Biennial Conferences
2009 Biennial Conference
ISLAND TIME: The Fate of Place in a Wired, Warming World
June 3-6, 2009
Pre-Conference Workshops and Activities June 2, 2009
University of Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
To find out more about past biennial conferences, please consult our conference archive.
Planning is proceeding apace for ASLE’s eighth biennial conference in Victoria, British Columbia. Host RIchard Pickard looks forward to welcoming us to the University of Victoria from Wednesday-Saturday, June 3-6, 2009, with pre-conference activities taking place on Tuesday, June 2.
The theme of the conference will be “Island Time: The Fate of Place in a
Wired, Warming World,” which uses our temporal and spatial location
on Vancouver Island as a metaphor for the past and future of place
generally. In particular, ASLE’s first conference outside the U.S. is an
especially fitting location to consider how the Internet and globalization
now connect us all (linking our different identities, nations, and communities),
as well as how the threat of climate change is affecting our
interpretation of texts and cultures, not to mention the material world
itself. A call for proposals (PDF document) has been issued, with a submission deadline of November 15, 2008. Full submission information is available at the conference website, so please check there for details.
The University of Victoria is a suburban campus in the city of Victoria, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island. It is a place steeped in both cultural and natural attractions, and a unique and fascinating location. To learn a bit more about the area and the university, click on any of the links below. You may also consult the travel page of the conference website for more information.
University of Victoria Website
Victoria and Vancouver Island
Vacation and Activity Ideas in the Area
Conference Host: Richard Pickard, asle@uvic.ca
ASLE Conference Chair: Dan Philippon, danp@umn.edu
2009 Conference Website: http://asle.uvic.ca
Call for Proposals