FYI... Stefanie Rixecker ECOFEM Coordinator ------- Forwarded message follows ------- >From Adam Sweeting, Boston University, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Making Spaces: Travels, Tourism, Geographies, and the Construction of Place in the Americas The Spring 2001 conference of the New England American Studies Association will be held at the University of New Hampshire, Manchester on April 27-29, 2001. We invite proposals for individual papers and panels that consider the multiple ways that spaces in the Americas have been constructed, described, visited, represented, or imagined. To be held in the restored grounds of the historic Amoskeag Millyard, the conference will examine how American spaces, both real and imagined,have been constructed and contested through time. Papers may address the entire range of topographies including (but by no means limited to) such topics as commemorative space; immigrant communities; ethnic spaces;military compounds; expatriate communities; tourist sites; eco-tourism;American spaces abroad; mapping and zoning; distinctions between public and private space; cultural and educational exchange programs; utopias and condemned space; virtual space; hangouts; and gendered space. Panels may address any time frame or location. As always, interdisciplinary approaches are encouraged. We also welcome proposals from educators, activists, and artists that will enrich the conference by looking to alternative formats or that take specific advantage of the location . Manchester, a city undergoing rapid economic and physical transformation, is served by several major airlines and is easily accessible from all parts of the country. NEASA is happy to announce that the Mary Kelley Prize will be awarded at the conference to the best paper by a graduate student, independent scholar, or non-tenure track faculty member. Please indicate in your proposal your eligibility for the award. Proposals of not more than 250 words and a one-page c.v. for each presenter should be postmarked by January 10, 2001. Please note that electronic submissions should not include ttachments. Proposals should be sent to: Adam Sweeting, NEASA Program Committee Chair, Boston University, College of General Studies, 871 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215. Requests for information should be directed to [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 ************************************
