SCSC Cincinnati Conference 2012

Submissions for the Cincinatti 2012 Conference are now being accepted online.

Deadline for Submission is April 15, 2012.

Submission instructions:

Instructions for Submitting an individual paper proposal

Assessment Standards

A successful paper and panel proposal should:

1/ Raise a significant question for the discipline;

2/ Address this question through precise analysis of a particular genre, text, work, event, person, or place, which must be named in the proposal;

3/ 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:

1/ Complete Contact Information, including full mailing address, phone number, fax number, and email address.

2/ Academic Affiliation and Professional Level (MA, PhD, professor), You will need to upload a brief (150) CV or bio during the submission process.

3/ Title and Abstract for the Paper. The abstract should be no more than 250 words.

4/ Audio-visual Equipment Needs. The SCSC Council has decided that LCD/PowerPoint equipment is only available in essential situations, such as art historical presentations. For further clarification, please contact a member of the program committee.

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Instructions for Submitting a panel or roundtable proposal

A successful panel should

1/ Connect the papers thematically or contextually;

2/ Include a diverse group of participants. A mix of genders, affiliations, and stages in career promotes intellectual stimulation and exchange.

3/ Include three papers, a chair, and optionally a commentator. Chairs may be commentators, but those presenting papers on a panel should never also be its chair and/or commentator.

Panel organizers must supply the following additional information.

1/ Abstract and title. The abstract should be no more than 250 words, highlight the panel's theme, and explain how each paper contributes to that theme's development.

2/ Full name and academic affiliation of the chair and (optionally) the commentator

3/ Session Sponsor (optional). If the panel is being sponsored by an affiliated society, please indicate this in the box provided.

Panel organizers may EITHER enter all information for each paper presenter (NB. including full contact information, abstract, etc) OR provide the panel number to invited participants and request the participants to enter their own information.

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