This is the first conference on storytelling held in the Azores, Portugal. and the third in a series of conferences, the first and second of which were held at Brock University, Ontario, Canada (1999, 2001). The primary focus of the conference is gather a collective of scholars to explore the power of storytelling in the recuperation of memory, collective identity formation, and the presence of oral traditions in literature and the sister arts. All forms of storytelling narrative (oral and written), performative, cinematic, musical, and hybrid as well as methodologies (linguistic, sociological, political, anthropological, etc.) will be considered. Papers may be presented in any of the following languages: Portuguese, Castilian, English, and French. - Children’s Stories - Narrative and Linguistics - Narrative and Myth - Narrative and Visual/Performing Arts and Music - Oral Tradition and Contemporary Chronicle - Postmodern and Postcolonial Narratives - Relationships of Oral and Written Narratives - Story, Dialogue and Discourse - Storytelling in Vitorino Nemésio - Testimonial Narrative (Autobiography/Biography) - Text, Context and Intertext in Storytelling and Poetical Performance - Theories and Strategies of Oral Narratives For complete submission information, please visit the conference website. Deadline for submissions is June 30th, 2004. Conference Organising Committee: Dr. Irene Maria F. Blayer Modern Languages Brock University Ontario, Canada L0S 1J0 e: blayer@spartan.ac.brocku.ca Dr. Francisco Cota Fagundes Spanish and Portuguese University of Massachusetts Amherst 01003 e: fagundes@spanport.umass.edu Dr. Mário Cabral Director CCCAH 9700-Angra do Heroísmo Terceira, Azores e: cccahbral@cm-ah.pt