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category: popular culture[UPDATE] Literature and Psychoanalysis Symposium: "Playing Doctor: Performance, Trauma, and the Ethics of Psychoanalysis"full name / name of organization: Literature and Psychoanalysis Reading Group, Department of English, University of Toronto contact email: 2010splrg@gmail.com *Deadline for proposals this Friday, March 26!* Keynote Speaker: Professor Naomi Morgenstern, University of Toronto.
[UPDATE] PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF POPULAR CULTURE: SPACES AND CONTEXTS. 4th International SELICUP Conference 20-22 Oct 2010full name / name of organization: José I. Prieto-Arranz / University of the Balearic Islands contact email: jose-igor.prieto@uib.eu As previously announced, the IV SELICUP conference Past, Present and Future of Popular Culture: Spaces and Contexts will be hosted by the Department of Spanish, Modern and Classical Languages at the U
1st Global Conference: The Value of Work (November 2010: Prague, Czech Republic)full name / name of organization: Dr Rob Fisher/Inter-Disciplinary.Net contact email: vow@inter-disciplinary.net 1st Global Conference Friday 5th November – Sunday 7th November 2010 Call for Papers
Histories Created Through Film, October 20-22, 2010full name / name of organization: Cinema Studies Graduate Student Association / San Francisco State University contact email: sfsufilmconference@gmail.com The San Francisco State University 12th Annual International Film Conference
African American Literature and the "Post-Racial," African American Literature Section at the M/MLA in Chicago, Nov. 4-7, 2010full name / name of organization: Gregory Laski contact email: g-laski@northwestern.edu Presumably heralding a new era of colorblindness or the end of racism more generally (if not both), the term “post-racial” has acquired a great deal of currency recently, not only in political dis
Provence and the British Imaginationfull name / name of organization: Universite de Provence contact email: beatrice.laurent@iufm-martinique.fr Provence and the British Imagination Université de Provence 19 and 20 November 2010, Aix-en-Provence, France Organising institutions
The Preservation of Place: Regionalism and Ecological Conservation (SAMLA, 11/5- 7, 2010, Deadline: April 30)full name / name of organization: Michael Beilfuss contact email: mbeilfuss@tamu.edu “We seek the balance between cosmopolitan pluralism and deep local consciousness.
[UPDATE] Strange Worlds – Paths and Spaces of the Fantastic in the 21st Centuryfull name / name of organization: Gesellschaft für Fantastikforschung (GFF) contact email: LARS.schmeink@uni-hamburg.de Call for Papers Fremde Welten
Tainted Love: Screening Sexual Perversitiesfull name / name of organization: Darren Kerr and Donna Peberdy/Southampton Solent University contact email: darren.kerr@solent.ac.uk or donna.peberdy@solent.ac.uk CALL FOR PAPERS Tainted Love
Essays wanted for upcoming collection on Conan the Cimmerianfull name / name of organization: Jonas Prida/ College of St. Joseph contact email: jprida@csj.edu Seeking proposals for a multi-disciplinary collection of essays on Conan. I already have the book contract and need two/three more essays to round the manuscript out.
Society for Utopian Studies Special Panel: Punisment in Utopia, Oct 28-31 2010full name / name of organization: Society for Utopian Studies contact email: kbroad@gc.cuny.edu or carrie.hintz@qc.cuny.edu Utopian scholars have often commented on the troubling presence of transgressions, even in societies that are reputed to have solved criminal and bad behavior through social planning.
[UPDATE] Deadline Extended for Poetry Anthologyfull name / name of organization: The List Anthology contact email: thelistanthology@gmail.com Deadline Extended: May 15, 2010
“The International Critical Reception of A Thousand and One Nights in the fields of humanities” 13-14 April 2011full name / name of organization: Al al-Bayt University / Jordan contact email: milletunuits@yahoo.fr The Department of Modern Languages, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Al-Albayt, in collaboration with the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie is honored to invite you to partici
[UPDATE] DEADLINE EXTENSION Call for Papers: Investigating Torchwood: Text, Context, Audiences Friday June 18th, 2010full name / name of organization: Dr. Rebecca Williams/ University of Glamorgan contact email: rwillia3@glam.ac.uk Please note the revised deadline for this event - Monday 19th April, 2010. ------------------- Investigating Torchwood: Text, Context, Audiences
30/04/2010 Sexuality Across the Disciplinesfull name / name of organization: Department of Comparative Literature, State University of New York at Binghamton contact email: sexualityacrossthedisciplines@gmail.com The Comparative Literature Department of SUNY Binghamton
Feminist Responses to Sigmund Freud, Critical and Creative Work, April 30 Deadlinefull name / name of organization: Blossombones contact email: KristinaMarieDarling@yahoo.com Call For Submissions: The Freud Issue Open reading period: February 1st – April 30th
Mis/Appropriation - Oxford English Postgraduate Conferencefull name / name of organization: Faculty of English, University of Oxford contact email: diane.alff@sjc.ox.ac.uk This year's Oxford English Postgraduate Conference will take place on Friday 4th June. Proposals are invited on the theme of Mis/Appropriation in and of literary contexts.
