Upcoming Conferences and Meetings in North America

Mobile, Alabama, United States

The University of Mobile Forum on Christianity and the Liberal Arts is an interdisciplinary forum in which members of the academic community can explore the relationships between Christian theology, ethics, and practice, and the tradition of scholarship and teaching of the liberal arts within the university. The Forum is intended to be exploratory in nature, and it seeks to raise broad questions about central areas of concern to the liberal arts classroom.

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Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Since 1975, The Multicultural Association of Nova Scotia (MANS) has been Nova Scotia's preeminent multicultural organization, offering policy development, advocacy and educational programs for and in partnership with stakeholders from various sectors.

In 2010, Creating Bridges: Multiculturalism and Diversity in the 21st Century will feature the themes of multiculturalism and diversity within a range of communities and against the backdrop of the 21st century.

Join leading thinkers and practitioners in multicultural and diversity affairs in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, affectionately known as "Canada's Ocean Playground." Located on Canada's East Coast, Halifax boasts a fascinating history, thriving downtown, award-winning restaurants and true maritime hospitality. Enjoy the beautiful fall colours of Halifax, Nova Scotia while attending MANS' 2010 Creating Bridges conference.

This information package contains details of the Creating Bridges conference, program highlights, sponsorship opportunities and registration information for participants. MANS looks forward to welcoming you at Creating Bridges!

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Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States

The Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture was founded in 2000 at Boston College, under the direction of Dr. Janet E. Helms, to promote the assets and address the societal conflicts associated with race and culture in theory and research, mental health practice, education, business, and society at large. The Institute solicits, designs, and distributes effective interventions with a proactive, practical focus. Each year the Institute addresses a racial or cultural issue that could benefit from a pragmatic, scholarly, or grassroots focus through its Diversity Challenge conference. The theme of Diversity Challenge 2010 is race and culture in teaching, training, and supervision. The two-day conference includes panel discussion/symposia, workshops, structured discussions, a poster session, and individual presentations by invited experts and selected guests including educators, administrators, researchers, mental health professionals, and community organizations. Areas of emphasis include: community activities and activism, developments in research, professional practice, education, and/or social justice initiatives as they pertain to race, culture, and racial identity.

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Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

The 17th Annual Tri-University History Conference will be held at the University of Waterloo (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) on Saturday, 16 October 2010. We welcome proposals for individual papers and complete panels from graduate students and established scholars on all topics, but especially from those exploring the political, social, cultural, diplomatic, technological, economic, or environmental aspects of the Cold War.

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San Francisco, California, United States

This conference seeks to explore the role of cinema in reflecting and contributing to concepts of historical events, identity politics, cultures, cults and celebrity.

Histories, as narratives of both personal and public events, identities and societies, are created, recreated, and deconstructed in film. This conference will explore how cinematic depictions of histories differ from that of other media and how cinema's depiction influences both society and other media. The relation between cinema and histories invites investigation from numerous perspectives, including but not limited to:

• From History to Histories: Global, local and hybrid histories in cinema
• New Identities in Media: Creating histories of differences and sameness
• Millennial Histories: 2000-2010 and representations of the "future"
• National Perspectives: Recreating war stories from opposing sides of the battlefield
• Queer History and Stereotypes Perpetuated in Film
• Creating Immigrant Identities in Film
• Exploring the Historical Evolution of Cinematic Genre
• Cinema, History and Memory: Representation of historical events in narrative and non-narrative film
• Theories of Consumption and Reception of Cinematic Histories
• Finding Truth in the Historical Epic
• Film Movements as Signs of Their Times
• Wars and Remembrance in the Persian Gulf
• Film as Historic Artifact