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CFP: Teaching London (UK) (10/1/06; 11/3/06-11/4/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, August 1, 2006 - 2:02am
Steven Barfield

Teaching London
a two-day conference
Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th November 2006
Centre for Metropolitan History, Senate House, Malet Street, London=20
(Friday)
University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London (Saturday)

Call for Papers

The conference will consist of papers, group presentations and panel=20
discussions =96 one of which will deal with museum and gallery issues=20
with contributions from the Tate, the National Portrait Gallery and the=20=

Museum of London, and another with community issues based around the=20
teaching of London - others will deal with the role of London in=20
literary studies, history and geography.

CFP: Teaching London (UK) (10/1/06; 11/3/06-11/4/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, August 1, 2006 - 2:02am
Steven Barfield

Teaching London
a two-day conference
Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th November 2006
Centre for Metropolitan History, Senate House, Malet Street, London=20
(Friday)
University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London (Saturday)

Call for Papers

The conference will consist of papers, group presentations and panel=20
discussions =96 one of which will deal with museum and gallery issues=20
with contributions from the Tate, the National Portrait Gallery and the=20=

Museum of London, and another with community issues based around the=20
teaching of London - others will deal with the role of London in=20
literary studies, history and geography.

CFP: Teaching London (UK) (10/1/06; 11/3/06-11/4/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, August 1, 2006 - 2:02am
Steven Barfield

Teaching London
a two-day conference
Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th November 2006
Centre for Metropolitan History, Senate House, Malet Street, London=20
(Friday)
University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London (Saturday)

Call for Papers

The conference will consist of papers, group presentations and panel=20
discussions =96 one of which will deal with museum and gallery issues=20
with contributions from the Tate, the National Portrait Gallery and the=20=

Museum of London, and another with community issues based around the=20
teaching of London - others will deal with the role of London in=20
literary studies, history and geography.

UPDATE: An American Family (8/15/06; Film & History, 11/8/06-11/12/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, August 1, 2006 - 2:02am
Sayanti Ganguly

Area: An American Family=0A=0AOn January 11th 1973, PBS aired the first of =
a twelve-part series entitled An American Family. The groundbreaking docume=
ntary chronicled the day to day experiences of the Loud family from Santa B=
arbara, California. Mixing techniques of Direct Cinema and Cinema V=E9rit=
=E9, the filmmakers explored many of the issues that concerned Americans du=
ring the turbulent decade of the 1970s. Two of the important themes they ex=
plored were the crumbling of the American Dream and the breakdown of the Am=
erican Family. The series was viewed by over ten million viewers and attrac=
ted considerable controversy. We are inviting submissions on all aspects of=

CFP: Historical Fiction (11/17/06; SW/TX PCA/ACA, 2/14/07-2/17/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, August 1, 2006 - 2:02am
Brian Adler

Dear Colleagues:

Join the Southwest Texas PCA/ACA for our 28th annual meeting,
February 14-17, 2007 in beautiful, sunny, Albuquerque, New Mexico!

Proposals are now being accepted on the topic of Historical
Fiction. Listed below are some suggested lines of inquiry, but
topics not included here are also welcome. Individual papers (15-20
minute reading time) are welcome, as are complete panels focused on a
theme (or particular author).

UPDATE: An American Family (8/15/06; Film & History, 11/8/06-11/12/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, August 1, 2006 - 2:02am
Sayanti Ganguly

Area: An American Family=0A=0AOn January 11th 1973, PBS aired the first of =
a twelve-part series entitled An American Family. The groundbreaking docume=
ntary chronicled the day to day experiences of the Loud family from Santa B=
arbara, California. Mixing techniques of Direct Cinema and Cinema V=E9rit=
=E9, the filmmakers explored many of the issues that concerned Americans du=
ring the turbulent decade of the 1970s. Two of the important themes they ex=
plored were the crumbling of the American Dream and the breakdown of the Am=
erican Family. The series was viewed by over ten million viewers and attrac=
ted considerable controversy. We are inviting submissions on all aspects of=

CFP: Reconstruction 7.2: Eco-Cultures: Culture Studies and the Environment (8/15/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Tuesday, August 1, 2006 - 2:02am
Justin M. Scott-Coe

Call for Papers: Special theme issue of Reconstruction

Co-edited by

Alexandra Ganser, M.A., University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Dr. Vibha Arora, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India

alexandraganser_at_hotmail.com AND vibhaaurora_at_gmail.com

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture is an open access,
electronic, peer-reviewed journal devoted to publishing essays in
cultural studies from emerging and established scholars worldwide.

