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From: "Society for Literature & Science" 
Daily SLS Email Digest

-> UPDATE:  SLS2000
     by Hugh Crawford 

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Date: 7 Mar 2000 12:25:26 -0800
From: Hugh Crawford 
Subject: UPDATE:  SLS2000

Deadline for abstracts has been extended to April 1

The 14th Annual Convention of the SLS will be held in  Atlanta, Georgia,
Oct 5-8th, 2000,  at the Sheraton Colony Square Hotel.  The conference
is
sponsored by the Ivan Allan College of Georgia Institute of Technology,
the
School of Literature, Communication and Culture, and the Center for New
Media Studies.

The theme of the 2000 conference is   Media: Old and New

Proposals that explore the social and cultural implications of the
emergence of new forms of media are invited, as are papers and panels in
science studies including, for example, medical humanities, gender in
science and technology, and the history and philosophy of science and
technology. Scholars working in NewMedia, including digital performance
and
other forms of digital art are particularly encouraged to participate. 
For
more information, visit the web site at http://sls2000.lcc.gatech.edu/

email proposals (150 word abstracts) by April 1st to Hugh Crawford,
Program Chair:   Hugh.Crawford@lcc.gatech.edu
T. Hugh Crawford

T. Hugh Crawford
Editor, Configurations: A Journal of Science, Technology and Culture
School of Literature, Communication and Culture
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0165