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Western Region
Call for Papers
Western Regional Meeting
March 29–31, 2008
Fuller Theological Seminary
Pasadena, CA
The program committee of the AAR/WR invites members of the AAR to consult the WECSOR (AAR/WR) website: www2.sjsu.edu/wecsor/ for conference information and updates. You will be able to view the full text of the call for papers, as well as the conference theme, and you will find links to submit proposals to the various section chairs by September 15, 2007.
Please send proposals to specific sections listed on the WECSOR (AAR/WR) website. If you have questions about the program, please e-mail AAR/WR 2008 Program Chair Norris W. Palmer at npalmer@stmarys-ca.edu or WECSOR Secretary William Krieger at krieger@mail.uri.edu.
Theme: “Where the Mainstream Becomes a Trickle: The Complex Relation of Center & Periphery”
This year’s theme is intended to foster exploration of the many ways in which center and periphery are related in all facets of the work we undertake: the fields we construct, the subjects we choose to study, the methodologies we employ, the ways in which we organize our professional guilds, societies, and journals, and so forth. Are some aspects of our studies truly central while others stand appropriately at the margins? What makes something central or peripheral to our interests and by what warrants do we justify such arrangements?
The AAR/WR program committee invites members of the AAR to submit proposals directly to the section chairs in their subareas of interest. Proposals for special sessions or panel discussions should be sent to Norris W. Palmer, 2008 AAR/WR Program Chair, npalmer@stmarys-ca.edu. Deadline for submissions: October 15, 2007.
AAR/WR Student Paper Competition: AAR/WR invites its graduate student members to submit their accepted papers to compete for first-, second-, and third-place awards. Awards will be given to the papers that present the most intellectually sophisticated and rigorous treatment of a topic related to the conference theme. All interested AAR/WR grad students who are attending the conference should send an e-copy of their finished papers to Jon R. Stone, President, AAR/WR, jrstone@csulb.edu. Deadline for submissions is no later than January 15, 2008.