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UPDATE: Southern Writers, Southern Writing (grad) (5/31/06; 7/20/06-7/22/06)

updated: 
Friday, April 21, 2006 - 3:07pm
ktillman

                            12th Annual
                          SOUTHERN WRITERS,
                          SOUTHERN WRITING

[Updated Information: extended deadline (May 31, 2006)]
  
is a University of Mississippi Graduate Student Conference
held in conjunction with the Annual Faulkner and
Yoknapatawpha
Conference. The Graduate Students in the Departments of
English and
Southern Studies invite you to submit abstracts exploring
Southern
culture. Accepted papers will be presented in Oxford,
Mississippi, July
20th through 22nd, 2006.
  
Topics for papers or panels are not restricted to literature
& may include:

CFP: Time: Limits and Constraints (6/30/06; 7/28/07-8/3/07)

updated: 
Friday, April 21, 2006 - 3:07pm
Robert R. Daniel Jr.

The International Society for the Study of Time
announces its
Thirteenth Triennial Conference
Time: Limits and Constraints

Asilomar Conference Center
Monterey, California, USA
July 28 - August 3, 2007

CFP: Time: Limits and Constraints (6/30/06; 7/28/07-8/3/07)

updated: 
Friday, April 21, 2006 - 3:07pm
Robert R. Daniel Jr.

The International Society for the Study of Time
announces its
Thirteenth Triennial Conference
Time: Limits and Constraints

Asilomar Conference Center
Monterey, California, USA
July 28 - August 3, 2007

CFP: Nebula: Generalist/All Topics (7/15/06; online publication)

updated: 
Friday, April 21, 2006 - 3:07pm
editors_at_nobleworld.biz

We encourage submission of academic articles from any discipline, coverin=
g any subject or topic, provided that the language used is non-specialist=
 and appeals to a wide audience. Unlike many academic publications, Nebul=
a is not limited to a specific school, faculty, or subject.
We are also interested in providing an alternative view to mainstream cul=
tural and political ideologies. As such, we encourage non-fiction, intell=
ectual writing, that does not follow the generic conventions of academic =
writing but which demonstrates substantial sophistication and which may b=
e of interest to a broad audience. We encourage contributors to offer the=

UPDATE: Anthology on Brokeback Mountain (6/30/06; collection)

updated: 
Friday, April 21, 2006 - 3:07pm
Olsen-Fazi, Annette M.

Editors are currently seeking scholarly essays (as opposed to personal narratives) that address the movie Brokeback Mountain, and/or Annie Proulx's short story of the same title. The deadline for submissions has been extended until June 30, 2006.
Submit full essays electronically (no abstracts, please) to:
Dr. Annette Olsen-Fazi
Associate Professor of English and French
216 F Pellegrino Hall
Texas A & M International University
5201 University Bld
Laredo, TX 78041-1900
Telephone: (956) 326-2657
Email: aolsen-fazi_at_tamiu.edu
Sender: owner-cfp_at_lists.sas.upenn.edu
Precedence: bulk

UPDATE: Anthology on Brokeback Mountain (6/30/06; collection)

updated: 
Friday, April 21, 2006 - 3:07pm
Olsen-Fazi, Annette M.

Editors are currently seeking scholarly essays (as opposed to personal narratives) that address the movie Brokeback Mountain, and/or Annie Proulx's short story of the same title. The deadline for submissions has been extended until June 30, 2006.
Submit full essays electronically (no abstracts, please) to:
Dr. Annette Olsen-Fazi
Associate Professor of English and French
216 F Pellegrino Hall
Texas A & M International University
5201 University Bld
Laredo, TX 78041-1900
Telephone: (956) 326-2657
Email: aolsen-fazi_at_tamiu.edu
Sender: owner-cfp_at_lists.sas.upenn.edu
Precedence: bulk

UPDATE: Anthology on Brokeback Mountain (6/30/06; collection)

updated: 
Friday, April 21, 2006 - 3:07pm
Olsen-Fazi, Annette M.

