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category: postcolonialPanel on Princesses in Popular Culture, 1-3 November 2013, abstract deadline - 15 April 2013full name / name of organization: Pacific Ancient & Modern Language Association (PAMLA) contact email: michelle.stonis@csulb.edu Panel -- Once Upon a Time: The Impact of Princess Culture on Girls And they lived happily ever after, or did they?
Diaspora in Middle Eastern Literaturesfull name / name of organization: MLA (Modern Language Association) 2014 Convention, Chicago contact email: eda.dedebas@gmail.com Proposals that focus on diaspora in Anglophone Middle Eastern Literatures and discuss broader issues such as gender, ethnicity, language and narrative.
[UPDATE] The Place of Literature: Fictional Geographies and Literary Constructions of Space ($125 award for the best essay)full name / name of organization: Southern Methodist University's English Department (Graduate Students) contact email: smugradconference@gmail.com
Transitions and Transactions: Literature and Creative Writing Pedagogies in Community Colleges Conferencefull name / name of organization: Borough of Manhattan Community College, Department of English contact email: mbarrow@bmcc.cuny.edu or msteinkoler@bmcc.cuny.edu Pedagogy as an essential part of the learning and teaching culture has an ever more important place in community colleges where we continually rethink and revise our practices for our often non-tradit
Children's Literature Panel (PAMLA Conference, San Diego, CA, November 1-3, 2013)full name / name of organization: Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association contact email: laurenbenard@hotmail.com The academic interest in children's literature has been growing in popularity. Why do these stories interest a young audience as well as adults? Why are new versions of old stories still interesting?
ATHE Theatre History Focus Group Debut Panelfull name / name of organization: American Association for Theatre in Higher Education (Theatre History Focus Group) contact email: charlotte.mcivor@nuigalway.ie ATHE Theatre History Focus Group
MLA 2014 -- Cognitive Approaches to Literature Division -- Call for Papersfull name / name of organization: Julien J. Simon contact email: jjsimon@iue.edu Call for Papers -- MLA 2014, Chicago PANEL 1
[UPDATE]: "Deathless Love"full name / name of organization: Association of Carolina Emerging Scholars contact email: cescon@mailbox.sc.edu *Please note that the abstract deadline has been extended to March 15.*
Writing Wrongs: Literature and Human Rights in the 18th Century (ASECS-sponsored session; MLA 2014, Chicago)full name / name of organization: Ramesh Mallipeddi contact email: ramesh.mallipeddi@hunter.cuny.edu
Critiquing Culture: The Cultural Studies Graduate Conference at George Mason University 9/21/2013full name / name of organization: Cultural Studies Student Organizing Committee contact email: critiquing.culture@gmail.com The Cultural Studies Student Organizing Committee (SOC) at George Mason University invites paper proposals for our 8th annual Cultural Studies Graduate Student Conference.
Essay Collection: Movies in the Age of Obamafull name / name of organization: David garrett Izzo contact email: davidizzo@hotmail.com This collection is inspired by an article in The New York Times, which, in part is quoted below. The Upside in film:
The Adjunct Verses (Collection/Performance/Multimedia)full name / name of organization: N1Academy contact email: rcbatp@gmail.com Calling all contingent faculty and allies. . . . http://migrantintellectual.wordpress.com/2013/02/15/the-adjunct-verses/ Project Title: THE ADJUNCT VERSES
CFP: FRESHMAN ENGLISH AND ENGLISH COMPOSITION: The Subject in/of First-Year Composition [SCMLA New Orleans 10/3/13-10/5/13]full name / name of organization: Thomas W. Reynolds, Jr., Northwestern State University contact email: reynoldst@nsula.edu CFP: FRESHMAN ENGLISH AND ENGLISH COMPOSITION: The Subject in/of First-Year Composition South Central Modern Language Association (SCMLA) 70th Annual Convention
[UPDATE] Emerging Perspectives graduate conference. May 2-3, 2013.full name / name of organization: UCD English Graduate Society contact email: enggrad@ucdconnect.ie May 2-3, 2013 at University College Dublin, Rep. of Ireland, in association with the UCD English Graduate Society and Humanities Institute
[UPDATE] DEADLINE EXTENDED “Age, Identity, and Culture in Global Diasporas.” PAMLA Nov 1-3, 2013full name / name of organization: Pacific Ancient and Modern Languages Association contact email: weihsin.gui@ucr.edu *Deadline extended to April 15, 2013*
Diversity and Language Change (MLA, Chicago, 9-12 Jan 2014; abstract deadline 15 March)full name / name of organization: MLA Division on Language Change contact email: cpalme20@kennesaw.edu What role does “diversity” play in understanding language change? Papers will explore perspectives on linguistic diversity, e.g.
