Philological Association of the Carolinas 11-13 March 2010 Conference Call for Papers

The 34th annual Philological Associate of the Carolinas (PAC) conference is now calling for both papers and panels. The theme for the 2010 conference is Literature as Bridge and will take place at the College of Charleston, SC, on March 11-13.

From Dr. Blake Hobby:

We welcome papers and panels on any topi co finterest to literature and language scholars. Past sessions have focused on English, American, world and multiethnic literatures, as well as on linguistics, composition, and pedagogy. Especially encouraged are proposals that consider literary works as a bridge to understanding. Several papers from each conference are published in Postscript,
the peer-reviewed journal of the Philological Association of the Carolinas. The Don Joiner Award is given to the best manuscript published in Postscript, as is an award for the best graduate student submission.

Email proposals along with a brief abstract and CV by 6 November 2009 to:

American / British Topics	Foreign / Comparative / Linguistics / Pedagogy Topics
Dr. Blake Hobby Assistant Professor of Literature and Language University of North Carolina at Asheville	Dr. David Smith Assistant Professor of German East Carolina University

Panel proposals must include a letter of justification along with the session title; brief abstracts in English of all proposed papers; and the names, email addresses, and institutional affiliation of all participants. Each session should consist of presenters from more than one institution and contain no more than one paper by a graduate student.