CFP: Paul Laurence Dunbar Collection (6/30/06; collection)
"We Wear the Mask": Paul Laurence Dunbar and the Representation of Black
Identity
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We have extended the deadline for submission of abstracts to February
22, 2006. For further information, please contact jstein_at_seattleu.edu
AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH-A CONFERENCE
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Gaffney Chair for Endowed Mission and the Center for the Study of
Justice in Society jointly present and invite contributions to a
Conference on AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. The conference
will be held at Seattle University from April 27-29, 2006.
A CALLALOO CALL FOR PAPERS
READING CALLALOO, EATING CALLALOO
"Speaking in Tongues": A Study in African-American Literary Discourse,
Culture, and Rhetoric
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Please note new e-mail address and extended deadline. Thank you!
African American and Jewish American Women Writers of the Early 20th
Century: Intersections and Parallels
Papers are invited for upcoming Society for the Study of American Women
Writers Conference on contrasts and connections between African American
and Jewish American women writers of the early twentieth century.
Comparative, historical, and all other approaches will be considered. How does examining
these writers complicate our understanding of minority women's writing and
Of the period? 200-words abstracts to Meredith Goldsmith, Ursinus College
(mgoldsmith_at_ursinus.edu), by 1/25/06.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society (AAHGS)
Annual Conference 2006
"The Legacy of our Roots: A Heritage for the Future"
The Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society (AAHGS)
announces the 2006 Conference Call for Papers to be presented at our=20
next annual Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, 26-29 October
2006.
The AAHGS Conference endeavors each year to provide the premier> =20
opportunity to explore standard and innovative methods, resources,
and strategies centered around African-American, Caribbean, Native
American genealogy and the expansive history of the African in the
Diaspora.
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CFP: "Black Authenticity—Authentic Blackness" (07/15/06; essay collection)
Updates in bold
The Toni Morrison Society invites proposals for 2 panels at the 2006 =
American Literature Association Conference, May 25-28, San Francisco, =
California. Email 200 word proposals to address below by 15 Jan. 2006.
1. Toni Morrison and Black Women Writers:=20
Morrison's impact on women writers=20
How Morrison has opened up "space" for women writers=20
The shifts in Black women's fiction before and after Morrison=20
The relationship of Morrison's fictional texts to other genres of Black =
wo=3D=20
men's writing.=20
Please submit paper proposals for all topics related to African
American literature for the 2006 RMMLA (Tucson, Arizona
October 12-14, 2006). Paper proposals of 300-words are due to session
chairs by March 1, 2006.
Please note: RMMLA is an organization for its members. You are asked
to be current in your dues by April 1 to attend the convention,
present a paper, and have your name included in the convention
program. Visit www.rmmla.org for more information about the
conference, dues, etc.
Submit proposals in either paper or electronic form to:
Teresa Coronado, 2151 W 18th Ave, Eugene, OR 97402;
tcoronad_at_uoregon.edu
The Toni Morrison Society invites proposals for 15-20 panels at 2 panels at=
the 2006 American Literature Association Conference, May 25-28, San Franci=
sco, California. Email 200 word proposals to address below by 15 Jan. 2006.=
1. Toni Morrison and Black Women Writers:
Morrison's impact on women writers
How Morrison has opened up "space" for women writers
The shifts in Black women's fiction before and after Morrison
The relationship of Morrison's fictional texts to other genres of Black wo=
men's writing.
SEATTLE UNIVERSITY
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AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH-A CONFERENCE
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CALL FOR PAPERS
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The Gaffney Chair for Endowed Mission and the Center for the Study of =
Justice in Society jointly present and invite contributions to a =
Conference on AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. The conference =
will be held at Seattle University from April 27-29, 2006.
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Contributors are sought to write unassigned entries for African American
Women Writers: An A-to-Z Guide, a reference work that will be published by
Greenwood Press in 2006.
African American Women Writers: An A to Z Guide, will consist of 173
entries. Each entry consists of four parts and varies in length from
750-6000 words. Each entry includes the following components:
* Biographical narrative
* Analysis
* Critical Reception
* Bibliography
For sessions at the American Literature Association conference in San
Francisco, the AALCS invites proposals for 15- to 20-minute
presentations concerned with African American literature. Open topic,
but papers on drama (esp. August Wilson), literature and performance,
and literature and other arts are encouraged. Mail 200-word proposals
to address below or to ejkeb_at_isugw.indstate.edu by 10 January 2006.
Participants must be members of AALCS by the time of the conference.
Keith Byerman
Professor of English and Women's Studies
Indiana State University
Terre Haute, IN 47809
Office Phone: 812-237-3208
Fax: 812-237-3156
Extended Deadline: December 12
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The MELUS (Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the
United States) WOCC (Women of Color Caucus) invites proposals for its
tenth anniversary panel at the MELUS 20th Annual Conference, from April
27-30, 2006, hosted by Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, FL.=20
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The conference date has been corrected; the deadline for the call has
changed; and the focus of the call is more generally on satire, irony, and
comedy.
