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The Ninth Nordic Conference for English Studies will be hosted by the English Department of the University of Aarhus, Denmark in May 2004. Details of the conference will be posted as they become available on this web site (www.hum.au.dk/engelsk/naes2004).

Scholars in all areas of English Studies are invited to submit proposals for papers or posters to be presented at the conference. Papers will be presented at concurrent, thematically-organised parallel sessions and at workshops on specific topics, and the normal time allocation will be 30 minutes per presenter including time for questions and discussion. Workshop topics already proposed include: The syntax of English and the Nordic languages, Postcolonial studies, 'Intradisciplinarity' - crossing disciplinary boundaries within English Studies, The Medieval British Isles - Centre and Periphery, Recent issues in Shakespeare studies, Issues in English language teaching, Exile, Studium generale at universities, and The politics of language. There will be many more, and the conference will be organised around the papers submitted. For those who prefer to give a visual rather than oral presentation, there is the option of preparing a display in poster form. Posters will be displayed throughout the conference, and a special time will be set aside for conference participants to talk to poster presenters.

There will also be plenary sessions with invited speakers on issues of general interest within English Studies.

Proposals for papers or posters should be sent in electronic form, giving a title and an abstract of 75-100 words in length, to Tim Caudery, e-mail address engtc@hum.au.dk.

The organisers would also be pleased to receive proposals for workshop themes from anyone who would like to chair a workshop session and encourage others to present papers there. Again, please contact Tim Caudery.

The deadline for firm proposals for papers and poster presentations is December 1^st, 2003, but the organisers would be happy to receive preliminary suggestions before that date.

In addition to the academic programme, there will be a full social programme at the conference and opportunities to see something of Aarhus and its surroundings. Aarhus is Denmark's second-largest city (population approx. 290,000) and the unofficial capital of Jutland; it is renowned for its beautiful architecture, its broad streets and light traffic (mainly bicycles), its shops, its youthful and easygoing atmosphere, and its multi-faceted nightlife.

Aarhus is well served by rail communications, and there are direct flights from Aarhus Airport to Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Stockholm and Oslo, as well as to London. There are also bus connections to Billund Airport, which offers a greater range of scheduled flight destinations.