Call for Papers: Frost and His Legacy
(ALA Boston, MA, May 24-27, 2007; Proposals by December 1, 2006)
The Robert Frost Society invites proposals that address either the=20
understanding that later poets have had of Frost?s legacy or the=20
understanding Frost had of his legacy or of his debt to previous=20
generations. One- or two-page proposals should be sent to Michael L.=20
Manson mmanson_at_american.edu. Please include your name, institutional=20
affiliation, and any AV needs in the proposal. Proposals must be received =

by December 15, 2006.=20

The Performance Studies Focus Group (PSFG) of the
Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE)
invites paper submissions for its 5th annual
preconference, entitled "Regeneration and Return:
Performance Studies in New Orleans," to take place
July 25-26. As generations of performance studies
scholars turn – and return – to New Orleans, we seek a
variety of proposals that address the panel topic
described below. While the city of New Orleans is
central to many of the questions presented here, we
welcome scholarship that employs various methodologies
and geographic points of entry.

Panel #1: Performance, Documentation, and Disaster

UPDATE

Cerpac (Research Centre for Commonwealth Studies)
http://recherche.univ-montp3.fr/cerpac

Novembre 8-9-10, 2007, Université Paul Valéry (Montpellier III), France

Guest writers: Bernardine EVARISTO and Karen KING-ARIBISALA
Keynote speakers: John McLeod (University of Leeds, UK) and Gerry
TURCOTTE (University of Wollongong, Australia)

  * ** 01.For a popular panel of the New Jersey College English
Association. While papers are, of course, expected to be of a
professional, academic nature, a true spirit of informality is expected
to be a mainstay of this panel. Papers must adhere to a 12 minute
reading, thereby leaving time for audience participation. Please eMail
an abstract of 250 words, plus a one-sheet Curriculum Vita to Dr.Ted
Price: pricet_at_mail.montclair.edu by Thursday December 22, 2006.*

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  * ** 01.For a popular panel of the New Jersey College English
Association. While papers are, of course, expected to be of a
professional, academic nature, a true spirit of informality is expected
to be a mainstay of this panel. Papers must adhere to a 12 minute
reading, thereby leaving time for audience participation. Please eMail
an abstract of 250 words, plus a one-sheet Curriculum Vita to Dr.Ted
Price: pricet_at_mail.montclair.edu by Thursday December 22, 2006.*

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Spring Cleaning:
Rediscovering and Revitalizing the Artifact
University of Calgary Free Exchange Graduate Conference
16-18 March 2007
For more information, please visit Free Exchange at www.english.ucalgary.ca

History is of the essence, true, but she can also be a bully.
                                -Noah Richler
                                This is my Country, What¡¦s Yours?

Conference: Global Photographies: Histories¦ Theories¦ Practices
Venue: Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Date: Wednesday 27th - Friday 29th June 2007

The Photography Program at the Institute of Art Design & Technology, Dun Laoghaire in Dublin is pleased to announce that it will be holding an international conference on photography and globalization in June 2007. The aim of the conference is to bring together photographers, artists, curators and writers on the photographic image from any discipline to examine all aspects of photography's role in globalization.

The submissions should include the presenter's name, phone number, postal and
  e-mail address, title of the paper, and a 250-word abstract. Please indicate the type of presentation as critical research, fiction, or poetry.
  Presenters will be notified of acceptance by January 10, 2007. Please address any inquiries concerning the meeting to Dr. Susan J. Bandy at: susanjbandy_at_yahoo.com
Sender: owner-cfp_at_lists.sas.upenn.edu
Precedence: bulk

CFP: Forces of Nature: Natural(-izing) Gender and Gender(-ing) Nature in
the Discourses of Western Culture.

CFP: Forces of Nature: Natural(-izing) Gender and Gender(-ing) Nature in
the Discourses of Western Culture.

Call for Papers

Edith Wharton in the Work of Other Writers and Artists

American Literature Association Conference Boston, May 24-27

In the broadest possible way this panel, organized by the Edith Wharton Society, seeks to explore the influence Wharton's work had on other writers and artists. Papers could be about Wharton as a character or historical figure appearing in the work of other artists (writers, painter, photographers, filmmakers), or they could be about revisions of Wharton's work, or about significant allusions to her work in the work of other writers and artists.

   Maryland Graduate Forum: History as Text, Text as History
   
Conference: February 23rd & February 24th
Deadline for abstract submission: December 15th,2006
email contact: mgsforum_at_gmail.com

   We are very pleased and honored to announce that our
   keynote speaker will be Dr Tom Bishop (NYU), Gould
   Professor of French Literature and director of the
   Center for French Civilization and Culture.

NEW DEADLINE: JANUARY 31, 2007

postscript: a journal of graduate criticism and theory
is a peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary journal
published annually by graduate students in the
Department of English Language and Literature at
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Students either
currently enrolled in a post-graduate program or
having recently graduated from one are invited to
submit papers for a special issue exploring the mall
and its itinerant shoppers.

NEW DEADLINE: JANUARY 31, 2007

postscript: a journal of graduate criticism and theory
is a peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary journal
published annually by graduate students in the
Department of English Language and Literature at
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Students either
currently enrolled in a post-graduate program or
having recently graduated from one are invited to
submit papers for a special issue exploring the mall
and its itinerant shoppers.