CALL FOR PAPERS

Submissions are invited from diverse fields on the theme "Costume Crossing Borders: A Cultural Journey." This symposium will explore variations of "crossing borders" such as:

• The Silk Road and its impact on Europe
• Women cross-dressing as men in the American West
• Anglo-American and Native American exchange of dress and jewelry
• Mayan dress before and after the Spanish Conquest
• The African Diaspora
• Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island.

For an open session, abstracts with new research from a variety of fields are welcome. In the interest of inclusiveness, submissions not related to the "crossing borders" theme are most welcome.

Two Types of Research Presentations are Invited

• Oral Research Papers, including Oral Design Research Papers presented to symposium registrants. Presentations and visuals (in PowerPoint) should be appropriate for a large audience. Strictly limited to twenty minutes. One symposium session will consist of oral papers presented by designers.
• Research Exhibits including Design Research Exhibits displayed for approximately two hours by the presenter. Appropriate for this format are presentations that stimulate small group discussion, or rely on examination of samples or small visuals. Presenters often use upright board formats and/or PowerPoint displays on presenter's own laptop computer. Presenters will be provided with a table surface.

Submitting the Abstract

Download the complete "Call for Papers" Instructions

Submissions must be hard copy. Mail 10 copies of the abstract (stapled) AND three copies of the cover page to:
Abstracts Administrator
Myra Walker, Director
Texas Fashion Collection
UNT Box 305100
Denton, TX 76203
Telephone: 940.565.2732

Submitters must be members of the Costume Society of America. Confirmation and correspondence will be by e-mail.

Submission deadline

• Originating in USA: Postmarked by October 1, 2008
• Originating outside USA: Postmarked by September 15, 2008

Speakers and exhibitors will be notified of their status no later than December 28, 2008. Acceptance required by January 5, 2009.

Speakers and exhibitors will receive instructions on acceptance procedures and procedures for the electronic submission of abstracts for the Abstracts Publication that will be distributed at the 2009 symposium.

E-mail submissions to: myra.walker@unt.edu