twentieth century and beyond

(Apologies for cross-postings)

2nd Call For Papers

The SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY Area of the Popular Culture Association
reiterates its invitation for submissions for the:

PCA/ACA 2006 NATIONAL CONFERENCE
ATLANTA MARRIOTT MARQUIS,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, APRIL 12-15, 2006

Deadline for submissions: 10th November 2005 (please note the due
date has moved up a few days)

CALL FOR PAPERS: SAMUEL R. DELANY - A CRITICAL SYMPOSIUM
SUNY Buffalo
March 23-4, 2006
Deadline: January 15, 2006

"Samuel R. Delany: A Critical Symposium" is a conference intended to provide
an interdisciplinary forum for world-class scholars and innovative writers to
discuss and celebrate Delany's work.

XCP: CROSS CULTURAL POETICS, an interdisciplinary journal, seeks essays
addressing poetry/poetics of the Western hemisphere in the era of
neoliberalization. Essays addressing the interaction of economic forces of
production, exchange, redistribution, empire, et al, as (simultaneously)
categories, modes, and methodologies of examining literary works (and the
literary world)--as well as the work of scholars outside the U.S.
institutional structure--are most actively sought. For an outline of our
recent publishing activities (including our co-publication of Kamau
Brathwaite’s book, â€"Conversations-), please see <http://www.xcp.bfn.org>.

Call for Papers:

The Intimate and the Extimate: Violence and Gender in the Globalized World

Ed., Sanja Bahun-Radunovi? and V.G. Julie Rajan, Rutgers University

Paper proposals are invited for a proposed panel on the topic of "Holy =
Land(s) in the American Literary Imagination" at the College English =
Association conference in San Antonio, TX (April 6-8, 2006).
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The term "Holy Land(s)" in the title is broadly conceived, so proposals =
that deal with U.S. representations or discussions of landscapes =
designated as "sacred" anywhere in the world are welcomed. Proposals =
that deal in some way with literary representations or discussions of =
Ottoman Palestine in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries are =
particularly welcome, as are discussions of the role that the idea of a =
"Holy Land" may have played in eighteenth and nineteenth century U.S. =

CFP: Anglophone Literature (World Literature in English), deadline 10/15/05,
CEA, 4/6/06-4/8/06
 
We invite papers on Anglophone Literature (World Literature in English) for
the annual meeting of the CEA.
 
Proposals shouls include the following information:
 
Name
Institutional affiliation
Mailing address (including zip code)
Phone number
Email address
Title for the proposed presentation
Abstract of no more than 500 words
A/V needs, if any
Special needs if any
 
Submit proposals by email, fax, or regular mail by October 15th. If you
email a proposal, please paste it into the body of the email message, rather than
attaching a separate file..
 

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Society for the Study of Southern Literature (SSSL) has announced
as the topic for its 2006 conference (March 30-April 2, 2006,
Birmingham, AL) "Labor, Literature, and the U.S. South." I am
seeking abstracts for a proposed panel on "Theft and Stealing in
Southern Literature."

Revaluation, Subversion, Nostalgia: Contemporary Echoes of the Bible

This collection seeks to fill an interdisciplinary space that is=20
currently relatively empty. There are a number of collections that=20
deal with the =93Bible as literature,=94 collections on specific =
writers=92=20
use of the Bible, and collections that might be categorized as =93how-to=94=
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guides (i.e. how to teach the Bible as literature, how to think about=20
the Bible in literary terms, how to think about the use of the Bible in=20=

literature as a perpetuation of a particular=97often normative=97set of=20=

ideas). What we don=92t have many of are collections that address when,=20=

College English Association National Conference
April 6-8, 2006
San Antonio, Texas

Call for Papers in 20th Century British Literature

We invite papers and panels on 20th century British literature for the 37th
annual meeting of the CEA. The conference theme is "Reading the
Regions/Writing the Regions/Teaching the Regions."

Papers and panels might explore the topic and concept of region from a range
of perspectives including but not limited to:

Call for Papers:

I am organizing a panel on =93Privacy and Women=92s Issues=94 for the =
KSU =20
Cultural Studies Conference on =93Privacy=94 next March (March 9-11, =20
2006, in Manhattan, Kansas).

Possible topics include the history of women=92s legal status as =20
private individuals, the relationship between privacy and gender =20
across different cultures and historical periods, the role of public =20
institutions (including laws) in upholding or curtailing women=92s =20
privacy, the ways privacy might be or has been used to reduce women=92s =20=

freedoms, etc.

If you are interested in participating in this panel, please send a 1-=20=

British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
and
Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies, University of York

The Eighteenth Century Now: Recent and Future Directions
 
An international conference for postgraduates and academics in the early
stages of their career

23-24 June 2006

Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies
The King's Manor, University of York

CALL FOR PAPERS

'Haunting, War and Conflict' - a session to be held at 'Space, Haunting,
Discourse,' an interdisciplinary conference sponsored by the Department =
of
English at Karlstad University, Sweden, June 15-18, 2006.

Session description:

The realm of the ghostly has figured as a repeated referent in histories =
of
war and conflict - from the pre-modern practice of invoking ghosts and
spirits to assist in combat, to notions of the ghosts of dead soldiers =
and
citizens haunting battlefields and sites of destruction, to the =
portrayal of
Al Qaeda as constituting a type of 'phantom enemy'.

Call for Papers and Panel Proposals – American Literature Association, 2006

The Hemingway Society invites proposals for papers and/or panels for two
sessions at the May 2006 ALA conference.

We are particularly interested in papers considering the following topics,
but welcome proposals on all topics:

Hemingway and Consumerism

Hemingway and Contemporary Writers

The Hemingway Society seeks proposals from all critical and theoretical
approaches, and actively encourages submissions by advanced graduate
students and recent graduates.

On Miracle Ground XIV
Durrell and the Archive: The Modernist Milieu

June 25-29, 2006

http://www.lawrencedurrell.org/omg14.htm

CALL FOR PAPERS: