category: general announcements

CFP - 2nd Annual Marginalised Mainstream Conference: Fading and Emerging, 12-13 September 2013 [Deadline 17 May 2013]

full name / name of organization: 
Marginalised Mainstream 2013
contact email: 
marginalisedmainstream@gmail.com

Keynote speakers include: Dr Kate Macdonald (Ghent University, Brussels) and Dr Nicola Humble (University of Roehampton, London)

Literary Dolls: The Female Textual Body from the Nineteenth Century to Now - Deadline for Abstracts June 1st

full name / name of organization: 
University of Durham
contact email: 
literarydollsconference@gmail.com

Literary Dolls:The Female Textual Body from the 19th Century to Now

University of Durham, International Women’s Day, 8th March 2014

Collaboration

full name / name of organization: 
Jefferson Journal of Science and Culture, University of Virginia
contact email: 
jeffersonjournaluva@gmail.com

The Jefferson Journal of Science and Culture is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Jefferson Scholars Foundation of the University of Virginia.

Albert Camus & Philosophy of Communication: Making Sense in an Age of Absurdity [October 17-18, 2013]

full name / name of organization: 
Gannon University
contact email: 
sleasman001@gannon.edu

Call for Papers, Panels, and Proposals
“Albert Camus & Philosophy of Communication:
Making Sense in an Age of Absurdity”
www.gannon.edu/philcomm
Gannon University
October 17 – 18, 2013

UPDATE: Great Writing Creative Writing Conference (UK) 05/10/13: 06/29-13 - 06/30/13

full name / name of organization: 
Great Writing International Creative Writing Conference
contact email: 
conference@greatwriting.org.uk

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Dear Colleagues,

re: Great Writing
UK’s International Creative Writing Conference
Imperial College, London
Sat. June 29th – Sun. June 30th 2013

Global Shakespeare as Methodology

full name / name of organization: 
Shakespeare 450
contact email: 
acyhuang05@gmail.com

(This seminar is part of 'Shakespeare 450', the international week-long conference in Paris celebrating the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth in April 21-27, 2014.)

EXTENDED DEADLINE: Dissent: An Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference

full name / name of organization: 
Dalhousie Association of Graduate Students in English
contact email: 
dagse.conference@gmail.com

On December 11th 2012, Chief Theresa Spence of the Attawapiskat First Nation in Northern Ontario declared a hunger strike to critique the federal government’s abuses of treaty rights and First Natio

Sirens - 10/10 - 10/13; deadline May 10

full name / name of organization: 
Cora Anderson / Narrate Conferences
contact email: 
programming at sirensconference.org

CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Sirens
Stevenson, Washington
October 10–13, 2013
A conference on women in fantasy literature presented by Narrate Conferences, Inc.

It Was 50 Years Ago Today!: An International Beatles Celebration

full name / name of organization: 
Penn State University
contact email: 
womack@psu.edu

Organized by Penn State University, this international Beatles celebration will be held at Penn State’s Altoona College on February 7-9, 2014, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Beatles

[UPDATE] Call for Papers: AULLA 2013: Worldmaking - Deadline Extension

full name / name of organization: 
Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association (AULLA)
contact email: 
subscriptions@aulla.com.au

NEW DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION: 31 May, 2013

The theme of the 37th Congress of the Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association (AULLA) is ‘Worldmaking’.

Space and Place in the Arts and Humanities

full name / name of organization: 
HARTS & Minds interdisciplinary postgraduate journal
contact email: 
editors@harts-minds.co.uk

DEADLINE 17th May for abstract and draft article along with an academic CV to editors@harts-minds.co.uk - Spread the Word!

Space and Place in the Humanities and Arts

London Fantastic - Pre-1900 (LonCon, August 2014)

full name / name of organization: 
LonCon
contact email: 
londonfantastic@gmail.com

Fantastic London
LonCon, August 2014

Proposals are welcome on “Fantastic London” for the academic programme at Loncon 3, the 72nd World Science Fiction Convention.

[UPDATE] Deadline Extended - Crossing the Bar: Public Engagement and Humanities Research

full name / name of organization: 
Keele University & University of Liverpool
contact email: 
j.e.taylor@keele.ac.uk, k.astbury@liverpool.ac.uk

Due to the number of people who've requested a slightly later deadline, we've extended the deadline to Wednesday April 10th 2013.

[Update] Exploring Digital Narcissisms

full name / name of organization: 
Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture
contact email: 
reconstruction.submissions@gmail.com

Reconstruction 13.3: Exploring Digital Narcissisms

ImageTexT Special Issue: Comics and Post-Secondary Education

full name / name of organization: 
ImageTexT
contact email: 
jbcarter777@gmail.com and naltabaa@ufl.edu

ImageTexT Special Issue: "Comics and Post-Secondary Pedagogy"
Posted 29 Mar, 2013 at http://www.english.ufl.edu/imagetext/news.shtml?%2Fcfp

Guest Editor: James Bucky Carter, Ph.D.

The New Western

full name / name of organization: 
Scott F. Stoddart
contact email: 
scott_stoddart@fitnyc.edu

THE NEW WESTERN

Starz television’s Spartacus series

full name / name of organization: 
Michael G. Cornelius
contact email: 
mcornelius@wilson.edu

Starz television’s Spartacus series

Call for papers

Editor: Michael G. Cornelius, Ph.D.

A scholarly treatment of Starz television’s Spartacus series is currently being compiled.