CFP: Reconstruction 7.2: Eco-Cultures: Culture Studies and the Environment (8/15/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Tuesday, August 1, 2006 - 2:02am
Justin M. Scott-Coe

Call for Papers: Special theme issue of Reconstruction

Co-edited by

Alexandra Ganser, M.A., University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Dr. Vibha Arora, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India

alexandraganser_at_hotmail.com AND vibhaaurora_at_gmail.com

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture is an open access,
electronic, peer-reviewed journal devoted to publishing essays in
cultural studies from emerging and established scholars worldwide.

CFP: Reconstruction 7.2: Eco-Cultures: Culture Studies and the Environment (8/15/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Tuesday, August 1, 2006 - 2:02am
Justin M. Scott-Coe

Call for Papers: Special theme issue of Reconstruction

Co-edited by

Alexandra Ganser, M.A., University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Dr. Vibha Arora, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India

alexandraganser_at_hotmail.com AND vibhaaurora_at_gmail.com

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture is an open access,
electronic, peer-reviewed journal devoted to publishing essays in
cultural studies from emerging and established scholars worldwide.

CFP: Reconstruction 7.2: Eco-Cultures: Culture Studies and the Environment (8/15/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Tuesday, August 1, 2006 - 2:02am
Justin M. Scott-Coe

Call for Papers: Special theme issue of Reconstruction

Co-edited by

Alexandra Ganser, M.A., University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Dr. Vibha Arora, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India

alexandraganser_at_hotmail.com AND vibhaaurora_at_gmail.com

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture is an open access,
electronic, peer-reviewed journal devoted to publishing essays in
cultural studies from emerging and established scholars worldwide.

CFP: Feminism and Popular Culture (UK) (12/1/06; 6/29/07-7/1/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, August 1, 2006 - 2:02am
S J Gillis

The Feminist and Women's Studies Association (UK & Ireland) 20th Annual Conference

 Feminism and Popular Culture

University of Newcastle (June 29th-July 1st, 2007)

 

Keynote Speakers

s Pamela Church Gibson s Jackie Stacey s Yvonne Tasker s Imelda Whelehan s

 

The popular straddles disciplines, drawing together research that might otherwise remain discretely sited. This conference will interrogate how the popular and feminism has been understood, articulated and represented both in contemporary cultures and throughout history. Interdisciplinary in its approach, the conference will bring together scholars working in the arts, humanities and social sciences.

 

CFP: Feminism and Popular Culture (UK) (12/1/06; 6/29/07-7/1/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, August 1, 2006 - 2:02am
S J Gillis

The Feminist and Women's Studies Association (UK & Ireland) 20th Annual Conference

 Feminism and Popular Culture

University of Newcastle (June 29th-July 1st, 2007)

 

Keynote Speakers

s Pamela Church Gibson s Jackie Stacey s Yvonne Tasker s Imelda Whelehan s

 

The popular straddles disciplines, drawing together research that might otherwise remain discretely sited. This conference will interrogate how the popular and feminism has been understood, articulated and represented both in contemporary cultures and throughout history. Interdisciplinary in its approach, the conference will bring together scholars working in the arts, humanities and social sciences.

