The conference seeks to explore the various ways humans have historically drawn nature into their lives -- through working and imagining, devouring and debating, transforming and transporting it. We encourage papers on the human history of nature as symbol as well as substance, in popular culture and consumption as well as production and extraction. By framing nature as plural, we also invite topics that engage a diversity of views about what nature is or should be, within or across cultures.

The program committee STRONGLY ENCOURAGES proposals for complete panels with two to three individual papers, a chair, and a commentator. Although we also welcome individual paper proposals, such proposals are more difficult to accommodate than full panels. The committee is seeking proposals from scholars across a broad range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. Interdisciplinary panels are particularly encouraged.

Proposals must include FIVE copies of the following:

1)For panel proposals, provide a cover sheet with
	a.	the title of the panel;
	b.	a 250-word abstract for the panel;
	c.	the title of each paper and the full name, title if applicable 
                (e.g., professor), and affiliation (e.g., university) of each
                presenter;
	d.	the name, title, and affiliation of the chair and commentator
                (it is preferable to have differentindividuals for chair and 
                commentator); and
	e.	the name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address of the
                contact person for the panel.
	        [This information will be used to identify participants in the 
                 conference program]

2)For each paper proposal (including those on an organized panel), submit 
  a 250-word abstract of the paper,

3)A short (two-page maximum) cv for each participant

The deadline for submission is June 1, 2001.

Please send all five copies to Christopher Sellers(address below).