CALL FOR PAPERS
Submissions are welcomed for the 17th Annual Graduate
Interdisciplinary Conference to be held
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Concordia University
Faculty Lounge, Hall Building, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West, Montreal.

We invite papers from graduate students from all areas of the humanities that will inspire, challenge, and stretch personal assumptions, academic categories, and pedagogical approaches. This conference provides an excellent opportunity to share and publicize research as well as to meet other like-minded up-and-coming academics and researchers.

This year’s theme focuses broadly on the idea of time: how identities, boundaries and traditions within cultures change and shift, the interplay of the static and fluid; how customs, ethos, social norms and philosophies are defined throughout history; and the relationship between eternity and temporality, asking how these concepts are found in religions, societies and civilizations. This theme invites and encourages discussion on history, ethics, philosophy, art, anthropology, politics, sociology, case studies, doctrine and practices and how the making and breaking of history presents across time and places, and how they impact individuals and communities.

We hope that such a theme will inspire and challenge graduate students from all areas of the humanities, social sciences, and fine arts. Participants are invited to relate these ideas to their personal topics of research from the most concrete to the most abstract, including but not limited to historicity, ethics, doctrine, art, psychology, case studies, social practices and values, etc. We invite submissions that offer a critical, in-depth analysis of the issues or questions that challenge cultural, religious and societal ideals.

Please note: AGIC is putting together a Special Interest Section, The Beginning of the End, The End of the Beginning, focusing on apocalyptic themes. Please see attached call for more details.

Presentations in either French or English are encouraged. Proposals may be submitted via e-mail. Proposals are to be no more than one page and must include a publication-ready, titled abstract of 150-200 words. The name, e-mail address, university affiliation and level of study of the presenter(s) must also be included. Any special requests or needs for audio-visual equipment must also be indicated. Proposals should be postmarked no later than December 9th, 2011. All received submissions will be acknowledged, with notification of acceptance, by mid December. Please note that authors will have the option of submitting their papers for online publication as part of the Journal of Religion and Culture's Conference Proceedings series, a non-peer reviewed division of the academic journal produced by the graduate students of Concordia University.

SPECIAL INTEREST SECTION:

THE BEGINNING OF THE END, THE END OF THE BEGINNING
OR
IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT.

From time immemorial, the idea of the end of the world has left its indelible mark on the human psyche: will our time, our way of life, our very world, end? The concept of the apocalypse is virtually universal and presents itself in art, myth, literature and religious beliefs. The trend has not dissipated in the modern world; in fact, it seems to be a more prevalent theme today than ever. In light of the momentous year of 2012, the 17th Annual Graduate Interdisciplinary Conference is putting together a Special Interest Section dedicated solely to the concept of the end of times as seen throughout history and cultures within the larger context of making and breaking history. We invite papers from areas of the humanities, art and social sciences to form a special interest section that discusses the various aspects of the apocalypse and its implication within cultures, societies and religion.

Presentations in either French or English are encouraged. Proposals may be submitted by e-mail. Proposals are to be no more than one page and must include a publication-ready, titled abstract of 150-200 words. The name, e-mail address, university affiliation and level of study of the presenter(s) must also be included. Any special requests or needs for audio-visual equipment must also be indicated. Proposals should be postmarked no later than December 9th, 2011. All received submissions will be acknowledged, with notification of acceptance, by mid December. Please note that authors will have the option of submitting their papers for online publication as part of the Journal of Religion and Culture's Conference Proceedings series, a non-peer reviewed division of the academic journal produced by the graduate students of Concordia University.