THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ON ANGLO-AMERICAN STUDIES

ON THE BORDERS OF CONVENTION

will be held at the Faculty of Philosophy, Nikšić, Montenegro
October 30 – November 1, 2008.


We invite scholars to submit proposals dealing with conventions in language, literature, teaching language and literature, and culture in general, as well as the phenomena (of) making, bordering, or breaking conventions in these fields. New approaches to or perspectives on the standard occurrences, as well as critical overviews of the ground-breaking works in the above listed fields are most welcome.

We are more than honoured to announce that our key-note speakers will be distinguished professors:
Sandra M. Gilbert, University of California, Davies,
Bernhard Kettemann, University of Gratz, and
Christopher Sten, George Washington University.

The proposal must include name of presenter, title of paper, brief abstract (not exceeding 300 words), in Word format, along with presenter’s CV (not longer than one page). Deadline for the submission of abstracts is June 1, 2008. Abstracts on language and methodology should be sent to Aleksandra Nikčević-Batrićević (alexmontenegro@cg.yu) while the abstracts on literature and culture should be sent to Marija Knežević (marijak@cg.yu)

The conference fee, 60, 00 euros, should be paid at registration desk upon the arrival.

For further information contact:
Marija Knežević (marijak@cg.yu) or Aleksandra Nikčević-Batrićević (alexmontenegro@cg.yu)

Organizing Committee:
Marija Knežević, University of Montenegro
Aleksandra Nikčević-Batrićević, University of Montenegro
Bojka Đukanović, University of Montenegro
Biljana Milatović, University of Montenegro
Peter Preston, Nottingham University