"Public Engagement in a Diverse America: Layers of Place, Movements of People" is the theme of Imagining America's ninth annual conference, and a call for proposals is out. IA (Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public LIfe) is inviting faculty, students, and community partners to participate in the conference, October 2-4, 2008, in Los Angeles, hosted by USC. A particular focus will be the diverse layers of people, places and disciplinary intersections that shape the work of public engagement. Deadline is April 25 for proposals for seminars, roundtables workshops and panels on these topics as they relate to public scholarship: Layers of Peoples, Places and Histories; Social Movements & Diversity; and Engagement across Sectors. Also,sought for display at the conference are posters about off-topic research. For details on session formats and more (not yet on the IA Web site at this writing), e-mail Juliet Feibel: jufeibel@syr.edu. [LINK]