Call for Papers CAMWS 2015

CAMWS 2015
Call for Papers, Panels and Workshops

The 111th Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South will be held Wednesday-Saturday, March 25-28, 2015, at the Millennium Harvest House in Boulder, Colorado at the invitation of the University of Colorado. Proposals for panels, workshops and individual papers on any aspect of Graeco-Roman antiquity are now being accepted. Especially welcome are submissions likely to be of broad interest, including those on pedagogy. Teachers and students at any level (K-12, college, or university) may submit proposals, but papers written by undergraduates will be evaluated separately and assigned to sessions designated for them.

All panel and workshop proposals (with accompanying abstracts) must be received by 11:59 p.m. on Friday, August 22, 2014; all individual paper proposals must be received by 11:59 p.m. on Friday, September 26, 2014. All submissions will be judged anonymously by the Program Committee, chaired by CAMWS President Ruth Scodel.

An individual may deliver no more than one paper at the meeting and may submit no more than one abstract. A person is free to organize a panel or a workshop in addition to presenting a paper (whether in his/her own panel or in another session). No one whose paper has already been accepted for a panel or a workshop may submit an individual abstract.  An organizer may submit no more than one proposal for a panel or a workshop. A panel must have a minimum of three, and no more than six, papers. Workshops must have at least one presenter and one presider and include significant activities for audience participation.

Papers delivered at CAMWS should present new ideas to the audience, not repeating work already presented in a similar venue.  Members are welcome to present work delivered at the author's home institution, at a specialized conference, or at a meeting outside North America, especially if it is work-in-progress that would benefit from wider discussion. However, if an abstract has been accepted for the CAMWS Southern Section meeting, it must not be submitted for the CAMWS meeting, and papers delivered at the SCS or CAC should not be submitted for CAMWS unless they have been substantially changed.

Every abstract and panel or workshop description must be double-spaced and typed in 12-point Times New Roman font. Indent first lines of paragraphs, set a 1-inch margin on all sides, and center the title at the top of the page. Enter any non-Roman text using Unicode. Use abbreviated (author-date) citations; at the end of each abstract or panel description provide a list of works cited. The combined length of the abstract (or panel/workshop description) and its list of works cited must not exceed 800 words. Authors of abstracts and organizers of panels/workshops are not to be identified by name anywhere in their proposals. The panel or workshop organizer will submit a description of the panel or workshop along with the abstracts of the panelists or workshop participants. Before submitting an abstract be sure to read these Formatting Guidelines for CAMWS Abstract Submissions.

The maximum time for an individual paper is 15 minutes. Papers in panels with fewer than six participants may exceed this time limit, but no panel may last longer than 100 minutes. Workshops will typically last one hour. Requests for audio-visual equipment must be made at the time the abstract is submitted. CAMWS welcomes papers on material culture and reception; however, because LCD projectors are expensive to rent, please request them for textually-based papers only when necessary. Individuals must provide their own laptop computers and adapter/sound cables. CAMWS cannot provide internet access during presentations.

Please submit all proposals electronically at Individual Abstract Submission FormPanel Submission Form, or Workshop Proposal Form. If, for some reason, electronic submission is not possible, please contact the CAMWS office at the address below.

All presenters and organizers are required to be members of CAMWS at the time they submit their abstracts.  Membership dues may be paid at camws.org/membership/memberinfo.php by credit card ($3.00 processing fee)  or by mailing a check along with a membership form to CAMWS, Department of Classics, Monmouth College, 700 E. Broadway, Monmouth, IL 61462 (office 309-457-2284; fax 815-346-2565; camws@camws.org).

Please be aware that submission of an abstract is a commitment to present the paper in person in Boulder.

RECEIPT DEADLINES: Friday, August 22, 2014 (panels/workshops); Friday, September 26, 2014 (individuals)

TOPIC CODES

AP    ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY
AR    ARCHAEOLOGY & ART HISTORY
CL    CLASSICAL STUDIES--OTHER
EP    EPIGRAPHY & PAPYROLOGY
GD   GREEK DRAMA
GE   GREEK EPIC
GH   GREEK HISTORIOGRAPHY
GN   GREEK NOVEL
GO   GREEK ORATORY & RHETORIC
GP   GREEK POETRY-OTHER
GT   GREEK PROSE TEXTS-OTHER
HG   HISTORY-GREEK
HR   HISTORY-ROMAN
LA    LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
LD    LATIN DRAMA
LE    LATIN EPIC
LH    LATIN HISTORIOGRAPHY
LN    LATIN NOVEL
LO    LATIN ORATORY AND RHETORIC
LP    LATIN POETRY-OTHER
LS    LATIN SATIRE
LT     LATIN PROSE TEXTS-OTHER
ME    MEDIA STUDIES
MY    MYTHOLOGY
PC    PEDAGOGY-CLASSICS
PG    PEDAGOGY-GREEK
PL     PEDAGOGY-LATIN
RE    RECEPTION STUDIES
RG    RELIGION-GREEK
RR    RELIGION-ROMAN