Sym: 0906.37

Date: 26 juni 2009
From: Marijke Huisman <m.huisman@fhk.eur.nl>
Subject: Sym: 0906.37: Congres 'Life Writing in Europe', Amsterdam, do 29 t/m za 31 oktober 2009

Congres 'Life Writing in Europe', Amsterdam, 29 t/m 31 oktober 2009

Founding Conference IABA Europe
VU University Amsterdam
The Netherlands October 29-31, 2009

The International Auto/Biography Association (IABA) was founded in 1999 as a multidisciplinary network that aims to broaden the world vision of auto/biographers, scholars and readers, to deepen the cross-cultural understanding of self, identity and experience, and to carry on global dialogues on life writing. The founding conference of IABA Europe hopes to foster the European participation in this international debate and to stimulate a European network of life writing scholars.

The conference 'Life Writing in Europe' will take place at VU University in Amsterdam, 29-31 October 2009. This first meeting is meant to take stock of the many auto/biography scholars in Europe, their areas of research and possible life writing centres. In addition to the presentation of a series of short papers we would like to use this conference to organise the European chapter of IABA, to establish a network of European life writing scholars and discuss possibilities of starting an e-journal.

Programme, registration form and contact information: http://iaba-europe09.let.vu.nl/