CALL FOR PAPERS
International Conference
The Berbers and
Other Minorities in
Berber culture
and the cultures of historically rooted North African minority groups (Jewish,
Coptic, Turkish, Touareg, among others) are not
common foci of study in higher education. These cultures also remain shadowed
in public discourse and in public policy. The same cultures have existed and
thrived for a long period of time under the dominance of successive colonial
powers in
This
conference’s purpose is to promote a clearer comprehension of the complexity of
these North African cultures. It will situate them in space (from
The conference will be free and open to the public. The opening day will include a keynote lecture by a scholar in the field, an art exhibit, a North African dinner and a musical performance by a Kabyle (Berber) band.
The organizers of this interdisciplinary Conference invite all
papers related to the theme of minority cultures in
Submissions:
Please submit a
1- page abstract (French or English) by
Dr. Nabil Boudraa at nabil.boudraa@oregonstate.edu
or via regular mail to:
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures,
210 Kidder Hall,
Fax: 1 (541) 737 3563