The 12th Verge Conference of the School of the Arts, Media + Culture at Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia, Canada
Discussions around wellness and wellbeing seem pervasive, touching ever-increasing aspects of life. This academic conference seeks to explore a variety of relationships concerning wellness/health and the arts.
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Jeff R. Warren Professor and Coordinator of Music and Humanities, Quest University Canada
Kendra Rieger Associate Professor of Nursing, University of Manitoba
We welcome submissions from any discipline that engage any topic relating to the arts and wellness.
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Please submit presentation abstracts (300 words) and a short bio (100 words) to samc@twu.ca. Presentation length is 25 minutes with an additional 10 minutes for discussion of each paper. We welcome non-conventional forms of presentation, including lecture-recitals and other performances (a different time frame may be proposed). In order to facilitate discussion throughout the conference, no more than thirty presenters will be chosen to present and there will be no more than two concurrent sessions.
The deadline for proposals is May 21, 2019, with notification of acceptance by June 15.
This year's conference is co-sponsored by the TWU School of Nursing.
David Squires, Ph.D. Artistic Director of The Verge
Dean + Professor of Music, School of the Arts, Media + Culture
Angela Wolff, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing
* The Verge is a scholarly initiative of TWU’s School of the Arts, Media + Culture, aimed at exploring interdisciplinary intersections of the arts with various other disciplines and cultural concerns. Past conferences themes have included the Inklings, environment, ethics, knowing, social action, and identity.