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CFP: Australian Association for Caribbean Studies (Australia) (11/1/06; 2/7/07-2/9/07)

updated: 
Friday, August 11, 2006 - 8:09pm
Karina.Smith_at_vu.edu.au

Australian Association for Caribbean Studies International Biennial
Conference, February 7-9 2007: Call for Papers

The next biennial conference of the Australian Association for
Caribbean Studies (AACS)will be held from 7-9 February, 2007 at
Footscray Park campus of Victoria University (Melbourne, Australia).
Proposals of papers of 20-25 minutes duration are invited on the theme
of Caribbean Popular Cultures. Papers that address other Caribbean
topics are also welcome.

Proposals of approximately 200 words should be sent to the conference
convenor by 1 November, 2006 by either email attachment to
karina.smith_at_vu.edu.au or post to:

CFP: Australian Association for Caribbean Studies (Australia) (11/1/06; 2/7/07-2/9/07)

updated: 
Friday, August 11, 2006 - 8:09pm
Karina.Smith_at_vu.edu.au

Australian Association for Caribbean Studies International Biennial
Conference, February 7-9 2007: Call for Papers

The next biennial conference of the Australian Association for
Caribbean Studies (AACS)will be held from 7-9 February, 2007 at
Footscray Park campus of Victoria University (Melbourne, Australia).
Proposals of papers of 20-25 minutes duration are invited on the theme
of Caribbean Popular Cultures. Papers that address other Caribbean
topics are also welcome.

Proposals of approximately 200 words should be sent to the conference
convenor by 1 November, 2006 by either email attachment to
karina.smith_at_vu.edu.au or post to:

CFP: Australian Association for Caribbean Studies (Australia) (11/1/06; 2/7/07-2/9/07)

updated: 
Friday, August 11, 2006 - 8:09pm
Karina.Smith_at_vu.edu.au

Australian Association for Caribbean Studies International Biennial
Conference, February 7-9 2007: Call for Papers

The next biennial conference of the Australian Association for
Caribbean Studies (AACS)will be held from 7-9 February, 2007 at
Footscray Park campus of Victoria University (Melbourne, Australia).
Proposals of papers of 20-25 minutes duration are invited on the theme
of Caribbean Popular Cultures. Papers that address other Caribbean
topics are also welcome.

Proposals of approximately 200 words should be sent to the conference
convenor by 1 November, 2006 by either email attachment to
karina.smith_at_vu.edu.au or post to:

CFP: TEAMS at Kalamazoo––Pedagogy and Medieval Literature (9/1/06; Kalamazoo, 5/10/07–5/13/07)

updated: 
Friday, August 11, 2006 - 8:08pm
Armstrong, Dorsey

TEAMS (The Consortium for the Teaching of the Middle Ages) is accepting =
submisstions for the
following five sessions dealing with issues of pedagogy for Kalamazoo =
2007:

I. Teaching TEAMS Texts

II. Apocryphal Apocalypses: Fifteenth-Century =B3Chaucerian=B2 Endings =
in the
Classroom=20

III. Visiting the Middle Ages: Teaching on Site

IV. Acting Up in the Classroom: Teaching Medieval Drama

V. Teaching Middle English Texts: Translation or Original Language? A =
Roundtable Discussion

Please send 200-300 word abstracts by September 1st to:

CFP: TEAMS at Kalamazoo––Pedagogy and Medieval Literature (9/1/06; Kalamazoo, 5/10/07–5/13/07)

updated: 
Friday, August 11, 2006 - 8:08pm
Armstrong, Dorsey

TEAMS (The Consortium for the Teaching of the Middle Ages) is accepting =
submisstions for the
following five sessions dealing with issues of pedagogy for Kalamazoo =
2007:

I. Teaching TEAMS Texts

II. Apocryphal Apocalypses: Fifteenth-Century =B3Chaucerian=B2 Endings =
in the
Classroom=20

III. Visiting the Middle Ages: Teaching on Site

IV. Acting Up in the Classroom: Teaching Medieval Drama

V. Teaching Middle English Texts: Translation or Original Language? A =
Roundtable Discussion

Please send 200-300 word abstracts by September 1st to:

UPDATE: Between Future and Fatality: Utopian and Dystopian Ideas in German Literature, Film, and Culture (grad) (8/31/06; 10/27/

updated: 
Friday, August 11, 2006 - 8:08pm
focusonlit_at_fastmail.fm

"Between Future and Fatality:
Utopian and Dystopian Ideas in German Literature, Film, and Culture."

The German Graduate Student Governance Association of the University of
Cincinnati and the editors of the graduate student journal Focus on
German Studies present the Eleventh Annual Focus Graduate Student
Conference held on October 27-28, 2006 at the University of Cincinnati

Keynote speaker: THOMAS MEINECKE

UPDATE: Between Future and Fatality: Utopian and Dystopian Ideas in German Literature, Film, and Culture (grad) (8/31/06; 10/27/

updated: 
Friday, August 11, 2006 - 8:08pm
focusonlit_at_fastmail.fm

"Between Future and Fatality:
Utopian and Dystopian Ideas in German Literature, Film, and Culture."

The German Graduate Student Governance Association of the University of
Cincinnati and the editors of the graduate student journal Focus on
German Studies present the Eleventh Annual Focus Graduate Student
Conference held on October 27-28, 2006 at the University of Cincinnati

Keynote speaker: THOMAS MEINECKE

CFP: Narrator-Author Relationships (10/1/06; Narrative, 3/15/07-3/18/07)

updated: 
Friday, August 11, 2006 - 8:08pm
Sue Kim

Narrative Conference
March 15-18, 2007
Washington, D.C.

