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Writing Ireland: Identity, Memory, and Place

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Monday, May 6, 2013 - 11:52pm
SAMLA (South Atlantic Modern Language Association)

"Writing Ireland: Identity, Memory, and Place"

In keeping with the special focus of SAMLA 85, we welcome papers that focus on the ways Irish identity, space, and memory are shaped through conventionally understood literary genres (poetry, fiction, drama, memoir) as well as work from related fields, including but not limited to art, critical theory, folklore, and film studies. This panel seeks to address recent trends in scholarship and the ways Irish identity (systemic or individual) and space are constructed and defined. By June 1, 2013, please send abstracts of no more than 300 words to Sarah Dyne, Georgia State University, at sdyne1@gsu.edu.

Making Libraries Integral in the Lives of Baby Boomers

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Monday, May 6, 2013 - 9:31pm
Carol Smallwood

Book Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Editor: Carol Smallwood, Library Management Tips That Work, ed., (ALA Editions, 2011); Library Services for Multicultural Patrons to Encourage Library Use co-ed., (Scarecrow Press, 2013)

Chapters sought for an anthology by practicing public librarians and LIS faculty in the United States and Canada: creative, practical how-to chapters on strengthening and expanding services to the age group called baby boomers. Possible topics: fostering positive staff attitudes; encouraging endowments and advocacy; programming and workshops; maximizing their experience as volunteers; instruction in technology; needs assessment surveys; genealogy and oral histories; grants.

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

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Monday, May 6, 2013 - 9:29pm
Carol Smallwood

Book Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Editor: Carol Smallwood, Women on Poetry: Writing, Revising, Publishing and Teaching (McFarland, 2012) on Poets & Writers Magazine "List of Best Books for Writers." Writing After Retirement: Tips by Successful Retired Writers forthcoming from Scarecrow Press.

Seeking chapters of unpublished work from writers in the U.S. and Canada for an anthology. Interested in such topics as: Women Founding Online Companies; Women Working on the Web With Young Children or Physical Disabilities; Woman's Studies Resources and Curriculum; Surveys/Interviews of Innovative Women on the Web.

Creative Management of Small Public Libraries in the 21st Century

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Monday, May 6, 2013 - 9:27pm
Carol Smallwood

Book Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Co-editor: Carol Smallwood, public libraries consultant; Library Management Tips That Work, ed., (ALA Editions, 2011); Library Services for Multicultural Patrons to Encourage Library Use co-ed., (Scarecrow Press, 2013)

Co-editor: Lawrence Grieco, library director, Gilpin County Public Library, Black Hawk, Colorado; Key Contact, Association for Rural & Small Libraries; contributor, Bringing the Arts into the Library: An Outreach Handbook (ALA Editions, 2013)

Writing After Retirement: Tips by Successful Retired Writers

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Monday, May 6, 2013 - 9:25pm
Carol Smallwood

Book Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Co-editor: Carol Smallwood co-edited Women on Poetry: Writing, Revising, Publishing and Teaching (McFarland, 2012), on Poets & Writers Magazine's "List of Best Books for Writers"; edited Pre- & Post-Retirement Tips for Librarians (American Library Association, 2012).

Co-editor: Dr. Christine Redman-Waldeyer, Assistant Professor, Coordinator of the Journalism Option Program, Passaic County Community College, Paterson, New Jersey; Editor/Founder, Adanna Literary Journal; Author, Eve Asks (Muse-Pie Press, 2011).

CFP: Post-medium Condition of Moving Image (June 29–30, 2013)

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Monday, May 6, 2013 - 8:32pm
Association for Studies of Culture and Representation

CFP: Post-medium Condition of Moving Image

The Program Committee of the Association for Studies of Culture and Representation invites proposal submissions for an interdisciplinary panel titled "Post-medium Conditions of Moving Image." The panel will be held at the 8th Annual Meeting on June 29–30, 2013 at Kansai University, Osaka, Japan. Submissions must be 20-minute presentations that cover the theoretical and historical issues of moving image from various disciplines and methodologies.

"Containers" Graduate Sudent Conference in NYC, October 18th & 19th

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Monday, May 6, 2013 - 7:48pm
Department of Cultural Analysis and Theory, Stony Brook University

Call for Papers
4th Annual Graduate Student Conference
Stony Brook University, The State University of New York
Cultural Analysis and Theory Department

Stony Brook Manhattan
October 18th & 19th, 2013

"Containers"

'Bibliography in the Digital Age' conference: Sydney, Australia, 20–22 November 2013 [CFP deadline 26 July]

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Monday, May 6, 2013 - 6:25pm
Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand (BSANZ)

The annual conference of the Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand will be held at the State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, 20–22 November 2013 on the theme of 'Bibliography in the Digital Age'.

The Society invites abstracts for presentations relevant to the theme of the conference, ranging from digital scholarship, digital scholarly editions, digitising and promoting collections online through to antiquarian dealers and the material book in the digital age.

1st ULICES Conference on Translation Studies "Voice in Indirect Translation", 10-11 July 2013

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Monday, May 6, 2013 - 5:55pm
University of Lisbon Centre for English Studies - ULICES

Venue: Faculty of Letters, University of Lisbon, Portugal

Date 10-11 July 2013

Translation takes place in an international field strongly marked by power relations between dominant and dominated national languages and cultures. In order to understand each translation, it is necessary to take into account the positions of both source and target languages as well as the standing of a wide range of possible intervening agents – author, translator, editor, publishing houses, television channels, distributors, academia and industry, to name but a few – within national cultures and the international cultural market.

[Update] AEQ Winter 2013 Issue: Writing Center Theory and Practice Deadline August

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Monday, May 6, 2013 - 3:53pm
Kellie Charron/ Academic Exchange Quarterly

A reminder that the deadline for Academic Exchange Quarterly's Winter 2013 special section on Writing Center Theory and Practice is approaching!

Articles may explore issues of theory, practice, and experience in writing center work, including qualitative and empirical studies and discussions of pedagogy.

Pieces may be submitted until the end of August.

For more information, please visit http://rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/center2.htm.

Fairy Tales: articles for Topic: The W&J Review (deadline: 1 September 2013)

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Monday, May 6, 2013 - 2:59pm
TOPIC: The Washington & Jefferson College Review

For the next issue of TOPIC, we are soliciting critical essays on fairy tales, either studies of classic tales or modern retellings, transformations, and refashionings (for adults or children, in poetry or prose, for film/television/web or print).
Essays should be well researched and argued, accessible to an educated reader, and written in a clear, engaging style.

Length: 4000-6000 words, including endnotes.
Style: Chicago, 15th edition (MLA or other styles are fine for submission)
Send completed essays as attachments by 1 September 2013; Word files preferred.

For more information, see http://www2.washjeff.edu/topic/

[UPDATE] Medieval and Early Modern Witchcraft Panel, PAMLA,Deadline extended to May 12, 2013

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Monday, May 6, 2013 - 11:46am
Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA)

The deadline for this PAMLA session has been extended to May 12, 2013. Please submit your idea for a presentation, including title, 50-word abstract, and 500-word proposal, at the PAMLA website, www.pamla.org/2013. You will be asked to create an account in order to submit your material. In addition, please send a brief CV to the panel organizer, Dr. Logan Greene, at lgreene@ewu.edu. PAMLA will meet November 1-3, 2013, in San Diego, California.

This panel is an approved special session of PAMLA, following the success of a special session on this topic last year.

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