Call for Papers: Symposium on Book Culture Studies, sponsored by the Canadian Association for the Study of Book Culture, will be held at the University of Western Ontario in conjunction with the annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, May 31-June 1, 2005. The conference theme is Inside & Outside: the material book in cultural and literary contexts. The organizers define “book culture” broadly to refer to studies in the history of the book, literary and cultural history, historical bibliography, etc., and will consider papers on all periods and places, and are looking for works that contribute to the study of written communication by any writer, in any medium, language or genre. Proposals should be a maximum of 250 words and include a title and abstract, indicating the research basis of the study as well as the argument. Papers may be in French or English and should not exceed 20 minutes. Please forward proposals by February 1st to Prof. Robert Brazeau, Dept. of English and Film Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E5, rbrazeau@ualberta.ca.