<div dir="ltr"><b><i>The deadline for the submission of individual abstracts for the 27th MGSA Symposium is <u>15 January, 2022!</u> (The Panel Submission deadline is 31 January, 2022.)  Please go to the relevant page on our Symposium website for guidelines, information about deadlines, as well as the portals for final submission of abstracts:</i></b><div><br></div><div><a href="https://mgsasymposium.org/cfp.html" target="_blank">https://mgsasymposium.org/cfp.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:1pt none black;padding:0cm 0cm 12pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">MGSA SYMPOSIUM 2022 – CALL FOR PAPERS</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">The MGSA’s 27th biennial Symposium will be held at York</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(17,17,17);background:snow"> University, Toronto, Canada on <b>13-16 October, 2022</b>.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Sakis Gekas,</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(17,17,17);background:snow"> the York University </span><span lang="EN"><a href="https://hellenicheritagefoundationchair.info.yorku.ca/" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(17,85,204);background:snow">Hellenic Heritage Foundation Chair of Modern Greek History</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(17,17,17);background:snow"> &</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(17,17,17);background:snow">the </span><span lang="EN"><a href="https://heln.huma.laps.yorku.ca/" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(17,85,204);background:snow;text-decoration-line:none">Hellenic Studies Program</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(17,17,17);background:snow"> coordinator, </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">will host the event and chair the Local Arrangements Committee.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Organizers</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">The Modern Greek Studies Association Executive Board, the Program Committee, and the Local Arrangements Committee.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">The Program Committee is now accepting the electronic submission of abstracts for 20-minute individual papers, panels (of up to four 20-minute papers), and special sessions. Submissions from all disciplines in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Arts and from interdisciplinary fields are welcome; comparative perspectives are encouraged.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Important Deadlines</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Individual Abstract Submission Deadline: <b>January 15, 2022</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Panel Submission Deadline: <b>January 31, 2022</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Special Session Submission Deadline: <b>January 31, 2022</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Open Theme</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Proposals may concern any aspect of Greek Studies, Greece, the Greek Diaspora, and Cyprus in early modern and modern times, and submissions on the following topics would be particularly welcome:</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:red"></span></p></div><div style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:1pt none black;padding:0cm 0cm 12pt;margin-left:54pt;margin-right:0cm"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">      </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Greek Linguistics and Language Pedagogy</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">      </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Inclusive pedagogies<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">      </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">State control, policing and authoritarianism in Greece today</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">      </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Aspects of ongoing humanitarian and economic crises</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">      </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Critical reflections on the state of the field of Modern Greek Studies</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">      </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Greek America, the diaspora, and Greek transnational worlds</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">      </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Critical perspectives of the Greek War of Independence and the Bicentennial events</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">      </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Contested identities in the Greek world</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman"">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">      </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Perspectives on issues related to the pandemic caused by COVID 19</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman"">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">      </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Pre-1800 Greek culture, Byzantium and its reception</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman"">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">      </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Decoloniality and social justice</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman"">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">      </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman"">1922 and its aftermath</span></p></div><div style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:1pt none black;padding:0cm 0cm 12pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Acceptances and rejections of individual abstracts and panels will be announced by March 15, 2022. Organizers of special sessions are notified of the PC’s decision by May 1, 2022.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">The electronic forms for submission enforce the deadlines. They also enforce a 350-word limit for individual or panel abstracts and a 500-word limit for panel introductions and rationales. It is suggested that you write your abstract first and do a word count.</span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p><div style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:1pt none black;padding:0cm 0cm 12pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">GENERAL GUIDELINES AND INFORMATION</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Abstracts</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Each paper abstract should explain briefly the scope and focus of the proposed topic, methodology, research sources, and the broader significance for its discipline and the field of Modern Greek Studies. All abstracts should be written with an eye to clarity, coherence, quality, engagement with existing literature, and the contribution to scholarly debate.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Abstracts should reflect original work that has not been previously presented or announced in other venues, as this compromises the blind review process.<b> </b> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">No one may present more than one paper or serve as a presenter and commentator or chair on the same panel.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Jointly authored abstracts and papers are welcome.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Individual Paper Proposals</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Individuals should submit abstracts of up to 350 words electronically by January 15, 2022. The Program Committee will inform individuals of acceptances and rejections by March 15, 2022.