CFP
Canadian Studies: The State of the Art
Centre for Canadian Studies
Mount Allison University

Place: Mount Allison University, Sackville NB
Date: 13 to 15 February 2009

Over the last generation the foci and subject matter of Canadian Studies as a field of interdisciplinary inquiry have changed dramatically. In part, changes in Canadian Studies are the product of changes in Canada itself. In part, they are the product of new research agendas and heuristics. What is the state of Canadian Studies today? What new research agendas should be developed? What older questions and heuristic frameworks retain their relevance? What are the core issues that should animate Canadian Studies today and into the future? 

The Centre for Canadian Studies at Mount Allison University invites proposals for the third in its “Alternatives” conference series. We are particularly interested in proposals that explore the current state and future trajectories of Canadian Studies as a field of interdisciplinary inquiry. Proposals that explore the potential of different approaches to Canadian Studies and highlight the strengths and weaknesses of existing approaches are especially welcome. The Centre is particularly interested in proposals that address one or more of the following themes:

•	New pedagogies and the teaching of Canadian Studies
•	The place of the state in Canadian Studies
•	Transnationalism, transculturalism and Canadian Studies
•	The changing dynamics of Canadian political economy
•	The cultural politics of diversity
•	The study of Canadian class formation
•	Canada’s place in the world
•	Gender and sexuality and the study of Canada

The Centre for Canadian Studies plans, as well, that this conference will serve as a venue advance consideration of interaction between teachers and Canadian Studies programmes across Canada and their connections to each other. 

Proposals for individual papers or panel sessions should be submitted to:

Dr. Andrew Nurse
Centre for Canadian Studies
Mount Allison University
63D York St.
Sackville, NB
E4L 1G9
anurse@mta.ca
506-364-2645 (fax)

The Centre encourages the electronic submission of proposals. Proposals should include a brief abstract of the intended presentation or panel along with necessary contact information. 

Submissions due by: November 30, 2008

A selection of work from this conference will be published in the third volume of the Centre for Canadian Studies Alternatives series. Individuals interested in submission for publication are encouraged to contact the Centre for further information.