CALL FOR PAPERS (HEART'S DAY 2006)
The Department of English at Howard University invites abstracts of papers
to be presented at its annual Heart's Day celebration to be held on the
university's main campus February 10, 2006. The Heart's Day Conference
commemorates the work of African American and Diasporic writers and supports
the endowment of the Sterling A. Brown Professorship in English. This year,
the Department celebrates the achievement of African American satirical and
comic genius.
Subjectivity and Community in Ethnic American Women's Memoir
Revised due date.
Papers may analyze how Ethnic American women use memoir to claim
subjectivity and join communities. Papers could explore how writers use
memoir to achieve self-actualization; claim subjectivity; and reconcile
their personal and community identities. Papers could also explore how
Ethnic American women manipulate conventional narrative forms (i.e., slave
narratives, travel narratives, and the autobiographical novel) to claim
subjectivity and to gain access to both the publishing community and
mainstream American society.
Call for Papers
African American Literature Permanent Session
Midwest Modern Language Association Convention
Chicago, Illinois
November 9-12, 2006
The African American Literary Canon:
Rationale and Function, Pros and Cons
The Charles Waddell Chesnutt Association is seeking papers to be
included in two Chesnutt sessions at the American Literature Association
Conference to be held from May 25-28, 2006 at the Hyatt Regency San
Francisco in Embarcadero Center, 5 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, CA
94111.
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We would be interested in papers focusing on Chesnutt and film from a
variety of perspectives for one session.
CHARCOAL CANONS
Race and Faith in African American Literature
Call for Submissions
As chords of a song are composed of very specific notes that create a
recognizable sound to those who are familiar with music, so has most forms
of African American literature, even the most diametrically opposed works,
created similar "sounds" in their discourse on race and faith.
A CALLALOO CALL FOR PAPERS
POSTCOLONIALITY AND BLACKNESS
Callaloo seeks creative and multi-disciplinary critical submissions for a
special issue on "postcoloniality and blackness." For this issue, we are
interested in looking comparatively at the uneven postcolonial situation of
black peoples and cultures in the 21st century. We seek to explore the
diverse material and political circumstances of black postcolonials, and the
limitations of current postcolonial theorizing for the black experience.
Creative Submissions
Previously unpublished work in all genres, including interviews.
Below is an updated text for the CFP for the Samuel Delany conference.
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. As such, it will be the first event of its kind
in the United States.
REVISITING THE BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT
Department of English
Howard University
March 23-24, 2006
Call for Proposals
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The MELUS (Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the
United States) WOCC (Women of Color Caucus) invites proposals for two
sessions at the MELUS 20th Annual Conference, from April 27-30, 2006,
hosted by Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, FL. Both sessions
engage with the conference theme of "Crosscurrents: Navigating the
Mainland and the Margins in U.S. Ethnic Literatures."
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Huxley's Brave New World: 75th anniversary book of essays-subjects
open--all disciplines
djizzo_at_uncfsu.edu
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Huxley's Time Must Have a Stop-Dalkey archive casebook-as literature and
philosophy
djizzo_at_uncfsu.edu
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Essays on Charles Chesnutt: book
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djizzo_at_uncfsu.edu
Call for Papers
Eudora Welty Society at the American Literature Association
May 25-28, 2006
San Francisco, CA
Hyatt Regency, Embarcadero Center
=93Stealing the Language: Eudora Welty and Women=92s Humor=94
Alicia Ostriker writes that women have always tried to steal the=20
language -- to =93seize speech=94 and so rework narratives inadequate to=20=
describing women=92s experience. (Ostriker, Stealing The Language: The=20=
Emergence of Women=92s Poetry in America, p 211) =93Stealing the =
language=94=20
can reiterate and/ or transform old speech in ways that provoke women=20
to liberated laughter.
Call for Papers
Eudora Welty Society at the American Literature Association
May 25-28, 2006
San Francisco, CA
Hyatt Regency, Embarcadero Center
"They are fearless": Women Writers Cross the Color Line
Eudora Welty and Other Others
Extended deadline:
The Africana Studies Group Presents
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"Any enemy of the Black man is the enemy of me": Departures and =
Definitions of Afro-Latino Identity in the New Millennium=20
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All Day Conference=20
Friday, 17 March 2006
The Graduate Center of the City University of New York=20
365 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York
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The Conference on Christianity and Literature invites submissions of
abstracts for the CCL session at the annual MLA Convention in December
2006. The session will be called "The Next Christendom" and African
Literature." Proposals should engage with the ideas of Philip Jenkins'
recent controversial book, The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global
Christianity, in relationship with the wider field of African
Literature. In his book, Jenkins argues that Christianity has become
the religion of the South, not the West. Questions that could be
addressed include how does the phenomenon of "world Christianity" inform
African literature, and how might African literature inform the
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.
College English Association National Conference
April 6-8, 2006
San Antonio, Texas
We invite papers and panel proposals on African-American literature for the
37th annual meeting of CEA. The general conference theme is "Regions."
Proposals that offer new and inventive readings on African-American
literature will be considered. Please interpret the conference theme
broadly.