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CFP: Reconstructing Poststructuralism (ongoing; journal issue)

updated: 
Friday, March 5, 2004 - 6:40am
M Wolf-Meyer

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture (ISSN 1547-4348) =
<http://www.reconstruction.ws> is an innovative culture studies journal =
dedicated to fostering an intellectual community composed of scholars =
and their audience, granting them all the opportunity and ability to =
share thoughts and opinions on the most important and influential work =
in contemporary interdisciplinary studies.

CFP: The Inklings and Mere Christianity (3/8/04; no conf. dates noted)

updated: 
Thursday, February 19, 2004 - 6:55am
Goodman, Crystal

"MERE CHRISTIANS, THEN & NOW"

How do the Inklings define "mere Christianity"? What essential doctrines
do they share in their Christian community? How do they express these
ideas through imaginative literature, philosophy, and theology? How is
"mere Christianity" applicable to contemporary Christianity?

Thematic papers on the essence of Christianity as developed in the
apologetic, theological, and/or literary works of C.S. Lewis and/or the
Inklings are especially welcome. To be eligible for conference acceptance,
complete papers or 250-word abstracts are due by March 8, 2004 (we have
extended our deadline).

CFP: Punk and Hardcore: Contemporary Approaches (7/1/04; book)

updated: 
Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - 3:10am
benholtzman_at_riseup.net

Punk and Hardcore: Contemporary Approaches

Edited by:
Emilie Hardman (Department of Sociology, Brandeis University)
Ben Holtzman (Independent Scholar/Documentary Filmmaker)
Alan O'Connor (Cultural Studies Program, Trent University, Canada)

CFP: Contemporary Indian Writing in English (no deadline; book series)

updated: 
Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - 3:10am
PRAMOD NAYAR

                CALL FOR BOOK PROPOSALS

                                     Contemporary Indian Writers in English
(CIWE)
                        Series Editor: Pramod K. Nayar, The University of
Hyderabad, India

FOUNDATION BOOKS, INDIA, strategic partner of Cambridge University Press in
India, invites book proposals for their new series, Contemporary Indian
Writers in English (CIWE).

CFP: Stirrings Still: Existential Literature (no deadline; journal)

updated: 
Wednesday, December 17, 2003 - 3:47am
egrayso1_at_binghamton.edu

Call For Papers

“Stirrings Still: The International Journal of Existential Literature”
invites submissions of critical articles on existential literature and
existential themes in postmodern fiction and drama. Articles should be no
more than 30 pages in length and should follow the MLA style sheet.
Stirrings Still also welcomes book reviews on relevant publications.
Submissions and subscription inquiries may be sent to:
Erik Grayson, Editor
Stirrings Still: The International Journal of Existential Literature
Binghamton University
Department of English
Box 6000
Binghamton, NY 13902-6000

Or email: egrayso1_at_binghamton.edu

CFP: Companion to 19th and 20th C. British Drama (no deadline; book)

updated: 
Thursday, November 20, 2003 - 6:03am
Jeff Soloway

> CFP: Companion to 19th and 20th C. British Drama (no dealine; book)
>
> Facts On File, a New York publisher of reference books for high school and
> college students, is seeking a scholar to write or edit a one-volume
> encyclopedia of 19th and 20th century British drama. This volume will be
> marketed with our Companion to American Drama, to be published this month.
> The ideal author will have a Ph.D., broad knowledge of the subject, and an

CFP: The Postmodern Imagination and Beyond (no deadline; e-journal)

updated: 
Thursday, October 9, 2003 - 8:30pm
Strecker, Trey

The electronic English Studies Forum invites the submission of innovative
critical studies and creative writing for its forum on "The Postmodern
Imagination and Beyond." This site explores the postmodern imagination as
well as the postmodern understanding of the nature/role of imagination in
contemporary literature and culture. What distinguishes the
post-postmodern imagination?

