CALL FOR PAPERS- Deadline has past

* NOTE: Session organizers or presenters in general sessions must bring their own laptops;
we will have a computer projector in each room along with an overhead projector.

The 2008 Race, Ethnicity and Place Conference IV will be held November 6-8, 2008, on the campus of the University of Miami in Coral Gables, FL. The conference's sponsors are pleased to announce a call for papers.

The Program Committee welcomes papers and poster presentations on any theme related to race/ethnicity and place. Geographic perspectives are welcomed from a variety of disciplines and from professionals and students involved in race/ethnicity studies. Instructions for participants appear below. If you have any questions regarding these instructions, please send an email to rep.conference@gmail.com.
ABSTRACTS

Everyone interested in presenting a paper or poster at this Conference must submit an abstract by the deadline, which is July 11, 2008. Abstracts must not exceed 250 words and must be submitted online. The Conference participation fee must be paid within 10 days of receipt of acceptance of the abstract by the Program Committee and may be paid online via Pay Pal.

The abstract should describe the purpose, methods, and conclusions of the presentation. Use the active voice and transmit your research results clearly and concisely. Avoid jargon.

Please adhere to the following format instructions for the body of the abstract:

  • Do not put your name and affiliation in the body of the abstract.
  • Do not enter the title or your keywords in the body of the abstract.
  • Do not use abbreviations.
  • Do not use underlining, boldface type, italics, subscripts, or superscripts.
  • Do not include any codes for justification, hyphenation, line height, line centering, margins, spacing, fonts, page centering, page numbering, suppression, or tabs, in the abstract.
  • Do not use bulleted lists.
  • Do not include phone numbers or email addresses.

Abstracts will not be edited; authors are responsible for avoiding spelling, grammatical and typographical errors. Submission of abstracts grants permission for the Conference sponsors to include them in any compilation and advertising associated with this Conference and permission to disseminate them electronically.
KEYWORDS

Keywords may be compound (such as ethnic geography). Keywords generally should be nouns not adjectives or adverbs. Do not use abbreviations. In selecting keywords, authors should consider its desired placement in a paper or poster session.

If the presentation is about the use of color cartography in the portrayal of racial patterns, appropriate keywords might include "cartography-color." Under no circumstances should a comma be used within a keyword.

In referring to a systematic subfield, do not use the word "geography." Use "economic geography" as the keyword and not "economic."

If you have a choice between the plural and singular form, use the plural. If your keyword could be "race" or "races," use "races."
FEES

The registration fee must be paid by all participating authors who respond to this call for papers and who receive an acceptance, except students.

Submit Paper Abstract