The Annual Conference of the South Central Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
The Grove Park Inn
Asheville, North Carolina
23 – 25 February 2012
“Panoramas and Prospects”
The South Central Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies will
hold its 2012 annual conference in Asheville, North Carolina, at
the historic Grove Park Inn Resort and Spa in the heart of the
Blue Ridge Mountains. Inspired by the mountainous landscape
and rich cultural heritage of the region, this year’s theme
will be “Panoramas and Prospects.” We welcome
panels and individual papers that address this topic or anything
relevant to the interdisciplinary study of the long eighteenth
century.
Panel Proposals
:
We welcome proposals for papers and full panels that explore the
topics of panoramas and prospects. Please see the
website
for the Current List of Panels, including contact information for
panel chairs. Proposals for papers should be submitted to
those panel chairs no later than December 31, 2011.
Abstracts should be approximately 250-300 words; please include
your school affiliation and email address.
Proposals for papers that explore other
topics and proposals for full panels
:
We also invite proposals for individual papers and full panels
that explore other topics. Please submit these proposals no
later than December 31, 2011, to Dr. Phyllis Thompson at
thompsop@etsu.edu. Proposals may also
be sent via the USPS at East Tennessee State University,
Department of Literature and Language, P.O. Box 70683, Johnson
City, TN 37614. Proposals for papers should be 250-300
words; please include your school affiliation and email address
with your submission. Submission for full panels should
include a brief overview of the panel’s purpose and a short
abstract of each paper; please provide the affiliation and
electronic contact information for the panel’s chair as
well as for each presenter.
We look forward to seeing you!
Please refer to the conference website for more information.
Additional questions may be directed to Dr. Phyllis Thompson at thompsop@etsu.edu.