February 28-29 2020
The Department of French & Italian at the University of Arizona is delighted to invite MA and PhD students to submit one of the following:
an abstract for an oral presentation (20 minutes + 10 minutes for questions/comments)
a poster for work in progress
The oral presentation and poster may be a research paper written for a graduate class or it may be part of a thesis or dissertation in one or more of the following areas:
Theoretical and applied linguistics
First, second language acquisition
Teaching French as a second/foreign language
Digital technologies (and pedagogy)
French and Francophone literature, culture and civilization
French and/or Francophone cinema
Women’s studies, queer studies and sexuality
We are also inviting students in visual arts to submit their original work related to French and/or Francophone culture in photography, painting, drawing or short films. The selected submissions will be exhibited during the conference and on our website.
We are pleased to present two plenary speakers:
Dr. Sébastien Dubreil, Teaching Professor of French and Francophone Studies, Second Language Acquisition, and Technology-Enhanced Learning at Carnegie Mellon University
Dr. Moradewun Adejunmobi,Professor of African American and African Studies at University of California, Davis
Participants will be able to attend a workshop on Digital Humanities led by Dr. Bryan Carter, Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Director of the Center for Digital Humanitiesat the University of Arizona.
Considering digital humanities as a part of your professional portfolio
As seen by the rise in digital humanities conferences presentations workshops and publications, the digital humanities should be considered as an important addition to the professional portfolio of any new or rising academic. This workshop will offer ideas on how to get started in the digital humanities and a few examples of existing projects.
Submit your abstract by November 15, 2019 here: https://2ndazconference.sciencesconf.org/index/unauthorized