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<div>CALL FOR PAPERS</div>
<div>Convergence and Emergence</div>
<div>UTS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Annual Higher Degree Research Student Conference</div>
<div>Friday 25 November and Saturday 26 November, 2016. </div>
<div>Dr Chau Chak Wing Building,</div>
<div>University of Technology, Sydney</div>
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<div>Dear all,</div>
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<div>We are pleased to invite UTS FASS Higher Degree by Research students and postgraduate students from universities across NSW and Canberra to attend the 2016 FASS HDR Conference: Convergence and Emergence. </div>
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<div>The annual conference will be hosted in the Frank Gehry designed Dr Chau Chak Wing Building (CB08) from Friday 25 November to Saturday 26 November, 2016. </div>
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<div>In 2016, we invite you to respond to the theme of Convergence and Emergence in one of the following four streams:</div>
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<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>Scholarly stream (academic paper presentation);</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>Creative stream (written, or visual creative work presentation — this should be related to your research degree i.e. the creative component of non traditional PhDs, or DCAs and MCAs);</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>Poster presentation (posters of max A1 size will be shown during the conference);</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>Panel session (an opportunity for you to organise your own panel of three to four presenters on a particular theme or topic).</div>
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<div>Your presentation might address the convergence of issues, disciplines, fields or methods, or the emergence of new topics and theories in your research. </div>
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<div>Attendees should read the CFP broadly and not feel constrained by the overarching conference theme. </div>
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<div>Alongside these presentations, a series of workshops will be facilitated to reflect the importance of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research in the academy, the process of scholarly emergence that occurs across the HDR journey, as well as workshops
pertaining to HDR career prospects (in and outside of the academy).</div>
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<div>We welcome attendees from diverse research backgrounds, whether interested in presenting their own work, or who simply want to come along to meet fellow scholars.</div>
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<div>Please submit a 250 word abstract, and a short bio (50 words max) by Friday, September 2, 2016 11:59PM by copying this URL into your browser: http://bit.ly/2a8silE</div>
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<div>The FASS HDR Conference team will review the abstracts and be in touch shortly after. </div>
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<div>Note on panel submissions: if proposing a panel, each panel member will need to submit their abstract individually via the registration form. Please make a note that you are submitting as part of a panel during registration.</div>
<div>Registration and attendance is free for all students, academics, and audience members. </div>
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<div>Keynote Speakers:</div>
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<div>David Leser: </div>
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<div>David Leser is a prominent Australian journalist, author, public interviewer and writing mentor.</div>
<div>A former Middle East and North American correspondent he has been a journalist for 37 years and become widely known in Australia for his in-depth profiles and stories on social and political issues. David is the recipient of numerous awards for his journalism
and his recent memoir ‘To Begin To Know: Walking in the Shadows of my Father’, was short-listed for the National Biography Award in 2015. He is also the author of `A View from the Lake,’ the history of Egon Zehnder, the world’s leading executive search firm.</div>
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<div>Dr Chris Fleming:</div>
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<div>Dr Chris Fleming is currently Senior Lecturer in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts, and Member of the Writing and Society Research Centre. He has taught and conducted research at numerous universities in Australia and overseas, including
the University of New South Wales, Sydney University, the University of Technology, and has been Visiting Fellow in French and Francophone Studies at UCLA and in the School of Romance Languages at Stanford. He has written widely on issues of culture, philosophy,
and religion, and is the author or editor of five books, most recently Modern Conspiracy: The Importance of Being Paranoid (London and New York: Bloomsbury, 2014) (co-authored with Emma A. Jane).</div>
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<div>Questions: Please direct all questions related to the conference or abstract submissions to utsfasshdr2016@gmail.com</div>
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<div>Scholarships and Funding:<br>
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<div>Please note that the UTS FASS HDR conference is unable to provide bursaries to attend or present at the 2016 conference. </div>
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<div>Regards,</div>
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<div>2016 FASS HDR Conference Organising team:</div>
<div>Fiona Campbell, Anna Denejkina, Matthew Johnson & Suman Laudari - with Dr James Meese</div>
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