{"id":2300,"date":"2011-01-28T17:19:11","date_gmt":"2011-01-29T00:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2300"},"modified":"2011-01-31T09:15:53","modified_gmt":"2011-01-31T16:15:53","slug":"cfp-canadian-pagan-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2300","title":{"rendered":"CFP: Canadian Pagan Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gaia Gathering: Canadian National Pagan Conference<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Theme: Language to Liturgy<\/em><\/p>\n

Gaia Gathering was founded in 2004 and had its first conference in 2005. Each year the conference is hosted over the Victoria Day long weekend in a different Canadian city through a bidding process similar to the Olympics. Past host cities include Edmonton, Halifax, Winnipeg, Ottawa and Vancouver.<\/p>\n

Legally, we are incorporated federally as a non-profit organization and operate with a national Board of Directors as well as a local host committee.<\/p>\n

The conference is organized collaboratively by Canadian Pagans and includes three days of discussion and workshops about Canadian Paganisms. After six years of traveling across the country, the conference is finally coming to Montreal\u2019s Concordia University! The proposed theme for 2011 will be “Language to Liturgy,” which reflects the cultural diversity of Montreal and how language itself can affect our practices and beliefs.<\/p>\n

Our keynote speakers are Lucie Dufresne, Professor at the University of Ottawa, speaking on Language, and Arin Murphy-Hiscock, published author and priestess, speaking on Liturgy. We are also planning an opening multifaith panel on the Friday night and live entertainment on Saturday and Sunday evenings.<\/p>\n

Conference will be held Spring 2011 (May 20-23)<\/p>\n

SUBMISSION CRITERIA<\/p>\n

We invite papers and proposals from all faculties within the humanities who touch into the realm of alternate spirituality, Paganism, New Religious Movements and related subjects. We hope to see students rise to the challenge and welcome them to this opportunity to present here in Montreal with like-minded individuals.<\/p>\n

Submissions may be sent via mail or e-mail and are to be no more than one page. They must include a publication-ready, titled abstract of 150-200 words. The name, address, telephone numbers, e-mail address, college or university affiliation and level of study of the presenter(s) must also be included. Any special requests or needs for audio-visual equipment must also be indicated. We will be accepting submissions for peer and academic reviewbetween December 21st (Yule 2010) and March 20th (Ostara 2011).<\/p>\n

Abstracts and proposals (and thus presentations) may be in English or in French. All received submissions will be acknowledged, with notification of acceptance, by mid-April 2011.<\/p>\n

Email to: scarletcougar@gmail.com<\/p>\n

Postal mail to: ATTN Scarlet (Gaia Gathering)
\nDepartment of Religion, Concordia University
\n1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West
\nMontr\u00e9al (Qu\u00e9bec)
\nH3G 1M8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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