 

CFP: Feminism and Popular Culture (UK) (12/1/06; 6/29/07-7/1/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, August 1, 2006 - 2:02am
S J Gillis

The Feminist and Women's Studies Association (UK & Ireland) 20th Annual Conference

 Feminism and Popular Culture

University of Newcastle (June 29th-July 1st, 2007)

 

Keynote Speakers

s Pamela Church Gibson s Jackie Stacey s Yvonne Tasker s Imelda Whelehan s

 

The popular straddles disciplines, drawing together research that might otherwise remain discretely sited. This conference will interrogate how the popular and feminism has been understood, articulated and represented both in contemporary cultures and throughout history. Interdisciplinary in its approach, the conference will bring together scholars working in the arts, humanities and social sciences.

 

CFP: Feminism and Popular Culture (UK) (12/1/06; 6/29/07-7/1/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, August 1, 2006 - 2:02am
S J Gillis

The Feminist and Women's Studies Association (UK & Ireland) 20th Annual Conference

 Feminism and Popular Culture

University of Newcastle (June 29th-July 1st, 2007)

 

Keynote Speakers

s Pamela Church Gibson s Jackie Stacey s Yvonne Tasker s Imelda Whelehan s

 

The popular straddles disciplines, drawing together research that might otherwise remain discretely sited. This conference will interrogate how the popular and feminism has been understood, articulated and represented both in contemporary cultures and throughout history. Interdisciplinary in its approach, the conference will bring together scholars working in the arts, humanities and social sciences.

 

CFP: Women, Dying, and Death (10/13/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Tuesday, August 1, 2006 - 2:02am
Women's Studies

        CFP: Women, Dying, and Death (10/13/06; journal issue)
        Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal is seeking submissions =
for a special issue focused on women, dying, and death. The Year of =
Magical Thinking, Joan Didion's book about what life is like after the =
death of both her husband and daughter, was an unexpected best-seller =
given the difficult nature of the material. A personal narrative of =
grief, the book's success is indicative of both the fascination and the =
dread of the processes of death and dying. This special issue will =
examine the representations and images of women, dying, and death across =
cultural, religious, and artistic boundaries.

UPDATE: Fusion Cultures (UK) (9/7/06; 12/9/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, August 1, 2006 - 2:02am
BalmaColet_at_aol.com

Final call for papers: submission of abstracts extended until 7th September=
 =20
2006=20
Fusion cultures: 'memory, migration, [re]mediation, mobility' - 9th =20
december 2006 =20
A one-day multi-disciplinary conference, to be held at the maritime campus=
,=20
University of Greenwich, London, United Kingdom=20
The Asian Research Group at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College in=
=20
collaboration with the Department of English and Performance Studies at The=
=20
University of Greenwich, London=20
'Rather than a manufactured clash of civilizations, we need to concentrate=20
on the slow working together of cultures that overlap, borrow from each oth=
er,=20

UPDATE: Fusion Cultures (UK) (9/7/06; 12/9/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, August 1, 2006 - 2:02am
BalmaColet_at_aol.com

Final call for papers: submission of abstracts extended until 7th September=
 =20
2006=20
Fusion cultures: 'memory, migration, [re]mediation, mobility' - 9th =20
december 2006 =20
A one-day multi-disciplinary conference, to be held at the maritime campus=
,=20
University of Greenwich, London, United Kingdom=20
The Asian Research Group at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College in=
=20
collaboration with the Department of English and Performance Studies at The=
=20
University of Greenwich, London=20
'Rather than a manufactured clash of civilizations, we need to concentrate=20
on the slow working together of cultures that overlap, borrow from each oth=
er,=20

UPDATE: Fusion Cultures (UK) (9/7/06; 12/9/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, August 1, 2006 - 2:02am
BalmaColet_at_aol.com

Final call for papers: submission of abstracts extended until 7th September=
 =20
2006=20
Fusion cultures: 'memory, migration, [re]mediation, mobility' - 9th =20
december 2006 =20
A one-day multi-disciplinary conference, to be held at the maritime campus=
,=20
University of Greenwich, London, United Kingdom=20
The Asian Research Group at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College in=
=20
collaboration with the Department of English and Performance Studies at The=
=20
University of Greenwich, London=20
'Rather than a manufactured clash of civilizations, we need to concentrate=20
on the slow working together of cultures that overlap, borrow from each oth=
er,=20

