The University of Connecticut's First-Year Writing Program, in conjunction with the Aetna Chair of Writing and the University of Connecticut Humanities Institute, will host the Tenth Annual Conference on the Teaching of Writing on Friday, March 27, 2015. This year’s conference will address issues of translation in the broadest sense. We perceive translation not only as the transitioning of a text from one language into another, but as a rendering of ourselves and others in writing. In a sense, all acts of writing and reading are translation. Translation is also an appropriate theme to mark the tenth anniversary of the Teaching of Writing Conference at the University of Connecticut as we consider how we will translate our work from the past into the next ten years. To celebrate this milestone, we will welcome two distinguished speakers, Min-Zhan Lu and Bruce Horner of University of Louisville, leaders in the scholarship of second language writing and labor.
We welcome proposals from instructors, writing center staff, and students (both graduate and undergraduate) that address issues pertinent to writing instruction from all disciplines and programs. Due to numerous requests, the deadline for proposals has been extended to Friday, February 6th. You can find the full CFP text and submission information on our website.
For more information, contact: First-Year Writing at fyw.uconn@gmail.com