2015-02-19
The 3rd Annual Student Conference on American Studies “The U.S. Culture and Society”
The Institute of American Studies, Georgian Association for American Studies and American Studies Scientific Group at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University organize the 3rd annual student conference on American Studies
“The U.S. Culture and Society”
The conference proposals should be focused on the U.S. culture and society; evaluate the sociocultural institutions and values that shaped the multi-cultural and multi-ethnic American society; present the different ethnic, racial, socioeconomic, religious and political contexts in which the diverse cultures manifested in the U.S.; and analyze how these cultures have affected American identity throughout the U.S. history. There will be two panels on the U.S. culture and the U.S. society during the conference.
BA, MA and PhD students from Georgian universities can participate in the conference. Eligible proposals will be evaluated by organizational committee.
Interested applicants must send the following materials to mariamikhat@yahoo.com no later than April 18, 2015; all materials must be in Microsoft Word format; to the attention please put “conference and your first and last name” in the subject line.
For further information please look at http://americanstudiestsu.blogspot.com/ or contact to the upper mentioned e-mail address.
Contact person: Mariam Khatiashvili, conference organizer, chairperson of American Studies Scientific Group at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University.
The conference proposals should be focused on the U.S. culture and society; evaluate the sociocultural institutions and values that shaped the multi-cultural and multi-ethnic American society; present the different ethnic, racial, socioeconomic, religious and political contexts in which the diverse cultures manifested in the U.S.; and analyze how these cultures have affected American identity throughout the U.S. history. There will be two panels on the U.S. culture and the U.S. society during the conference.
BA, MA and PhD students from Georgian universities can participate in the conference. Eligible proposals will be evaluated by organizational committee.
Interested applicants must send the following materials to mariamikhat@yahoo.com no later than April 18, 2015; all materials must be in Microsoft Word format; to the attention please put “conference and your first and last name” in the subject line.
- Confirmation letter of the student status from the university;
- Letter of recommendation from the professor on the article;
- The full text of the article (500-900 words except the references); references in the article must be specified in the Chicago style of citation (for more information please see the link: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html);
- Abstract in English (200-300 words);
- Cover page (including the applicant’s first/last name, university, faculty, specialization, course, the full name of the article and the contact information – cell/home number and e-mail)’
For further information please look at http://americanstudiestsu.blogspot.com/ or contact to the upper mentioned e-mail address.
Contact person: Mariam Khatiashvili, conference organizer, chairperson of American Studies Scientific Group at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University.
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