SCSC Montréal Conference 2010

Guidelines for Submissions

Assessment Standards

A successful paper and panel proposal should

• Raise a significant question for the discipline;
• Address this question through precise analysis of a particular genre, text, work, event, person, or place, which must be named in the proposal;
• Have aims that are feasibly achievable in twenty minutes.

Necessary Materials

Before submitting your proposal to the SCSC via the online submissions program, you should prepare the following information:

• Complete Contact Information, including full mailing address, phone number, fax number, and email address.
• Academic Affiliation and Professional Level (MA, PhD, professor), You will need to upload a brief bio during the submission process.
• Title and Abstract for the Paper or panel. The abstract should be no more than 250 words.
• Audio-visual Equipment Needs. The SCSC Council has decided that LCD/PowerPoint equipment is only available in essential situations, such as art historical or other image heavy presentations. For further clarification, please contact a member of the program committee or send an email message to: montreal@sixteenthcentury.org.

Submission Process

After you have read the instructions on this page click the link below to begin the submission process.

You will be asked to create an account. The link can be found in the RED BOX at the top of the page.

You will enter your email address and choose a password. Then you will fill in your name, highest academic degree, your current institution, mailing address, etc. Most of these fields are required. Once you have completed the form, you will see a box confirming that you have correctly created your account. You will also receive an email message confirming that you have created your account.

Now you can now enter your paper or panel proposal by following the “submit proposal” link below and following the link, “Click here for abstract submission.” You will be asked to login, and complete the submission process. Choose the correct link for a new paper submission, or you can follow the panel convenor/chair link to submit a full panel proposal. Panel organizers must tell presenters in the panel to submit their abstracts using the process outlined above. Please note that the SCSC allows an individual to present only one paper at the conference. You may participate in two additional roles (panel chair, commentator, roundtable discussant) in addition to presenting a paper.

Note for Roundtable organizers: Roundtable proposals should be submitted as individual papers (NOT panels). When entering the Roundtable information, list all the participants as "authors." In the drop-down menu for "presentation type" choose "Roundtable." The participants will need to create an account on the submission site, but do not need to make individual submissions in order to participate in the roundtable.

Please read the instructions above before following the links to the conference submission site.

To create an account for submitting a proposal for an individual paper, a full panel session, or a paper that is part of a panel click the link [Create Account]

If you have already created your account and want to submit your proposal click [Submit Proposal]

If you experience any difficulty setting up your account or submitting your proposal contact: montreal@sixteenthcentury.org.