Edges- A Graduate Conference in the College of Arts and Letters at MSU

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The 5th Graduate Conference in the College of Arts & Letters will take place on March 29th 2013 ~ MSU Union

***Deadline for submissions: January 11th 2013***

We are now accepting submissions for 2013. All graduate students in the College of Arts & Letters are encouraged to submit a proposal. Graduate work on any topic (area of research) is welcome. In recognition of the College of Arts &Letters 50th anniversary, we also welcome work that considers developments (theoretical or institutional) in the arts and letters with the last 50 years as a backdrop. The theme for this year is language, experience, and perception. Work that speaks to the relations between language, experience, and perception in any way is welcome, but not required. Come help us celebrate the 50th anniversary of the College of Arts &Letters!

Abstracts for individual papers, colloquia, posters, performances, art displays and installations can be submitted online at the conference website: http://edges.cal.msu.edu/

Program Highlights:

A full day of presentations
Keynote speaker (TBA)
Banquet at the Kellogg Center

Rewarding Experience

Participating at EDGES provides an opportunity to prepare scholarly or creative work for a public audience, and practice in the presentation of such work, both of which are signature features of academic life. The fact that the conference is interdisciplinary adds a valuable dimension, particularly in the current academic climate.

Questions or requests for additional information may be directed to the conference organizing committee: [email protected]

The College of Arts and Letters includes the following departments/programs: African American and African studies, American Studies, Chicano/a and Latino/a Studies, English, Linguistics, Philosophy, Romance and Classical Studies, Second Language Studies, Studio Arts, TESOL, Theater, and Writing and Rhetoric.

EDGES A Conference in the College of Arts and Letters at Michigan State University Can you stand on an edge? Is it where we can look out into the unknown, or look inward, gaining a new perspective on what we think we know already? An edge can be a point of falling off or a new horizon. New identities and ideas are formed and challenged at shifting edges. Edges define evolving ideo...

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