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EUROPE ON DISPLAY
11th Annual Conference of the European Cinemas Research Forum, in conjunction with the Project on European Cinemas (Montreal).
Montreal, 22-24 September 2011
Platte Valley Review will publish a special issue for Spring 2011. The theme, Forces of Nature, should be interpreted as contributor wishes.
Poetry, Prose, Creative Non-Fiction, Environmental and Critical Essays, Photography, or Artwork, relevant to Forces of Nature are welcome as general submissions.
The Platte Valley Review is published under the auspices of the endowed Reynolds Chair, Allison Hedge Coke, Senior Editor, and Robert Ficociello, Managing Editor.
Distinguished UNK Sandhill Crane Literary Fellows will jury and contribute to this edition.
The College English Association invites submissions on the topic of "Lady of the Lakes: Harriet Martineau and the New Age of Reason" for the MLA Convention in Seattle January 5-8, 2012.
DEADLINE EXTENDED
Call for Papers:
4th Annual GEO Conference
"Borderlines"
University of Maryland, College Park
March 11-12, 2011
The Graduate English Organization of the University of Maryland's Department of English invites graduate students to submit abstracts for our fourth annual interdisciplinary graduate conference "Borderlines."
Bridging the Gaps, Minding the Context is a conference hosted by and designed for PhD and Postgraduate students. It seeks to address a number of issues related to literary studies today, in an attempt to bring together early-career researchers from different disciplines. As the title suggests, this conference proposes to discuss the intersection between literature and culture, and how such connection can successfully reflect deeper changes at other levels: how can borders be crossed in literature? And, how do we cross them when encountering a written text? The fragility and ever-changing nature of meaning and textual veracity will also serve as the starting point from which to explore shifting perceptions of power and authority in the text.
Please note the call for papers for the interdisciplinary 'Spectres of Class' conference at the University of Chester, UK, on 15-16 July 2011 organised in association with CADAAD (Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines).
We welcome abstracts of no more than 300 words by Friday 25 March 2011. Please send attached as a word document with the sender's name, position, contact address and email.
Organised by Professor Deborah Wynne and Dr Matt Davies, University of Chester English Department.
Confirmed keynote speakers so far:
NOMAS: NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MEN AGAINST SEXISM
36TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MEN & MASCULINITY
Breaking Out of the Box: Redefining Masculinity
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
April 1-3, 2011
The NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MEN AGAINST SEXISM holds a yearly National Conference on Men and Masculinity. The 2011 Conference will be held on the campus of Florida State University in Tallahassee on April 1 through April 3, 2011. This year's conference theme is "Breaking Out of the Box: Redefining Masculinity."
PCA/ACA & Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Associations
Joint Conference
San Antonio, Texas
April 20-23, 2011
Marriott Rivercenter
101 Bowie Street
San Antonio, Texas 78205 USA
Phone: 1-210-223-1000
Submission Deadline: December 15th, 2010
Conference Website: (updated regularly)
Panels now forming for presentations on the films and career of Alfred Hitchcock. Listed below are some suggestions for possible presentations.
Despite the Civil War's lasting impact on popular culture in the U.S., the literature of the Civil War period remains an understudied area of nineteenth-century American literary studies. This proposed panel welcomes papers on literature of and about the Civil War through the end of reconstruction. Papers on individual texts or larger trends are welcome, as are traditional and non-traditional definitions of "literature."
Please email a 250-word proposal and a 1-page c.v. to crowell2@illinois.edu by December 15, 2010.
The University of Findlay's Center for Teaching Excellence
Save the Date!
May 12–13, 2011
The University of Findlay
Findlay, Ohio
Deadline for electronic proposals of 500 words:
Midnight, January 15, 2011
Teaching, Learning and Technology Centers/Centers for Teaching Excellence (hereafter referred to as TLTCs/CTEs) serve a wide diversity of purposes and populations at university campuses. From a broad perspective, these type of centers are engaged in faculty (and possibly staff and student) development and training, providing programs/services in areas such as classroom, tenure and promotion preparation, advising, assessment and/or technology outreach.
Sir Philip Sidney wrote that poetry "is an art of imitation; for so Aristotle termeth it in the word [Greek text]; that is to say, a representing, counterfeiting, or figuring forth: to speak metaphorically, a speaking picture, with this end, to teach and delight." What, then does poetry teach us? How does it continue to delight us? This panel seeks papers that explore or even celebrate the triumph of poetry in English during the 16th and 17th centuries. From sonnets to soliloquies, how do Early Modern poets and playwrights utilize verse?
Please send abstracts of no more than 500 words to Lynne Simpson at lsimpson@presby.edu by May 1.
"Counterfeiting or Teaching? Using English Renaissance Poetry to Teach Non-Literary Skills"
Open Call for Submission
Polari Journal is currently holding an open call for submissions for its third issue (published April 2011).
There is no specific theme for this issue; however Polari tends towards the shorter forms: short stories, poetry, essays, one act plays/scripts and reviews. In general, the word limit for fiction, plays and essays is 6000 words. Reviews should normally not be more than 1500 words. For poetry, the maximum is 100 lines.
At this time financial remuneration is not offered. All rights remain with the author/s.
The Final Date for submission is February 1st 2011.
At our inaugural Kansas State University Regional Graduate Student Conference in Literature, we will explore the ways in which revolutions of all kind have affected (and continue to affect) our discipline. Revolution! is inspired by Jasbir Puar's groundbreaking work, Terrorist Assemblages: Homonationalism in Queer Times, which critiques contemporary configurations of sexuality, race, gender, nation, class, and ethnicity. Using Puar's work as a touchstone for revolutionary readings, our conference will examine representations of revolution in its various forms—cultural, political, textual, and theoretical—in British and American literature composed during any period.
Chapter proposals for a collection on Asian American literature and the environment currently being considered. Submit a 600-word proposal plus a position-publication profile statement by February 15, 2011. Chapters will be 7000 words due by December 30, 2011.
L. Fitzsimmons is Associate Professor of Humanities at CSUDH in Los Angeles. She is currently editing several collections on Asian popular culture studies with John A. Lent (Temple University).
Lorna Fitzsimmons, Ph.D.
Coordinator, Humanities Program
California State University, Dominguez Hills
LCHA338
1000 East Victoria Street
Carson, CA 90747-0005
USA
310-243-3036
Walt Whitman uses nation-building gets his ideals of democracy into society. He creates a self out of the reader that will relate to his own self. He wants the self to be realized.
Announcing a call for papers for the CEA-MAG Annual Spring Conference, "Fortunes & Misfortunes," at Montgomery College, Rockville, MD on 5 March 2011. Deadline for proposals: December 15.
Abstract
The Sixties: The Culture, The Movements, and The Summer of Love
Deadline for proposal submissions is December 15.
The Sixties Area of the Popular Culture Association welcomes submissions on any aspect of the decade. Topics of interest might include, but are not limited to:
CALL FOR PAPERS
Music and Philosophy
1st Annual Conference of the Royal Musical Association Music and Philosophy Study Group
Generously supported by King's College London, the British Society of Aesthetics, the Institute of Musical Research, and the Centre for Music on Stage and Screen (University of Nottingham)
Friday and Saturday, 1-2 July 2011
*New venue: King's College London*
More information and conference website: http://www.musicandphilosophy.ac.uk/
Keynote speakers:
We invite manuscripts of scholarly articles (4000-6000 words) on any of the following: Bram Stoker, the novel Dracula, the historical Dracula, the vampire in folklore, fiction, film, popular culture, and related topics.
Submissions should be sent electronically (as an e-mail attachment in .doc or .rtf). Please indicate the title of your submission in the subject line of your e-mail.
Please follow the 2009 updated MLA style.
Contributors are responsible for obtaining any necessary permissions and ensuring observance of copyright.
Manuscripts will be peer-reviewed independently by at least two scholars in the field.
Copyright for published articles remains with the author.
We invite manuscripts of scholarly articles (4000-6000 words) on any of the following: Bram Stoker, the novel Dracula, the historical Dracula, the vampire in folklore, fiction, film, popular culture, and related topics.
Submissions should be sent electronically (as an e-mail attachment in .doc or .rtf). Please indicate the title of your submission in the subject line of your e-mail.
Please follow the 2009 updated MLA style.
Contributors are responsible for obtaining any necessary permissions and ensuring observance of copyright.
Manuscripts will be peer-reviewed independently by at least two scholars in the field.
Copyright for published articles remains with the author.
Rhizomes Special Issue: Deleuze and Photography
CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS
Proposal Submission Deadline December 31, 2010
Social Software and the Evolution of User Expertise: Future
Trends in Knowledge Creation and Dissemination
A book edited by Dr. Tatjana Takševa
Saint Mary's University, Canada
To be published by IGI Global: http://www.igi-global.com
Keynote Speakers: Professors Kim Knott (University of Leeds); Bart Moore-Gilbert (Goldsmith's University); Neil L. Whitehead (University of Wisconsin)
I would like to draw your attention to the following
position available at the University of Fribourg.
Apologies for cross-posting.
The Faculty of Humanities at the University of Fribourg
invites applications for the position of
Associate Professor in Medieval English Language and Literature
commencing 1 September 2011
For further information, please see: http://lettres.unifr.ch/fr/services/job/
EUROFAN: New Directions of the European Fantastic After the Cold War
Second Annual Conference of the Gesellschaft für Fantastikforschung (GFF)
to be held at the University of Salzburg from 29 September to 1 October 2011
CALL FOR PROPOSALS: SESSIONS, PANELS, PAPERS
Eastern European Culture
NATIONAL POPULAR CULTURE & AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATIONS 2011 JOINT CONFERENCE
April 20- 23, 2011
Marriott Rivercenter in San Antonio, TX
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.
Eastern European includes but is not limited to cultures within the following nations: Russia, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Hungary, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia- Herzegovina, Macedonia, and Albania.
Call for Papers
The T. S. Eliot Society's annual meeting will be held in Paris to commemorate the centenary of Eliot's vital postgraduate year in that city. Clearly organized proposals of about 300 words, on any topic reasonably related to Eliot, along with biographical sketches, should be forwarded by February 13, 2011, to the President, David Chinitz (dchinit@luc.edu).
Echoes: Across Disciplines, Texts, and Times
March 18-19, 2011
When an echo sounds, be it spoken, written, or acted, the repeated content takes on a new character. The Echoes Graduate Student Conference at Duquesne University seeks to engage academic communities in polyvocal dialogues, exploring echoes as they appear across disciplines, texts, and times.