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Stefanie Rixecker
ECOFEM Coordinator
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Date sent: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 10:38:56 -0500
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Subject: CFP: Niagara: A Multidisciplinary Conference, Niagara Falls,
Ontario,
April 25-27, 2003
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Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 11:18:41 -0400
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Subject: Niagara: A Multidisciplinary Conference
Niagara: A Multidisciplinary Conference
Location: Ontario, Canada
Call for Papers Deadline: 2002-08-15
Date Submitted: 2002-07-12
Announcement ID: 130803
Association for Canadian Studies
Niagara
A multidisciplinary conference is planned for April 25-27, 2003 at the
Hilton, Niagara Falls, Ontario.
Call for Papers
Papers are invited from a broad range of research areas related to the
Falls, including popular culture and visual arts, legend, literature,
geology, archaeology, history, economics, politics, and Canada-US
relations. The conference aims to examine:
* What Niagara Falls has meant to people from discovery through the 21st
century; the gorge as chronometer; the river as border; international trade
and business; immigration; environmental issues; indigenous and settler
populations;
* What people do at Niagara; where they stand to contemplate nature's
marvel; how they move around the site physically; tourism and
transportation; the riverscape in art, literature, photography;
* How women experience Niagara; how Canada fits into representations of
Niagara Falls; historical and legendary characters of Niagara's landscape;
Niagara as sex and symbol; popular culture and mass media; honeymooning.
* Niagara as a site of Canada-US relations in the economic and political
domain.
Please send submissions by August 15, 2002 to the ACS office.
Contact information:
Association for Canadian Studies
209 Ste-Catherine East V-5140
c/o UQAM
P.O. Box 8888
Downtown Station
Montreal (Qc) H3C 3P8
Fax: 514-987-3481
Montreal, Quebec
H3C 3P8
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Call for Papers website:
http://www.acs-aec.ca
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Dr. Stefanie S. Rixecker, Divisional Director
Environmental Management & Design Division
Human Sciences Division
Lincoln University, Canterbury
PO Box 84
Aotearoa New Zealand
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ph: 03-325-3811, x8377
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