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SUMMARY:Guatemalan Scholars Network Conference
DESCRIPTION:Guatemalan Scholars Network Conference\n11-12 October 2008\nVanderbilt  University (Nashville\, Tennessee)\n\nThe GSN invites you to participate in  its first ever Guatemalan Scholars Network Conference to be held 11-12  October 2008 at Vanderbilt University in Nashville\, Tennessee.&nbsp\; We plan for  the conference to open at noon on Saturday and close early afternoon Sunday.&nbsp\;  The purpose of\nthe conference is two-fold.&nbsp\; First\, to share our recent work  and views on the direction of Guatemalan studies (and Guatemala).&nbsp\; Second\,  using this as a basis\, to chart a new direction for the GSN as an  organization that seeks to contribute to not only scholarly knowledge of  Guatemala and the Maya but to positive change as well.\n\nThe conference  format will be based around roundtables.&nbsp\; We think this will be most  productive for our current purposes.&nbsp\; We do ask everyonewho plans to attend  to fill out the form below and include a brief abstract or description of  topics you would like to see discussed.&nbsp\; For the roundtable format\, such  abstracts are not strictly necessary\, and we do want to leave the discussion  as open as possible.&nbsp\; At the same time\, the formality of a title and a panel  will allow some members to be\nreimbursed for their expenses by their  universities.&nbsp\; We will organize participants into roundtables based on these  responses.\n\nThe plan is to have this be a pre-conference for a larger  gathering that we will plan to take place in Guatemala during the summer  2009.\n\nThe Center for Latin American Studies at Vanderbilt will cover  hotel costs and main meals for participants.&nbsp\; The number of hotel rooms  is limited to 40 room nights\, so we ask that if your university will  cover all or part of the costs that you have them do that\; also we  are\nscheduling the times of the conference so that some may be able to  fly in Saturday and leave on Sunday.\n\nFor more information\, please  contact Susan Berger (berger@fordham.edu) or Ted Fischer  (edward.f.fischer@vanderbitl.edu).\n\n\n
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ORGANIZER;CN=Ted Fischer:MAILTO:edward.f.fischer@vanderbilt.edu
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