The Publishing Contexts of Eighteenth-Century Exploration Narratives

Update and Final Call for Papers:
Irresponsibility (Singapore, 05/15/06; 9/28-30/06)

Inaugural English Literature Conference:
IRRESPONSIBILITY
Division of English, NTU, Singapore, 28-30 September
2006

This is the final call for papers for the upcoming
conference on irresponsibility in literature. The
keynote and plenary speakers have now been confirmed:

J. Hillis Miller, former president of the Modern
Language Association, Emeritus Distinguished Professor
of English and Comparative Literature at University of
California, Irvine.

Shirley Chew, Emeritus Professor at the University of
Leeds, and Visiting Professor at NTU.

Call for Proposals
 
New Collection entitled _Understanding Plagiarism: Discussions for Students
and Teachers_
 
Eds. Anne Meade Stockdell-Giesler, Tracy Ann Morse, Rebecca Ingalls,
Michael Donnelly, and Joanna Castner
 

Editors of this new collection are interested in proposals for articles that
will fill a middle ground we find largely missing in the literature about
plagiarism, and that is a collection of scholarly discussions about the
intricacies of plagiarism for students.
 
Proposed topics may include, but are not limited to the following:

Update and Final Call for Papers:
Irresponsibility (Singapore, 05/15/06; 9/28-30/06)

Inaugural English Literature Conference:
IRRESPONSIBILITY
Division of English, NTU, Singapore, 28-30 September
2006

This is the final call for papers for the upcoming
conference on irresponsibility in literature. The
keynote and plenary speakers have now been confirmed:

J. Hillis Miller, former president of the Modern
Language Association, Emeritus Distinguished Professor
of English and Comparative Literature at University of
California, Irvine.

Shirley Chew, Emeritus Professor at the University of
Leeds, and Visiting Professor at NTU.

Proposals for papers are invited for a panel at the "Walter Benjamin
and the Architecture of Modernity" conference to be held in Sydney,
August 17 - 19

Panel Title; "Brushing Up Against The Grain": Creative readings
(between the lines) of old Benjamin.

Chair; John Grech

Panel Description

UPDATE: New York State English Council's The English Record has
extended the submission date for papers on the topic: Testing, Testing,
1...2...3 until 6.1.2006.

Jennifer Roy
Editor, The English Record
jennifer.roy_at_wappingersschools.org

Contributions are invited for a proposed collection of essays on Victorian women poets and marriage with
the working title Victorian Women Poets and the Problem of Marriage. Victorian female poets�
perspectives on the institution of marriage and on the problem of balancing the demands of marriage and
the artist�s life are important but have not been adequately explored. Of course, Elizabeth Barrett
Browning certainly raises precisely these issues in Aurora Leigh, but many other female poets of the
nineteenth century concerned themselves with these same issues and resolved them in different ways,
sometimes choosing not to marry (Christina Rossetti and Adelaide Proctor), sometimes marrying with

Contributions are invited for a proposed collection of essays on Victorian women poets and marriage with
the working title Victorian Women Poets and the Problem of Marriage. Victorian female poets�
perspectives on the institution of marriage and on the problem of balancing the demands of marriage and
the artist�s life are important but have not been adequately explored. Of course, Elizabeth Barrett
Browning certainly raises precisely these issues in Aurora Leigh, but many other female poets of the
nineteenth century concerned themselves with these same issues and resolved them in different ways,
sometimes choosing not to marry (Christina Rossetti and Adelaide Proctor), sometimes marrying with

Contributions are invited for a proposed collection of essays on Victorian women poets and marriage with
the working title Victorian Women Poets and the Problem of Marriage. Victorian female poets�
perspectives on the institution of marriage and on the problem of balancing the demands of marriage and
the artist�s life are important but have not been adequately explored. Of course, Elizabeth Barrett
Browning certainly raises precisely these issues in Aurora Leigh, but many other female poets of the
nineteenth century concerned themselves with these same issues and resolved them in different ways,
sometimes choosing not to marry (Christina Rossetti and Adelaide Proctor), sometimes marrying with

Velvet Light Trap
Issue #60 Documentary Now

Building on the success of the international First World War and Popular Culture conference (University of Newcastle, 2006), we are seeking submissions for contributions to the several publications emerging from the debates at this event. Conference delegates are already submitting revised abstracts - we now welcome submissions from those unable to join us.

Call for Papers

DEADLINE EXTENDED!!!

Medievalism Transformed:
Imagining the Medieval World

An interdisciplinary postgraduate conference,3 June 2006.

Submissions due 8 May, 2006.

Your proposal for a 20-minute paper should be no longer than 300 words. Please
make submissions electronically to medievalismtransformed_at_bangor.ac.uk by 8
May 2006. Proposals should be accompanied by your name, institutional
affiliation, email address, and contact information.

Call for Papers

DEADLINE EXTENDED!!!

Medievalism Transformed:
Imagining the Medieval World

An interdisciplinary postgraduate conference,3 June 2006.

Submissions due 8 May, 2006.

Your proposal for a 20-minute paper should be no longer than 300 words. Please
make submissions electronically to medievalismtransformed_at_bangor.ac.uk by 8
May 2006. Proposals should be accompanied by your name, institutional
affiliation, email address, and contact information.

Le Sofa (quaterly online publication, ongoing)

www.lesofa.org

Le Sofa is a new peer-reviewed online journal which=20
publishesbook-reviews, fiction, essays on contemporay topics, and=20
culture . Although Le Sofa is mainly a French-speaking journal you=20
might consider sending material in English.

Le Sofa is a quaterly publication but the editors welcome submissions=20
year-round. Mail us a project with a cover letter citing publications=20
and awards, if any. We will consider anything so long as the work is=20
compelling. Work considered experimental is strongly encouraged.

Unsolicited book reviews are also welcome.