Send inquiries or submissions to:

Trey Strecker, Editor in Chief
English Studies Forum
Department of English
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306-0460
tstrecker_at_bsu.edu

CFP: English Studies Forum (no deadline; e-journal)

updated: 
Saturday, July 19, 2003 - 5:51pm
Strecker, Trey

The electronic English Studies Forum publishes innovative critical and creative writing. ESF currently seeks submissions for sites on the following topics:

* "Image, Story, and Conversation" explores the idea that we imagine our world in archtypal patterns, three of which are image, story, and conversation.
* "The Postmodern Imagination and Beyond" asks "what are we imagining, and how?" This site investigates the postmodern imagination and the postmodern understanding of the nature/role of imagination in contemporary literature and culture. This site will also consider what post-postmodernism might look like.
* "PostColonial Literatures" examines postcolonial literatures and the postcolonial imagination.

CFP: Paul/Jane Bowles (6/30/03; newsletter issue)

updated: 
Tuesday, June 17, 2003 - 2:17pm
DavidRckr_at_aol.com

Editors of BOWLES NOTES invite studies and commentaries written in English on
the works of Jane and/or Paul Bowles for inclusion in up-coming issues of
this newsletter. Articles focused on bringing Jane and/or Paul Bowles to the
university classroom are especially welcome. Submissions should be typewritten and
documented in standard MLA style. Send essays (500 to 2,000 words in length)
to BOWLES NOTES, Post Office BOX 57073, Albuquerque, NM 87187-7073 by June 30,
2003. Please include 3 copies of materials to be considered. Materials will
not be returned unless an envelope with prepaid postage accompanies the
submission. Inquiries may be sent in writing to the address listed above or by email

CFP: The Dark Man: Journal of Robert E. Howard Studies (journal)

updated: 
Friday, June 6, 2003 - 12:15am
Mark Hall

THE DARK MAN is an annual scholarly journal devoted to study, discussion,
and criticism of the literary work of Robert Ervin Howard (1906-1936). As a
working premise for the journal, we believe that the breadth, depth, and
significance of Howard's considerable literary achievement and his literary
influences -- both during and since his brief life -- are worthy of serious
attention and richly deserve a scholarly forum. The journal's purpose is to
provide that forum for Howardian and related studies. Arrangements have been
made for the journal to be indexed in the Modern Humanities Research
Association and Modern Language Association's bibliographic indexes.

CFP: Companion to 20th C. British Poetry (no deadline; book)

updated: 
Saturday, May 24, 2003 - 7:34pm
Jeff Soloway

CFP: Companion to 20th C. British Poetry (no deadline; book)

Facts On File, a New York publisher of reference books for high school and
college students, is seeking a scholar to write or edit a one-volume
encyclopedia of twentieth-century British poetry. The ideal author will have
a Ph.D., broad knowledge of the subject, and an ability to write clearly and
succinctly for students. If the book is done with contributors, the editor
should also have extensive experience, good contacts in the field, and
excellent managerial and editorial skills. If interested please send letter
and cv, preferably by e-mail, to

CFP: English, Scottish, Welsh Theatre 1860-1940 (9/1/03; encyclopedia)

updated: 
Wednesday, April 16, 2003 - 2:16am
Kerry Moore

An Invitation to Students and Scholars of the British Theatre

from Kerry Moore, Editorial Advisor

Grolier is planning the publication of the Encyclopedia of Modern Drama,
edited by Gabrielle H. Cody and Evert Sprinchorn of Vassar College. This
four-volume set will offer a total of one million words on a variety of
topics ranging from Ibsen to the present, and the target audience consists
of college students, high school students and general readers. Following
is an elaboration from the general editors:

CFP: Popular Cultures/Cultures of the Popular: 1870-1945 (UK) (9/1/03; various)

updated: 
Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 6:04pm
Liam Connell

Popular Cultures/Cultures of the Popular: 1870-1945
 From the mid-nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century critical
judgements about popular culture remained extremely diverse; theorists both
celebrated the emergence and preservation of popular cultural forms and
lamented the rise of new market-driven cultural commodities. Perhaps
because of such diversity, there are areas in which a thorough assessment
of the relationships within and between these positions remains to be
done. Popular culture was itself extremely diverse and developments in
critical studies have helped to produce a more detailed picture of the
forms that popular culture took at that time. Recent work in nineteenth

