The 7th Annual GES Conference will be held February 22-23, 2002 at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. The theme of this year's conference, "Past and Future Perspectives: Negotiating our Changing Field," addresses our changing field from the graduate scholar's perspective. The palindrome of the year suggests examination of ways our past can help us deal with our future regarding issues arising from new theories, cultural shifts, evolving technologies, and recent discoveries.
While I am especially interested in abstracts/proposals which address the following suggested topics, abstracts dealing with any aspect of Modern and Contemporary Drama are welcome and will be considered:
- Irish and British and Drama: Synge, O'Casey, etc.;
- European and Continental Drama: Strindberg, Ibsene, Pirandello, Hauptmann, Sartre, etc.;
- American Drama: Eugene O'Neil, Tenessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee, etc.
These areas are only general in nature and for specific authors. All essays that fall in the general category of Contemporary and Modern Drama are welcomed. Essays that discuss minority issues, gender, and gay issues are also encouraged.
E-mail submissions are strongly encouraged; please put "GES Conference Proposal" in the subject line for all electronic submissions. Participants may present no more than two papers or be on no more than two panels.
Abstracts/Proposals (250 words) and inquiries should be addressed to:
Ibrahim Alhiyari
Texas Tech University
Department of English
P. O. Box 43091
Lubbock, TX 79409-3091
806.742-2501
e-mail: ibalhiya@ttacs.ttu.edu
Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Please visit the GES Conference web site at:
http://english.ttu.edu/GESConference