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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3">CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR “MICRO-BURKES” MINI-CONFERENCE<o:p></o:p></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3">The Kenneth Burke Society will host a "Micro-Burkes" Mini-Conference during a Special Interest Group meeting during the upcoming Conference on College Composition and Communication Convention on March 19, 2015 in Tampa, Florida.
We invite proposals for 4-minute presentations, which identify uncharted or otherwise innovative areas of Kenneth Burke scholarship and interest. We especially encourage submissions from MA/PhD students, doctoral candidates, post-docs, lecturers, and assistant
professors. Multidisciplinary and creative projects are welcome.<o:p></o:p></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3">These 4-minute presentations will receive focused feedback from fellow attendees and will be listed on a mini-conference program, which will appear in the "Happenings" section of the
<i>KB Journal</i> website (but will not appear on the CCCC program). Additionally, presenters will be encouraged to submit revised mini-projects for consideration in the online
<i>KB Journal</i> (which has no minimum word-count requirement for submissions).<o:p></o:p></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3">Time and Place: Thursday, March 19 at 6:30 PM, Marriott Grand Ballroom J (Level Two), Tampa Florida Marriott Waterside Hotel. All presenters and attendees must register for the CCCC Convention (instructions located here:
</font><a href="https://secure.ncte.org/store/register.aspx" target="_blank" style="font-size: 12pt;">https://secure.ncte.org/store/register.aspx</a><span style="font-size: medium;">).</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3">Submission Guidelines: Email submissions to Ethan.Sproat@uvu.edu no later than Monday, December 1, 2014. In your submission email, include your name, current institution affiliation, preferred email address, a proposed title
for your presentation or project, and a 250-word abstract (i.e. about the size of this CFP). Abstracts will be blindly reviewed by a small handful of KBS members. Everyone who emails a proposal by the deadline will be notified regarding acceptance by January
15, 2015.<o:p></o:p></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3">Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3">Ethan Sproat, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3">Chair, KBS Special Interest Group<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3">Assistant Professor<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3">Department of English and Literature<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3">Utah Valley University<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3">Ethan.Sproat@uvu.edu</font><font face="Geneva" style="font-size: 13px;"><o:p></o:p></font></p>
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