City on the Hill: The Liberating Power of Core Texts

The 26th Annual ACTC Conference

Sponsored by Samford University

Co-Sponsored by:

Oglethorpe University

Mercer University

Sheraton Downtown Birmingham Hotel Birmingham, Alabama

April 16-19, 2020

The past is never dead. It's not even past.

Indelibly cut into Birmingham’s valleys and hills are testaments of transgression and redemption, of tragedy and triumph.  Gestures of freedom, progress, and enlightenment cast long shadows of injustice.  The city embodies the same dimensionality, complexity, and hard-earned insight as the works of liberal artists.  Core texts—literary, philosophical, political, theological—rejoin across time and place with the all-too-human ecology of guilt and disorder, rescue and restoration.

ACTC invites proposals for papers and panels—by thematic content, comparative study, and the spirit of reasoned inquiry—that envision transgression and freedom across a variety of expressions, disciplines, and genres.  Papers and panels pertaining to civility and democratic citizenship, the symbiosis of rural and urban life, as well as Asian texts, texts by women authors, texts in the Native American or Hispanic traditions are welcome — as are topics in any other areas in the spirit of the theme.

DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS EXTENDED TO JANUARY 15, 2020

The deadline for submitting paper and panel proposals has been extended until just before the spring term begins. The option to pay registration fees extends until March 28, 2020. Fees paid after initial registration through March 28, 2020 will incur a PayPal finance charge; fees paid after March 28 will also incur a late fee. See Conference Fees for complete details. It is important that you indicate your plans to attend, submit proposals, and to reserve your hotel rooms so we can begin composing the conference agenda.

ACTC Birmingham 2020 is almost here!