6.0410 Confs: Northern New England; Disability Studies (2/132)

Elaine Brennan (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Fri, 11 Dec 1992 15:31:33 EST

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 6, No. 0410. Friday, 11 Dec 1992.


(1) Date: Thu, 10 Dec 92 11:34:15 EST (68 lines)
From: NADELHFT@MAINE
Subject: CALL FOR PAPERS

(2) Date: Wed, 9 Dec 92 04:45 GMT (64 lines)
From: John Seidel <0004898223@mcimail.com>
Subject: Society for Disability Studies

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Date: Thu, 10 Dec 92 11:34:15 EST
From: NADELHFT@MAINE
Subject: CALL FOR PAPERS

The following announcement introduces what is expected to become an annual
conference:

Call for papers

for the first annual conference on

NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

focussing on

WOMEN AND MEN IN THE CIVIL WAR ERA, 1840-1880

June 3-5 1993

sponsored by

The WASHBURN HUMANITIES CENTER

in association with the

University of Maine and

the University of Southern Maine


The Washburn Humanities Center welcomes the submission of papers representing
a broad range of disciplines. Topics might include but are not limited to the
general subjects of religious reform, abolition, men's and women's Civil War
service, travelers, participation in Reconstruction, art, architecture,
material culture, fiction, and to individuals such as Neal Dow, Dorothea Dix,
Elihu and Cadwalladar Washburn. The Center encourages the submission of
complete two or three person sessions.


The annual Washburn Humanities Conference is designed to illuminate the
social, cultural, political, and economic history of northern New England,
the region's impact on the nation and the nation's on the region. Future
topics, more focused after the initial conference, will be:

SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE: NATIVE-AMERICANS AND WHITES;
ALCOHOLISM AND TEMPERANCE IN RURAL AMERICA;
ARISTOCRACY MIDST THE DEMOCRACY: GREAT FAMILIES IN THE HISTORY
OF THE REPUBLIC.

The Conference will be held at the Washburn-Norlands Living History Center,
a 445 acre site containing a restored one room school house, farmer's cottage,
free standing library (housing the extensive Washburn family collections), a
200 seat 1828 Universalist Church, and the 1867 Washburn mansion.


Submit 250 word abstracts by January 24 to:

Jennifer Perlof

Washburn Humanities Center
Norlands
RFD 2, Box 1740
Livermore Falls, ME 04254
Phone: (207) 897-4366

Previously published material should not be submitted.

You may also contact me: Nadelhft@Maine
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Date: Wed, 9 Dec 92 04:45 GMT
From: John Seidel <0004898223@mcimail.com>
Subject: Society for Disability Studies

CALL FOR PAPERS

SOCIETY FOR DISABILITY STUDIES

The Society for Disability Studies (SDS) will hold its sixth
annual convention, June 17-19, 1993 in Seattle, Washington.

SDS is a nonprofit scientific and educational organization
established to promote interdisciplinary research on humanistic
and social scientific aspects of disability and chronic illness.


TOPICS

This announcement solicits abstracts for individual paper
presentations or panels. A wide range of topics are relevant
to disability studies as approached from a variety of
disciplines and perspectives, including: policy, history,
media, communications, literature, teaching, statistics, data,
research, methods, gender, self image, perceptions, attitudes,
advocacy, activism, culture, sexuality, ADA, law, civil
rights, family, social integration, and more.

ABSTRACTS

To have your paper or panel considered, please submit a 1-2
page developed abstract including author(s), affiliations(s),
mailing address(es), title of paper or proposed panel.
Abstracts will be refereed. Abstracts will only be accepted
by snail mail, postmarked by *January 30, 1993*.

Send abstracts to:

Mitchell P. LaPlante
ATTN: SDS Annual Meeting
Institute for Health and Aging
University of California
201 Filbert Street, Suite 500
San Francisco, CA 94133

Please include a stamped self addressed envelope for reply.

QUESTIONS OR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

For queries you may send e-mail to LAPLANTE@UCSFVM.UCSF.EDU or
call (415)788-8915 or Fax (415)362-0258. All presenters will
be expected to pre-register for the conference.



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