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| Title | Call for Papers: 9th Annual Conference of the Igbo Studies Association |
| Body | From http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=179446 The 9th Annual Conference of the Igbo Studies Association Theme: NKEIRUKA: SHAPING THE FUTURE OF THE IGBO NATION Howard University, Washington, D.C., USA April 8 – 9, 2011 The Igbo Studies Association invites scholars and other individuals interested in various spheres of Igbo Studies to submit abstracts on diverse topics relating to the theme of the 2011 conference. Abstracts and papers which examine topics from a three-tier approach namely past, present and the future will be very germane and central to the conference theme and material to the intentions of the conference namely, to chart a road map for the future. Topics include but are not limited to the following: • Civil Society, Politics and Leadership • Religious and Ethnic Issues • Social and Economic Development • Education, Children and Youth Development; • History, Culture and Society • Media, Art and Artistic Expression; • Sports and Human development; • Security and the Rule of Law; • Public Health, Diseases and Medicine; • Environment and Human Rights, • Ndi-Igbo and their Neighbors • Justice, Caste System and Property Rights • Chiefs, Chieftaincy and Traditional Institutions • Changing Values and Norms; • Peace and National Reconciliation • Crime, Punishment and Vigilante Matters • Dibias, Prophets, Prophesies; • The Biafran War and Lessons; • Igbo Language and Igbo Identity; • Science, Scientists, and Entrepreneurs • Industry and Agriculture; • Biographies, Role Models and Achievers • Gender and Social Change, etc. • Deadline for submission of proposal is extended to October 31, 2010. • Deadline for submission of full papers is November 31, 2010 View the full call for papers at http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=179446 |
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