Saints and Sinners: Postmodernism, Feminism and Medievalism in Literature in English [UPDATE]full name / name of organization: Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland contact email: kbronk@wa.amu.edu.pl; bbronkk@gmail.com For LIES 2013, we still welcome papers about topics related but not limited to feminism, sainthood and medievalism in both contemporary and earlier literature in English as the wonderful SARAH SALIH w
Designing and Teaching Interdisciplinary Courses - RMMLA Conferencefull name / name of organization: RMMLA Conference, Vancouver, Washington, October 10-12, 2013 contact email: pichugin@sas.upenn.edu We invite presentations on any aspect of interdisciplinary teaching with focus on strategies for integrating multiple perspectives and approaches into a course while maintaining an overall sense of co
The Long Twentieth Century (1885-2008): Literature, Politics, Aestheticsfull name / name of organization: Goldsmiths, University of London contact email: c.sweeneyecl@gold.ac.uk The Long Twentieth Century(1885-2008):Literature,Politics, Aesthetics Department of English and Comparative Literature Goldsmiths, University of London
A Re-examination of Private Military and Security Companies - Abstracts due: April 1, 2013 - Papers due: July 8, 2013full name / name of organization: STAIR, Oxford University contact email: STAIRjournalPMSC@gmail.com CFP - A Re-examination of Private Military and Security Companies - STAIR - OXFORD UNIVERSITY Abstracts due: April 1, 2013
"Architecture and Literature: Reading the Room" (1-3 November, San Diego); Proposal Deadline: 15 Aprilfull name / name of organization: Pacific Ancient and Modern Languages Association (PAMLA) contact email: stevensonlushbaugh@gmail.com Most literary works take place within the context of some sort of constructed space, e.g. a house, an office, a transit node, a place of worship, a place of performance.
Panel on "The Modernist Room," 29 Aug - 1 Sept, Brighton UK -- MSA conferencefull name / name of organization: Modernist Studies Association contact email: stevensonlushbaugh@gmail.com According to Frederic Jameson, the Modernist novel abandoned the panoramic cityscapes of the 19th century realist novel and devised "strategies of inwardness." As Brigitte Munier suggests, the early-2
Postcolonial Filmmaking in French-speaking Countriesfull name / name of organization: Black Camera contact email: delphine.letort@univ-lemans.fr Call for Papers: Postcolonial Filmmaking in French-speaking Countries
Unity/Disunity: An Interdisciplinary Conferencefull name / name of organization: UCL (University College London) contact email: thoughtsforward@gmail.com Unity/Disunity: An Interdisciplinary Conference 27-28 June 2013 at UCL UCL School of European Languages, Culture and Society (SELCS) “In union there is strength.” Aesop The conference organisers invite proposals for papers relating to the connected themes of unity and disunity from scholars across a wide spectrum of disciplines. We welcome papers dealing with historical as well as contemporary sources from Europe and beyond, from any disciplinary or inter- disciplinary perspective. Proposals for panel discussions, performances, artistic installations and workshops are also welcome. The aim of the conference is to interrogate the concepts of unity and disunity from a variety of perspectives. These perspectives might encompass the following, though other interpretations are of course gladly received:
Gender and Early Modern Drama Panelfull name / name of organization: Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association contact email: clarkeal@ucalgary.ca This session seeks papers relating to aspects of gender in early modern dramatic works.
[Update] Contemporary Rhetorical Theory - RMMLA 2013full name / name of organization: Rocky Mountain MLA contact email: thubbs2@lsu.edu This session seeks papers on any aspect of contemporary rhetorical theory.
[UPDATE] Atwood's Latest Work Roundtable (MLA, CHICAGO, Jan. 2014)full name / name of organization: The Margaret Atwood Society contact email: kjwaltonen@ucdavis.edu The ORYX AND CRAKE trilogy will be completed in October. We're proposing a roundtable discussion of the final book.
[UPDATE] Coming Home: Stony Brook University's 25th Annual English Department Graduate Conference--Rescheduled Date: March 16full name / name of organization: Graduate English Society, Stony Brook University, NY contact email: stonybrookenglishgradcon@gmail.com Due to the weather in the northeast last week, 'Coming Home' has been rescheduled and will now be held on Saturday, March 16.
CFP: 30th Annual Conference of the Sport Literature Association (June 26-29, 2013)full name / name of organization: The Sport Literature Association contact email: jlarance@westliberty.edu SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS SPORT LITERATURE ASSOCIATION June 26-29, 2013
Bearing Across: Translating Literary Narratives of Migration, 16-17 September 2013 [abstract deadline: 13 March 2013]full name / name of organization: Erasmus University College of Brussels, Belgium contact email: philippe.humble@vub.ac.be; arvisepp@vub.ac.be International Conference organised by the Centre for Literary Translation at the Erasmus University College of Brussels in cooperation with the Centre for Literature, Intermediality, and Culture at th
[UPDATE] Shifting Tides, Anxious Borders: A Graduate Student Conference in Transnational American Studies (Apr 19-20, 2013)full name / name of organization: Binghamton University - English Department contact email: shiftingborders@gmail.com Conference Title: Shifting Tides, Anxious Borders: A Graduate Student Conference in Transnational American Studies (4th Annual) Theme: “Historicizing Difference in Globalized Subjectivities”
Entangled Children: Technology, Media-Enhancement, and Storytelling (abstracts 5/1, SAMLA 11/8-10)full name / name of organization: SAMLA Children's Literature Discussion Circle contact email: cldc.samla@gmail.com Entangled Children: Technology, Media-Enhancement, and Storytelling in Children's Culture
Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture, Issue 12.4full name / name of organization: Alan Clinton contact email: reconstruction.submissions@gmail.com Introducing
Colloquium for American Literature and Culture--NYUfull name / name of organization: CALC contact email: nyucalc@gmail.com The Colloquium in American Literature and Culture NEW YORK UNIVERSITY CALL FOR PAPERS
Atwood's Latest Work Roundtable (MLA, Boston, Jan. 2014)full name / name of organization: Margaret Atwood Society contact email: kjwaltonen@ucdavis.edu The ORYX AND CRAKE trilogy will be completed in October. We're proposing a roundtable discussion of the final book.
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