CALL FOR PAPERS (Collection)
This is an updated cfp. I had originally asked for abstracts only. I am
now
calling for full essays for publication in an anthology of essays. A
publisher is
currently "very excited" about the project.

DURRELL SCHOOL OF CORFU

SEMINAR ON 'THE LITERATURE OF WAR'

Corfu, Greece, 20-25 May 2007
www.durrell-school-corfu.org

The Durrell School of Corfu will host an international seminar on 'The
Literature of War' at its Library and Study Centre, 20-25 May 2007. We
invite submissions on aspects of literature and film relating to war. In
particular we hope to receive submissions on the work of Lawrence Durrell,
and it offers the following introduction to a writer whose work is mainly
set in the context of the second world war.

CALL FOR PAPERS: Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 14-17, 2007

Computer Culture Area
2007 Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture
Association Annual Meeting
http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/

The Computer Culture Area of the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture
Association/American Culture Association welcomes paper, panel, and
performance proposals on a wide range of topics, including but not
limited to:

CFP: Technical Communication & Culture
Submission deadline: November 15, 2006

Understanding why gas prices rise or fall, filtering
war reports, reading campaign materials, listening to
the stem cell debate, and following sports blogs are
just some of our encounters with technical information
in recent days. How much of that information is
communication? How does technology modify the
information?

Share your ideas and join us for the 28th meeting of
the Southwest/Texas Popular and American Culture
Associations Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
February 14-17, 2007
Hyatt Regency, Albuquerque

The editors of the Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction, forthcoming from Facts
on File, are seeking contributors. Please consult our website for further
information on available entries and how to apply:
http://www.geoffhamilton.com/encyclopedia/home.html
Yours,
Geoff Hamilton, popularfiction_at_gmail.com

CFP: Collection of reviews of 19th-century literature (no deadline;
book)

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Call for Papers or Panel Proposals

Immigration, Transnationalism, Diaspora: Issues for Asian/American
Communities

University of Illinois at Chicago

March 16-17, 2007

A National Conference

by the UIC chapter of Asian Pacific American Graduate Students Organization

Submission Deadline: November 3, 2006

Building on the success of the 1st APAGSO conference held at University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the 2nd conference will be held at University
of Illinois at Chicago.

Call for Papers or Panel Proposals

Immigration, Transnationalism, Diaspora: Issues for Asian/American
Communities

University of Illinois at Chicago

March 16-17, 2007

A National Conference

by the UIC chapter of Asian Pacific American Graduate Students Organization

Submission Deadline: November 3, 2006

Building on the success of the 1st APAGSO conference held at University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the 2nd conference will be held at University
of Illinois at Chicago.

The Seventh Annual Conference on Teaching Medieval Literature: Teaching
the Quest
 
March 2-3, 2007
Georgia Perimeter College--Lawrenceville Campus
(Located in Lawrenceville, GA, in Northeast Metro Atlanta)
 
Deadline for Submission: December 15, 2006
 
Keynote Lecture by Edward Donald Kennedy, Professor of English and
Comparative Literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. Professor Kennedy will be speaking on the Grail Quest motif in
Medieval and 19th and 20th Century literature. The seventh annual
conference on Teaching Medieval Literature is designed for both
medievalists and non-specialists who teach medieval literature to

Hamlin Garland at ALA, 2007

Call For Papers

The Hamlin Garland Society will sponsor one session at the American Literature Association Conference at the Westin Copley Place in Boston on May 24-27, 2007 (Thursday through Sunday of Memorial Day weekend). Papers may be submitted on any topic concerning Garland or his work.

Presentations will be limited to 20 minutes.

Please email abstracts or papers of no more than ten double-spaced pages by 1 January 2007 to the program chair:

Kurt Meyer
Meyer6601_at_aol.com
web: http://www.uncw.edu/garland/

Conference details may be found at the American Literature Association web site:

The Editors of the Schuylkill invite contributions for the Spring
issue. Founded by graduate students at Temple University, the
Schuylkill is a graduate journal indexed in the MLA Directory of
Periodicals and the MLA International Bibliography. Due to turnover
issues, the periodical has been defunct for the past several years,
but now has an active and committed editorial staff. The Schuylkill
will be published electronically, and possibly also as a print
journal, if our efforts to secure sufficient funding are successful.

CFP: Children's and Young Adult Literature and Culture (11/15/06; SW/TX
PCA/ACA; 2/14/07-2/17/07)=0D
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Abstract Deadline November 15, 2006=0D
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Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Associations 28th Annual
Conference=0D
Albuquerque, NM February 14-17, 2007=0D
Hyatt Regency Albuquerque=0D
330 Tijeras=0D
Albuquerque, NM 87102=0D
Phone: 1.505.842.1234=0D
Fax: 1.505.766.6710=0D
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For further details regarding the conference (listing of all areas, hotel=
,
registration, tours, etc.) please visit the conference website:=0D
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http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/=0D
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CFP: Children's and Young Adult Literature and Culture (11/15/06; SW/TX
PCA/ACA; 2/14/07-2/17/07)=0D
 =0D
Abstract Deadline November 15, 2006=0D
 =0D
Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Associations 28th Annual
Conference=0D
Albuquerque, NM February 14-17, 2007=0D
Hyatt Regency Albuquerque=0D
330 Tijeras=0D
Albuquerque, NM 87102=0D
Phone: 1.505.842.1234=0D
Fax: 1.505.766.6710=0D
 =0D
For further details regarding the conference (listing of all areas, hotel=
,
registration, tours, etc.) please visit the conference website:=0D
 =0D
http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/=0D
 =0D

MP Feminist International Journal is seeking submissions for its Fall 2006
issue on the theme "Religion, Politics and the Great Pumpkin". In the comic
strip "Peanuts", the character Linus once said "There are three things I
have learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics and the Great
Pumpkin." In this issue, we'd like to talk about the great taboo subjects.
Religion, spirituality, politics, and other taboo subjects, such as women
and money, are welcomed. The most important thing we'll be looking for in
these submissions is that they challenge taboos and explore the subject
intelligently and uniquely. We are primarily seeking academic articles using