The 2nd Convention of Chinese/American Association for Poetry and Poetics & International Symposium on Literatures in English (June 2013)
In September 2011, the 1st Convention of Chinese/American Association for Poetry and Poetics (CAAP) achieved a great success, attended by about 300 scholars and poets from the world. In order to further promote literary scholarship and international exchange, the University of Pennsylvania-based CAAP will collaborate with the School of Foreign Languages and School of Humanities of Central China Normal University, Foreign Literature Studies, and Forum for World Literature Studies in hosting “The 2nd CAAP Convention and International Symposium on Literatures in English” (June 15-16, 2013) in Wuhan, China. Scholars and writers all over the world are welcome.
Topics of the conference are:
1. Modern and Contemporary Literary Movements and Ethnic Literature;
2. Ethical Criticism of Modern and Contemporary Literature;
3. Ethnic Perspectives on Modern and Contemporary Literature;
4. Ethnic Literature: Theoretical Reflections;
5. Avant-garde Poetic Practice and Theory in the Contemporary Times;
6. Art and Politics in Ethnic Poetry;
7. Translation, Diffusion and Teaching of Modern and Contemporary Literature.
A completed Registration Form and a paper abstract are expected to be submitted by March 5, 2013 to the conference organizing committee at caapconvention@gmail.com. The official invitation will be sent by mail or e-mail upon the reception of the above-mentioned documents and by March 10, 2013.
For more information, please contact Prof Lianggong Luo and Ms Qin Zhang at
Address: School of Foreign Languages, Central China Normal University
152 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, Hubei 430079, China
E-mail: caapconvention@gmail.cm
Phone: 86-27-6786 5655; 86-138-8606 7048