We are considering proposals for sessions organized around a theme, special panels, and/or individual papers. Sessions are scheduled in 1½-hour slots, typically with four papers or speakers per standard session. Presentations should not exceed 15 minutes. As always, we welcome proposals addressing ANY topic on: past and present life-styles, challenges, leisure, organizations or depictions, re-inventions, employment, and treatment of those aged 50 and above (since age is an evolving and moot concept.) In the past we have had presentations on: mature actors working in film and on television; senior sleuths; serial retirement/post-retirement employment/re-retirement; longevity (in politics and sports); age discrimination (people often erroneously regarded as either “too young” or “too old”); senior friendly institutions; aging and athleticism; and “universal,” inclusive design and language. Although initially, and still primarily, focused on “older adults” (or the seasoned, the chronologically gifted, or experientially enhanced) we often seek to look more generally on age as a concept across many cohorts and levels—including childhood, youth, middle age, and intergenerational interaction. Ageism is an unfair and often socially induced stereotyping of people using the one characteristic of length of years, without the context of other factors while intersectionality is increasingly becoming a method of analysis. Age has progressively become a topic of study and is an important concept in the consideration of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Should you or any of your colleagues be interested in submitting a proposal, send an abstract of no more than 250 words, including the presentation title to:
Frederick (Fred) J. Augustyn, Jr., Ph D
Library of Congress
Washington, DC
telephone 301-755-7106
