Travel, Tourism, and Resorts

27th ANNUAL CONFERENCE

OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY STUDIES ASSOCIATION

Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland, March 16-18, 2006

Tourism and the rise of resorts reflect nineteenth-century economic,
social, and cultural developments which brought about increased time for
leisure, sport, entertainment, and vacation activities beyond prescribed
hours of "work." While both the nature of the Grand Tour (formally
restricted to the wealthy) and desirable destinations for travel evolved
over time, sport, leisure, and vacation activities also extended to
various levels of society: resort businesses boomed, exotic locales
drew tourists, advances in transportation opened new destinations, and
tourism became an attractive and widespread diversion. Other travel,
however, was inspired by the desire to map space, to explore new
territories and gather species of plants or animals there, to engage in
missionary work or to study other peoples, to flee famines, and to
migrate to a new home. Travel and tourism altered conceptions of home,
nation, and progress as people adapted to (or even resisted) the demands
and/or pleasures of their journeys and destinations.

For our 27th Annual Conference, NCSA encourages proposals that explore
the meanings of travel, tourism, and resorts from a variety of
disciplinary perspectives. Possible topics include but are not limited
to the following:

Travels through time and space

Travel of the mind/inward

Travel companions/solitary or group travelers

The laws of travel

Economies/Business of travel

Travel destinations--city/walking/boat tours

Tours/Travels with children

Mysterious, quiet, indiscreet travelers

Traveling spectacles

Traveling secrets

Journeys East or West/home or abroad

The Middle Passage

Means/Modes of Travel

Travel innovations and progress

Traveling artists, preachers, teachers, & librarians

The distance we've traveled

Migration, immigration, emigration

Getaways and hideaways

Resort architecture; architecture of sport & leisure

Architectural sites as travel destination

Representation of travel in art & literature

Representation of sport and leisure in art/lit

Papers may come from the fields of architecture, art history, ethnic or
race studies, history, literature, medicine, museum
or library studies, music, or the social sciences. NCSA was founded to
promote interdisciplinarity; proposals which approach the theme of the
conference from an interdisciplinary basis are especially encouraged.

The conference will be held in Salisbury, on Maryland's Eastern shore,
within thirty minutes of the Chesapeake Bay to the west and the Atlantic
Ocean to the east. Plans to tour 19th century sites in Berlin,
Maryland, and the summer resort of Ocean City, Maryland (founded 1875),
are in development.

Direct flights serve Salisbury from Charlotte, NC and Philadelphia, PA.

Proposals should consist of a one-page, single-spaced abstract (12-point
font), with the title of the paper and author as heading; the paper must
be able to be presented within 20 minutes. Proposals should be
accompanied by a one- to two-page vita. Please send materials to both
Program Directors, Heidi Kaufman and Lucy Morrison. The deadline for
submissions is October 14, 2005. Acceptances will be sent by
mid-December, 2005.

Email: kaufmanudel.edu and lxmorrisonsalisbury.edu

Post: Heidi Kaufman, 212 Memorial Hall, University of Delaware,
Newark, DE 19716

Lucy Morrison, English Department, Salisbury University, 1101 Camden
Avenue,

Salisbury, MD 21801

Fax: Kaufman 302-831-1586 / Morrison 410-548-2142

Further information about registration and accommodations will be
available in the Fall from Local Arrangements Director Lucy Morrison
(contact details above).

Maria P. Gindhart, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Art History
Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design
Georgia State University
Tel: 404.651.0503
Fax: 404.651.1779
Email: mgindhartgsu.edu