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- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 15:59:45 -0800
- From: "E. Butler-Evans" <ebevans%humanitas@HUB.UCSB.EDU>
- Subject: Sixties Generations Conference (fwd)
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- This may be of interest to some members of the list.
- Elliott Butler-Evans
-
- SIXTIES GENERATIONS CONFERENCE:
- FROM MONTGOMERY TO VIET NAM
- A Conference of Scholars, Activists and Artists
-
- FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA
-
- MARCH 4-6, 1993
-
- SPONSORED BY THE GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM,
- FILM STUDIES PROGRAM AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM, AND BY VIET
- NAM GENERATION.
-
- We have been very pleased by the response to our call for papers
- and anticipate an exciting interdisciplinary event which will
- include academic presentations, performance art, music and
- literary readings. We look forward to an extremely lively three days
- in March, and anticipate that this will be the first of an ongoing
- conference series.
-
- The conference committee is in the process of assembling the
- program and we will have a schedule of presentations completed by
- late January.
-
- We have made arrangements with the Holiday Inn--Fair Oaks for an
- extraordinarily reasonable room rate for the DC metropolitan area.
- All conference sessions will be held at the Holiday Inn, though other
- events--such as films and readings--associated with the conference may
- also be taking place off-site. Rooms at the Holiday in are $55 per
- night, single or double occupancy, plus 6.5% tax. Please make your
- reservations as soon as possible by phoning (703) 352-2525, and
- mentioning that you are a part of the Vietnam Generation room block.
- We encourage you to make your reservations by February 10, 1993.
- After that date, rooms are subject to availability and a rate
- increase.
-
- Conference pre-registration is $50. Late registration is $65. Late
- registrations are postmarked after February 20, 1993. We apologize for
- the necessity of charging such a high fee, but we are not subsidized
- by funding from any university or professional organization.
- Registration for students is $30, and xerox of student identification
- must be enclosed. We can also offer an extremely limited number of
- hardship waivers for those who simply cannot afford to attend the
- conference if they must pay the $50 fee. Because our capacity to
- waive registration fees is so limited, we ask that you request such a
- waiver only in the case of the greatest need.
-
- On Friday, March 5 and Saturday, March 6 we will maintain a
- Book Room where copies of your publications can be displayed
- and sold. The room will be staffed by George Mason University
- student interns. If you would like your publications to be made
- available at the conference, please let us know as soon as possible
- so that we can make arrangements. The Book Room will be open
- from 9:00 in the morning until 9:00 in the evening on Friday, and
- from 9:00 in the morning until 6:30 in the evening on Saturday.
-
- Post-conference publications: We anticipate assembling at least
- one anthology of papers presented at the conference, to be
- published by Viet Nam Generation. If you would like your
- presentation considered for publication as an article, please plan
- on submitting it to Viet Nam Generation at the conference, or by no
- later than March 20, 1993. We will also be videotaping conference
- sessions, and we will make the tapes available as teaching tools.
-
- We are currently planning on a Welcome Reception on Thursday,
- March 4, from 5:00 to 7:00 in the evening, which will include hors
- d'oeuvres and a Cash Bar. On Friday and Saturday we will run
- four concurrent tracks (two academic tracks, one activist track
- and one artist track) from 9:00 in the morning until 6:30 in the
- evening. Sessions in each track will last one-and-a-half hours
- each. There will be receptions and performances on both
- Friday and Saturday night, which will include music and either
- theater, dance, or readings.
-
- PLEASE ADDRESS INQUIRIES FOR MORE INFORMATION, OR MAIL REGISTRATIONS
- TO:
-
- VIET NAM GENERATION
- 2921 TERRACE DRIVE
- CHEVY CHASE, MD 20815
- (301) 608-0482
-
- email address: kali@access.digex.com
-