FYI... Stefanie Rixecker ECOFEM Coordinator ------- Forwarded message follows ------- The Eighth Maple Leaf and Eagle Conference on North American Studies: Roots and Renewals Location: Finland Call for Papers Deadline: 2000-04-28 The Eighth Maple Leaf and Eagle Conference on North American Studies: Roots and Renewals September 11-14, 2000 The North American Studies Program at the University of Helsinki Renvall Institute for Area and Cultural Studies is proud to organize the Inaugural of the 25th Bicentennial Professor of American Studies and the Eighth Maple Leaf and Eagle Conference. We are now accepting short (max. one page) proposals for the following workshops: * Progressivism and Its Legacy * Patterns of Political and Social Change in Postwar America * Gender, Race, and Rights in 20th Century America * The New Cold War History * Defining America: The Politics of National Identity * African-American Leaders Confronting Africa and Christianity * Teaching Nature * Colonialism in Comparative Perspective * Early American Botany * Don DeLillo and Millenial Mediations * Emily Dickinson and Contemporary Writers * Mapping the Americas * Cowboys and Colonials: Inventing a Mythic America Participants are expected to prepare a lecture talk, not to read their papers. Conference fee is 200/100 FMK. Proposals accompanied by a short CV are to be e-mailed/sent to Dr. Mari-Anna Suurmunne by April 28, 2000. For further information, please, contact Dr. Mari-Anna Suurmunne, or Prof. Markku Henriksson principal organizer, president of the conference committee, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] North American Studies Renvall Institute P.O. Box 59 00014 University of Helsinki Finland Contact information: Mari-Anna Suurmunne, Ph.D. University of Helsinki Renvall Institute North American Studies Program PO Box 59 FIN-00014 University of Helsinki Phone: +358-9-19123292 Fax: +358-9-19123107 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ********************************************************* ------- End of forwarded message ------- ************************************ Dr. Stefanie S. Rixecker, Senior Lecturer Environmental Management & Design Division Lincoln University, Canterbury PO Box 84 Aotearoa New Zealand E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: 64-03-325-3841 ************************************