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Panel Proposals</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">The Panel Convener should submit a panel description of up to 500 words electronically by January 31, 2022. The description should include the panel topic and the connections between papers, along with the abstracts of individual papers, which should not exceed 350 words each. The Program Committee will inform panel conveners and individuals submitting abstracts of acceptances and rejections by March 15, 2022. Panels will be reviewed for the quality of the entire panel and individual papers. They may be accepted or rejected in their entirety, or papers may be accepted individually, depending on the quality of submissions.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Panels may have no more than 4 participants. If the panel convener wishes to include a commentator, then the commentator will be the 4th member of the panel, introduced (but not identified) as a member in the panel abstract. The abstract should provide the rationale for including a commentator.</span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Panel descriptions and individual abstracts must adhere to the blind review process. The convener of the panel will give the names and affiliations of individual authors only where it is required in the electronic submission and not in the panel or individual abstracts.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p><div style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:1pt none black;padding:0cm 0cm 12pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Proposals for Special Sessions (Workshops, Luncheon Brainstorming Sessions)</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">The Special Session organizer should submit a description of the proposed session (up to 500 words) electronically by January 31, 2022. Organizers of special sessions are notified of the PC’s decision by May 1, 2022.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Special sessions are distinct from academic conference panels. They offer an opportunity for presenters and audience to work through a question, problem, new approach of pedagogical, practical, or theoretical interest, or to think more broadly about trends in the field. Discussion with the audience is a key component. Accordingly, the process of review is different from that of submitting abstracts for academic panels: the process is not blind, the proposal is for the entire session and does not include individual abstracts, and proposals are reviewed after individual and panel abstract submissions have been vetted.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">NB: Only current MGSA members may propose special sessions. Organizers must be aware that there is no guarantee of acceptance.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Deadlines</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Deadlines for submissions are non-negotiable and final. All submissions must be made electronically through the MGSA 2022  Symposium website at</span><span lang="EN"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman""><a href="https://mgsasymposium.org/cfp.html" target="_blank" style="color:blue">https://mgsasymposium.org/cfp.html</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">No other means of submission will be permitted.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Review Process</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Abstracts for individual papers and panels should not include the name(s) of presenters.  Compromise of the blind review process automatically disqualifies the submission.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">All submissions will be judged by the MGSA 2022 Symposium Program Committee. No events will be scheduled that do not follow the submission process or come directly from the Program Committee. All decisions of the Committee are final.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">While MGSA membership is not a requirement at the time of submitting an abstract for a paper or panel, being a member is required for those whose presentations have been accepted.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">While Symposium participants are expected to cover their own expenses, some funding for graduate students</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman""> and recent PhDs is available (see below). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Audio-visual</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">The Local Arrangements Committee negotiates with the university/conference center a package for AV that includes projector, screen, internet access, VGA cable, sound, podium with microphone, and panelists’ table with at least one microphone.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Presenters must send an email notification to</span><span lang="EN"><a href="https://email.osu.edu/owa/redir.aspx?SURL=Mj0mBraz8hBOuLVr0E_4bj4AIhVHGWJqbAJn0vBS2_j-OHNECFvTCG0AYQBpAGwAdABvADoAbQBnAHMAYQAuAG8AcgBnAEAAZwBtAGEAaQBsAC4AYwBvAG0A&URL=mailto%3amgsa.org%40gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:windowtext;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;text-decoration-line:none"> </span></a><a href="https://email.osu.edu/owa/redir.aspx?SURL=Mj0mBraz8hBOuLVr0E_4bj4AIhVHGWJqbAJn0vBS2_j-OHNECFvTCG0AYQBpAGwAdABvADoAbQBnAHMAYQAuAG8AcgBnAEAAZwBtAGEAaQBsAC4AYwBvAG0A&URL=mailto%3amgsa.org%40gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:windowtext;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">mgsa.org@gmail.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> if they need anything in addition to what is provided in the above package.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Allocation of Chairs</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">The Committee selects all chairs for the program, including panel chairs. No panel member will serve as presenter and chair of the same panel. The role of the chair is to keep time and guide discussion. The role of the chair should not be confused with that of a commentator, who may be included in the panel proposal as a panel member.</span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Graduate Student Grants</span></b></p><div style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:1pt none black;padding:0cm 0cm 12pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">There is a small fund available to defray costs for participating graduate students and recent graduates who are unemployed. The exact level of funding that will be made available to graduate students will be announced at a later date. Funding is contingent on timely registration and application for funds with documentation of status.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:red;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p><div style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:1pt none black;padding:0cm 0cm 12pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Program Contact Information</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a name="m_-4809764006889541242__heading=h.gjdgxs"></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Questions may be submitted via the contact form on the website:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://mgsasymposium.org/contact.html" target="_blank" style="color:blue">https://mgsasymposium.org/contact.html</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">or to:<b> </b>MGSA Executive Director, <a href="mailto:mgsa.org@gmail.com" target="_blank">mgsa.org@gmail.com</a>.<b></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;border:none;padding:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">For information about the conference and the submission process, see the MGSA Symposium website at: </span><span lang="EN"><a href="https://mgsasymposium.org/index2.html" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://mgsasymposium.org/index2.html</span></a></span></p></div></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Vangelis Calotychos<div>MGSA Executive Director</div><div>Visiting Associate Professor</div><div>Department of Classics</div><div>Brown University</div></div></div></div>