CFP: Henry Miller's _Tropic of Cancer_ (no deadline noted; journal issue)

updated: 
Friday, January 10, 2003 - 1:34am
karl orend

70TH ANNIVERSARY OF TROPIC OF CANCER

I AM CURENTLY SEEKING PAPERS CONCERNING ANY ASPECT OF
TROPIC OF CANCER FOR A SPECIAL ISSUE OF A NEW JOURNAL
DEDICATED TO HENRY MILLER. ALL WORK WILL BE REQUIRED
TO BE OF THE HIGHEST STANDARDS BUT WILL NOT
NECESSARILY BE LIMITED TO ACADEMIC STUDIES PER SE.
DELIBERATELY OBSCURE WORK IS NOT SOUGHT. THE OBJECTIVE
IS TO REACH A WIDE BUT INFORMED AUDIENCE.

CFP: English and Scottish Theatre 1940-2002 (8/1/03; encyclopedia)

updated: 
Saturday, December 14, 2002 - 9:07pm
Kerlmoore_at_aol.com

An Invitation to Students and Scholars of the British Theatre
from Kerry Moore, Editorial Advisor

Grolier is planning the publication of the Encyclopedia of Modern Drama,
edited by Gabrielle H. Cody and Evert Sprinchorn of Vassar College. This
four-volume set will offer a total of one million words on a variety of
topics ranging from Ibsen to the present, and the target audience consists
of college students, high school students and general readers. Following
is an elaboration from the general editors:

CFP: Menckeniana: H. L. Mencken (journal)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 3, 2002 - 7:36pm
S.L. Harrison

Menckeniana, a refereed scholarly quarterly, invites papers up to 25
pages in length that discuss the literary criticism of author, editor
and scholar H.L. Mencken during his tenure as editor of the Smart Set
and/or the American Mercury. Possible topics could include Mencken's
influence on other journals in the U.S. and abroad; his criteria for
judging a literary work; his attitude toward poetry. Examinations of
Mencken's professional relationships or correspondence with other
writers and editors are also welcome. Very brief papers (3-5 pages)
may succinctly present some item of scholarly significance of
interest to Mencken scholars that does not lend itself to treatment

CFP: Lawrence Durrell (no deadline noted; journal issue)

updated: 
Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 4:25am
G.R. Taneja

In-between: Essays & Studies in Literary Criticism

The editor invites long articles [6000 words, MLA Style-sheet] on all
aspects of Lawrence Durrell and his works for the issue that is being
prepared for the press and could use additional essays. Scholars who have
an essay ready to submit may get in touch with the editor at
INBETWEEN_at_REDIFF.COM or grtaneja47_at_hotmail.com with a title and an
abstract along with a hundred word-note for the contributors’ column. All
submissions to the journal are peer-reviewed.

CFP: Philip Roth Society (no deadline; newsletter)

updated: 
Sunday, August 18, 2002 - 2:50am
Roth Society

The Philip Roth Society, a new organization devoted to the study and the
appreciation of the writings of Philip Roth, will soon inaugurate a
newsletter, and it's looking for individuals interested in contributing.
 As this is a literary newsletter, contributions should not be long and
journal-length. Brief writings concerning Roth and his fiction, in any
way and from any approach, are welcome.

The goal of the Philip Roth Society is to encourage the exchange of
ideas and texts concerning this most significant author through
discussions, panel presentations at scholarly conferences, and journal
publications. The newsletter will be a major factor in accomplishing
this.

UPDATE: Journal of Ayn Rand Studies (journal)

updated: 
Wednesday, June 5, 2002 - 9:06pm
Thomas Gramstad

From: Chris Matthew Sciabarra <chris.sciabarra_at_nyu.edu>

====

Call for Papers

THE JOURNAL OF AYN RAND STUDIES is a non-partisan, semi-annual,
interdisciplinary, double-blind peer reviewed academic periodical
dedicated to the discussion of the life, work, and legacy of the
novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand. We are indexed and abstracted---in
whole or selectively---in MLA International Bibliography, MLA
Directory of Periodicals, Political Science Abstracts, International
Political Science Abstracts, The Philosopher's Index, Sociological
Abstracts, and Social Services Abstracts.

