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category: african-american[UPDATE] 2010 PAMLA Conference, November 13-14, 2010 (Honolulu, Hawai'i)full name / name of organization: Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA): Craig Svonkin, Executive Director contact email: svonkin@netzero.com The Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) will be holding its 108th Annual Conference on November 13-14, 2010, at Chaminade University of Honolulu, Hawai'i.
Gnovis: Georgetown's Journal of Communication, Culture and Technology, Spring 2010, Due Feb. 23rdfull name / name of organization: Patricia Fancher/ gnovis, Georgetown's Journal of Communication, Culture and Technology contact email: gnovis.submit@gmail.com gnovis is Georgetown's online peer-reviewed journal devoted to interdisciplinary scholarship at the intersection of communication culture and technology.
Determining Form: Creative Non-Fiction Journeysfull name / name of organization: University of Glasgow contact email: determiningformconference@gla.ac.uk
[UPDATE] 108th PAMLA Conference, “Picturing Oceania and the Pacific," November 13-14, 2010, at Chaminade University, Honolulu, Hfull name / name of organization: The Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) contact email: sabahi.monica@gmail.com The Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) is hosting its 108th Annual Conference, on Saturday and Sunday, November 13-14, 2010, at Chaminade University, Honolulu, Hawaii.
The Death of "The Reader"; MLA 2011 Los Angeles January 6-9, 2011; deadline: 3/8/10full name / name of organization: Travis M. Foster / MLA contact email: tfoster@wooster.edu Papers that de-universalize "the reader" by interrogating how the history of reading can influence contemporary critical methods and literary historiography.
The Death of "The Reader"; MLA 2011 Los Angeles January 6-9, 2011; deadline: 3/8/10full name / name of organization: Travis M. Foster / MLA contact email: tfoster@wooster.edu Papers that de-universalize "the reader" by interrogating how the history of reading can influence contemporary critical methods and literary historiography.
Aid, Relief or Bailout: Differing Aims, Ways, and Ends, Vol. 1, No. 3 Spring & Summer 2010full name / name of organization: Graduate School of Intercultural Communication, Okinawa Christian University contact email: dbroudy@ocjc.ac.jp Presently receiving and reviewing submissions for the Spring & Summer 2010 issue
SOUTHERN LITERATURE CFP - RMMLA 2010 - Deadline March 1full name / name of organization: Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association contact email: tfpowell@gmail.com SOUTHERN LITERATURE SESSIONS RMMLA 2010 CALL FOR PAPERS
Books to Review: Summer 2010full name / name of organization: Southern Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of the South contact email: cranka@nsula.edu The editors at Southern Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of the South, a peer reviewed journal published quarterly from the Southern Studies Institute, invite scholars of southern literature, cul
Fellowships in Modern Literature and African American History and Culture at the Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Libraryfull name / name of organization: Emory University contact email: eachase@learnlink.emory.edu The Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL) of Emory University offers short-term fellowships to support research use of the library’s collections in modern literature and in African Ame
[UPDATE] UNC-CH Institute of African American Research Humanities Writing Competition, March 1, 2010 DEADLINEfull name / name of organization: Institute of African American Research at the University of NC at Chapel Hill contact email: iaar@unc.edu The Institute of African American Research (IAAR) will offer a $1000 prize for the best cross-disciplinary, collaborative effort in the Arts and Humanities that yields a historically-grounded script o
Short Fiction: Open Topic--Papers or abstracts due March 18, 2010full name / name of organization: South Central Modern Language Association, Oct. 28-30, 2010 contact email: rcutting@stmarytx.edu Call for papers or abstracts for the session on short fiction at the SCMLA's 2010 meeting. Deadline for submission is March 18, 2010.
[UPDATE] Red Feather Journal: an Internation Journal of Children's Visual Culturefull name / name of organization: Debbie Olson contact email: debbieo@okstate.edu [UPDATE] The inaugural issue of Red Feather Journal is now up and can be viewed at www.redfeatherjournal.org
Aesthetics of New Literatures in Englishfull name / name of organization: Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities contact email: editor@rupkatha.com Rupkatha journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities (ISSN 0975-2935) invites articles and book reviews on Aesthetics of New Literatures English for Volume 2, Number 2.
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Bicentennial of Her Birth 2011; 5/1/2010full name / name of organization: Philip J. Kowalski/Wake Forest Univeristy contact email: kowalspj@wfu.edu I am searching for anyone who is interested in contributing to, as well as editing, a collection of essays that spans Harriet Beecher Stowe's writing career.
