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CALL FOR PAPERS
boat people retrospective
A Symposium
The thrust of the symposium is to recreate the times and to recall our lives in the homeland before we had to exit to survive.
“What my Grandparents remember…”
“Left Behind”
“Walking to Survive”
“The Interminable Flight to Freedom”
“Morong, Bataan”
These are examples of possible narrative essays that explore the times before rumors of the division “North and South” and the journey we were forced to embark in order to preserve our families and our lives.
The purpose is to address listeners who are half a century removed from the experience of Vietnam Divided and the Fall of Saigon. The stories are not scholastic papers but narratives to uncover the personal stories behind the familiar headlines; expose the myths before and after the Vietnam War. The audience will not be only from within our communities, but a new generation of young adults who never experienced war and its aftermath. Attendees will be scholars, historians, researchers, community members, students, artists, writers and many from various communities. Let us ransack our memories and release the ghosts that we’ve hidden. Let us share our stories of survival. Let us remember the neighboring countries who sheltered and clothed us. Let us not forget that other peoples in the world who are also in flight just to escape violence and wars.
DEADLINE: February 10, 2009
Format: Word document only
Word Count: 2000 - 3000
Email as attachment to: [email=glenguyen@gmail.com]glenguyen@gmail.com[/email]
A 500-word abstract would be welcome before submission
boat people retrospective
A Symposium
The thrust of the symposium is to recreate the times and to recall our lives in the homeland before we had to exit to survive.
“What my Grandparents remember…”
“Left Behind”
“Walking to Survive”
“The Interminable Flight to Freedom”
“Morong, Bataan”
These are examples of possible narrative essays that explore the times before rumors of the division “North and South” and the journey we were forced to embark in order to preserve our families and our lives.
The purpose is to address listeners who are half a century removed from the experience of Vietnam Divided and the Fall of Saigon. The stories are not scholastic papers but narratives to uncover the personal stories behind the familiar headlines; expose the myths before and after the Vietnam War. The audience will not be only from within our communities, but a new generation of young adults who never experienced war and its aftermath. Attendees will be scholars, historians, researchers, community members, students, artists, writers and many from various communities. Let us ransack our memories and release the ghosts that we’ve hidden. Let us share our stories of survival. Let us remember the neighboring countries who sheltered and clothed us. Let us not forget that other peoples in the world who are also in flight just to escape violence and wars.
DEADLINE: February 10, 2009
Format: Word document only
Word Count: 2000 - 3000
Email as attachment to: [email=glenguyen@gmail.com]glenguyen@gmail.com[/email]
A 500-word abstract would be welcome before submission
of the formal paper.
Reme Grefalda
Librarian
Asian Pacific American Collection
Asian Division
Library of Congress - USA
[email=regr@loc.gov]regr@loc.gov[/email]
Librarian
Asian Pacific American Collection
Asian Division
Library of Congress - USA
[email=regr@loc.gov]regr@loc.gov[/email]
