Ateneo de Manila University
Department of English
1st National Conference on Literature
February 10-12, 2000
Escaler Hall, Ateneo de Manila University, Metro Manila, Republic of the
Philippines
The Department of English of the Ateneo de Manila University is sponsoring
a national conference on literature with the theme Localities of
Nationhood: the Nation in Philippine Literature on 10 to 12 February,
2000.
The National Conference on Literature is a venue for exchange of ideas
among writers, scholars, teachers, and students. This year's conference
aims to identify how the nation has been constituted by the varieties of
Philippine literature.
Papers will address the issue of nationhood in any of the following
broad areas:
Literature from the Regions, Philippine Literature in English, Expatriate
Literature, Writing by Women, Popular Texts, Literature of Protest,
Literature of Alternative Sexualities, Chinese-Philippine Literature,
Philippine Literary Criticism and Theory, Philippine Literature in Spanish
and other Languages
The conference fee is PHP 2,500.00 for non-students and graduate students and
PHP 1,000.00 for undergraduate students, inclusive of lunch, snacks, and
the conference kit. Speakers and paper presenters will be given a modest
honorarium and free access to all sessions.
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