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EAPSU Conference

 
Welcome to Lock Haven University

EAPSU Conference
English Association of the Pennsylvania State Universities

October 1 - 3, 2010
A River Runs Through Us: Exploring the Poetics of Place

Inspired by the host university’s setting on the banks of the Susquehanna River, between the Alleghenies and Appalachians, the 2010 EAPSU conference theme “A River Runs through Us” invites exploration of the possibilities and permutations of place and its representations wherever we live.

Our featured speakers this year will be  James Prosek (fisherman, wildlife painter, essayist, and environmental activist) and  Julia Kasdorf (poet, biographer, and life-long Pennsylvanian).

Topics/Subjects may include the following:

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Landscape, Memory, and Identity

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Forests or Rivers in Literature

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Ecologies of Place

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Ecocriticism & Ecofeminism

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Globalization & Natural Resources

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Water Stories & Journeys

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Rivers & the Human Spirit

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Dynamics of Representing Space/Place

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Rhetorics of Environmentalism

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Local Color Writing

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Watersheds & Boundaries

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Place-Based Writing & Pedagogy

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Literature of Exploration:
  Parks, Trails, Hikes, Adventures

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Environmental Partnerships
  & Place-Based Education

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Place and Poetics of Conservation

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PA Literature & Culture

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PA Wilds: Representations of Nature

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Viewsheds, Tourism, and the Picturesque

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Literary and Literal Work
  of Restoration

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Environmental Education
  for Schools

Conference Details:

  • EAPSU is a consortium of English Departments from the (14) public state universities of Pennsylvania, which organizes a professional conference each fall, an undergraduate conference each spring, and a proceedings journal.

  • In 2010, the fall conference will attract approximately 150 attendees, including 100 presenters, from four different countries.
Consistent with the conference theme, venue will be the Lock Haven University Foundation’s LEED-certified Durrwachter Alumni Center. 


This LHU EAPSU committee will continue to update the information on the conference website, so please check back often.