The organizers invite scholars from around the world to attend this conference, which will be held at the University of Lethbridge in beautiful southern Alberta, Canada. The goal of this conference is to explore issues intersecting identity theories and pedagogical approaches concerning ethnicity. We encourage researchers and teachers from the Arts and the Sciences to send us proposals.

The keynote speaker for this event is Professor Nasrin Rahimieh, Maseeh Chair and Director of Dr. Samuel M. Jordan Centre for Persian Studies and Culture and Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine.

Suggestions for areas of discussions are (but not limited to):

Ethnicity-based and race-based stereotyping
Human rights and ethnic diversity
Transnational citizenship: fact and fiction
Multicultural ideals and reality
Ethnic representations: films, literature, and other mediums
Comparative analysis: ethnic acceptance in international context
Ethnicity and the body
Space/place and ethnicity
Teaching ethnically
Gendered ethnicities
Ethnicity and life writing
Because we aim to encourage discussions amongst the conference speakers, papers should be limited to 15 minutes in length. Accepted participants should inform the organizers about media requirements such as DVD, slide projection, and other equipments.

Please send abstract for paper proposals (300 words) and direct all enquiries to

Maria N. Ng
The Department of English
The University of Lethbridge
maria.ng@uleth.ca

or

Michelle T. Helstein
Kinesiology and Physical Education
The University of Lethbridge
helsmt@uleth.ca

The organizers prefer an electronic copy of the abstract. Accepted participants will be notified at the end of March or beginning of April 2008.