CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT - 2007=20

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MELUS-INDIA

(The Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United =
States - India Chapter) =20

&

MELOW=20

(The Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the World)

 will hold a conference on

 LITERATURE IN TIMES OF VIOLENCE

in Chandigarh, tentative date: March 2007

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THEME FOR MELUS-INDIA: =20

"LITERATURE IN TIMES OF VIOLENCE: THE AMERICAN RESPONSE"

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THEME FOR MELOW:

"CONTEMPORARY WORLD LITERATURES IN TIMES OF VIOLENCE"

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Please notice that the deadline for paper submissions has been extended from
March 15 to March 25, 2006. We are still accepting proposals for the 2006
Rocky Mountain MLA convention in Tucson, Arizona, October 12-14 2006.

Early Modern Emissaries (1550-1700)

CALL FOR PAPERS

THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST
"MODERNITY: THE CRISIS OF VALUE AND JUDGEMENT"
Bucharest, 1- 3 June, 2006: Literary and Cultural
Studies
Bucharest, 23-24 June, 2006: Linguistics

The Annual Conference of the English Department of the
University of
Bucharest will take place in June, 2006:

1.LITERARY & CULTURAL STUDIES: 1-3 June, 2006
2.LINGUISTICS: 23-24 June, 2006.

CALL FOR PAPERS

THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST
"MODERNITY: THE CRISIS OF VALUE AND JUDGEMENT"
Bucharest, 1- 3 June, 2006: Literary and Cultural
Studies
Bucharest, 23-24 June, 2006: Linguistics

The Annual Conference of the English Department of the
University of
Bucharest will take place in June, 2006:

1.LITERARY & CULTURAL STUDIES: 1-3 June, 2006
2.LINGUISTICS: 23-24 June, 2006.

*Call for PaperS ***
 
The Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University,
invites proposals for papers or works-in-progress at the *Twenty-Sixth
Annual Harvard Celtic Colloquium, October 6-8, 2006.*
 
We welcome proposals for papers on topics which relate directly to
Celtic studies (Celtic languages and literatures in any phase; cultural,
historical, or social science topics; theoretical perspectives, etc.).
Papers concerning interdisciplinary research with a Celtic focus are
also invited.
 
Further information: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hcc/

Call for Papers
Writing Against the Curriculum:
Anti-Disciplinarity in the Writing and Cultural Studies Classroom

Dear Colleagues:

There is another chapter available for Reading in America Today: The
Greenwood Encyclopedia of Contemporary Popular American Literature. This
four-volume encyclopedia will include alphabetically arranged chapters on
more than 100 literary genres.

The chapter is on "Business Writing (Nonfiction)," and it will be
approximately 7,500 words. Contributors will be paid for their efforts. The
chapters will not be due until February 1st, 2007.

I hope that you will consider participating in this project!

With all best wishes,
Ken Womack
kaw16_at_psu.edu

Please feel free to forward and cross-post.

CFP: D.A. Pennebaker

Film & History Conference: The Documentary Tradition
8-12 November, 2006, Dolce Conference Center, Dallas, TX
Deadline: August 15, 2006

Call for Paper Proposals: Composition & Copyright (Edited Collection)
 
Eds. Steve Westbrook, Ph.D. & Timothy Hodge, Esq.
 
We are seeking 500-word proposals for an interdisciplinary collection of essays that examines the relationship between copyright law and the activities of writing, researching, teaching, and learning. Regardless of the particular activity or combination of activities under discussion, we are concerned primarily with the legal, questionably legal, and illegal production and distribution of texts, which we define broadly to include verbal, print, auditory, visual, and new media, as well as computer code.
 

Call for Paper Proposals: Composition & Copyright (Edited Collection)
 
Eds. Steve Westbrook, Ph.D. & Timothy Hodge, Esq.
 
We are seeking 500-word proposals for an interdisciplinary collection of essays that examines the relationship between copyright law and the activities of writing, researching, teaching, and learning. Regardless of the particular activity or combination of activities under discussion, we are concerned primarily with the legal, questionably legal, and illegal production and distribution of texts, which we define broadly to include verbal, print, auditory, visual, and new media, as well as computer code.
 

Call for Paper Proposals: Composition & Copyright (Edited Collection)
 
Eds. Steve Westbrook, Ph.D. & Timothy Hodge, Esq.
 
We are seeking 500-word proposals for an interdisciplinary collection of essays that examines the relationship between copyright law and the activities of writing, researching, teaching, and learning. Regardless of the particular activity or combination of activities under discussion, we are concerned primarily with the legal, questionably legal, and illegal production and distribution of texts, which we define broadly to include verbal, print, auditory, visual, and new media, as well as computer code.
 

CFP: Media Exhibition (4/15/06, M/MLA, 11/9/06-11/12/06)
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"Media Exhibition" at the Midwest Modern Language Association Convention =
in Chicago, Illinois, November 9-12, 2006

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This panel seeks to examine all aspects of language use in media =
exhibition. Papers that deal with media exhibition in bilingual =
communities, language in media history and high-low culture are =
particularly welcome; however, submissions on all topics pertaining to =
the exhibition of cinema, video and multimedia in the public and private =
spheres are welcome.=20

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Please send abstracts by April 15 to Sheila Skaff at sskaff_at_utep.edu.

CFP: Media Exhibition (4/15/06, M/MLA, 11/9/06-11/12/06)
=20
"Media Exhibition" at the Midwest Modern Language Association Convention =
in Chicago, Illinois, November 9-12, 2006

=20

This panel seeks to examine all aspects of language use in media =
exhibition. Papers that deal with media exhibition in bilingual =
communities, language in media history and high-low culture are =
particularly welcome; however, submissions on all topics pertaining to =
the exhibition of cinema, video and multimedia in the public and private =
spheres are welcome.=20

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Please send abstracts by April 15 to Sheila Skaff at sskaff_at_utep.edu.