South Carolina
Anthropology
Student Conference
2016 Call for Papers
The organizers of the South Carolina Anthropology Student Conference (SCASC) are soliciting
abstracts for papers and posters to be presented at SCASC 2016, Saturday, March 19th, at the
University of South Carolina. Students from academic institutions across the state of South Carolina
are invited to submit abstracts, as well as interested students from outside the state.
This conference will feature student presenters at both the undergraduate and graduate level and will
provide a friendly forum for presenting a conference paper or academic poster, with constructive
feedback from fellow students and professors. Students who participate will have the opportunity to
choose from a selection of free anthropology books.
Papers and posters should employ an anthropological perspective. Students need not be in a
department of anthropology (since not all colleges and universities in the state have such
departments), but a student submitting an abstract needs to have been mentored in the ethics,
concepts, and methods of anthropology by an advisor for the project. Research is welcomed from all
the subfields of anthropology -- cultural, linguistic, and biological anthropology, and archaeology.
Oral history projects are welcomed, since they definitely fit within the scope of this conference. Since
the conference will be at the end of the spring term, it will be a good opportunity to share courserelated individual or collaborative research projects, as well as the results of longer-term thesis
projects. This is a good venue for presenting work that students plan to go on and present in national
and international conferences, as well.
Abstracts should be 250 words or less and include a title, followed by either (paper) or (poster) to
indicate the student’s preferred format for presentation. A student may submit one abstract for the
conference. The student’s name, contact information, and affiliation should be included at the bottom
of the page, along with the faculty advisor’s name and contact information. The advisor needs to
review the abstract before it is sent. Please e-mail abstracts to Claudia Carriere at
[email protected] with “SCASC 2016 abstract” in the subject line. Abstracts must be received
by 5PM on Friday, February 26th, in order to be considered for the SCASC 2016 program.
There is a $10 registration fee for all presenters. Students are encouraged to pre-register (form below)
but the fee will be paid on-site, the morning of the conference. All presenters must register for the
conference; students who are not presenting may register to attend the full day, or may attend only a
morning or afternoon session without registering to get a sense of what a professional student
conference is like. The conference is open to the public.
Questions about the conference may be directed to Claudia Carriere ([email protected]) in the
Department of Anthropology, University of South Carolina – Columbia, at 803-777-6500. We look
forward to seeing you at SCASC 2016 at the University of South Carolina!
South Carolina
Anthropology
Student Conference
Registration Form
Name:
Academic Institution:
Are you a:
paper presenter
Do you plan to attend:
poster presenter
full day as presenter ($10)
Afternoon session as presenter ($10)
general attendee (non-presenter)
morning session as presenter ($10)
any session as general attendee (free)
Pre-registration is encouraged so we can guarantee we order enough lunches for all attendees. Please
email your completed registration form to Claudia Carriere at [email protected] before 5PM on
Friday March 11, 2016. The registration fee will be paid on-site the morning of the conference.