CROATIAN-CANADIAN ACADEMIC SOCIETY
CROATIAN CHAPTER OF THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANADIAN STUDIES
SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN CANADIAN STUDIES
Rab, Croatia
17-20 May 2007
CALL FOR PAPERS
QUESTIONING IDENTITIES: THE CANADIAN CONTEXT
Be it as something passionately sought, staunchly defended, relentlessly promoted, or perennially
questioned, identity as both a practical and theoretical concept has profoundly marked what we are
accustomed to call the Canadian experience. Identity has also proved to be one of the central operative
notions around which the interdisciplinary field of Canadian studies – a network of mutually informing
discourses attempting to capture the diversity of Canadian life as well as to produce and promote
knowledge about Canada in general – has structured itself. Yet identity is a contested and troubled concept
too, defined by tensions between plurality and singularity, past and present, native and foreign, individual
and community. The intention of this conference is to highlight some of these tensions and to study
identities as both enabling and disabling notions. We encourage submissions that will look at identities as
subjects and/or objects, both posing questions and being questioned, while adopting different theoretical
and methodological approaches. The variety of Canadian and comparative contexts – from literary and
linguistic to cultural, historical, economic, legal and others – should provide ample opportunity for
sustained reflection on a topic that powerfully relates to our own moment in history and therefore continues
to be important.
CONFERENCE SECTIONS
1. Literary, Linguistic, and Cultural Studies: Anglophone
2. Literary, Linguistic, and Cultural Studies: Francophone
3. Croatia and Canada: Legal Cultures and Legal Traditions as Part of National Identity
4. Economic Section: Identity and the Image of the State
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION
Abstracts of 100-200 words should be submitted by e-mail no later than 20 March 2007, indicating to
which section the participant is applying. Abstracts and papers for the Francophone section should be in
French, abstracts and papers for the remaining sections should be in English. Please send your abstract to
both Ivan Lupić (ilupic@ffzg.hr) and Evaine Le Calvé Ivičević (levaine@hotmail.com) together with the
registration form and a one-paragraph CV. Presentations will be allotted 20 minutes each, followed by
discussion.
CONFERENCE VENUE
The conference will be held at the Hotel Padova in the town of Rab on the island of Rab (see
http://www.tzg-rab.hr/eng/rab/index.php for more details). The organisers will provide transportation from
Zagreb to Rab and back as well as accommodation for a limited number of participants.
CONFERENCE FEE
The fee of €45 (€35 for the members of the CEACS, €15 for students) will be payable upon arrival.
PUBLICATION
The organisers intend to publish a representative selection of conference papers in a volume of proceedings.
CROATIAN-CANADIAN ACADEMIC SOCIETY
CROATIAN CHAPTER OF THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANADIAN STUDIES
REGISTRATION FORM
QUESTIONING IDENTITIES: THE CANADIAN CONTEXT
Rab, Croatia
17-20 May 2007
PERSONAL DETAILS
Name:
Surname:
Title (Mr / Ms / Dr / Prof):
Affiliation:
Contact address:
Telephone number:
Fax number:
E-mail address:
TRAVEL
Please indicate whether you would like to take advantage of the free transportation organised
from Zagreb to Rab (17 May) and back (20 May) by writing YES or NO:
ACCOMMODATION
Hotel Padova
Banjol bb, 51280 Rab
CROATIA
Tel: +385(0)51-724-544 & 444
Fax: +385(0)51-724-418
E-mail: padova@imperial.hr
Web: http://www.imperial.hr/eng/hotel_padova.htm
Accommodation in a double room (€27 per person per night) for three nights (Thursday, Friday,
Saturday), along with breakfasts and three dinners, is included in the registration fee and will be
booked by the organisers. Those wishing to stay in a single room (€37 per person per night) will
be required to cover the extra cost themselves. Those wishing to have lunch at the hotel will be
required to pay additional €8 per day. Please let us know if you intend to arrive earlier than 17
May and leave later than 20 May so that rooms could be booked in time. Please indicate your
preferences below:
Double room: Single room:
Date of arrival: Date of departure: