cfp.english.upenn.edu

The editors seek abstracts for essays sharing advice, unique stories or sage wisdom for graduate students at all levels.

The Romance between the Visual and the Printed Word

FASHION
2013 Midwest Popular Culture Association Conference
Friday-Sunday, October 11-13, 2013
St. Louis, MO
St. Louis Union Station Hotel, A Doubletree by Hilton

Deadline: May 15, 2013

The Northeast Popular/American Culture Association (NEPCA) is pleased to issue a call for papers for its fall conference.

Karl May in France : a failed reception ?

The new millennium has born witness to a multitude of reinventions. Fairy tales also have been recreated in an ever increasing number in recent years.

All children face conflict at some time in their lives and this conference explores the way in which this is represented in children's and young adult fiction.

The 37th annual ACIS Midwest Regional Conference in Iowa City (October 10-12, 2013) welcomes proposals for papers on any and all topics related to Irish studies – from new and existing ACIS members,

CALL FOR PAPERS

"New Directions: African American Literature in the 21st Century"

Call for Papers.

Call for Submissions
The Emerald Issue, the 10th annual edition of Fairy Tale Review, will feature work inspired by The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

The "Disney Culture" session for the 2013 PAMLA Conference (Bahia Resort, San Diego, CA, November 1-3, 2013) is looking for paper proposals on various aspects of Disney culture:

Theme Parks

CALL FOR PAPERS

Imagining Alternatives: A Graduate Symposium on Speculative Fictions

October 18-19, 2013

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Submission Deadline: August 23, 2013

Announcing Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture Issue 13.1 “How Did I Write That? Reflections on Singularity in the Creative Process”

edited by Alan Clinton and Angela Flury

Forty approved sessions for the November 1-3, 2013 PAMLA Conference (at the Bahia Resort Hotel, San Diego, California) have extended their paper proposal deadline until May 12.

IRISH STUDIES at SAMLA- Nov. 8-10, 2013

Writing Ireland: Identity, Memory, and Place

UPDATE: I have received many innovative proposals so far, but several key authors I would like to see included remain unclaimed, such as J.R.R. Tolkien, Diana Wynne Jones, J.K. Rowling, Madeleine L'Engle, Ursula Le Guin, Terry Pratchett, and Suzanne Collins, among a few others. Also please note that depending on the submissions, I may expand the “Pathfinders” section to include Victorian fantasy (i.e., George MacDonald, William Morris, etc.) as an additional precursor to modern fantasy. There is also a strong possibility I will add a new section for “Fantasy on Film.” If you have an interest in any of these categories, or those below (see full CFP), please contact me at the email address provided.

In Hip Hop Wars, Tricia Rose argues that, “Hip Hop has become a primary means by which we talk about race in the United States.” Rose’s insight delves into the historical evolution of the genre

Entangled Children: Technology, Media-Enhancement, and Storytelling in Children's Culture

The New York Metro American Studies Association's Annual Conference provides a dynamic forum for area scholars, while attracting presenters nationally.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Early African American Children’s Literature
An anthology of original essays

CALL FOR PAPERS - Thirteenth Issue of Online Journal BARNOLIPI (http://www.barnolipi.com).

BARNOLIPI is an Interdisciplinary International Research Journal

Transitions 4 is a one-day symposium promoting new research and multi-disciplinary academic study of comics/ comix/ manga/ bande dessinée and other forms of sequential art, now in its fourth year at

Renascence is a scholarly journal published by Marquette University.

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Adapting Frankenstein
The Monster’s Eternal Lives in Popular Culture

This is a call for papers from postgraduate students and early career researchers for a new interdisciplinary discussion group (starting in the upcoming academic year at King’s College London)

PAMLA 2013 Annual Conference - November 1-3, 2013 in San Diego, CA
http://www.pamla.org/2013/

Proposal Deadline: May 12th, 2013

YA Literature Panel CFP:

We are pleased to announce a CFP for articles and reviews for our online peer-reviewed, open access journal, The Phoenix Papers (ISSN 2325-2316).

Submissions are being accepted on an ongoing basis for upcoming issues of Catholic Library World.

Metatheatrical Dimensions of Ontological Memories

This panel invites participants from any college or university where there is an interest in building a B.A. in English or establishing a new programmatic track within the discipline.

CALL FOR PAPERS

“Why Semiotics”

The Semiotic Society of America
invites the submission of abstracts for presentation at its
38th Annual Meeting, to be held

Monday 17 June 2013, University of Oxford

Transforming Postgraduate Research: Engaging with the Digital World

The event will include keynote addresses by: