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Traveling South: The Sixth Conference of the International Society for Travel Writing (University of South Carolina: 22-26 September, 2010)

The International Society for Travel Writing invites you to join its sixth biennial conference.

Keynote speakers:

Professor Peter Hulme (University of Essex)
Gary Younge (Brooklyn College and feature writer and columnist for the Guardian newspaper).

Panel discussion with Nicolás Wey-Gómez (Brown University) on his book, The Tropics of Empire. Panelists include Mary C. Fuller (MIT).

The conference has a special, but not exclusive, focus on 'Traveling South'. Papers on this theme might address (but are not limited to) the following topics:

• 'South' as a contested space in travel writing
• The construction of travelers' identities through, with or against the South
• 'Southern' as a quality of travel writing
• 'South' or 'Southern' as a descriptor for place and culture in travel texts
• 'South' as a locus of deviance, hybridity, mutation, or decay
• South' as a locus of warmth, community, and pre-industrialism
• African-American travels to, from, or within the South
• 'South' as destination for travel or tourism
• 'South' as a local, regional, national, or global term
• Souths compared: e.g. the South of one nation or region compared with that of another
• The construction of gender and sexuality in travel writing of the South
• Theorizing the South on the basis of travel texts and academic discourse on them

Submissions of critical papers; organizations of panels, roundtable discussions, or seminars; and readings of original travel writing, either published or in composition relating to this special theme or to travel writing in general are welcome.

Paper abstracts should be limited to 250 words. Proposals for panels, roundtable discussions, seminars, or readings should not exceed one page. All submissions and inquiries should be made by email with the subject line 'ISTW Conference.'

NB: Papers should focus on travel writing, though they may make comparison with other forms and genres.

Abstracts and proposals should be received by 21st June 2010 (extended deadline). Early submission is advisable as places may be limited.

Full membership of the ISTW offers approximately 25% off the journal Studies in Travel Writing.

• admin[at]istw-travel.org  Email: admin[at]istw-travel.org

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Last updated: 10 Jun 2010

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