College English Association of Ohio Call for Papers
Spring Conference: April 17, 2009
Theme: Old Wine in New Bottles: New Ways of Teaching Novels, Writing, and Rhetoric
The College English Association of Ohio (CEAO) invites papers, panels, and roundtables for its spring 2009 conference to be held Friday, April 17, 2009, at Ohio University-Chillicothe (OUC). Proposals are invited from full-time faculty, adjunct and part-time instructors, administrators, and graduate students working/living both inside and outside Ohio. All proposals submitted by the deadline, March 6, 2009, will be considered. Please note that presenters and participants must register for the conference.
Keynote Speaker: Don Pollock, author of Knockemstiff (and an OUC alumnus)
CEAO invites proposals that address the following themes:
A. New takes on teaching best-loved novels (English, American, Postcolonial, etc.).
B. Novel methods of creating stylistically literate critical thinkers, readers, and writers. (Ohio is already working on a state-wide initiative to increase access to higher education to its citizens; it would be good to ensure a love of literature and writing amongst college graduates as well.)
C. Administrative issues such as Ohio’s seniors-to-sophomores program, professional- ization roundtables, reallocation of state funds, new state-led initiatives, etc.
Conference Coordinator: Veena Kasbekar, OUC
Program
Co-Chairs: V. Kasbekar (OUC),
Juliette Schaeffer (Ohio Dominican University). Lowe McManus (Bowling
Green
State University)
Please send a) the Proposal Form, b) your Abstract
(250-300 words for
individuals, 700 for panels/ roundtables), and c)
a one-page
CV via Microsoft Word to spring2009 at
englishceao.org Abstracts
received by the due date will be acknowledged.
Registration and Hotel Information
Program TBA