Organized by faculty and students from St. Thomas University and the University of New Brunswick, the conference "Narrative Matters 2002" will be held at the Sheraton Hotel in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, on the weekend of Friday, May 16, to Sunday, May 19, 2002.
Nearly 150 researchers, practitioners, and students from over 12 countries and a range of disciplines and fields are planning to present papers, roundtables, symposia, and workshops on a wide variety of topics related to the role of narrative, or story, in the midst of human life. Keynote speakers are Mary Catherine Bateson, PhD, and David Kuhl, MD, PhD. Both speakers will be conducting special pre-conference workshops on Thursday, May 16.
Please plan to attend this important and intriguing event. The deadline for early registration is April 2.
We invite you to pass along this information to other interested colleagues in your network or circle. For more information on all aspects of the conference, including other pre-conference workshops, transportation, and accomodation, we encourage you to visit our conference website: http://www.unb.ca/conferences/narrativematters/ or to e-mail us at narr-mat@stthomasu.ca
Preliminary program at: http://www.unb.ca/conferences/narrativematters/calendar.html
We look forward to seeing you at "Narrative Matters 2002"!
Yours sincerely
Bill Randall and Dolores Furlong
Conference Co-Organizers for "Narrative Matters"