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Conference Announcement "Managing Diversity and Social Cohesion: The Canadian Experience" 5th International Conference of Central European Canadianists Central European Association for Canadian Studies Sofia University New Bulgarian University Sofia (Bulgaria) 16-18 October 2009 __________________________________________________ The Central European Association for Canadian Studies is pleased to announce its 5th Triennial International Conference to be held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from October 16-18 2009 in conjunction with Sofia University and New Bulgarian University. We are pleased to announce the following keynote speakers: - Professor Keith Banting, Research Chair in Public Policy, Queens University, Kingston - Professor Chelva Kanaganayakam, Professor of English and Director, Centre for South Asian Studies at the University of Toronto - Professor Lise Gauvin, Writer, Professor of Literature, Université de Montréal - Thibault Martin, Responsable des programmes de deuxième cycle en développement régional, Département de travail social et des sciences sociales, Université du Québec en Outaouais The theme of the conference is intended to reflect one of Canadas central strengths. This strength is the remarkable way in which, though a country marked by unusual diversity linguistic, cultural, ethnic, regional and political, to name only the most obvious it has nevertheless been able to contain these dynamic forces within a state of creative tension that has shaped the society as a whole. Taking this as our starting point, the conference presents perspectives from a wide variety of disciplines dealing with all aspects of the study of Canada, including but not limited to topics such as: - Cultural diversity - Democratic processes and human rights - Social cohesion - Canadian polity - Social diversity in Canadian literature - Emigrant writing - The city in literature - Intercultural dialogues in literature - Canadian cultural narratives - Cultural regionalism - A nation in the making: historical perspectives Interdisciplinary papers are especially welcome. Presentations will be 20 minutes with an additional 10 minutes for questions and discussion. The conference registration form, along with abstracts of papers (maximum 250 words) and a one-paragraph CV for those planning to deliver papers, should be submitted by e-mail to the organizers by 5 April 2009. Deadline for early-bird registration: 5 September 2009. Please send registration form to both: Associate Professor Rennie Yotova Email: [email protected] and Associate Professor Diana Yankova Email: [email protected] Central European Association for Canadian Studies: http://www.cecanstud.cz __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