CFP: Book Reviews of Contemporary Poetry in English (journal)

updated: 
Thursday, May 30, 2002 - 7:56pm
Kathryn Kirkpatrick

The editors of Cold Mountain Review are looking for reviewers of
contemporary poetry in English by practicing poets and scholars of
contemporary poetry. If you would like to join our reviewers list,
please send a cover letter and vita to

The Editors
Cold Mountain Review
Department of English
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608

For queries about Cold Mountain Review and a sample issue, send an
e-mail message to coldmountain_at_appstate.edu

CFP: The Red Critique: Marxist Critiques of the Contemporary (no deadline; e-journal)

updated: 
Friday, May 10, 2002 - 5:18pm
Editors

The third issue of The Red Critique, an online Marxist journal of analysis
of the contemporary, is now available at http://www.redcritique.org.

Editorial:
Euroamerican Left and the myth of "New" Capitalism

Feminism Now
Jennifer Cotter

Palestine and the Burden of "Evidence"
Kimberly DeFazio

Memento and the Cultural Production of the New Corporate Worker
Amrohini Sahay

Black Studies is Education in the General Interest
Robert Faivre

State and "Revolutionaries"
Ranganayakamma

"Marriage" Cannot Rescue Welfare Reform
Julie Torrant

CFP: The Red Critique: Marxist Critiques of the Contemporary (no deadline noted; e-journal)

updated: 
Tuesday, March 12, 2002 - 9:34pm
Editors_at_redcritique.org

The second issue of The Red Critique, an online Marxist journal of
analysis of the contemporary, is now available at:
http://www.redcritique.org.

Kimberly DeFazio, "Urban Post-Theory, Class and The City"

Julie Torrant, "Family, Capital and the Left Now"

Ranganayakamma, "Are Marxian categories adequate to understand
'Gender' and 'Caste' questions?"

Jennifer Cotter, "The Guardian of Profit"

Rob Wilkie, "'Destiny' is the Articulation of Class Power"

We invite classical Marxist critiques of the contemporary for our next
issue. Please see submissions guidelines on our website.

UPDATE: Contemporary British Writers (book series)

updated: 
Tuesday, January 8, 2002 - 3:44pm
Daniel Lea

CONTEMPORARY BRITISH WRITERS

NEW CALL FOR PROPOSAL

Due to phenomenal interest, Manchester University Press invites further
proposals for the Contemporary British Writers Series. The Editor and
Press continue to welcome proposals for monographs (50-85,000 words) on
the following writers:

Beryl Bainbridge Iain Banks

Pat Barker Anthony Burgess

A.S. Byatt Ian McEwan

Brian Moore Irvine Welsh

(Deadline for proposals on the above - 31st January 2002)

In addition we encourage proposals on the following authors:

Peter Ackroyd Martin Amis

J.G. Ballard Angela Carter

CFP: Contemporary British Writers (book series)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 28, 2001 - 6:25pm
Daniel Lea

SERIES ANNOUNCEMENT

CONTEMPORARY BRITISH WRITERS

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Manchester University Press is proud to announce the launch of a new
series dedicated to the critical appraisal of recent British fiction.
The Contemporary British Writers Series will reflect the breadth and
diversity of writing in Britain over the last thirty years, and will
provide critical evaluations of established, emerging and neglected
authors. Building on the success of the Press's Contemporary World
Writers, this series offers an exciting opportunity for the
interrogation of notions of the contemporary and for the analysis of
current and developing modes of representation.

CFP: American Popular Culture, 1900-present (e-journal)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 14, 2001 - 7:24pm
editor_at_americanpopularculture.com

Americana:
The Journal of American Popular Culture
(1900-present)

Americana is currently accepting submissions for its peer-reviewed
e-journal, published at americanpopularculture.com.

Please send submissions to editor_at_americanpopularculture.com.

Guidelines:

1) Articles must be attached to a brief cover letter in the email text
(containing the author's name, institutional affiliation, and contact
information), and both must be formatted in Microsoft Word.

2) Articles must follow MLA guidelines.

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