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Narratives of Citizenship
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
March 23-25, 2007
* Deadline extended to December 22, 2006.
Narratives of Citizenship
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
March 23-25, 2007
* Deadline extended to December 22, 2006.
Narratives of Citizenship
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
March 23-25, 2007
* Deadline extended to December 22, 2006.
In addition to our regular annual business meeting, the Louisa May Alcott Society will host two scholarly sessions at the American Literature Association 18th Annual Conference in Boston, 24-27 May 2007. Calls for Papers follow for the first of our two proposed sessions:
Session 1. Orchard House, Historical and Imaginative
In recognition of the 150th anniversary of Orchard House, we invite proposals on such topics as:
* Orchard House in the popular imagination
* Orchard House as home of the Marches in Little Women
* Transcendentalism and the Concord School of Philosophy
* The history and pre-history of the Orchard House home and site
"Symposium: An Undergraduate Conference"
March 30-31, 2007
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
CALL FOR PAPERS
What is Love? A crowd of glassy-eyed Greek philosophers famously tackle
this elusive topic in Plato's Symposium, but in the ensuing two-thousand
years, perspectives have changed. The Comparative Humanities Review is now
accepting papers for Symposium: An Undergraduate Conference that examine
Plato's Symposium and its afterlives in multiple disciplines. Submissions
should be comparative in nature and written while the student is/was an
undergraduate. Panels will be chaired by Bucknell faculty and organized
into the following sessions:
Call for Essays
Shakespeare Bulletin - Special Issue
Shakespearean Screen Adaptations for the Teen Market
Shakespeare Bulletin, a journal of performance criticism and
scholarship incorporating the Shakespeare on Film Newsletter, announces
a special issue devoted to Shakespearean Screen Adaptations for the Teen
Market. Essays should address questions concerning the transformation
of Shakespeare's plays from their textual incarnations to cinematic and
video renderings designed for teenage audiences. Subjects that might be
addressed in such essays include:
The definition of a Shakespearean teen film
adaptation
The Cassola Conference Committee is accepting proposal for this year's
conference entitled "Controversy and Communication," to be held April
13, 2007 at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, RI. This year's
keynote speaker is Cherry Arnold, producer of the documentary film
"Buddy," about former Providence mayor Vincent "Buddy" Cianci.=20
Call for Essays
Shakespeare Bulletin - Special Issue
Shakespearean Screen Adaptations for the Teen Market
Shakespeare Bulletin, a journal of performance criticism and
scholarship incorporating the Shakespeare on Film Newsletter, announces
a special issue devoted to Shakespearean Screen Adaptations for the Teen
Market. Essays should address questions concerning the transformation
of Shakespeare's plays from their textual incarnations to cinematic and
video renderings designed for teenage audiences. Subjects that might be
addressed in such essays include:
The definition of a Shakespearean teen film
adaptation
Call for Essays
Shakespeare Bulletin - Special Issue
Shakespearean Screen Adaptations for the Teen Market
Shakespeare Bulletin, a journal of performance criticism and
scholarship incorporating the Shakespeare on Film Newsletter, announces
a special issue devoted to Shakespearean Screen Adaptations for the Teen
Market. Essays should address questions concerning the transformation
of Shakespeare's plays from their textual incarnations to cinematic and
video renderings designed for teenage audiences. Subjects that might be
addressed in such essays include:
The definition of a Shakespearean teen film
adaptation
Call for Essays
Shakespeare Bulletin - Special Issue
Shakespearean Screen Adaptations for the Teen Market
Shakespeare Bulletin, a journal of performance criticism and
scholarship incorporating the Shakespeare on Film Newsletter, announces
a special issue devoted to Shakespearean Screen Adaptations for the Teen
Market. Essays should address questions concerning the transformation
of Shakespeare's plays from their textual incarnations to cinematic and
video renderings designed for teenage audiences. Subjects that might be
addressed in such essays include:
The definition of a Shakespearean teen film
adaptation
Public Domain, Inc. is pleased to announce the call for PERFORATIONS 29.
