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category: general announcementsFirst Women and the Politics of Looking: Gender, Indigeneity and Representation -- January 1, 2010full name / name of organization: Wendy Gay Pearson, Film Studies, University of Western Ontario contact email: wpearson@uwo.ca First Women and the Politics of Looking: Gender, Indigeneity and Representation Ed. Wendy Gay Pearson, Kimberly J. Verwaayen, Ernie Blackmore and Renée E. Bédard Description:
Polluted Places/Impure Spacesfull name / name of organization: ACLA contact email: reusti3@lsu.edu Participants in this seminar will examine the voices that emerge from polluted or impure sites. This “pollution” could take many forms, and comprise an array of relations.
New Directions in Critical Theory: Borders, Power, Community-- April 30-May 1 2010full name / name of organization: New Directions in Critical Theory contact email: ndconf@gmail.com
7th Annual Tolkien at UVM Conference: Tolkien in the Classroomfull name / name of organization: Tolkien at UVM contact email: cvaccaro@uvm.edu This April 9-11, 2010, the English department will host the three-day J.R.R. Tolkien conference. Leslie Donovan will be our guest speaker.
Global Nonkilling Working Papersfull name / name of organization: Center for Global Nonkilling contact email: jevans@nonkilling.org The Center for Global Nonkilling, an organization working to promote change toward the measurable goal of a killing-free world, is launching in January 2010 its “Global Nonkilling Working Papers”
Southern Appalachian Student Conference on Literature (SASCOL)full name / name of organization: Sept. 25, 2010, East Tennessee State University contact email: weisk01@etsu.edu; holmest@etsu.edu Southern Appalachian Student Conference on Literature 2010 Students from any academic discipline are eligible to submit material to this conference, but the submissions must be about literature.
Chaucer at Galwayfull name / name of organization: National University of Ireland, Galway contact email: cliona.carney@nuigalway.ie A multi-disciplinary conference on Geoffrey Chaucer will be held in the National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland on 19th-20th May 2010.
The Art of Oblivionfull name / name of organization: European Society for Studies in English contact email: isabel.karremann@anglistik.uni-muenchen.de "The Art of Oblivion" Seminar at the 2010 ESSE conference in Torino, Italy, 24.-28. August 2010.
[UPDATE] Gender, Nature and Culture (May 20-22, 2010, Helsinki, Finland)full name / name of organization: 4th Christina Conference on Gender Studies / University of Helsinki contact email: christina-conference@helsinki.fi The 4th Christina conference explores the complex connections among gender, nature and culture.
Call for Papers for the Annuals of the Next Generation Journalfull name / name of organization: Center for African American Research and Policy contact email: adaniels@caarpweb.org Annuals of the Next Generation is a refereed, scholarly journal that seeks to provide a venue to showcase the next generation of African American scholars by publishing the research of
[update] Going Green from the Black Perspective: The Significance of Environmental Issues in the Black Community, 2/25/2010, NYfull name / name of organization: Tracey Walters/Stony Brook University contact email: twalters@notes.sunysb.edu "Going Green from the Black Perspective: The Significance of Environmental Issues in the Black Community" is a one-day conference devoted to exploring the various ways Black activists, scholars, agric
UPDATE: California Culture Call for Papers, Abstract/Proposals by December 15, 2009full name / name of organization: Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Associations 31st Annual Conference, Albuquerque, Feb 10-13, 2010 contact email: mganas@apu.edu Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Associations 31st Annual Conference Albuquerque, NM February 10-13, 2010 Hyatt Regency Albuquerque 330 Tijeras Albuquerque, NM 87102 Phone: 1.505
Teaching the Eighteenth Centuryfull name / name of organization: South-central Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies contact email: mrooks@kent.edu Papers are invited on any topic related to "teaching the eighteenth century" for a panel at SCSECS this February (25-27).
Truth and Beauty in John Patrick Shanley's _Doubt_, Christian Scholars' Conference, June 3-5, 2010full name / name of organization: Lisa Siefker Bailey / Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus contact email: lsiefker@iupui.edu or Isiefker@iupuc.edu Truth and Beauty in John Patrick Shanley's Doubt.
Coded: Comics and Containment Culture in the 1950'sfull name / name of organization: Rafe York contact email: yora0801@stcloudstate.edu Call for Papers Coded: Comics and Containment Culture in the 1950’s
Looking for Panelists: "International Romantic Melancholy"; PAC (11-13 March 2010)full name / name of organization: Kathleen Beres Rogers, Dept. of English, The College of Charleston contact email: rogerskb@cofc.edu I'm looking to put together a panel at the Philological Association of the Carolinas conference, held here in beautiful Charleston, SC, March 11-13, 2010 (see original cfp: http://call-for-papers.sas.
VICTORIAN SYSTEMS AND STANDARDIZATION - abstracts due November 15, 2009full name / name of organization: Victorian Studies Association of Ontario - Association of Canadian Collage and University Teachers of English contact email: VSAOatACCUTE@gmail.com Congress 2010: Victorian Studies Association of Ontario/ Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English Joint Session VICTORIAN SYSTEMS AND STANDARDIZATION
Updatefull name / name of organization: Popular Culture Association Southern Literature and Culture contact email: chris.bloss@gmail.com This year the conference will be held in lovely St. Louis, Missouri from March 31 to April 3 at the Renaissance Grand Hotel St. Louis, 800 Washington Avenue, St.
