The conference aims to highlight and foster academic inquiry that draws comparisons between Scandinavia (Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland) and the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania). Papers that examine stateless peoples and those left outside of the Scandinavian/Baltic approach, but sharing the same geographic space, are equally welcome. Papers and panels devoted to individual states are also welcome.
Contributions are encouraged from disciplines including (but not limited to): anthropology, architecture, communication, cultural studies, demography, economics, education, environment, ethnic relations, film studies, fine arts, gender studies, geography, history, international relations, law, linguistics, literature, memory, political science, psychology, public health, religion, sociology, tourism, and advancing Baltic and Scandinavian studies. Presentations are not to exceed 20 minutes in length. Proposals for panels are welcome. Advanced graduate students may submit paper proposals but such submissions must be accompanied by the written support of a faculty advisor.
Requirements: All presenters must be SASS members or AABS members in good standing.
Send panel or paper proposals embedded in the body of an e-mail (no attachments) to Professor Lotta Gavel Adams at lotta@uw.edu. Paper submissions should be mailed to:
Professor Lotta Gavel AdamsThe deadline for abstract submission is December 11, 2009. Especially for SHS members: If members would like a panel to be considered for designation as an SHS-sponsored panel, please send a cc of the submission to Jennifer Attebery: attejenn@isu.edu. SHS is interested in papers and panels concerning both Scandinavian history and Scandinavian emigrant/immigrant history. SHS includes art history and history-oriented folklore and cultural studies in its areas of interest.
University of Washington
Box 353420
Seattle, WA 98195-3420
The conference website is: http://www.sass2010.org/