From: "Gerald E. Ottenbreit Jr." Subject: Call for Papers CALL FOR PAPERS International Conference ALEXANDER THE GREAT in EASTERN and WESTERN CULTURES from ANTIQUITY to the MIDDLE AGES Alexander the Great, symbol of conquest, symbol of power, succeeded not only in being accepted by the cultures he encountered, but even in being idealized by them. These cultures incarnated in this foreign conqueror their most fundamental values: in what way? why? which values? Does such idealizing of a conquering enemy by cultures sharply different one from the other reveal something specific about each culture? something shared by both cultures? a transcultural phenomenon? These questions are addressed to historians, literary scholars, historians of art, and other scholars whose specialties are related to Alexander the Great. One of the objectives of this International Conference is to bring together orientalists and "occidentalists" so as to open intersecting perspectives on these questions. The conference, planned for 1997, will be held in two stages, the first at McGill University, Montreal, in the Spring, the second in Paris in the Fall. Organized by David Williams (McGill) with the collaboration of Claire Kappler (Cente National de Recherche Scientifique, Paris) Please send as soon as possible proposals of up to one page to: Professor David Williams, Dept. of English, McGill University, 853 Sherbrooke west, Montreal Quebec Canada H3Y 1E5