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Posted by: German Studies Association
Deadline: Fri, November 22nd, 2019

GERMAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION: CALL FOR SEMINAR PROPOSALS

 

The 44th GSA Conference in Washington, D.C., from Oct. 1-4, 2020 hosts seminars in addition to panels and roundtables. For general information, see: https://www.thegsa.org/conference

 

Seminars meet for all 3 days of the conference. They explore new avenues of academic exchange and foster discussion, debate, and networking. Seminars are led by 2-3 conveners (in special cases, even 4) and must consist of a min. of 10 and a max. of 20 participants, including the conveners themselves and auditors. Conveners must aim for diversity and include scholars from different disciplines and at different career stages, including graduate students. Seminars may: discuss an academic publication; explore a new research topic; engage pre-circulated papers; debate scholarly work; develop an anthology; or discuss a specific issue (politics, public policy, novel, film, poem, musical piece, painting, or other work of art). Conveners must structure their seminars around creative and engaging forms of intellectual exchange; lengthy individual presentations are discouraged.

 

For a detailed list of seminar guidelines and contacts, see: https://www.thegsa.org/blog/call-seminar-proposals-2020

 

Applying to convene a seminar is a two-step process. First, seminar organizers submit a preliminary proposal consisting of:

a.              title of proposed seminar

b.              names, ranks, and institutional affiliations of conveners

c.              150-words on the seminar’s subject (to be used in the CfP and the printed and online program)

d.              50-words on the seminar’s format (included in the CfP)

e.              200-words on seminar goals and procedures.

These 5 items are due Nov. 22, 2019, by 11:59 pm EST. Submit your application at https://www.xcdsystem.com/gsa. You must be a current member of the GSA to submit a proposal.

 

The GSA Seminar Committee will provide conveners suggestions for the final submission, due on December 6, 2019, 11:59 pm EST to the same website. The Committee then reviews seminar proposals and posts a list of approved seminars on the GSA website by January 6, 2020. Conveners enlist participants to join the seminar. A call for auditors (observers but not formal participants) will be issued later in the year, once the final conference program has been published.

Posted on Mon, October 28th, 2019
Expires on Fri, November 22nd, 2019

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