CALL FOR PAPERS
   
  POPULAR CULTURE ASSOCIATION
  AND
  AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION
  ANNUAL MEETING
   
  APRIL 4-7, 2007
   
  BOSTON MARRIOTT COPLEY PLACE
  BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
   
   
  AMERICAN INDIAN LITERATURES AND CULTURES
   
  We invite submissions from individuals or organized panels (3 or 4 persons) focusing on any issue relating to American Indian/First Nation/Indigenous peoples' lives and literatures. We especially invite the participation of native scholars and writers.
   
  DEADLINE FOR ALL ABSTRACTS: NOVEMBER 1st, 2006
   
   
  FOR INDIVIDUAL SUBMISSIONS:
   

    CALL FOR PAPERS
   
  POPULAR CULTURE ASSOCIATION
  AND
  AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION
  ANNUAL MEETING
   
  APRIL 4-7, 2007
   
  BOSTON MARRIOTT COPLEY PLACE
  BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
   
   
  AMERICAN INDIAN LITERATURES AND CULTURES
   
  We invite submissions from individuals or organized panels (3 or 4 persons) focusing on any issue relating to American Indian/First Nation/Indigenous peoples' lives and literatures. We especially invite the participation of native scholars and writers.
   
  DEADLINE FOR ALL ABSTRACTS: NOVEMBER 1st, 2006
   
   
  FOR INDIVIDUAL SUBMISSIONS:
   

Call for papers
Autonomy and Commitment in Modernist British Literature

A CERVEC Conference (EA 741)

Universit=C3=A9 Paul Val=C3=A9ry-Montpellier III-France

30-31 March 2007

Call for Papers Themes of Acceptance and/or Rejection in Literatures of =
Africa and the Caribbean 38th Convention, Northeast Modern Language =
Association (NeMLA)March 1-4, 2007Baltimore, Maryland From =
issues surrounding cultural phenomena to extremely personal notions of =
self-development, African and Caribbean writers continue into the =
twenty-first century to deal in their works with themes of rejection and =
acceptance. From the beginning of European colonization in Africa and the =
Caribbean, immense tension between the colonizer and the colonized has =
existed. In his 1993 book, Culture and Imperialism, Edward Sa=EFd notes =

Thinking Acts: The Undergraduate Journal of Social and Political Thought
(York University, Cananda)

Thinking Acts is an interdisciplinary, electronic undergraduate journal
focusing on a wide range of topics at the intersection of philosophy,
politics, cultural studies and literary theory. Thinking Acts provides
undergraduate students with a forum for the discussion of the theoretical
legacy of classical thinkers today (from Plato to the twenty-first century)
as well as for theoretical analysis of contemporary world events. The aim of
the journal is to expand the space for interdisciplinary dialogue, critique,
and innovation.

Call for papers:

2007 Stanford French and Italian Graduate Conference

"Conversions"

January 26 and 27, 2007

"The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it."
(Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, /Meditations/)

2007 Stanford French and Italian Graduate Conference

"Conversions"

January 26 and 27, 2007

"The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it."
(Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, /Meditations/)

    CALL FOR CIRCUS PAPERS
   
  The Thirty-Seventh Annual Convention
  of The Popular Culture Association &
  The American Culture Association will take place
   
  April 4-7, 2007
   
  Boston Marriott Copley Place
  110 Huntington Avenue
  Boston, Massachusetts 02116
   
  This will be the eleventh meeting of the Popular Culture
  Association Circuses and Circus Culture interest group.
  We invite papers that explore the past and present of circus
  as art, craft and a unique form of popular culture. Circus,
  a continuously evolving tradition of live entertainment,
  lends itself to scholarship from many perspectives.
   
  Some previous papers:

New Approaches to Edgar Allan Poe
NeMLA Board-Sponsored Panel

38th Annual Northeast MLA Convention
Baltimore, Maryland
March 1-4, 2007

In honor of NeMLA's return to Baltimore, this board-sponsored panel
invites papers on any aspect of the works of Edgar Allan Poe,
especially (but not limited to) papers that situate his works within
the specificities of their historical and cultural context.

Send 500-word abstracts, in the body of an email (no attachments,
please), to Jason Haslam, Dalhousie University:
<mailto:Jason.Haslam_at_dal.ca>Jason.Haslam_at_dal.ca

Deadline: Sept. 15, 2006.

CFP: Layamon's Brut Society (9/15/06; Kalamazoo, 5/10/07-5/13/07)

The International Layamon's Brut Society is pleased to announce two sessions
for the 42nd
International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University,
Kalamazoo, MI, May 10-13,
2007.

    2007 NATIONAL CONFERENCE
  OF THE POPULAR CULTURE ASSOCIATION
  and AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION
   
  April 4-7, 2007
   
  Boston Marriott Copley Place
  Boston, Massachusetts
   
  The "Children's Television" Area of the Popular Culture Association invites interested scholars to submit papers on any aspect of Children's Television Programs. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: educational aspects, critical perspectives, historical examinations, or discussions regarding the place of children's television in, or influence on, popular culture.
   

  GAY, LESBIAN, AND QUEER STUDIES
   
  Call For Proposals: Sessions, Panels, Papers
   
  POPULAR CULTURE ASSOCIATION & AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION
  2007 JOINT NATIONAL CONFERENCE
   
  April 4-7, 2007
  Boston Copley Place
   
  For more information on the PCA/ACA,
  please go to http://www.h-net.org/~pcaaca.
   
  DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 1, 2006
   
  We are considering proposals for sessions organized
  around a theme, special panels, and/or individual papers.
  Sessions are scheduled in 1½ hour slots, typically with four
  papers or speakers per standard session.
   

  GAY, LESBIAN, AND QUEER STUDIES
   
  Call For Proposals: Sessions, Panels, Papers
   
  POPULAR CULTURE ASSOCIATION & AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION
  2007 JOINT NATIONAL CONFERENCE
   
  April 4-7, 2007
  Boston Copley Place
   
  For more information on the PCA/ACA,
  please go to http://www.h-net.org/~pcaaca.
   
  DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 1, 2006
   
  We are considering proposals for sessions organized
  around a theme, special panels, and/or individual papers.
  Sessions are scheduled in 1½ hour slots, typically with four
  papers or speakers per standard session.
   

MELUS-INDIA

(The Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United =
States - India Chapter)

&

MELOW

(The Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the World)

will hold a conference on LITERATURE IN TIMES OF VIOLENCE

 in Chandigarh, on: 22-24 March 2007

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      =20

      THEME FOR MELUS-INDIA: =20

      "LITERATURE IN TIMES OF VIOLENCE: THE AMERICAN RESPONSE"

      The Keynote Address will be delivered by=20
      Prof Emory Elliott=20
      Distinguished Professor of English
      University of California
      Riverside, CA
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      THEME FOR MELOW: