Bridges and Borders Conference Registration

Welcome to the registration page for our virtual graduate student coference, Bridges and Borders: Navigating Problems and Possibilities in Language and Culture, with a Keynote Speech by Jasbir Puar. This registration signs you up to attend all sessions, including the keynote speech. Please note: You do not need to be a presenter in order to attend any part of this event!

• Zoom links are available on our website: https://www.cmu.edu/dietrich/english/research-and-publications/bridges-and-borders-schedule.html

For more conference details, see our main website. See below for an abridged Call for Proposals:

The border is a powerful concept in the humanities. Both real and symbolic, borders are constructed and maintained through language, ideology, cultural production, and other structural and systemic practices. This conference seeks graduate-student work that explores the role of borders in a range of humanities disciplines. Works should engage with the problems and possibilities raised by borders or bridging borders. A thematic goal of this conference is to cross the borders that compartmentalize the brilliant research occurring in Pittsburgh, “the city of bridges.” We invite PhD and MA students from studies of literature, film and media, rhetoric and composition, cultural studies, communications, professional and technical writing, and creative writing.