Please take note of this upcoming conference and an
associated scholarly opportunity. Those familiar with my interests
will note the presence of Le Ly Hayslip and Alan Farrell. Those
brave enough to know me are welcome to sleep in either a bed or
on the floor at my house in Roswell (about forty miles south of the
College and a twenty-dollar airport limo ride) on a first come-first
housed basis. I will see about transporting these folk up to the
college and back to Roswell; so they need not rent a car, though
space is limited. Please note: there is no registration fee.
Marc
CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
North Georgia College and State University is hosting a two-day
conference (March 4 & 5, 1998) on "Women, the Military, and War:
Fighting on All Fronts," with panel discussions, speakers, and
cultural events all concerned with women's roles in wars since
World War II. The invited guests and speakers, comprising a
mixture of scholars, expert witnesses, and military personnel,
include Bette Bao Lord, author of -Spring Moon- and -Middle Heart:
A Novel of China-; Com. Dora Maria Tellez, Nicaraguan Minister of
Education; Dr. Margaret Stetz, Associate Professor of English and
Women's Studies at Georgetown University and co-editor of a
collection of essays on Korean Comfort Women; Le Ly Hayslip,
Vietnamese writer and activist; Capt. (Retired) Rosemary Marriner,
of the first class of women naval aviators; Major General Patricia
P. Hickerson, Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel and Installation
Management at Fort McPherson; Therese Park, author of - A Gift of
the Emperor- , a novel about Korean Comfort Women; and Mandy
Jacobson, from Bowery Productions, director of -Calling the
Ghosts-, a film about Bosnian women victims of war crimes.
Attendance to this conference is open to all; there is no
registration fee.
Dahlonega, Georgia is located an hour north of Atlanta by
multilane highway from Hartsfield International airport by One would
head north to Dahlonega via I-85 North through downtown to Exit marked
GA Highway 400 North to Dahlonega (Toll Road, $.50!), then continue on
GA 400 54 miles to its end at Highway 60, then left on Highway 60
five miles to the College. Hotels in Dahlonega include: Econo Lodge
706-864-6191), Howard Johnson (706-864-4343), and The Smith House
(706-867-7000). Other chain hotels are nearby.
SCHOLARS ARE ALSO INVITED to submit papers for a collection of
essays on the conference theme. Deadline for submission of essays
is August 10, 1998. Address submissions to Dr. B. J. Robinson,
Department of Language and Literature, North Georgia College &
State University, Dahlonega, GA 30597.
Please address all queries regarding both this conference and the
collection of essays to Dr. B. J. Robinson, Department of Language
and Literature, North Georgia College and State University,
Dahlonega, GA 30597; telephone: 706-864-1427;
email: BRobinson@nugget.ngc.peachnet.edu
This conference is made possible in large part by a grant from the
Georgia Humanities Council.
THE PROGRAM:
Women, the Military, and War: Fighting On All Fronts
March 4, 1998
9:00 a. m. Welcoming Remarks: President Sherman Day, NGCSU,
Student Union, ABC Conference Rooms.
9:15 a. m. Introductory Remarks: Dean Lennet J. Daigle,
Conference Rooms.
9:30 a. m. Panel I: Women in World War II and the Korean War, ABC
Conference Rooms. Moderated by Dr. Pascale Krumm. Dr. Ray Rensi,
NGCSU; Dr.Margaret Stetz, Georgetown University; Dr. Dlynn
Armstrong, NGCSU
11:00 a. m. Panel II: Women in the Vietnam War, ABC Conference
Rooms. Moderated by Dr. Carl Weinberg. Dr. Marc Gilbert, NGCSU; Dr.
Catherine Jones, NGCSU; Le Ly Hayslip (Vietnamese poet), San Diego
12:30-1:30 Lunch
2:00 Speaker: Com. Dora Maria Tellez; trans. Dr. Vicki McCard
3:30-5:00 Reception
5:00-7:00 Dinner
7:30 Fiction Reading and Question and Answer Period: Bette Bao
Lord
Moderator: Lennet J. Daigle, Dean of the College of Arts
and Sciences, Student Union Auditorium
March 5, 1998
9:00 Panel I: Testimony and Witness. Moderated by Dr. Erika
Archibald, NGCSU. ABC Conference Rooms. Dr. Wallace Eberhard,
UGa; Mandy Jacobson, BoweryProductions; Dr. Katherine Freeman,
University of Miami
11:00 Panel II: Roundtable Discussion on Women in Military
Colleges. Student Union Auditorium. Faciliated by Dr. Carl
Cavalli, NGCSU. Dr. Alan Farrell, VMI, Dr. Suzanne Ozment, the
Citadel; Maj. Michael Abraham, Norwich; Col. (Retired) Gerald Lord,
NGCSU
12:30-1:30 Lunch
2:00 Panel III: Women in Active Service. Facilitated by Dr. Lynn
Schneider, NGCSU. Student Union Auditorium. Capt. (Retired)
Rosemary Marriner; Major General Patricia P. Hickerson, Deputy
Chief of Staff for Personnel and Installation Management at Fort
McPherson
4:00 Fiction Reading: Therese Park, author of -A Gift of the
Emperor-. Introduction and Question and Answer Period Moderator:
Mary Gallant, Director of the Lumpkin Co. Library; Lumpkin County
Library Conference Room
5:00 Dinner
7:30 Film Showing: -Calling the Ghosts-, Mandy Jacobson, Bowery
Productions Question and Answer Period following film moderated by
Larry Sorohan; Holly Theater
This conference is made possible through the support of the Georgia
Humanities Council, NGCSU Cultural Events Committee, NGCSU
Foundation, NGCSU Departments of Language and Literature, Political
Science and Criminal Justice, Military Science, NGCSU Students for
Social Awareness, and NGCSU Foreign Language Day.
Bonnie J. Robinson, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor of English
Department of Language and Literature
North Georgia College
Dahlonega, GA 30597
tel.: 706-864-1427
email: BRobinson@nugget.ngc.peachnet.edu
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PROF. MARC JASON GILBERT
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND SOCIOLOGY
NORTH GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY
DAHLONEGA, GEORGIA 30597
PHONE: 706-864-1911
FAX: 706-864-1873
E-MAIL MGILBERT@NUGGET.NGC.PEACHNET.EDU