Canadian Studies News and Notes

Canadian Studies News and Notes 1. ''Fourth Planter Studies Conference," Acadia University, 26-28 September, Wolfville, NS. Papers will explore Planter links with other peoples Jiving in Nova Scotia in the eighteenth century, with their New England past, with their environment, their literature, their architecture, with the American Revolution, among many possibilities . Contact: PlanterStudies Committee, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS BOP lXO; e-mail: history@acadiau.ca. 2. "Association for Canadian Studies in the United States - 14th Biennial Conference," 19-23 November, Minneapolis , Minnesota. The biennial conference is open to all subjects and topics. Special sessions will focus on the Prairie/GreatPlains regions ofCanada and the United States and associated issues. Contact: ACSUS, One Dupont Circle, Suite 620, Washington, DC 20036; tel: (202) 8876375 . fax: (202) 296-8379; e-mail: acsus@nicom.com 3. " Writing Canadian Space/Ecrire L'espace canadien," A Special Issue of Studies in Canadian Literature/Hudesen litterature canadienne, call for papers. The organisers invite submissions to a special issueofStudies in Canadian Uteraturel etudes en litterature canadienne on the role of space and spatiality in anglophone and francophone Canadian literature and culture . Possible topics and approaches include: the uses of spatial theory and/or cultural geography in Canadian literary criticism ; representations of space (e.g. urban, rural, wilderness, institutional) in Canadian literature, from exploration journals to contemporary texts; negotiations of nation and border space(s); maps and itineraries (actual and metaphorical); spatial discourses of 206 travel, migration, exile, diaspora; aboriginal conceptions of space; spaces and subjectivities ; time and space; "space" vs. "place"; public and private space; uses of perfonnative/dramatic space, architectural and domestic space, cyberspace, discourses of globalization. Manuscripts (not longer than 7,OOO words) in either English or French should arrive by I December 1997. The issue will beco-edited byJohn Clement Ball, Robert Viau, and Linda Warley, and will be published in 1998. Please send two copies of manuscripts to: Studies in Canadian Literature, University of New Brunswick PO Box 4400, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3. 4. "Canada and World Order: Facing the New Millennium," 2-4 April 1998, Centre for Canadian Studies, Mount Allison University, call for papers. This interdisciplinary conference will explore Canada's relations with the international community from the historical and contemporary perspectives. While all submissions will be considered, papers are particularly welcome on the following themes: institutions, military security, globalization, culture, human rights and human security. The deadline for submissions is 30 September, 1997. Mail submissions to: The Centre for Canadian Studies, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB EOA 3CO. For more infonnation on the conference visit the web at http://aci.mta.ca/ depts/canadian_studies/ 5. " British Association for Canadian Studies (BACS) - 23rd Annual Conference ," 6-9 April 1998, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, England, call for papers. The conference will address the following themes from a Canadian Studies perspective: l . Cultural Policy and urban renewal: the use of cultural and artistic expression (arts, perfonnance, music, literature , dance) in urban revitalisation and regeneration projects. Mega-events, place- ' Revue d'etudes canadiennes Vol. 32, No. 2 (Eti 1997 Summer) marketing, city of culture labelling, festivals and urban tourism. 2. Cultural identity , heritage and a sense of belonging: this could link into a variety ofinterests including social policy, multiculturalism, ethnicities and identities at different levels in pluralistic societies. 3. Cultural identity, heritage and museums: using the past or past(s). The relationship between past, present and future. Ownership. Material culture, artefacts. Partnerships betweencommunities and professionals. 4. Culture exports and the cultural industries within globalisingsystems . Culture as commodity. Culture as part of foreign policy and economic or political goals. 5. Culture as meaning in the 21stcentury . 6. Cultural tourism and preservation of craft, local and cultural industries in face of global homogenisation. Proposals in the form of a 200-300 word abstract on the above themes, or on the usual range of Canadian Studies topics should besubmitted as soon as possible, and no later than 30 November 1997 to the Conference Director. Proposals from students are warmly invited. General enquiries may be sent to the BACS Office. Conference Director: Professor Alan Hallsworth, Staffordshire University, Leek Road, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 2DF; fax: [44] (1728) 747-167; e-mail: a.g.hallsworth@staffs.ac.uk...