Guest editor for this issue will be Dr. Thomas Mical, Carleton University
School of Architecture.
As usual with perforations, deadlines are somewhat fluid but please notify
Thomas Mical or Robert Cheatham of your intent by February 15 2007 in order
to be included in the release notification.
Article length is at your discretion. Experimental hypertexts are especially
welcome. Other forms of media, video, etc., may have length restrictions,
please cc media editor Chea Prince or technical editor, Jim Demmers.
If you have any questions please query one of the editors.
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Public Domain, Inc. is pleased to announce the call for PERFORATIONS 29.
Guest editor for this issue will be Dr. Thomas Mical, Carleton University
School of Architecture.
As usual with perforations, deadlines are somewhat fluid but please notify
Thomas Mical or Robert Cheatham of your intent by February 15 2007 in order
to be included in the release notification.
Article length is at your discretion. Experimental hypertexts are especially
welcome. Other forms of media, video, etc., may have length restrictions,
please cc media editor Chea Prince or technical editor, Jim Demmers.
If you have any questions please query one of the editors.
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Public Domain, Inc. is pleased to announce the call for PERFORATIONS 29.
Guest editor for this issue will be Dr. Thomas Mical, Carleton University
School of Architecture.
As usual with perforations, deadlines are somewhat fluid but please notify
Thomas Mical or Robert Cheatham of your intent by February 15 2007 in order
to be included in the release notification.
Article length is at your discretion. Experimental hypertexts are especially
welcome. Other forms of media, video, etc., may have length restrictions,
please cc media editor Chea Prince or technical editor, Jim Demmers.
If you have any questions please query one of the editors.
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CALL FOR PAPERS
The Seventh Biennial Symposium of the Association for Rhetoric and Communication in Southern Africa
Cape Town, South Africa
21-23 June 2007
The Development of Rhetoric
>From 21st to the 23rd of June 2007, the Association for Rhetoric and Communication in Southern Africa will host its Seventh Biennial Symposium in Cape Town, South Africa.
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Seventh Biennial Symposium of the Association for Rhetoric and Communication in Southern Africa
Cape Town, South Africa
21-23 June 2007
The Development of Rhetoric
>From 21st to the 23rd of June 2007, the Association for Rhetoric and Communication in Southern Africa will host its Seventh Biennial Symposium in Cape Town, South Africa.
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Seventh Biennial Symposium of the Association for Rhetoric and Communication in Southern Africa
Cape Town, South Africa
21-23 June 2007
The Development of Rhetoric
>From 21st to the 23rd of June 2007, the Association for Rhetoric and Communication in Southern Africa will host its Seventh Biennial Symposium in Cape Town, South Africa.
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Seventh Biennial Symposium of the Association for Rhetoric and Communication in Southern Africa
Cape Town, South Africa
21-23 June 2007
The Development of Rhetoric
>From 21st to the 23rd of June 2007, the Association for Rhetoric and Communication in Southern Africa will host its Seventh Biennial Symposium in Cape Town, South Africa.
The African-American Literature and Culture Society invites proposals
related to the following topic, for a session at the American Literature
Association meetings in Boston [May 24-27, 2007].
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Re-examining Migration
In recent years, historians like Darlene Clark Hine have called for a
more nuanced look at African American experiences with migration,
highlighting issues such as gender and geography as important focus
points. How have African-American writers responded to this call? What
new types of concerns or themes emerge in contemporary representations
of migration?
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Please send 1-2 page proposals by January 10th to
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William R. Nash
The African-American Literature and Culture Society invites proposals
related to the following topic, for a session at the American Literature
Association meetings in Boston [May 24-27, 2007].
=20
Re-examining Migration
In recent years, historians like Darlene Clark Hine have called for a
more nuanced look at African American experiences with migration,
highlighting issues such as gender and geography as important focus
points. How have African-American writers responded to this call? What
new types of concerns or themes emerge in contemporary representations
of migration?
