Call for abstracts/proposals

37th Annual Conference of the National Association for Ethnic Studies
"BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES"
April 2 – 4, 2009, Hilton Mission Valley, San Diego, California

The conference will create a lively forum for the discussion of issues related to ethnic communities, including, but not limited to the following: artificially (en)forced borders; physical and sexual borders; transracial relationships—marriage, adoption; hybrid identities; diasporas; economic boundaries; globalization; outsourcing of labor; boundless technologies; immigration; xenophobia and nationalism; citizenship; racial profiling; borderlands; national security; disaster response; human trafficking; allegiances and affiliations; policing borders and vigilante groups; borders of language and epistemologies; genre-blurring in the visual arts
and literature; cross influences in music; and transnational social movements.

Two-hundred-fifty-word abstracts/proposals should be submitted by October 15, 2008, which relate to any aspect of the conference theme, with the participant’s institutional affiliation and mailing address, telephone and fax
numbers, and e-mail address. The abstract/proposal must indicate whether the presentation is an individual paper, co-authored paper or a complete panel presentation and if a/v equipment is needed. All program participants must
pay full conference registration and 2009 NAES membership dues.

Abstracts must be submitted electronically to:
http://www.ethnicstudies.org/conference.htm
Select the “Submit Abstract” link to proceed to the online submission form.
NOTE: A separate abstract must be submitted for each presenter (including co-authored papers, roundtable presentations and pre-arranged panels) with complete contact information. Additionally, pre-arranged panel presentations MUST provide a chair for their session.
For questions about submission, please contact the National Office at naes@wwu.edu or 360-650-2349 or Program Chair, Ashton W. Welch at awelch@creighton.edu or 402-280-2657
For more information about the conference and NAES, visit http://www.ethnicstudies.org