Canadian Studies News and Notes

Canadian Studies News and Notes Call for Papers l . A special issue of the Joumal ofCanadian Studies on "Canadian folklore/ Canadian traditional and popular culture" is currently being planned with the aim ofhelping to familiarize Canadianists with the materials and theories of folklore studies. This special issue will highlight the diversity which today characterizes Canadian traditional and popular culture studies. This diversity is apparent in the variety ofgenres oftraditional and popular culture represented; in the analytical perspectives taken by the authors; and in the regions and cultural groups represented . Such comprehensiveness is a valid - yet often overlooked - reflection ofthe state of folkloristics in Canada. While much ofthe discipline centres on the PhDgranting programs at Memorial and Laval, scholars in such related fields as anthropology, linguistics, history, and literature are recognizing the potential value of folkloristics to their own research, and have come to draw increasingly upon it. Co-editors Gary Butler and Pauline Greenhill are interested in case studies analyzing any aspect oftraditional and/or popular culture, from any current folkloristic perspective. Papers which are interdisciplinary in scope are particularly welcome. Following Elliott Oring's "orientations," the editors hope to contribute to an understanding in Canadian Studies of the marginal, the ideological, the communal, the common, the informal, the personal, and the aesthetic. Articles in both French and English will be included. The prospective date of publication is 1993. For further information please contact the editors and/or send a 500-word abstract by 30 April 1991 to: (Englishlanguage articles) Pauline Greenhill, Canadian Studies, U of Waterloo, St. Paul's College, Waterloo, Ontario 172 N2L 3G5, (519) 885-1460, Fax: (519) 885-6364; (French-language articles) Gary Butler, Division of Humanities, 203 Winters College, York U, 4700 Keele St., North York, Ontario M3J IP3, (416) 736-2100 x44090, Fax: (416) 736-5715. 2. The Association for Canadian Studies Conference on Theoretical Discourse in the Canadian Intellectual Community, 24-27September1992. Suggestions for sessions, papers, presentations, and other events to be submitted by 15 May 1991 to: Association for Canadian Studies, P.O. Box 8888, Station A, Montreal, Quebec, H3C 3P8. Fax: (514) 987-8210. 3. Atlantic Canada Studies Conference, jointly with the British Columbia Studies Conference, meetings to be held in mid-May 1992 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Victoria, British Columbia . Core sessions will stress Native Peoples, Resources and Economic Development, Federal-Provincial Relations , Women's Studies, Working Class Studies, Literature and Art, Region, Community and Rural Life. Proposals, accompanied by a short c.v., by 30 April 1991 to both of: Dr. Eric W. Sager, History Department, University ofVictoria, P.O. Box 3045, Victoria, B.C., V8W3P4; Dr. RosemaryOmmer, Research Director ISER, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland, AIC 5S7. 4. Fourth International Conference on Computers and Learning, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, 17-20 June 1992. Topics will include such theoretical areas as student models, cognitive science, user interfaces, computer learning environments, and intelligent tutoring systems; also the innovative applications of computers in regular and distance teaching in the sciences and humanities, including language learning, medicine, computer science, business, and engineering. Proceedings ofthe conference are published Revue d'etudes canadiennes Vol. 25, No. 4 (Hiver 1990-91 Wimer) by Springer Verlag in the series Lectures in Computer Science. Proposals for papers to be submitted by20September 1991 to: Dr. I. Tomek, Jodrey School of Computer Science, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, BOP !XO. Fax: (902) 542-7224. Openings 5. The Centre for Canadian Studies at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick will mark the opening of the Edgar and Dorothy Davidson Collection of Canadiana with a symposium entitled "Collectors and Collections ," 10May1991. Further information from: Tom Eadie, University Librarian, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, EOA 3CO. Journal ofCanadian Studies Conferences 6. Calgary,Alberta,9-12May1991. The Historical Society ofAlberta meeting on the theme of "Guns and Wild Roses: The Military History of Western Canada." Further information from: Historical Society of Alberta, P.O. Box 4481 , Station C, Calgary, Alberta, T2T 5N3. 7. Boston, Massachusetts, 20-23 November 1991. The Association for Canadian Studies in the United States biennial conference on Canadian relations with the United States. Further information from: Earl Fry, Association for Canadian Studies in...