Conference Format:
Each presentation should last no longer than 20 minutes. Out of respect for fellow panel speakers, please adhere to this time frame. Speakers will be stopped if not finished when their time is up. There will also be a 10-minute question and answer session for every speaker.
For presenters working with AV material: We will provide a laptop, projector, and screen. Please let us know in advance if you need other technical equipment for your presentation. A tentative program showing panel formations and abstracts will be available soon. Please confirm your tentative paper titles as soon as possible.
We look forward to meeting you all in March and listening to your very promising abstracts.
Please contact as any time with questions and comments.
Sincerely,
Planning Committee
8th Annual SLLC Graduate Student Conference
Travel and Conference Information I
Dear Conference Participants:
As the conference dates approaches, we would like to provide some information to help you prepare for the trip to the University of Maryland, College Park.
Again, the conference date is April 9, 2010 (Friday).
Deadline for paper submission and presenters’ short bios:
Please send a draft of the paper you plan on presenting to umdsllcconf2010@gmail.com no later than Friday, March 26, 2010. Papers should not exceed 9 pages (double spaced) and should include a title. Your papers will assist us in confirming panel formations and making any necessary last minute changes. In addition, please provide us with a short bio (if you have not already done so) including relevant information such as name, affiliation and year/degree, research interests, publications and/or presented conference papers.
Please contact as any time with questions and comments.
Sincerely,
Planning Committee
8th Annual SLLC Graduate Student Conference
As the conference dates approaches, we would like to provide some information to help you prepare for the trip to the University of Maryland, College Park.
Again, the conference date is April 9, 2010 (Friday).
Deadline for paper submission and presenters’ short bios:
Please send a draft of the paper you plan on presenting to umdsllcconf2010@gmail.com no later than Friday, March 26, 2010. Papers should not exceed 9 pages (double spaced) and should include a title. Your papers will assist us in confirming panel formations and making any necessary last minute changes. In addition, please provide us with a short bio (if you have not already done so) including relevant information such as name, affiliation and year/degree, research interests, publications and/or presented conference papers.
Please contact as any time with questions and comments.
Sincerely,
Planning Committee
8th Annual SLLC Graduate Student Conference
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Welcome to SLLC Graduate Conference
8th Annual SLLC Graduate Student Forum
Space and Transculturality; April 9, 2010
“Each time I undertake to paint a picture, I have the sensation of leaping into space. I never know whether I shall fall on my feet.” Picasso may have simply been trying to paint a picture, but his statement exemplifies the metaphysical connection between space and the endeavor of expression. Space, as evidenced by its charm over architects, artists, writers, and scientists alike, is a concept that profoundly intrigues us, the examination of which is fundamental to an understanding of ourselves.
Space can be an emptiness, or it can be room to grow. “The space between” can be a communal place where ideas meld, but it can also be a gap, a breach in understanding. This conference seeks to explore the question of space and its representations within the context of transculturality in language and literature. How does space, from its geographical to metaphorical manifestations, affect the flow and transfer of ideas between cultures? What are the differences between physical and mental spaces among cultures? What consequences arise from the imposition of one culture on the space of another? We think of barriers as marking a boundary within a space, but in what ways does space itself create boundaries? How is space compartmentalized by different cultures? Do certain gaps between cultures defy exchange?
The graduate students of the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Maryland cordially invite students from all disciplines to submit papers that analyze possible reflection on and interpretation of “Space and Transculturality.” Topics include but are not limited to:
•The relationship between space and borders (both physical and metaphorical)
•Representations of space in literature
•The conceptualization of space from a linguistic perspective
•Sociocultural approaches to the question of space
•Colonialism and post-colonialism
•Terrorism in today’s world literature
•Geographical space
•Emptiness
•Visual representations of space
•Borders, boundaries, and walls
•Definitions of space
Abstracts are encouraged from all fields and papers should be in English. Please submit an abstract of no more than 300 words by January 15, 2010 to umdsllcconf2010@gmail.com.
Space and Transculturality; April 9, 2010
“Each time I undertake to paint a picture, I have the sensation of leaping into space. I never know whether I shall fall on my feet.” Picasso may have simply been trying to paint a picture, but his statement exemplifies the metaphysical connection between space and the endeavor of expression. Space, as evidenced by its charm over architects, artists, writers, and scientists alike, is a concept that profoundly intrigues us, the examination of which is fundamental to an understanding of ourselves.
Space can be an emptiness, or it can be room to grow. “The space between” can be a communal place where ideas meld, but it can also be a gap, a breach in understanding. This conference seeks to explore the question of space and its representations within the context of transculturality in language and literature. How does space, from its geographical to metaphorical manifestations, affect the flow and transfer of ideas between cultures? What are the differences between physical and mental spaces among cultures? What consequences arise from the imposition of one culture on the space of another? We think of barriers as marking a boundary within a space, but in what ways does space itself create boundaries? How is space compartmentalized by different cultures? Do certain gaps between cultures defy exchange?
The graduate students of the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Maryland cordially invite students from all disciplines to submit papers that analyze possible reflection on and interpretation of “Space and Transculturality.” Topics include but are not limited to:
•The relationship between space and borders (both physical and metaphorical)
•Representations of space in literature
•The conceptualization of space from a linguistic perspective
•Sociocultural approaches to the question of space
•Colonialism and post-colonialism
•Terrorism in today’s world literature
•Geographical space
•Emptiness
•Visual representations of space
•Borders, boundaries, and walls
•Definitions of space
Abstracts are encouraged from all fields and papers should be in English. Please submit an abstract of no more than 300 words by January 15, 2010 to umdsllcconf2010@gmail.com.
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