CFP: Women, Dying, and Death (10/13/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Tuesday, August 1, 2006 - 2:02am
Women's Studies

        CFP: Women, Dying, and Death (10/13/06; journal issue)
        Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal is seeking submissions =
for a special issue focused on women, dying, and death. The Year of =
Magical Thinking, Joan Didion's book about what life is like after the =
death of both her husband and daughter, was an unexpected best-seller =
given the difficult nature of the material. A personal narrative of =
grief, the book's success is indicative of both the fascination and the =
dread of the processes of death and dying. This special issue will =
examine the representations and images of women, dying, and death across =
cultural, religious, and artistic boundaries.

CFP: Women, Dying, and Death (10/13/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Tuesday, August 1, 2006 - 2:02am
Women's Studies

        CFP: Women, Dying, and Death (10/13/06; journal issue)
        Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal is seeking submissions =
for a special issue focused on women, dying, and death. The Year of =
Magical Thinking, Joan Didion's book about what life is like after the =
death of both her husband and daughter, was an unexpected best-seller =
given the difficult nature of the material. A personal narrative of =
grief, the book's success is indicative of both the fascination and the =
dread of the processes of death and dying. This special issue will =
examine the representations and images of women, dying, and death across =
cultural, religious, and artistic boundaries.

UPDATE: Fusion Cultures (UK) (9/7/06; 12/9/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, August 1, 2006 - 2:02am
BalmaColet_at_aol.com

Final call for papers: submission of abstracts extended until 7th September=
 =20
2006=20
Fusion cultures: 'memory, migration, [re]mediation, mobility' - 9th =20
december 2006 =20
A one-day multi-disciplinary conference, to be held at the maritime campus=
,=20
University of Greenwich, London, United Kingdom=20
The Asian Research Group at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College in=
=20
collaboration with the Department of English and Performance Studies at The=
=20
University of Greenwich, London=20
'Rather than a manufactured clash of civilizations, we need to concentrate=20
on the slow working together of cultures that overlap, borrow from each oth=
er,=20

CFP: Narrating the Eighteenth Century (UK) (10/20/06; 4/16/07-4/17/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, August 1, 2006 - 2:02am
Margaret Yoon

"Narrating the Eighteenth Century"
16 - 17 April 2007, University of Exeter, UK
www.sall.ex.ac.uk/centres/c18narrative

Call for Papers:
The C18 Narrative Research Consortium based in the
Dept. of English at the University of Exeter invites
you to participate in our conference. The emphasis of
the conference is on interdisciplinary approaches to
studying the eighteenth century with the aim of
encouraging and assessing different methods of reading
narratives.

CFP: Narrating the Eighteenth Century (UK) (10/20/06; 4/16/07-4/17/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, August 1, 2006 - 2:02am
Margaret Yoon

"Narrating the Eighteenth Century"
16 - 17 April 2007, University of Exeter, UK
www.sall.ex.ac.uk/centres/c18narrative

Call for Papers:
The C18 Narrative Research Consortium based in the
Dept. of English at the University of Exeter invites
you to participate in our conference. The emphasis of
the conference is on interdisciplinary approaches to
studying the eighteenth century with the aim of
encouraging and assessing different methods of reading
narratives.

CFP: Hispanic Studies (no deadline noted; journal issue)

updated: 
Tuesday, August 1, 2006 - 2:02am
Tiffany Gagliardi Trotman

Ixquic: Revista Hisp=E1nica Internacional de An=E1lisis Literario y =
Cultural

Ixquic, an international peer-reviewed journal in the field of =20
Hispanic Studies, is now accepting submissions for its 7th edition to =20=

be published in late 2006. A portion of the edition will be dedicated =20=

to the work of the Spanish writer Antonio Gala however articles =20
outside of this topic will also be considered.

Submissions should be sent via email as an attached file to: =20
ixquic_at_otago.ac.nz

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