CAMWS 2011 — Call for papers

The 107th Annual Meeting of CAMWS will be held Wednesday-Saturday, April 6-9, 2011, at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, Grand Rapids, MI, at the invitation of Calvin College and Grand Valley State Univesity. Proposals for panels and individual papers are now being accepted. All panel proposals must be received by August 20, 2010; all individual paper proposals must be received by September 24, 2010.

Papers and panels may be on any aspect of Graeco-Roman antiquity; especially welcome are panels likely to be of broad interest, including those concerned with pedagogy. Teachers and students of the Classics at any level of instruction (K-12, college, or university) may submit abstracts, but papers written by undergraduates will be evaluated separately from the rest and assigned to sessions designated for undergraduate papers. All papers will be judged anonymously by the Program Committee, chaired by CAMWS President David Tandy.

Only one proposal for a paper may be submitted per person. No one whose paper has already been accepted for a panel is permitted to submit an abstract for an individual paper.  Use abbreviated (author-date) citations in the abstract but at the end provide a list of works cited. The abstract and bibliography must both be typed in 12-point Times New Roman font; their combined length must not exceed 800 words.  Center the title at the top of the page. The author's name must not appear on the abstract. Electronic submissions are preferred: http://www.camws.org/membership/abstractform.php.  To submit an abstract by mail, send 1 hard copy of the submission form with 1 hard copy of the abstract.

A panel must have a minimum of three, and no more than six, papers. Only one panel proposal may be submitted per organizer. Use abbreviated (author-date) citations in the panel description and abstracts but at the end of each provide a list of works cited.  The panel description and abstracts, with accompanying bibliography, must all be typed in 12-point Times New Roman font; the length of each, including bibliography, must not exceed 800 words.  Center all titles at the top of the page. The authors' names must not appear on the panel description or abstracts. Electronic submissions are preferred:  http://www.camws.org/membership/panelabstract.php.  To submit a proposal by mail, send 1 hard copy of the submission form, 1 hard copy of the panel description, and 1 hard copy of each abstract.

The maximum time allotted for an individual paper is 15 minutes. A paper for a panel may exceed 15 minutes, but no panel may last longer than two hours. Requests for audio-visual equipment must be made at the time the abstract is submitted. Because LCD projectors are expensive to rent, please request them only when absolutely necessary. Individuals must provide their own laptop computers and adapter cables.

All presenters and organizers are required to be members of CAMWS at the time they submit their abstracts. Dues may be paid online by credit card ($3.00 processing fee:  http://www.camws.org/membership/memberinfo.php) or by check, which should be mailed along with a CAMWS membership form to CAMWS, Dept. of Classics, St. Olaf College, 1520 St. Olaf Ave., Northfield, MN 55057-1098; 507-786-3387; fax 507-786-3732; groton@stolaf.edu.

• A Guide for Presenters of Professional Papers at CAMWS Meetings (pdf)
• A Guide for Presiders of Sessions at CAMWS Meetings (pdf)