Skandalon: a graduate journal of theory

Call for Papers

Skandalon is a refereed graduate e-journal edited and published by the students of the Centre for the Study of Theory & Criticism, University of Western Ontario.

Within the confines of its biblical and ecclesiastical heritage, the word skandalon signifies a seductive enticement or occasion that incites behaviour that leads one to turn away from God and enter a movement towards ruin. In this very movement of reversal, however, there resides a going astray that points towards the thinking or theorizing of, or on, the scandalized.

Quiet Mountain: New Feminist Essays, monthly online journal of women's writing, seeks previously unpublished 1-4 page essays written by women, from a feminist perspective.

Essay topics may include anything pertaining to: women's writing, art, work, politics, health, economics; women's personal/professional/academic experiences; lesbian life; women and class or disability issues. Essays may be academic, serious, humorous, or a combination. Archives and guidelines are onsite. http://www.quietmountainessays.org

Update: Michigan Feminist Studies Extents Its Call for Papers to MAY 15,
2004

In addition, Michigan Feminist Studies organizes a JOURNAL COVER DESIGN
COMPETION, with the submission deadline May 15, 2004. The cover design
should reflect this year's theme, Within Hostile Borders. We welcome cover
design contributions from art departments across the country as well as
international submissions from undergraduate and graduate students.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Michigan Feminist Studies

Seeks submissions for its 2004 issue:

WITHIN HOSTILE BORDERS

Abstracts are solicited for the volume "The Eclipse of Poetry During the Age of
Enlightenment? The Case of Spain, Italy, and France."

Edited Book on Recent Arab Women's Autobiographical Writings in English
Call for contribution

    My book Reading Arab Women's Autobiographies. Shahrazad Tells Her
Story was published last November (2003) by Texas University Press.
The book fills a gap in the field. Texas University Press expressed
interest in another book in the same area.
    In the book, I looked at autobiographical, fictional
autobiographical and anthologies of interviews with women. I read texts
by Huda Shaarawi, Nawal El-Saadawi, Fadwa Tuqan, Bouthaina Shaaban,
Fatima Mernissi, and Nayra Atiya. The book also examined the
sociopolitical background of the texts as well as the tradition of
narrative theory.

Edited Book on Recent Arab Women's Autobiographical Writings in English
Call for contribution

    My book Reading Arab Women's Autobiographies. Shahrazad Tells Her
Story was published last November (2003) by Texas University Press.
The book fills a gap in the field. Texas University Press expressed
interest in another book in the same area.
    In the book, I looked at autobiographical, fictional
autobiographical and anthologies of interviews with women. I read texts
by Huda Shaarawi, Nawal El-Saadawi, Fadwa Tuqan, Bouthaina Shaaban,
Fatima Mernissi, and Nayra Atiya. The book also examined the
sociopolitical background of the texts as well as the tradition of
narrative theory.

**CALL FOR PAPERS: DRESS AND FASHION IN LITERATURE**

We are currently accepting proposals for a proposed collection of
essays on dress/fashion in literature. We are interested in material
on a variety of periods and genres. Issues under consideration
include, but are not limited to, the following:

CFP: Essay Collection

Race, Education, Identity:
Narratives of African American Education

We invite submissions for an forthcoming published collection of essays
exploring the complex relationship between African Americans and education in
the United States. In light of recent legal developments concerning
Affirmative Action, we seek to develop a genealogy of narratives exploring the
myriad ways education has impacted the formation of black identities (both
from within and without black communities) and the ways African Americans have
shaped—and continue to shape—national narratives of education.

CFP: Tekumel and M. A. R. Barker [collection; no deadline]
Editor: Thomas Fortenberry

Open call for submissions to a new essay collection on SF-fantasy author M.
A. R. Barker and his phenomenally complex world of Tekumel. Tekumel, though
less well known than Middle-Earth, is the subject of numerous novels, popular
games, modules, and a forth-coming film.

CFP: Tekumel and M. A. R. Barker [collection; no deadline]
Editor: Thomas Fortenberry

Open call for submissions to a new essay collection on SF-fantasy author M.
A. R. Barker and his phenomenally complex world of Tekumel. Tekumel, though
less well known than Middle-Earth, is the subject of numerous novels, popular
games, modules, and a forth-coming film.

CFP: Special Issue of Literature and Medicine on Narrative, Pain
 and Suffering**deadline extension**(7/1/04)

Narrative, Pain, and Suffering
Volume 24, Number 1
Literature and Medicine
Issue Editors: Tod Chambers and Martha Stoddard-Holmes

Call for Essays: Victorian Medievalism (6/1/04; collection)

Essays with a focus on Swinburne or Browning or religion are solicited for a
Victorian medievalism collection under contract with Palgrave. Essays
should be appropriate for interdisciplinary undergraduate courses dealing
with Victorian medievalism and should not concern Arthurian or gothic
material. Please send questions and essays to lhollow_at_frc.mass.edu and
jpalmgren_at_saintpauls.edu. Completed essays (4000-5000 words) in Chicago
style should be received by June 1.

Jennifer Palmgren
Asst. Prof. of English
Saint Paul's College
115 College Dr.
Lawrenceville, VA 23868

CFP: Encyclopedia of Hispanic-American Literature (no deadline; book)

Call for Essays: Victorian Medievalism (6/1/04; collection)

Essays with a focus on Swinburne or Browning or religion are solicited for a
Victorian medievalism collection under contract with Palgrave. Essays
should be appropriate for interdisciplinary undergraduate courses dealing
with Victorian medievalism and should not concern Arthurian or gothic
material. Please send questions and essays to lhollow_at_frc.mass.edu and
jpalmgren_at_saintpauls.edu. Completed essays (4000-5000 words) in Chicago
style should be received by June 1.

Jennifer Palmgren
Asst. Prof. of English
Saint Paul's College
115 College Dr.
Lawrenceville, VA 23868