Fwd: CFP

[John M. Krafft]

Dana asked me to pass this along with the hint that the call "can be 
ruthlessly elasticated" to accomodate anything, including Pynchon (even a 
Pynchon panel, perhaps). --jmk

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>Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 13:59:25 -0600
>From: Dana Medoro <dmedoro at Ms.UManitoba.CA>
>Subject: CFP


>Call for Papers for the Canadian Association for American Studies
>Conference in October, 2003 on  "Authenticity and Contention."
>Proposals will be considered on the concept of authenticity in
>America as it refers to racial profiling and the notion of authentic
>citizenship, gender identification and sexuality, claims for an
>authentic humanity and lines of descent, documentation and
>counterfeit, illegitimacy, claims of authentic belonging and
>rootedness, biological authenticity and medical discourses.  We are
>seeking proposals from the disciplines throughout and affiliated
>with American Studies.
>The conference will be held in Winnipeg on October 17 to 19, 2003.
>Proposals should be a maximum of 250 words and sent to Professor Dana
>Medoro (Dept of English) or Professor David Churchill (Dept of
>History),
>University of Manitoba. Winnipeg, Manitoba. R3T 5V5 Canada.
>or by email to dmedoro at ms.umanitoba.ca
>or d_churchill at ms.umanitoba.ca


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