Call for Papers: "The American Research Center in Egypt..", 04/00

THE AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER IN EGYPT

FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING

BERKELEY

APRIL 28-30, 2000

CALL FOR PAPERS DEADLINE EXTENDED!

AT-LARGE PAPERS: Those who are interested in presenting papers at the 2000 annual meeting in Berkeley should submit abstracts to the appropriate review committee no later than February 10, 2000. This year we would like to encourage participants to submit papers in the following general areas: modern Arabic literature, Islamic law and society, popular culture, ancient Egyptian imperialism, Egypt in the First Millennium B.C., tomb painting, Deir el-Medinah, Egyptian ceramics. If enough submissions are received in any of these categories we will create panels focused around these themes.

Abstracts of papers on Ancient Egyptian or Coptic topics should be sent with this form to: Professor Cathleen Keller, Near Eastern Studies Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-1940. Abstracts of papers on Islamic or modern Egyptian topics should be sent with this form to: Professor Margaret Larkin, Near Eastern Studies Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-1940. Abstracts should be no more than 500 words. Please send hard copy AND disk copy of abstract in Word or Word Perfect; or e-mail (Islamic/Modern: larkin@socrates.berkeley.edu; Ancient/Coptic: redmount@socrates.berkeley.edu).

NO ABSTRACT WILL BE CONSIDERED WITHOUT THIS FORM OR THE EQUIVALENT INFORMATION!

Name: ________________________________________________________________

Address:______________________________________________________

Telephone: ____________________ e-mail:______________________

Institutional Affiliation:______________________________________

Title of Proposed Paper:________________________________________

I will require: (a) slide projector____single____double

(b) other

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On an attached sheet of paper, please submit an abstract of no more than 500 words.