PROFESSIONAL STUDIES REVIEW

Open Issue, Spring 2005

Announcement & Call for Papers

NEW BOOK COLLECTION OF ESSAYS - PHILIP ROTH'S AMERICA

Recently I guest edited the 2004 annual volume of _Studies in American
Jewish Literature_, Vol. 23, one devoted exclusively to Philip Roth's most
recent fiction. I'm now wanting to develop this special issue into a book
collection of essays, and I'd like to include several brand new critical
works on this later phase of Roth's career. I'm particularly interested in
essays devoted to _Sabbath's Theater_, _The Dying Animal_ and (ESPECIALLY)
the brand new novel, _The Plot Against America_. Thematic/theoretical focus
on these novels is open.

The Hwa Kang Journal of TEFL is currently inviting papers for the =
upcoming 11th issue, to be published in print and online in May 2005. =
Deadline for papers is extended to February 15, 2005. Articles on any =
aspect of teaching English to non-English speaking college students are =
welcome. Articles on the use of literature to teach language are =
especially welcome.

For the complete call for papers, please visit the journal website at:

http://hkjtefl.org

For information, contact Editor Angela Thompson, Chinese Culture =
University (Taipei, Taiwan).
hwakangjournal_at_hkjtefl.org

1984 holds a unique position in the contemporary canon, because of its
accessibility to a wide range of students, its widespread effect on literary
and popular culture, and its very strong resonances with contemporary
events. For an edited collection, we are seeking articles based on close
description of student readings of this text, both to provoke more general
discussion on how varied students work with a single, commonly-taught text,
and how students in an increasingly Orwellian society read the book's social
and political content.
Articles from any pedagogical and theoretical perspectives are welcome, with
the proviso that articles in the finished collection should be centered in

New deadline: January 20, 2005!

Portals is an ONLINE journal published by the Comparative Literature Student
 Association of San Francisco State University.

Portals: A Journal of Comparative Literature invites original,
critical graduate student essay submissions
that explore comparative literary topics across cultural, regional,
linguistic, and temporal boundaries. We also encourage papers that
cross genre barriers and extend the reach of literary study into new
media.

CFP: Gabriel Garcia Marquez encyclopedia (no dealine; book)
 
Facts On File, a New York publisher of reference books for schools and
libraries, is seeking a scholar to write a one-volume encyclopedia on
Gabriel Garcia Marquez , focusing on critical analyses of his works. The
ideal author will have a Ph.D., broad knowledge of Marquez's works, and an
ability to write clearly and succinctly for students in both high school
and college. This large project (250,000-300,000 words) must be completed
within two years. Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines will be required.
If interested please send letter and cv, preferably by e-mail, to
 
Jeff Soloway
Senior Editor
Facts on File, Inc.

CALL FOR PAPERS:

'This is Living Art':
Elizabeth Barrett Browning in the Twenty-first Century
A Bi-Centenary Celebration

Armstrong Browning Library
Baylor University, Texas
3 March -6 March 2006

Keynote speakers: Sandra Donaldson, Angela Leighton, Marjorie Stone, Herbert
Tucker

2006 is the bicentenary of EBB's birth. To mark this anniversary, the
Armstrong Browning Library will be hosting a major international conference
to re-assess her life and work.

Bad Subjects
Call for Papers

Jesusland: An Issue (#72)

After the elections, comes the New Morality? That's the aim of the right-wing evangelicals who helped bring the Republican Party to power in the 2004 US elections. Beyond creating a third Bush administration, economic and religious conservatives now hold power in two branches of the federal government, control appointments to the judiciary, and dominate numerous state and local governments.

While J.R.R. Tolkien professed to dislike the works of William
Shakespeare, he was intimately familiar with many of the plays and was
arguably influenced in many ways by Shakespeare's writings. I am looking
for scholarly but accessible papers of 6,000 to 9,000 words on the topic
of Shakespeare's influence on Tolkien. This collection already includes
essays on themes from Macbeth in The Lord of the Rings, war and glory in
Henry V and The Lord of the Rings, the mythical function of forests and
trees, and catharsis in Tolkien and Shakespeare. Additional topics I
would like to include are the conception of elves for both authors,
Gollum and Caliban, the role of women, and women warriors. Other topics

NEW DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: DECEMBER 10

Schreiner University is accepting submissions for the third issue of:

ILLUMINATIONS: AN UNDERGRADUATE JOURNAL OF ARTS AND LETTERS

Illuminations, an online, peer-reviewed, international journal of arts and
letters, offers undergraduate students an opportunity to publish works both
critical and creative.

Submission Deadline: December 12, 2004

Submission Categories:
· Scholarly Critical Articles
· Creative Non-Fiction
· Book and Movie Reviews
· Short Fiction
· Poetry
· Art (photography, 2-D work, or sculpture)

CFP: Companion to 20th C. British Poetry (no deadline; book)

CFP: Companion to 20th C. British Poetry (no deadline; book)

In light of the recent growth of masculinity studies across all
disciplines, we are soliciting articles for an edited volume devoted to
masculinities in African literature and cinema.

Papers are invited for an edited volume of essays on the performance of
identity within and through Australian protests, marches, parades and
processions.

Extended Deadline for abstracts December 20th 2004

Preliminary Title: Parading Ourselves: claiming space and identity on the
streets