Editors are currently seeking scholarly essays (as opposed to personal narratives) that address the movie Brokeback Mountain, and/or Annie Proulx's short story of the same title. The deadline for submissions has been extended until June 30, 2006.
Submit full essays electronically (no abstracts, please) to:
Dr. Annette Olsen-Fazi
Associate Professor of English and French
216 F Pellegrino Hall
Texas A & M International University
5201 University Bld
Laredo, TX 78041-1900
Telephone: (956) 326-2657
Email: aolsen-fazi_at_tamiu.edu
Sender: owner-cfp_at_lists.sas.upenn.edu
Precedence: bulk

CFP: Changing Ireland (6/20/06; NEACIS, 10/21/06-10/22/06)

updated: 
Friday, April 21, 2006 - 3:07pm
Burke, Mary

NEACIS (NEW ENGLAND AMERICAN CONFERENCE for IRISH STUDIES) 2006=20

=20

will be held at the University of Connecticut at Storrs, CT on Oct. =
21-22, 2006

=20

Theme: "CHANGING IRELAND"

=20

Confirmed speakers: COLM T=D3IB=CDN, EMMA DONOGHUE, & KEN SIMPSON

=20

Presentation topics may include but should not be limited to:=20

=20

* Irish identity=20

* Celtic Tiger Ireland=20

* Northern Irish Peace Process

* colonialism / post-colonialism=20

* immigration /emigration=20

* social, historical, artistic, religious, sexual or political =
(r)evolution=20

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=20

CFP: Changing Ireland (6/20/06; NEACIS, 10/21/06-10/22/06)

updated: 
Friday, April 21, 2006 - 3:07pm
Burke, Mary

NEACIS (NEW ENGLAND AMERICAN CONFERENCE for IRISH STUDIES) 2006=20

=20

will be held at the University of Connecticut at Storrs, CT on Oct. =
21-22, 2006

=20

Theme: "CHANGING IRELAND"

=20

Confirmed speakers: COLM T=D3IB=CDN, EMMA DONOGHUE, & KEN SIMPSON

=20

Presentation topics may include but should not be limited to:=20

=20

* Irish identity=20

* Celtic Tiger Ireland=20

* Northern Irish Peace Process

* colonialism / post-colonialism=20

* immigration /emigration=20

* social, historical, artistic, religious, sexual or political =
(r)evolution=20

=20

=20

CFP: Changing Ireland (6/20/06; NEACIS, 10/21/06-10/22/06)

updated: 
Friday, April 21, 2006 - 3:07pm
Burke, Mary

NEACIS (NEW ENGLAND AMERICAN CONFERENCE for IRISH STUDIES) 2006=20

=20

will be held at the University of Connecticut at Storrs, CT on Oct. =
21-22, 2006

=20

Theme: "CHANGING IRELAND"

=20

Confirmed speakers: COLM T=D3IB=CDN, EMMA DONOGHUE, & KEN SIMPSON

=20

Presentation topics may include but should not be limited to:=20

=20

* Irish identity=20

* Celtic Tiger Ireland=20

* Northern Irish Peace Process

* colonialism / post-colonialism=20

* immigration /emigration=20

* social, historical, artistic, religious, sexual or political =
(r)evolution=20

=20

=20

CFP: The Future/Ends of Narrative/Theory (5/1/06; MMLA, 11/9/06-11/12/06)

updated: 
Friday, April 21, 2006 - 3:06pm
Mark A Pettus

=B3The Future/Ends of Narrative/Theory=B2
MMLA 2006 Comparative Literature Panel
9-12 November 2006, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago IL
contact: Mark Pettus (mapettus_at_wisc.edu), University of Wisconsin-Madison
=20
Faced with practice, theory often turns its gaze toward the future, casting
predictions from a symptomatic present. Out of the present, theory often
prophesies the end of a movement or its continued progress.
=20
Kant, for instance, read the French Revolution as a sign of mankind=B9s
progress and Prussia=B9s peace with the revolutionary government of France as
portending perpetual peace between all nations. Earlier in =B3Idea for