CFP TRACES - Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Research Conference - Friday 14 June 2013 [Deadline: 30 April 2013]

full name / name of organization: 
GLITS - Goldsmiths College, University of London
contact email: 
traces2013@gold.ac.uk

Keynote Speaker: Professor Mark Currie (Queen Mary, University of London)

Oh you lost God! You endless trace!
Only because in the end hate divided you

Anti-Portraiture - 6th June 2013 Birkbeck College, University of London

full name / name of organization: 
Birkbeck College, University of London
contact email: 
theantiportrait@gmail.com

In the disciplines of art history and visual culture, the portrait is often understood as the depiction of a unique human subject. But what are the limits of portraiture?

The Queerness and Games Conference. UC Berkeley. October 26th & 27th, 2013. Apply by 7/1

full name / name of organization: 
The Queerness and Games Conference
contact email: 
qgconference@gmail.com

Where & When:
UC Berkeley Center for New Media
Saturday and Sunday, October 26th and 27th, 20013
Registration info at www.qgcon.com
qgconference@gmail.com; @qgcon; #qgcon

What:

American Fantasies and Dreams

full name / name of organization: 
American Studies Association of Turkey
contact email: 
asat2007@gmail.com

American Studies Association of Turkey
36th International Conference

American Fantasies and Dreams
May 14–16, 2014
Atatürk University
Erzurum Technical University
Erzurum, Turkey

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Pupil Journal Publication CFP extended deadline 4/15/13

full name / name of organization: 
Teaching Writing Club - California State University Fullerton
contact email: 
teachingwritingclub@gmail.com

Deadline for submissions extended to April 15th, 2013.

International Conference on Competitiveness Evaluation and Conceptual Aspects

full name / name of organization: 
CENTRUM Católica
contact email: 
icceca.2013@pucp.pe

International Conference on Competitiveness Evaluation and Conceptual Aspects

CENTRUM Católica Graduate School of Business, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú,

‘The Good Soldier Centenary Conference’, 12-14 September 2013

full name / name of organization: 
Swansea University
contact email: 
Geraint.Evans@swansea.ac.uk

'The Good Soldier Centenary Conference'

Organised in Association with the Ford Madox Ford Society

Swansea University
12-14 September 2013

Second Symposium on Asians in the Americas, 27-28 Sept 2013, Malibu, CA

full name / name of organization: 
Pepperdine U
contact email: 
david.simonowitz@pepperdine.edu

This symposium aims to explore the multifaceted representations of Asian lives in the Americas in history, sociology, religion, anthropology, art, education, film, and popular culture.

The Medium, Before and After Modernism (DUE: 6 May 2013)

full name / name of organization: 
College Art Association (Chicago, 12-15 February 2014)
contact email: 
roland.betancourt@yale.edu

The medium and its specificity have oriented the discourse on the arts throughout various historic and historiographic periods.

UPDATE: CFP: 9/11 Popular Culture (Panels for MPCA,Oct 11-13, 2013); April 30 deadline

full name / name of organization: 
Paul Petrovic / Midwest Popular Culture Association
contact email: 
pauldpetrovic@gmail.com

The Midwest Popular Association / American Culture Association conference will be held at the St. Louis Union Station in St. Louis, MO, this October 11-13, 2013.

Writing After Retirement: Tips by Successful Retired Writers

full name / name of organization: 
Scarecrow Press
contact email: 
smallwood@tm.net

An anthology of unpublished 3,000-4,000 word chapters or two chapters coming to that word count by successful, men and women retired writers from the U.S.

Creative Management of Small Public Libraries in the 21st Century

full name / name of organization: 
Scarecrow Press
contact email: 
smallwood@tm.net

Chapters sought for an anthology by practicing public librarians and LIS faculty in the United States and Canada: creative, practical how-to chapters for a handbook on strengthening small and rural pu

Women, Work, and the Web: How the Web Creates Entrepreneurial Opportunities

full name / name of organization: 
Scarecrow Press
contact email: 
smallwood@tm.net

Seeking chapters of unpublished work from writers in the U.S. and Canada for an anthology.

Making Libraries Integral in the Lives of Baby Boomers

full name / name of organization: 
Scarecrow Press
contact email: 
smallwood@tm.net

Chapters sought for an anthology by practicing public librarians and LIS faculty in the United States and Canada: creative, practical how-to chapters for a handbook on strengthening and expanding serv

[Deadline Extended]Explorations of Childhood in Nineteenth Century Working Class Life Writing (PAMLA)

full name / name of organization: 
Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association
contact email: 
smacdon8@kent.edu

This panel is designed to examine ideas of childhood based on the life writing of working class people.

PEC_17CFP_2013. Problems of Education in the 21st Century

full name / name of organization: 
Scientia Socialis
contact email: 
problemsofeducation@gmail.com

Dear colleagues,
We send to you the information about the possibility to submit an article for an international scientific journal (Seventeenth Call for Papers)

NeMLA Diversity Panels CFP -- Due April 15th 2013

full name / name of organization: 
Northeast Modern Language Association
contact email: 
donavanramon@gmail.com

The Northeast Modern Languages Association (NeMLA) is now accepting session proposals (not individual papers just yet) for next year’s NeMLA convention in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania from April 3-6 201

[UPDATE]- Southern Lit and Culture, MPCA Oct 2013- Deadline APR 30!

full name / name of organization: 
Anne M Canavan/ Emporia State University
contact email: 
anne.canavan@gmail.com

Call for Papers

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