National Association for Ethnic Studies, Inc.

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS/PROPOSALS

2006 NAES CONFERENCE

34th Annual National Conference

March 30—April 1, 2006

San Francisco, California

ETHNIC COMMUNITIES IN TRANSITION

The National Association for Ethnic Studies invites abstracts/proposals for papers, panels, workshops, or media productions from people in all disciplines and interdisciplinary areas of the arts, business, social sciences, humanities, science and education.

The conference will create a lively forum for the discussion of issues related to ethnic communities, including, but not limited to the following:

Race relations in the Pacific Rim, ethnic voices in literature, art and music, coalition building, allied communities, transforming communities, transnational communities, pan-ethnicity, bisexual/transgendered/gay/lesbian communities, intermarriage, language, definitions of family, interracial adoption, hybrid and biracial communities of children, scientific communities, environmental racism and city planning,  housing, racially segregated families, disappearance of ethnic communities through outmarriage, ethnic business ventures, community institutions, schools, ethnic military communities, “federal communities” (Los Alamos, reservations), ethnic sex workers and mail order brides.

Two-hundred-fifty-word abstracts/proposals should be submitted by October 15, 2005, 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 or a complete panel presentation and if a/v equipment is needed.  Complete panel proposals must include abstracts for each individual presenter. 

All program participants must pay full conference registration and 2006 NAES membership dues.

Send abstracts/proposals to:

Dr. Maythee Rojas

Department of Women’s Studies

California State University, Long Beach

1250 Bellflower Blvd.

Long Beach, CA 90840-1603                                             

Telephone: (562) 985-2604

Fax: (562) 985-1868

E-mail: mrojas2@csulb.edu   

Deadline for receipt of 250-word abstracts/proposals: October 15, 2005

For more information about the conference and NAES, visit    PRIVATE HREF="http://www.ethnicstudies.org/" MACROBUTTON HtmlResAnchor http://www.ethnicstudies.org

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