Organizing Committee Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nurten Birlik Assist. Prof. Dr. Margaret J-M Sönmez Assist. Prof. Dr. Dürrin Alpakın Martinez-Caro Assist. Prof. Dr. Hülya Yıldız Assist. Prof. Dr. Elif Öztabak-Avcı Dr. Nil Korkut-Naykı Honorary Committee Prof. Dr. Ayten Coşkunoğlu Bear Prof. Dr. Nursel İçöz Prof. Dr. Meral Çileli Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ünal Norman Dr. Deniz Arslan 12-13 December 2013 at Middle East Technical University Ankara, Turkey CALL FOR PAPERS “The Brontë Sisters and Their Work” is the theme for this year’s METU British Novelists  Conference organized by the Department of Foreign Language Education in Middle East  Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. The organizers invite proposals for 20-minute  presentations on any aspect of the work of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë.  Interdisciplinary and comparative approaches placing the work of the Brontë Sisters  within contexts such as media, performance and adaptation studies are also welcome.  Selected papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Please send abstracts of about 250 words to metubnc@metu.edu.tr by 23 August 2013.  Please include your name, institutional affiliation, and contact information in your  submission.   Queries can be directed to Dr. Nil Korkut-Naykı at nkorkut@metu.edu.tr The Brontë Sisters, painted by their brother  Branwell Brontë (ca.1834)