Beowulf & Related Topics, PAMLA 2010 (April 5)full name / name of organization: Kristin Noone, University of California, Riverside contact email: kristin.noone@email.ucr.edu PAMLA (Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association) is the western regional affiliate of MLA. The 2010 conference will take place November 13-14 at Chaminade University, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Critical theory Session, PAMLA 2010 [4/5/10]full name / name of organization: Asst. Prof. Jami Bartlett, U.C. Irvine / Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association contact email: j.bartlett@uci.edu This year's Critical Theory session invites proposals on charismatic theory, on the ways that critical approaches to literature and other arts become trends.
Special issue on music of South Africa and the United Statesfull name / name of organization: Safundi: The Journal of South African and American Studies contact email: jaji@english.upenn.edu from an international, transnational, and/or comparative perspective and seeks to understand each country in relation to the other.
Crime Across Cultures: An Interdisciplinary Conference. University of Leeds, UK, 9-10 September 2010 (abstract deadline 28 May)full name / name of organization: University of Leeds, UK contact email: crimeacrosscultures@googlemail.com Keynote Speakers: Dr David Platten (University of Leeds) and Dr Stephen Morton (University of Southampton). Reading by Courttia Newland
CFP Colporteurs 2010- New York City. It was their town, and it always would be…full name / name of organization: Francesco Eugenio Barbieri, Irina Marchesini, Luca Pasquale- University of Bologna, Italy. contact email: colporteurs2010@gmail.com Call For Papers Colporteurs 2010 New York City Organized by:
Corpses in the Snow: Mystery, Thriller, and Crime Fictionfull name / name of organization: Mystery area, Midwest PCA/ACA contact email: briley@colum.edu CFP: Corpses in the Snow: Mystery, Thriller, and Crime Fiction Friday-Sunday, 1-3 October, 2010
Conference Announcement - Keynote Address by Chris Hedgesfull name / name of organization: Wilfrid Laurier University contact email: r.c.executive@gmail.com Events Religion and Culture “HOPE: Uncertainty, Pluralism, and Innovation” web Date: Mar 27/10
American Humor, 2010 Annual RMMLA Conference, October 14 - 16, 2010, Albuquerque, NM, Accepting proposals until Mar 31, 2010full name / name of organization: Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association contact email: jennifer.brady@colorado.edu Seeking papers for the general topic of a session on "American Humor" at the RMMLA Conference which will be held in Albuquerque in October of 2010.
English and Welsh Diasporas: Regional Cultures, Disparate Voices, Remembered Lives 13-16 April, 2011full name / name of organization: Julian Wolfreys, Department of English and Drama, Loughborough University, Loughborough UK contact email: J.Wolfreys@lboro.ac.uk, diaspora@lboro.ac.uk English & Welsh Diaspora: Regional Cultures, Disparate Voices, Remembered Lives Loughborough University, UK 13-16 April, 2011 Keynote & Plenary Speakers:
English and Welsh Diasporas: Regional Cultures, Disparate Voices, Remembered Lives 13-16 April, 2011full name / name of organization: Julian Wolfreys, Department of English and Drama, Loughborough University, Loughborough UK contact email: J.Wolfreys@lboro.ac.uk, diaspora@lboro.ac.uk English & Welsh Diaspora: Regional Cultures, Disparate Voices, Remembered Lives Loughborough University, UK 13-16 April, 2011 Keynote & Plenary Speakers:
Midwestern Culture Area - MPCA/ACA (Oct 1-3)full name / name of organization: Midwest Popular Culture and Midwest American Culture Association contact email: bmiller18@niu.edu
Uncertain Arrivals: Forms of Thought, Life, and Emergence: September 25-26, 2010. Submission Deadline: June 4, 2010full name / name of organization: Wake Forest University, Department of English contact email: roshara@wfu.edu, burketah@wfu.edu An interdisciplinary conference exploring the "creative" production the current economic crisis might provoke.
[UPDATE] Deadline Extension to 5/1/10full name / name of organization: Anne DeLong/Curt Herr/The Journal of Dracula Studies contact email: journalofdraculastudies@kutztown.edu [UPDATE- Deadline Extension] The Journal of Dracula Studies (due 5/1/10)
NEMLA call for proposals (April 22, 2010)full name / name of organization: North East Modern Languages Association contact email: Northeast.MLA@gmail.com Northeast Modern Language Association CALL FOR SESSION PROPOSALS
CFP: Journal of European Popular Culture (4/2/2010; 7/30/2010)full name / name of organization: Journal of European Popular Culture - Intellect contact email: editors@journaleuropeanculture.com --- This lively peer-reviewed journal seeks excellent submissions on all aspects of European cultural and creative activity.
Ecocriticism, PAMLA 2010, Honolulu (Deadline: Apr. 5)full name / name of organization: Kevin Hutchings, University of Northern British Columbia contact email: hutchink@unbc.ca Papers are sought for a special session investigating any aspect of ecocriticism, including (but not limited to) ecocritical theory, environmental ethics, environmental justice,
CFP: Edges of Forms, Rhythms of Hesitation (3/29/10; 11/17-21/10)full name / name of organization: Stephanie Sadre-Orafai contact email: sso212@nyu.edu EDGES OF FORMS, RHYTHMS OF HESITATION
[UPDATE]: Cinema and Landscape International Conference (3/30/10; 4/16/10 - 4/18/10)full name / name of organization: University of Sheffield (UK) contact email: j.r.rayner@sheffield.ac.uk Call for Papers International Conference ** CINEMA AND LANDSCAPE** University of Sheffield April 16-18, 2010
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