Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 15:18:27 -0500
Subject: SPOON-ANN: Crossing the Boundaries Conference--Vagabond


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SUNY Binghamton graduate students invite submissions for:

CROSSING THE BOUNDARIES IX
An Inter-Disciplinary Graduate Student Conference
March 30-April 1, 2001
SUNY Binghamton
Binghamton, New York

This year^Òs conference will focus on:

 ^ÓVagabond- Somewhere to Run to, Nowhere to Hide^Ô

The collective of the 9th annual Crossing The Boundaries Conference
invites
members from various cultural spaces and different academic disciplines
to
examine the issues of cultural groups/ individuals who travel for a
myriad
reasons and motivations.


Some possible themes:

-      Accounts of exploration and expedition
-      Crusades
-      Pilgrimages: secular and religious
-      Tourists/tourism
-      The refugee experience
-      Nomads
-      Collectors and collectibles
-      The flâneur
-      The Hobo
-      Traveling salespeople
-      Migrant workers
-      Issues of immigration/emigration
-      The ^ÓGrand Tour^Ô
-      Homelessness
-      Rites of passage

We invite paper and panel proposals, and encourage creative, informal,
and
interactive presentations (e.g. video, performance art, installations,
interactive multimedia, etc^Å).

Completed panel proposals are encouraged and enthusiastically received.
This conference has been established and is run by graduate students.

Abstracts should be submitted along with a C.V., a separate listing of
name, paper title, institutional and department affiliation, preferred
mailing address, phone number, and email address. As well, include a
self-addressed stamped envelope for any materials you would like
returned
to you (portfolios, discs, video tapes, etc.). Although January 15 is
the
submission deadline, earlier submissions are highly encouraged!

Submit one-page (250 words) abstracts or presentation proposals by
January
15, 2001 to:

               Crossing the Boundaries IX
               C/o Art History Department
               SUNY Binghamton
               Box 6000, Binghamton NY, 13902

Or e-mail your proposal to: bj93777-AT-binghamton.edu

If you need more information, please feel free to contact:

Sara J. Yehl
Department of Art History
SUNY Binghamton
Binghamton, NY 13902
Email: bj93777-AT-binghamton.edu

Or:
Sharon C. Smith
Department of Art History
SUNY Binghamton
Binghamton, NY 13902
Email: bf20558-AT-binghamton.edu

Or:
Camille Goodison
Department of English
SUNY Binghamton
Binghamton, NY 13902
Email: cgoodison-AT-hotmail.com

Sharon C. Smith
Department of Art History
SUNY Binghamton