Calling All Arts and Humanities Faculty and
Students
The Linguistic Circle of Manitoba & North
Dakota (LCMND)
Invites YOU to Join US for
our 49th Conference
Th, Fr, Sa October 12-14, 2006
at the UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG, Man., Canada
2006 LCMND President Elizabeth Dawes,
UW, wrote on July 2, 2006,
including the Local Arrangements information
below:
Dear colleagues,
Attached you will find the final call for papers for our
Autobiographical Fiction conference
to be held at the University of Winnipeg October 12-14, 2006.
Our plenary speaker will be Marie VAUTIER (Univ. of Victoria),
author of New World Myth: Postmodernism and Postcolonialism in
Canadian Fiction.
The early call for papers has attracted participants from 15
different universities including Carleton, Lakehead, McGill, Regina,
Toronto and Wilfrid Laurier. Due to the strong interest, the
conference will now start a day earlier than initially planned. If you are
interested in giving a paper, the final deadline
is August 31.
Best wishes,
Elizabeth Dawes
Location:
University of Winnipeg (in downtown Winnipeg) 515 Portage Avenue
Centennial Building, 3rd floor, Foyer of the Dept. of Mod. Lang. & Lit.
Dates:
Thursday October 12th to Saturday October 14th, 2006
Commencement of sessions: Thursday October 12th at 1 p.m.
Registration:
starting at 12:30 on Thursday October 12th.
Conference fees:
$60.00 (includes $15 membership fee)
$45.00 (reduced rate for graduate students)
Fees payable by cheque or in cash at registration.
Plenary speaker:
Marie VAUTIER, University of Victoria.
Author of New World
Myth: Postmodernism and Postcolonialism in Canadian Fiction.
Excursion:
Guided tour of the childhood home of Gabrielle Roy with
Professor Carol HARVEY, University of Winnipeg, author of Le
Cycle manitobain de Gabrielle Roy.
375, rue Deschambault, Saint-Boniface
Banquet:
Papaluci’s Ristorante Italiano.
203 Kennedy Street. Saturday October 14th.
Cost of $30.00 payable at registration.
Vegetarian meal available upon request.
Accommodations:
A block of rooms is being held at each of the following hotels. In
order to receive the rates indicated, please mention that you are
with the Linguistic Circle. Bookings must be made by Sept. 12th.
Holiday Inn Winnipeg South ($89.00 per night)
1330 Pembina Highway
(204) 452-4747
Located in the south end of the city, this hotel is suitable for
participants travelling by car.
Radisson Hotel Winnipeg Downtown ($89.00 per night)
288 Portage Avenue
(204) 956-0410 Toll free 1 (800) 333-3333
Parking: $10.00 per day
Located in the downtown, this hotel is within walking distance of
the University of Winnipeg.
Delta Winnipeg350 St Mary Avenue
(204) 942-0551
Delta Room: $123.00 per night; Premier Room: $148.00 per night;
Signature Club: $168.00 per night.
Located in the downtown, this hotel is within walking distance of
the University of Winnipeg.
2006 Secretary/Treasurer & 2008
LCMND President Alan MacDonell proposed a Session on Crime
Writing on June 20, 3006:
"... I think this is rather in
harmony with the overall theme of the conference, since crime
writing is essentially about the past, though not always
the autobiographical past. In addition, it speaks to a lot of
our illicit, though not criminal tastes, since few academics
have not indulged in a detective story. I plan myself on proposing
something that seems a bit peripheral to questions of crime and
of the past, a discussion of the prefaces of the famous French
author of romans
noirs, San Antonio . However these prefaces, which
aggressively and amusingly disavow any direct relationship between
fiction and reality, have a lot to say about how the reading
public views a discussion of past events (was I the one this
author was talking about? If so, may I sue?). Other interesting
approaches might be the importance of the autopsy in the modern
detective novel, as it reveals what our past really was and gives
the lie to our present fictions, otherwise known as alibis. Yet
another aspect of the detective novel that might merit study
is the confrontation of witnesses, of conflicting accounts of
the past, as a means of revealing the truth. Or the importance
of " summing up" in
the detective novel, of rehashing
past events to seek the truth they hide. As a reader of San Antonio
, who often reflects upon the novel while he is writing the novel, "summing
up" is
also revealed as a convenient way to remind the hasty or forgetful
reader of what has gone by. This is by no means an exhaustive
list of the possibilities of discussion
of the importance of the past in crime writing, and any
suggestions you have will be welcome.. Proposals may be sent
to me at my e-mail address, where they will be promptly autopsied.
So Please Join Us for Our 49th
Conference in 47 Years of Meetings!
Member Institutions:
Universities of Manitoba & North
Dakota, both 1959- ; University of Winnipeg, 1980- ; North
Dakota State University, 1985 ; and Minot State University,
1988-
Remember:
Only Members may present a Paper at the LCMND Annual Conferences
Join
by sending your Membership Form & Fee
to the Secretary-Treasurer
Submit Abstracts on the proposed & any other topics to the
2006 LCMND Officers listed on the "2006 Call"
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