Aesthetic Narration in Nineteenth-Century America (3/01/10; MLA ’11)full name / name of organization: Dan Colson contact email: dmcolson@illinois.edu CFP: “Aesthetic Narration in Nineteenth-Century America”
Negotiating (Jewish) American Ethnic Crossroads - MLA 2011 (Deadline 3/15/10)full name / name of organization: MELUS & Jewish American Literature Discussion Group contact email: liw@sunysuffolk.edu, Derek_Royal@tamu-commerce.edu CFP - Negotiating (Jewish) American Ethnic Crossroads
[UPDATE] Gender & Difference 20-23 May 2010full name / name of organization: Centre for Critical and Cultural Theory, Cardiff University and tbe Englisches Seminar at the University of Cologne contact email: GD@cardiff.ac.uk GENDER & DIFFERENCE, 20-23 May 2010
CFP-Textual Girlsfull name / name of organization: Girlhood Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal contact email: jxr67@psu.edu Textual girls
"Narrating Lives behind Bars" MLA 2011 Los Angeles January 6-9, 2011.full name / name of organization: Modern Language Association contact email: jonathan.abel@psu.edu Narrating Lives behind Bars Special Session at MLA 2011
American Literature I: Literature before 1900 (03/26/10; SCMLA, 10/28/10-10/30/10)full name / name of organization: Tracy Hoffman contact email: Tracy_Hoffman@baylor.edu The topic is open to any pre-1900 American discourse, but discussions which include “New Frontiers,” the theme of the conference, are encouraged.
"Playing Doctor: Performance, Trauma, and the Ethics of Psychoanalysis" - May 21, 2010full name / name of organization: Literature and Psychoanalysis Graduate Student Symposium, Department of English, University of Toronto contact email: 2010splrg@gmail.com Keynote Speaker: Professor Naomi Morgenstern, University of Toronto.
History, Memory, and Haunting: Ghosts in American Literature - Abstracts due March 15full name / name of organization: MLA 2011 Convention (January 6-9, 2011) contact email: Naomi.Edwards@stonybrook.edu This special session will explore the role of ghosts and haunting in American literature and how they reveal, challenge, and remake narratives of the nation.
Bridges and Borders: Exploring the Confluence of Languages, Disciplines, and Culturesfull name / name of organization: Andrew Keese / Journal of South Texas English Studies contact email: southtexasenglishstudies@gmail.com The Journal of South Texas English Studies is now welcoming submissions until March 5 for its second issue, themed “Bridges and Borders: Exploring the Confluence of Languages, Disciplines, and Cultu
(inter)disciplinarities: The “New Relationality”? (April 24-25, 2010)full name / name of organization: University of Victoria's Cultural, Social, and Political Thought Graduate Conference contact email: saggcster@gmail.com ***
[UPDATE] Anti: Revisions, Reconstructions, Refutations, University of Louisville, April 16, 2010 (Abstract deadline: Feb 15th)full name / name of organization: University of Louisville Graduate Conference in Humanities contact email: ahalouisville.com The PhD in Humanities Program (http://louisville.edu/humanities) and the Association of Humanities Academics (http://ahalouisville.com) at the University of Louisville announces the annual University
Justice, Law, and Literature March-Mayfull name / name of organization: Changing Lives Through Literature contact email: cltl@umassd.edu Changing Lives Through Literature is an alternative sentencing program founded in 1991 on the power of literature to transform lives.
[UPDATE] Carried Across: Translations, Temporalities, and Trajectories; Keynote Speaker: Dr. Rey Chow; Abstracts Due 3/1/10full name / name of organization: Department of English at University of Rhode Island contact email: uriconference2010@gmail.com
New England Women's Studies Conference (April 30th-May 1st)full name / name of organization: New England Women's Studies Association contact email: jen.riley@umassd.edu UPDATED CFP for the New England Women’s Studies Conference
The Human Condition Series: 3rd Biennial International, Multidisciplinary Conference: “EROS 2010”full name / name of organization: Toivo Koivukoski contact email: EROSabstracts@libraryofsocialscience.com THE HUMAN CONDITION SERIES: 3rd Biennial International,
Representation and the Problem of Democracy (3/15/10; MLA '11)full name / name of organization: Dan Colson, MLA Graduate Student Caucus contact email: dmcolson@illinois.edu CFP: “Representation and the Problem of Democracy”
After the Wire (MLA, 6-9 Jan 2011 in Los Angeles - Deadline 2 March 2010)full name / name of organization: MLA 2011 contact email: afterthewire@gmail.com This panel will discuss the cultural and intellectual legacy of 'The Wire,' organized around its critique of neoliberal institutions and its place in the social-realist tradition.
CFP Fat Studies (NWSA Conference, Nov 11-14; Abstracts Due 2/20)full name / name of organization: Joelle Ruby Ryan / Michaela Null contact email: Joelle.Ryan@unh.edu / mnull@purdue.edu Please forward to anyone with an interest in Fat Studies. Thank You. 2 CFPs from the Fat Studies Interest Group; NWSA Conference Nov. 11-14, 2010 in Denver (Proposal Due Feb 20)
Bridges and Borders: Exploring the Confluence of Languages, Disciplines, and Culturesfull name / name of organization: Journal of South Texas English Studies contact email: southtexasenglishstudies@gmail.com The Journal of South Texas English Studies is now welcoming submissions until March 5 for its second issue, themed “Bridges and Borders: Exploring the Confluence of Languages, Disciplines, and Cultu
Pop Past – It’s ‘Past’, But It’s Never ‘Over’full name / name of organization: PopMatters.com contact email: zarker@popmatters.com There was a time, late 19th/early 20th century or thereabouts, when people, many of them the fashionable French, ventured out to public establishments to imbibe in, among other things, an herbal/li
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