From N330009@VM.SC.EDU Fri Sep 1 06:31:42 2000 Received: from mxu4.u.washington.edu (mxu4.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.05/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id GAA42476 for ; Fri, 1 Sep 2000 06:31:41 -0700 Received: from VM.SC.EDU (vm.sc.edu [129.252.45.14]) by mxu4.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.02/8.9.3+UW99.09) with SMTP id GAA13791 for ; Fri, 1 Sep 2000 06:31:40 -0700 Message-Id: <200009011331.GAA13791@mxu4.u.washington.edu> Received: by VM.SC.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R4a) via spool with SMTP id 9513 ; Fri, 01 Sep 2000 09:31:16 EDT Received: from UNIVSCVM (NJE origin N330009@UNIVSCVM) by VM.SC.EDU (LMail V1.2c/1.8c) with BSMTP id 7705; Fri, 1 Sep 2000 09:31:16 -0400 Date: Fri, 01 Sep 00 09:31:11 EDT From: Ralph Mathisen Subject: Call for Papers To: CLASSICS@U.WASHINGTON.EDU THE FOURTH BI-ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON SHIFTING FRONTIERS IN LATE ANTIQUITY ******CALL FOR PAPERS****** "Travel, Communication and Geography in Late Antiquity" The Society for Late Antiquity announces the Fourth Shifting Frontiers in Late Antiquity Conference,"Travel, Communication and Geography in Late Antiquity", to be held at the Downtown Center of San Francisco State University, San Francisco, 8-11 March 2001. We welcome 20-minute presentations (1) on all kinds of travel (pilgrimages; travel for official, commercial, or military purposes; travel for pleasure; journeys of the soul), (2) on various kinds of communication (inter-religious or inter-cultural communication; written, spoken, or visual communication; pedagogy; linguistic change; communication between the human and the divine), and (3) on any aspect of geography and especially its interrelationship with travel and communication (e.g., land vs. sea vs. river travel or communication; travel and communication between highland and lowland; the psychology of distance, geology, and/or geography; geography of the heavenly city). We welcome submissions dealing with both the "real" and the "metaphorical" aspects of travel, communication, and geography. Submissions are encouraged from across a broad range and a wide variety of disciplines and methodological perspectives, including, but not retricted to, those of archaeology, communication studies, economics, geography and geology, history, language and literature, militaria, psychology, religious studies. We would particularly welcome presentations which 'journey' across 'disciplinary frontiers' (e.g., case studies for interdisciplinary research on the topics above) or presentations which discuss--again within the context of the conference theme--disciplinary methodology and theory (i.e., research paradigms, collection and analysis of data, how assumptions affect research, models of human behavior,how knowledge about life in Late Antiquity is created). Finally, presenters should not feel confined to discuss only travel or communication or geography; on the contrary, they should try to see these topics as interdependent. It is our intention to make every effort to seek a publisher for the conference proceedings. Please direct all inquiries concerning the program, and send abstracts of not more than 500 words via e-mail, FAX, or post, to Prof. Linda Ellis, Department of Classics, San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132-4162 (FAX: 415-338-1775; e-mail: ellisl@sfsu.edu). Abstracts are due 1 October 2000. For all other matters contact Prof. Frank L. Kidner, Department of History, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132-4155 (e-mail: fkidner@sfsu.edu). Schedule of Events: 1 October 2000 Abstracts due 15 November 2000 Program set and presenters notified 15 January 2001 Pre-registration begins 8-11 March 2001 Conference assembles For future updates on the conference, registration, and hotel information, please go the Society for Late Antiquity web site at: http://www.sc.edu/ltantsoc Finally, we extend the usual apologies for cross-posting. .