For a proposed panel at the 2007 Narrative Conference, I am seeking
papers that explore situations in which the strict distinction
between narrator and author begins to blur. What are the conditions
for and significances of such moments?

Proposals should include 1) a 300-word abstract, 2) a brief vitae
(for panel proposal purposes). Please send proposals (in the body of
email or as Microsoft Word attachment) to Sue Kim at suekim_at_uab.edu
by October 1, 2006.

CFP: Narrator-Author Relationships (10/1/06; Narrative, 3/15/07-3/18/07)

updated: 
Friday, August 11, 2006 - 8:08pm
Sue Kim

Narrative Conference
March 15-18, 2007
Washington, D.C.

For a proposed panel at the 2007 Narrative Conference, I am seeking
papers that explore situations in which the strict distinction
between narrator and author begins to blur. What are the conditions
for and significances of such moments?

Proposals should include 1) a 300-word abstract, 2) a brief vitae
(for panel proposal purposes). Please send proposals (in the body of
email or as Microsoft Word attachment) to Sue Kim at suekim_at_uab.edu
by October 1, 2006.

CFP: John Milton's Poetry and Prose (9/15/06; NEMLA, 3/1/07-3/4/07)

updated: 
Friday, August 11, 2006 - 8:08pm
moeckw_at_ncc.edu

This panel invites papers on any aspect of the works of John Milton. Send one-page abstracts to Wm Moeck, English Dept., Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY 11530 (or moeckw_at_ncc.edu)

The Northeast Modern Language Association (NEMLA) is a scholarly organization for professionals in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and other modern languages. For more information its March 2007 conference in Baltimore, Maryland please visit the following site:

http://www.nemla.org/index.html

CFP: Gender and Queer Studies (9/15/06; ASECS, 3/22/07-3/25/07)

updated: 
Friday, August 11, 2006 - 8:08pm
engbl_at_leeds.ac.uk

CFP: "Splintering studies?: Eighteenth-century studies and women's studies,
gender studies, queer studies, lesbian studies..."
ASECS 2007, Atlanta, GA (March 22-25)

Contact: Bonnie Latimer (engbl_at_leeds.ac.uk)
Deadline: 15 September 2006

CFP: Gender and Queer Studies (9/15/06; ASECS, 3/22/07-3/25/07)

updated: 
Friday, August 11, 2006 - 8:08pm
engbl_at_leeds.ac.uk

CFP: "Splintering studies?: Eighteenth-century studies and women's studies,
gender studies, queer studies, lesbian studies..."
ASECS 2007, Atlanta, GA (March 22-25)

Contact: Bonnie Latimer (engbl_at_leeds.ac.uk)
Deadline: 15 September 2006

CFP: Zizek (8/14/06; SCMS, 3/8/07-3/11/07)

updated: 
Friday, August 11, 2006 - 7:29pm
rcante_at_email.unc.edu

For a panel to be proposed for the 2007 Society for Cinema and Media
Studies conference, we invite proposals for presentations interrogating
the work of Slavoj Zizek in relation to film and media
studies--especially as this involves the year's conference plenary
theme ("Media in the Public Sphere").

Please send proposal to both "arestivo_at_gsu.edu" and
"rcante_at_email.unc.edu" by August 14th.

Don't hesitate to email us with preliminary inquiries.

Thanks,
Angelo Restivo and Rich Cante

CFP: The Cultural History of Reading (no deadline noted; collection)

updated: 
Friday, August 11, 2006 - 7:29pm
Gabrielle Watling

Series title: The Cultural History of Reading; Volume One - The United
States. Volume Two - The World.

Publisher: Greenwood

Due Date: Summer 2007

Editors: Sara Quay Ph.D. (the United States) and Gabrielle Watling Ph.D.
(World)

Audience: The series is designed as a reference for an undergraduate
readership.

CFP: The Cultural History of Reading (no deadline noted; collection)

updated: 
Friday, August 11, 2006 - 7:29pm
Gabrielle Watling

Series title: The Cultural History of Reading; Volume One - The United
States. Volume Two - The World.

Publisher: Greenwood

Due Date: Summer 2007

Editors: Sara Quay Ph.D. (the United States) and Gabrielle Watling Ph.D.
(World)

Audience: The series is designed as a reference for an undergraduate
readership.

CFP: Baltic Studies (9/15/06; Kalamazoo, 5/10/07-5/13/07)

updated: 
Friday, August 11, 2006 - 7:28pm
Kimberly Zarins

Now accepting abstracts by Sept. 15th for a panel entitled "Baltic
Studies: Historical and Cultural Contexts," any topic, for the 42nd
International Congress on Medieval Studies on May 10-13, 2007. Abstracts
(300 words max.) can be sent to Raymond Zarins at rzarins_at_cox.net.

Please forward this CFP to your graduate students and colleagues who would
be interested. For questions, please write Kim Zarins (kz23_at_cornell.edu)
or Raymond Zarins (rzarins_at_cox.net).

Please see the website for additional information.
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/

CFP: Future Literature, Future Art 2 (Poland) (11/17/06; 11/30/06-12/2/06)

updated: 
Friday, August 11, 2006 - 7:28pm
Dr Rob Fisher

2nd Global Conference
Future Literature, Future Art: Probing the Boundaries of Criticism

Thursday 30th November - Saturday 2nd December 2006
Cracow, Poland

Call for Papers
(please cross post where appropriate)

 This conference aims to take stock of the genealogy of current literary and artistic practices and their critical adjuncts with a view to speculating on future developments in both literature, art and criticism. An inter-disciplinary approach will be adopted so as to provide the basis for dialogue between the various disciplines currently inputting into literary, artistic and critical production.

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