[ecrea] cfp - The Sixth International Conference for Literary Journalism Studies (IALJS-6)

Call for Papers
International Association for Literary Journalism Studies
"Literary Journalism: Theoria, Poiesis and Praxis"
The Sixth International Conference for Literary Journalism Studies
(IALJS-6)

Université Libre de Bruxelles
Département des Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication
(SIC)
Brussels, Belgium

12-14 May 2011

The International Association for Literary Journalism Studies invites
submissions of original research papers, abstracts for research in
progress and proposals for panels on Literary Journalism for the IALJS
annual convention on 12-14 May 2011. The conference will be held at the
Département des Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication (SIC) at
Université Libre de Bruxelles in Brussels, Belgium.

The conference hopes to be a forum for scholarly work of both breadth and
depth in the field of literary journalism, and all research methodologies
are welcome, as are research on all aspects of literary journalism and/or
literary reportage. For the purpose of scholarly delineation, our
definition of literary journalism is "journalism as literature"
rather than "journalism about literature." The association
especially hopes to receive papers related to the general conference
theme, "Literary Journalism: Theoria, Poiesis and Praxis." All
submissions must be in English.

The International Association for Literary Journalism Studies is a
multi-disciplinary learned society whose essential purpose is the
encouragement and improvement of scholarly research and education in
Literary Journalism. As an association in a relatively recently defined
field of academic study, it is our agreed intent to be both explicitly
inclusive and warmly supportive of a variety of scholarly
approaches.

Information on previous annual meetings can be found at

http://www.ialjs.org/?page_id=33

I. GUIDELINES FOR RESEARCH PAPERS

Submitted research papers should not exceed 7,500 words, or about 25
double-spaced pages, plus endnotes. Please regard this as an upper limit;
shorter papers are certainly welcome. Endnotes and bibliographic
citations should follow the Chicago Manual of Style. Papers may not be
simultaneously submitted to any other conferences. Papers previously
published, presented, accepted or under review are ineligible. Only one
paper per author will be accepted for presentation in the conference's
research sessions, and at least one author for each paper must be at the
convention in order to present the paper. If accepted, each paper
presenter at a conference Research Session may be allotted no more than
15 minutes. To be considered, please observe the following
guidelines:

Submission by e-mail attachment in MS Word is required. No other format
or faxes or postal mail submissions will be accepted.
Include one separate title page containing title, author/s,
affiliation/s, and the address, phone, fax, and e-mail of the lead
author.
Also include a second title page containing only the paper's title and
the paper's abstract. The abstract should be approximately 250 words in
length.
Your name and affiliation should not appear anywhere in the paper [this
information will only appear on the first title page; see (b)
above].

II. GUIDELINES FOR WORK-IN-PROGRESS PRESENTATIONS (ABSTRACTS)

Submitted abstracts for Work-in-Progress Sessions should not exceed 250
words. If accepted, each presenter at a conference Work-in-Progress
session may be allotted no more than 10 minutes. To be considered, please
observe the following guidelines:

Submission by e-mail attachment using MS Word is required. No other
format or faxes or postal mail submissions will be accepted.
Include one separate title page containing title, author/s,
affiliation/s, and the address, phone, fax and e-mail of the lead
author.
Also include a second page containing only the work's title and the
actual abstract of the work-in-progress. The abstract should be
approximately 250 words in length.

III. GUIDELINES FOR PROPOSALS FOR PANELS

Submission by e-mail attachment in MS Word is required. No other format
or faxes or postal mail submissions will be accepted.
Panel proposals should contain the panel title, possible participants and
their affiliation and e-mail addresses, and a description of the panel's
subject. The description should be approximately 250 words in
length.
Panels are encouraged on any topic related to the study, teaching or
practice of literary journalism. See

http://www.ialjs.org/?page_id=21.

IV. EVALUATION CRITERIA, DEADLINES AND CONTACT INFORMATION

All research paper submissions will be evaluated on originality and
importance of topic; literature review; clarity of research purpose;
focus; use of original and primary sources and how they support the
paper's purpose and conclusions; writing quality and organization; and
the degree to which the paper contributes to the study of literary
journalism. Similarly, abstracts of works-in-progress and panel proposals
will be evaluated on the degree to which they contribute to the study of
literary journalism. Submissions from students as well as faculty are
encouraged.


Please submit research papers or abstracts of works-in-progress 
presentations to:

Prof. Isabel Soares, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (Portugal)
2011 IALJS-6 Research Chair; e-mail:

(isoares /at/ iscsp.utl.pt)
<mailto:
(isoares /at/ iscsp.utl.pt)&gt;

Please submit proposals for panels to either:

Prof. Rob Alexander, Brock University (Canada)
2011 IALJS-6 Program Co-Chair; e-mail:

(ralexand /at/ brocku.ca)
<mailto:
(ralexand /at/ brocku.ca)&gt;

Prof. Willa McDonald, Macquarie University (Australia)
2011 IALJS-6 Program Co-Chair; e-mail:

(willa.mcdonald /at/ scmp.mq.edu.au)
<mailto:
(willa.mcdonald /at/ scmp.mq.edu.au)&gt;

Deadline for all submissions: No later than 1 December 
2010


For more information regarding the conference or the association, please
go to
http://WWW.IALJS.ORG
<
http://www.ialjs.org/> or contact:

Prof. Alice Trindade, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (Portugal)
IALJS President; e-mail:

(atrindade /at/ iscsp.utl.pt)
<mailto:
(atrindade /at/ iscsp.utl.pt)&gt;

Prof. Bill Reynolds, Ryerson University (Canada)
IALJS Vice President/Treasurer; e-mail:

(reynolds /at/ ryerson.ca)
<mailto:
(reynolds /at/ ryerson.ca)&gt;

Pof,. Norman Sims, Secretary (U.S.A.)
IALJS Secretary; e-mail:

(sims /at/ journ.umass.edu)
<mailto:
(sims /at/ journ.umass.edu)&gt;

Prof. David Abrahamson, Northwestern University (U.S.A.)
Immediate Past IALJS President, e-mail:

(d-abrahamson /at/ northwestern.edu)
<mailto:
(d-abrahamson /at/ northwestern.edu)&gt;

Prof. John S. Bak, Nancy-Université (France)
Founding IALJS President; e-mail: 

(john.bak /at/ univ-nancy2.fr)
<mailto:
(john.bak /at/ univ-nancy2.fr)&gt;