=20
Please send 1-2 page proposals by January 10th to
=20
William R. Nash
The African-American Literature and Culture Society invites proposals
related to the following topic, for a session at the American Literature
Association meetings in Boston [May 24-27, 2007].
=20
Re-examining Migration
In recent years, historians like Darlene Clark Hine have called for a
more nuanced look at African American experiences with migration,
highlighting issues such as gender and geography as important focus
points. How have African-American writers responded to this call? What
new types of concerns or themes emerge in contemporary representations
of migration?
=20
Please send 1-2 page proposals by January 10th to
=20
William R. Nash
Moments of Futurity: From Present Conditions to Material(izing)
Horizons
The Ninth Annual Conference of the Marxist Reading Group
Keynote Speaker Fredric Jameson
March 29-31 at the University of Florida
Moments of Futurity: From Present Conditions to Material(izing)
Horizons
The Ninth Annual Conference of the Marxist Reading Group
Keynote Speaker Fredric Jameson
March 29-31 at the University of Florida
3RD CONFERENCE ON SOUTH AFRICAN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
17 - 20 September 2007
North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa
Invitation to attend conference and call for papers
CFP: Charles Olson: The End of the Maximus and the Late Prose
American Literature Association, Boston, May 24-27, 2007
The Charles Olson Society invites proposals that focus on any aspect of the
end of "The Maximus Poems" or Olson's late prose (published or unpublished).
250-word proposals should be sent to Don Byrd at dbyrd1_at_nycap.rr.com or to
Gary Grieve-Carlson at grieveca_at_lvc.edu by December 15, 2006. Please include
your name, institutional affiliation (if any), e-mail address, and AV needs
(if any).
CFP: Charles Olson: The End of the Maximus and the Late Prose
American Literature Association, Boston, May 24-27, 2007
The Charles Olson Society invites proposals that focus on any aspect of the
end of "The Maximus Poems" or Olson's late prose (published or unpublished).
250-word proposals should be sent to Don Byrd at dbyrd1_at_nycap.rr.com or to
Gary Grieve-Carlson at grieveca_at_lvc.edu by December 15, 2006. Please include
your name, institutional affiliation (if any), e-mail address, and AV needs
(if any).
3RD CONFERENCE ON SOUTH AFRICAN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
17 - 20 September 2007
North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa
Invitation to attend conference and call for papers
3RD CONFERENCE ON SOUTH AFRICAN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
17 - 20 September 2007
North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa
Invitation to attend conference and call for papers
3RD CONFERENCE ON SOUTH AFRICAN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
17 - 20 September 2007
North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa
Invitation to attend conference and call for papers
Call for Papers for the 3rd biennial International Rebecca West
Conference, in New York City at the Mercantile Library on 47th street,
September 28-30, 2007:
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The International Rebecca West Society invites proposals for talks about
any aspect of Rebecca West and her work. We are particularly interested
in contributions about Rebecca West as performer and media figure but
will also consider proposals about matters of intertextuality, aesthetic
practice, politics, religion, moral philosophy, genre, etc.
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Highlights of the third International Rebecca West Conference:
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- Keynote address by Francine Prose
***Linguistic Circle of Manitoba and North Dakota (LCMND) 2007***
Celebrating Memory: The 50th Anniversary of the Linguistic Circle of
Manitoba and North Dakota
When: Thursday - Saturday, September 27-29, 2007
Location: North Dakota State University Alumni Center, 1241 N. University
Drive, Fargo, ND.
Call for Papers on the Theme "Memory, Memorial, Memorializing: Spaces of and
for Remembering"
The Linguistic Circle of Manitoba and North Dakota invites proposals for
15-minute papers or 60-minute panels for the 50th annual meeting of LCMND.
Papers selected by review process will be published as a collection marking
the occasion. Conference languages: French and English.