CFP: BC Studies Conference

[James Hoffman]

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>                       CALL FOR PAPERS
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>       "Beyond Hope: Constructing British Columbia in Practice and Theory"
>                       10-12 May 2001
>               The University College of the Cariboo
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>British Columbia is an experiment in oppositions: hinterland and
>metropolis, urban and rural, resource exploitation and environmental
>activism  not to mention the constructs of gender, sexualities, race, and
>class.  Even the British/American name of the province is dichotomous,
>provoking questions of regionalism and resistance, and of colonial versus
>post-colonial mentalities.  New perspectives continue to arise in every
>discipline, a fact that underlines the importance of position of view ---
>whether one is looking at B.C. from this side or that of a scholarly
>continental divide.  "Hope" can thus be invoked as a metaphor for British
>Columbian perspectives:  male/female, white/non-white, rich/poor,
>Interior/Exterior.  And, in a province in which the ideology of
>'development' has historically loomed large, the juxtapositions of images
>and assumptions of just what (or whom) is being 'developed' are loaded
>with political and social meaning.
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>"Beyond Hope" will be a three day conference taking a broad perspective on
>perspective itself.  In keeping with the BC Studies tradition, this
>meeting aims at bringing together scholars working in diverse fields on
>various aspects of British Columbia.  The organizers welcome paper and
>session proposals from every discipline on any British Columbian topic.
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>Located in Kamloops, the University College of the Cariboo is the site of
>innovative teaching and research on many British Columbian themes.  The
>Campus Activity Centre is one of the most hospitable modern academic
>conference facilities in the province.  The organizers invite proposals
>(with detailed abstracts and c.v.'s) by 15 July 2000.  Please address
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>Ms. Lorna O'Brien
>Conference Secretary, 2001B.C.
>Arts Division
>University College of the Cariboo
>Box 3010, Kamloops, B.C.
>V2C 2N5
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>For general information, contact John Belshaw (belshaw at cariboo.bc.ca).
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Dr. James Hoffman, Professor, Theatre
University College of the Cariboo
P.O. Box 3010, Kamloops, British Columbia
Canada, V2C 5N3
Voice 250-828-5315, Fax 250-371-5697
www.cariboo.bc.ca/ae/vpa/jhoffman/home.htm