CFP: Visual Literacy: History, Community and Culture (no deadline noted; 10/6/06-10/10/06)

updated: 
Friday, April 21, 2006 - 3:06pm
Bendito, Petronio

Proposals are now being accepted for the 38th Annual Conference of the=20

International Visual Literacy Association, to be held October 6-10 in
Fort=20

Worth, Texas, USA.=20

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For full information, please visit the 2006 Conference Website:

http://plato.ou.edu/~ivla2006

=20

You also can access the conference site from the IVLA website:=20

=20

http://www.ivla.org <http://www.ivla.org/>=20

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We look forward to receiving your proposals and to interacting with you
all at another great IVLA conference!

CFP: The Future/Ends of Narrative/Theory (5/1/06; MMLA, 11/9/06-11/12/06)

updated: 
Friday, April 21, 2006 - 3:06pm
Mark A Pettus

=B3The Future/Ends of Narrative/Theory=B2
MMLA 2006 Comparative Literature Panel
9-12 November 2006, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago IL
contact: Mark Pettus (mapettus_at_wisc.edu), University of Wisconsin-Madison
=20
Faced with practice, theory often turns its gaze toward the future, casting
predictions from a symptomatic present. Out of the present, theory often
prophesies the end of a movement or its continued progress.
=20
Kant, for instance, read the French Revolution as a sign of mankind=B9s
progress and Prussia=B9s peace with the revolutionary government of France as
portending perpetual peace between all nations. Earlier in =B3Idea for

CFP: Deleuze: Texts and Images (10/1/06; 4/5/07-4/8/07)

updated: 
Friday, April 21, 2006 - 3:06pm
Sol Neely

Deleuze: Texts and Images

The 9th Annual University of South Carolina Comparative Literature Conference,
An International Conference

5th - 8th April, 2007

Over the past two decades, readers of the works of Gilles Deleuze have had
several opportunities to participate in international conferences held at Trent
University and organized by Constantin V. Boundas. In that tradition, we
announce the organization of a conference to take place on the campus of the
University of South Carolina(Columbia, SC, USA), between April 5 and 8, 2007,
sponsored by the Program in Comparative Literature , the English Department,
and the College of Arts and Sciences.

CFP: Deleuze: Texts and Images (10/1/06; 4/5/07-4/8/07)

updated: 
Friday, April 21, 2006 - 3:06pm
Sol Neely

Deleuze: Texts and Images

The 9th Annual University of South Carolina Comparative Literature Conference,
An International Conference

5th - 8th April, 2007

Over the past two decades, readers of the works of Gilles Deleuze have had
several opportunities to participate in international conferences held at Trent
University and organized by Constantin V. Boundas. In that tradition, we
announce the organization of a conference to take place on the campus of the
University of South Carolina(Columbia, SC, USA), between April 5 and 8, 2007,
sponsored by the Program in Comparative Literature , the English Department,
and the College of Arts and Sciences.

CFP: Theory after Derrida (7/31/06; collection)

updated: 
Friday, April 21, 2006 - 3:06pm
baral

                    Call for Papers for a volume on

                           Theory After Derrida

CFP: Popular Culture &amp; American Culture (5/26/06; PCAS/ACAS, 10/5/06-10/7/06)

updated: 
Friday, April 21, 2006 - 3:06pm
Davis, Hugh H.

CFP: Popular Culture & American Culture (May 26, 2006; Oct. 5-7, 2006)

The annual conference for the Popular Culture Association of the
South/American Culture Association of the South (PCAS/ACAS)

October 5-7, 2006

PCAS/ACAS will hold its annual meeting and conference this fall in
Savannah, GA at the Marriot Savannah Riverfront Hotel. The PCAS/ACAS
invites proposals for papers, discussion panels, performances, and
presentations on topics related to Popular or American Culture.

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