Call for Streams, Panels, and Workshops for SASS 2020 in Puerto Rico
Deadline: September 1, 2019
In anticipation of the general call for papers for the 110th Annual Meeting of the Society of the Advancement of Scandinavian Study in Puerto Rico at the Wyndham Grand Rio Mar on April 29-May 3, 2020, the conference program committee encourages proposals for thematic streams, roundtables, organized panels, or methodological workshops. The committee is also open to proposals of other session formats for collaborative work. For organizational reasons, plan all activities for 90-minute slots. Session examples may include:
- Pre-constituted panel: An organized panel consisting of three to four thematically linked papers.
- Workshop: A workshop consisting of up to four presenters introducing and discussing a methodology, skill, or question.
- Roundtable discussion: A roundtable discussion consisting of up to five presenters in informal conversation on a specific topic.
- Thematic stream: A thematic stream consisting of a series of panels, tied together by a common topic, offered sequentially within the overall conference framework. Streams provide a greater degree of cohesion than might occur in a single conference panel and have for many participants provided a more sustainable and satisfactory conference experience. They are well suited for finding international colleagues working on similar topics, and for working towards a joint publication (Scandinavian Studies and others). The list of thematic streams will be published together with the general call for papers on October 1, 2019, at which point the stream chair(s) can aid the program committee in recruiting, reviewing, and organizing the stream.
All proposals must include an abstract of 200-300 words and the name of the chair(s). In the case of organized panels, roundtable discussions, and workshops, the abstract should also include the names of all proposed presenters. The chair(s) will be responsible for the internal organization and communication with all presenters, as well as for communication with the program committee.
The program committee encourages proposals related to the overall conference theme, “Postcolonial Entanglements”, but welcomes all proposals from the broad field of Scandinavian Studies.
Please send the proposal to sass2020@scandinavianstudy.org no later than September 1, 2019. Email any questions to the SASS program committee at the same address. Approved streams, workshops, panels, and roundtables will be communicated to chairs and published on October 1, 2019 on the conference website – https://scandinavianstudy.org/annual-meeting/sass-2020-puerto-rico/.