Papers Wanted for Literary Journal on American Identity - 11/15/09 Deadlinefull name / name of organization: St. John's University Humanities Review contact email: sjuhumanities@gmail.com This is a call for papers for the fall 2009 Humanities Review, a literary journal for the St. John’s University English Department in Queens, NY.
[UPDATE] Politics and Literature: Winter Issue of PLJ - Deadline Extended - 11/10/09full name / name of organization: Pennsylvania Literary Journal contact email: pennsylvaniajournal@gmail.com The deadline for the Winter Issue, “Politics and Literature” of the Pennsylvania Literary Journal is extended until November 10th.
Building the Polis: English teaching, ethical criticism and the new rhetoric 12-14 July 2010, University of Sydney, Australiafull name / name of organization: Arts, English and Literacy Education Network (AELE, Faculty of Arts) and School of Letters, Art and Media (SLAM, Faculty of Education), University of Sydney contact email: nina.goodwin@edfac.usyd.edu.au This conference is open to teachers and academics from both secondary and university sectors to discuss what ethical criticism and the new rhetoric might offer the profession as a way of developing a
Literary London 2010, 7-9 July 2010full name / name of organization: Literary London contact email: contact@literarylondon.org Literary London 2010
Hosted by the Institute of English Studies, University of London
Re-defining art: Artistic genres in literary works.full name / name of organization: The American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) contact email: medinaa@uhd.edu This seminar seeks to identify how and why contemporary literature uses visual works of art (murals, montages, sculpture, paintings, photography, etc) as a means of interpretation.
Sex, Death, and Boredom: An Academic Conference. Friday, February 12, 2010. Fordham Lincoln Center Campus.full name / name of organization: Will Fenton, Fordham Graduate English Association contact email: fenton@fordham.edu Calling All Papers Fordham University Sex, Death, and Boredom
Syl-la-ble: Performing Syntactic Vulnerabilityfull name / name of organization: Catalina Florina Florescu contact email: plutesc@aol.com This panel addresses the roles that syntax and performance play in telling the stories of people who live, or live within, bodily transformations.
“Longing in the Age of New Media” 2/19/10full name / name of organization: USC Comparative Literature Symposium/USC Department of Comparative Literature contact email: coltsymposium@gmail.com We invite you to submit paper proposals to the 2010 Comparative Literature Symposium at USC. We welcome submissions from all disciplines relevant to the conference theme:
Ravenna, an online journal dedicated to the relationship between the British decadent movement and Italyfull name / name of organization: http://www.oscholars.com/Ravenna/Ravenna2/toc.htm contact email: luca.caddia@katamail.com I am pleased to announce the publication of the second volume of "Ravenna", an online interdisciplinary journal devoted to the relationship between the British Decadent movement and Italy.
The Resurrection of the Paranormal: Investigating Otherness in 21st Century English Studies [March 5-6, 2010]full name / name of organization: North Carolina State University Association of English Graduate Students contact email: aegs.ncsu@gmail.com North Carolina State University English Graduate Student Symposium March 5-6, 2010 Deadline for Submissions: December 21, 2009
Beyond Don Juan: Rethinking Iberian Masculinitiesfull name / name of organization: The Catalan Center at NYU (New York University) contact email: mary.ann.newman@nyu.edu (CC JoseMaria.Armengol@uclm.es) CALL FOR PAPERS BEYOND DON JUAN: The Catalan Center at New York University In collaboration with:
POLITICS, RELIGION, AND VIOLENCE | A Seminar with Simon Critchley | Tilburg Summer Philosophy School | July 15-24, 2010full name / name of organization: Tilburg University, The Netherlands - Department of Philosophy, contact email: Todd.kesselman@gmail.com POLITICS, RELIGION, AND VIOLENCE | A Seminar with Simon Critchley | Tilburg Summer Philosophy School | July 15-24, 2010 Tilburg Summer Philosophy School | The Netherlands
LIT: Literature Interpretation Theory Special Issue "Writers and the Business of Writing" DEADLINE 11/16/09full name / name of organization: LIT: Literature Interpretation Theory contact email: litjourn@yahoo.com LIT: Literature Interpretation Theory Special Issue "Writers and the Business of Writing" DEADLINE 11/16/09
"Limits of the Human"full name / name of organization: Early Modern Center at Uninversity of California, Santa Barbara contact email: emcconference@gmail.com The Early Modern Center of the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) invites paper proposals for our 2010 Winter Conference, "Limits of the Human." The conference will take place on Friday
Infinitus 2010: A Harry Potter Symposium (July 15-18, 2010 in Orlando, FL) Submissions due January 16, 2010full name / name of organization: HP Education Fanon, Inc. contact email: fpsubmissions@infinitus2010.org Presented by HP Education Fanon, Inc.
reminder: Caribbean Enlightenment, an Interdisciplinary Caribbean Studies Conference, 8 - 10 April 2010, University of Glasagowfull name / name of organization: University of Glasgow contact email: CaribbeanEnlightenment@googlemail.com Caribbean Enlightenment Keynote Speakers
The Aural Archive, ACLA, April 1-4, 2010, New Orleans (11/13/09)full name / name of organization: Michael Cohen, Louisiana State University; Sarah J. Townsend, New York University contact email: mcohen@lsu.edu; sjt239@nyu.edu “The Aural Archive” ACLA annual convention, New Orleans, April 1-4, 2010 Proposals due: Nov. 13, 2009
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