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The Annual Colloquium on Language, Literature, and Theory

April 7, 2001

Washington, DC, USA

Humanities

Host: The Catholic University of America
Email: cua-colloquium@cua.edu

Description:
For its Annual Colloquium, the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at the Catholic University of America is seeking abstracts, papers, and suggestions for panels on the topic of ALTERED STATES.

Suggested areas of inquiry include:

I. Altered States of Mind/Body:

Mystic and Trance States Revelation and Epiphany Rapture and Rhapsody Dream States Hypnosis Conversion Narratives Near-Death Experiences Demonic Possession The Fantastic Insanity Zombies Voodoo Transcendentalism

II. Altered States/Alternative Communities:

Exile Retreats Colonial Appropriations Global Communities Créolité Missionary Narratives Imagined Communities Cults Dispossessions Displaced Peoples

Date received: November 21, 2000


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