CFP on multiculturalism, diversity, and social inclusion

[Denis Salter]

Being, Becoming and Belonging:

Multiculturalism, Diversity and 

Social Inclusion in Modern Canada

 

St Anne's College, University of Oxford

28-30 March 2009

 

The British Association for Canadian Studies (BACS) is pleased to announce that the 2009 annual conference will take place on 28-30 March 2009. Proposals for 20-minute papers, to be presented in either English or French, are invited from any single disciplinary or multidisciplinary perspective. Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary panel proposals, including those from postgraduate students, are also welcome.

Canada is renowned for "incorpora[ting] an embrace of diversity into their national mythologies" (Kernerman, 2005). This conference will consider a breadth of subjects in relation to the construction, evolution, evaluation and representation of modern Canada and its appreciation and recognition of matters of cultural difference.  Papers are welcomed from any disciplinary approach and include those which offer an informed view of Canada in comparative context. 

Papers will be especially appreciated in the following areas:

.     multiculturalism, citizenship, policy, management

.     law, human rights, constitution, freedom

.     societies, integration/disintegration, inclusion/exclusion

.     diversity, ethnicity, tolerance

.     cultures and literatures

.     representation, identity, self, history, meaning and recognition 

.     well being, the local and the global

.     metropolis, cities, towns and ruralis

Enquiries and proposals to:

            Jodie Robson, BACS Administrator 
            31 Tavistock Square
            London WC1H 9HA
            Tel: 44 (0) 20 7862 8687  /  44 (0) 1289 387331       
            Email: jodie.robson at canadian-studies.net 

Proposals (panel and individual) and deadline:

Email abstract(s) of 200-300 words; and brief CV(s) (must include title(s), institutional affiliation(s) and address(es) by 30 November 2008. Submissions will be acknowledged by email.

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Denis Salter
McGill
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