Call for Papers
Annual Graduate Romanic Association Colloquium
University of Pennsylvania
Saturday, March 23, 2002
Conflict and Crisis
Literature and Film in Troubled Times
We are currently accepting submissions for our annual Graduate Romanic Association Colloquium. This year we would like to propose a day of reflection on the various ways literature and film have confronted tension and discord throughout history. Papers may examine the conference topic from a variety of perspectives, including social, psychological, cultural, theoretical, political, ideological and/or artistic.
Please submit an anonymous, 250-word abstract along with a cover letter stating your name, paper title, academic affiliation, address, e-mail, and phone number by January 31st, 2002 to:
GRA Colloquium 2002
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
University of Pennsylvania
521 Williams Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305
Papers should relate the conference topic to any Romance language literature and/or film of any period or provenance. We also encourage papers of an interdisciplinary and /or theoretical nature. Abstracts (for papers limited to 20-minutes) may be submitted in English, French, Italian or Spanish. Additionally, selected papers may be considered for publication in our Annual Working Papers series.
Please direct inquiries to:
Ari Blatt (French) ablatt@sas.upenn.edu
Elena Past (Italian) empast@sas.upenn.edu
Jaime Hanneken (Spanish) jehannek@sas.upenn.edu