CALL FOR PAPERS 2010

GERMAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION
THIRTY-FOURTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE

            The German Studies Association (GSA) will hold its Thirty-Fourth Annual Conference in Oakland, California, October 7-10, 2010. This will be the GSA’s first conference in the San Francisco Bay Area in over twenty years.

The Program Committee cordially invites proposals on any aspect of German, Austrian, or Swiss studies, including (but not limited to) history, Germanistik, film, art history, political science, musicology, religious studies, sociology, and cultural studies. Proposals for entire sessions and for interdisciplinary presentations are strongly encouraged. Individual paper proposals and offers to serve as session moderators or commentators are also welcome.  Programs of past GSA conferences may be viewed at the GSA website (www.thegsa.org).          

Please see the GSA website for information about the submission process, which opens on January 5, 2010.  Please note that ALL proposals must be submitted online;  paper forms are not used. The deadline for proposals is February 15, 2010. Please note that presenters must be members of the German Studies Association. Information on membership is available on the GSA website (www.thegsa.org).

For more information, visit the GSA website or contact members of the 2010 Program Committee:

Program Director:  George Williamson (University of Alabama), gwilliam(at)ua.edu

Medieval, Early Modern, 18th Century:  Jason Coy (College of Charleston), coyj(at)cofc.edu

19th Century:  Jonathan Hess (University of North Carolina), jmhess(at)email.unc.edu

20th/21st-Century History:  Andrew Port (Wayne State University), ar6647(at)wayne.edu

20th/21st-Century Literature/Cultural Studies:  Agnes Mueller (University of South Carolina), agnes.mueller(at)sc.edu

Political Science:  Louise Davidson-Schmich (University of Miami), davidson(at)miami.edu

Interdisciplinary:  Janet Ward (University of Nevada, Las Vegas), janet.ward(at)unlv.edu