Call for papers

In recognition of Saskatchewan’s centennial, the universities of Regina and Saskatchewan will be hosting a multidisciplinary conference at the historic Hotel Saskatchewan in Regina in early September 2005. The conference will open with an evening reception at Government House on Thursday, September 8. Two days of sessions at the Hotel Saskatchewan will follow on the Friday and Saturday. Friday night will feature the screening of films made to commemorate past provincial anniversaries. The conference will conclude with a banquet on Saturday night.

Papers and/or panel presentations are invited in, but not excluded to, the following general areas. There will be no concurrent sessions.

• Gender roles
• Saskatchewan in Canada and the wider world (Saskatchewan on the national and/or international stage)
• Depictions of Saskatchewan (film, art, literature, etc)
• Turning Points and Big Personalities
• Migration (to, from, inside)
• Diversity
• The Environment
• Aboriginal
• The Economy: Agriculture, Diversification (private v. public, etc), Labour, and Cooperatives
• Tensions (north/south, rural/urban, agriculture/resource, aboriginal/non-aboriginal, etc)
• Government and Politics

A one-page proposal and one-page curriculum vitae should be sent to Bill Waiser, Department of History, University of Saskatchewan, 9 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N 5A5 or emailed to waiser@duke.usask.ca by January 15, 2004.