From: "Lee, Yu-cheng" <yclee-AT-eanovell.ea.sinica.edu.tw>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 16:11:42 CST
Subject: Call for papers


Dear Friends and Colleagues:

It seems that some of you were not able to download the attachment I 
sent you the other day.  Here is the announcement of our 
international conference.  Please help distribute it among friends 
and colleagues.  Thanks.

Sincerely, 
Lee Yu-cheng
President
Comparative Literature Association of
     the Republic of China
E-mail: yclee-AT-sinica.edu.tw


CALL FOR PAPERS

READING THE FIN DE SIECLE, WRITING THE MILLENNIUM


THE EIGHTH QUADRENNIAL 
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPARATIVE LITERATURE 

Tamkang University 
Tamsui, Taipei Hsien, Taiwan, R. O. C.

We take great pleasure in announcing that the Eighth Quadrennial
International Conference on Comparative Literature, sponsored by the
Comparative Literature Association of the Republic of China and hosted
by Tamkang University, will be held on Tamkang's campus in Tamsui,
Taipei Hsien, Taiwan, on 27-29 August 1999.

The general theme of the conference is "Reading the Fin de Siecle,
Writing the Millennium."  Papers related to the following topics are
solicited:

1. Literary and Cultural Studies at the Crossroads
2. The Turn of the Century and the End of Literacy
3. Crossing into the Millennium: SciFi and Cyberspace
4. Space, the City and the Body at the End of the Century
5. Eschatology: Illness and Its Metaphors
6. Alternative Modernity and Postcolonialism

The official language of the conference is English.  The conference
seeks papers that span the disciplines of literature, film, art,
architecture, music, subculture, etc. Papers accepted will be arranged
for presentation at the conference.  We also reserve the right to
publish the papers in the proceedings of the conference.

The deadline for proposals is 15 December 1998.  Notice of acceptance,
together with a registration form, will be sent before 15 January
1999.   The registration fee of the conference is US$75.  All
participants from abroad whose papers have been accepted will be
provided with board and lodging for the duration of the conference. 
Please send your proposal (500 words maximum) to:

Dr Robin Chen-hsing Tsai
The Eighth Quadrennial International Conference on 
      Comparative Literature
c/o English Department
Tamkang University
Tamsui, Taipei Hsien
Taiwan 25137
R. O. C.
Tel: +886-2-2621-5656 ext. 2957
Fax: +886-2-2620-9912 
E-mail: rnchtsai-AT-ntmail.tku.edu.tw


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