Papers are solicited for a panel on South Asian Studies for the annual Association of Asian American Studies conference (AAAS). See below for the conference description, but also feel free to propose papers more broadly, as the inclusion of South Asian Americans continues to expand the AAAS.

Please email me by October 1, 2005, with:

-an abstract for your paper

-a brief cv, highlighting especially your previous paper presentations

-the best way to contact you

Best,

anupama jain

anupama jain * Assistant Professor of English * Union College * Schenectady, NY 12308

>From the conference announcement:

British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
and
Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies, University of York

The Eighteenth Century Now: Recent and Future Directions
 
An international conference for postgraduates and academics in the early
stages of their career

23-24 June 2006

Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies
The King's Manor, University of York

CALL FOR PAPERS

British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
and
Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies, University of York

The Eighteenth Century Now: Recent and Future Directions
 
An international conference for postgraduates and academics in the early
stages of their career

23-24 June 2006

Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies
The King's Manor, University of York

CALL FOR PAPERS

Extended Deadline to October 25, 2005.

The Department of English and American Studies at Masaryk University,
Brno, Czech Republic, is pleased to announce an

International conference:

* **Shakespeare and His Collaborators over the Centuries*

The Gothic in Literature, Film and Culture (11/1/05; PCA/ACA,
4/12/06-4/15/06)

NATIONAL POPULAR & AMERICAN CULTURE
ASSOCIATIONS 2005 JOINT CONFERENCE

April 12-15, 2006
Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atlanta, GA 30303
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 1, 2005

We welcome papers and presentations on any aspect of the Gothic in film,
literature, or other forms of cultural expression. All critical
approaches are welcome.

You can propose an individual paper or a panel session of three or four
presenters.

New deadline: October 31, 2005

Hemingway Society member Mark Ott is seeking innovative and challenging
essays addressing the topic of "Ernest Hemingway and the Geography of
Memory" for a book he is interested in editing.

The Midwest Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference at the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee is seeking submissions for a two-day graduate student
conference focusing on the theme "Archival Bodies" to be held on February
10-11, 2006, in conjunction with the Center for 21st Century Studies and its
2005-06 research theme "States of Autonomy."

The Midwest Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference at the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee is seeking submissions for a two-day graduate student
conference focusing on the theme "Archival Bodies" to be held on February
10-11, 2006, in conjunction with the Center for 21st Century Studies and its
2005-06 research theme "States of Autonomy."

The Midwest Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference at the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee is seeking submissions for a two-day graduate student
conference focusing on the theme "Archival Bodies" to be held on February
10-11, 2006, in conjunction with the Center for 21st Century Studies and its
2005-06 research theme "States of Autonomy."

Call for Papers: International Medieval Congress
Leeds, 10th-13th July, 2006
Special Thematic Strand: Emotion and Gesture

Proposals are invited for the following session:

Text Formatting as Written Gesture in Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts

Call for Papers: International Medieval Congress
Leeds, 10th-13th July, 2006
Special Thematic Strand: Emotion and Gesture

Proposals are invited for the following session:

Text Formatting as Written Gesture in Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts

City University of New York Graduate Center
English Student Association Conference
Conference Date: March 24, 2006
Call for Papers and Panels:
=20
'Literature and the City' is a conference organized and sponsored by the
English Student Association at CUNY Graduate Center. This conference
seeks to bring together graduate students from a wide variety of
political, critical, and aesthetic perspectives to explore how cities
function in literature as both subject and setting. We invite papers
that examine the multitudinous ways in which cities have captured the
literary imagination and that scrutinize the complex relationships
between language, art, and metropolis.
=20

City University of New York Graduate Center
English Student Association Conference
Conference Date: March 24, 2006
Call for Papers and Panels:
=20
'Literature and the City' is a conference organized and sponsored by the
English Student Association at CUNY Graduate Center. This conference
seeks to bring together graduate students from a wide variety of
political, critical, and aesthetic perspectives to explore how cities
function in literature as both subject and setting. We invite papers
that examine the multitudinous ways in which cities have captured the
literary imagination and that scrutinize the complex relationships
between language, art, and metropolis.
=20

Dear all:

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS, the 4th European Biannual Conference of the
Society for Science, Literature, and the Arts is ready for boarding now:
http://www.slsa.nl

Deadline for submissions of papers and panels: 5 Dec 05.

The conference is organised around 11 thematic streams. For a short
description, possible topics and calls for co-panelists click "Streams" on
the menu.

The site is still under construction: so please check back regularly for
new information on plenary sessions and other events, hotels, calls for
co-panelists, payment arrangements, etc.

Meanwhile, do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions:
rossini_at_slsa.nl