THE UPSTART CROW: A SHAKESPEARE JOURNAL

Call for Papers: "SHAKESPEARE AND THE AMERICAN SOUTH"

The Upstart Crow is currently accepting submissions for a theme-based
issue on "Shakespeare and the American South." We are also interested in
receiving manuscripts that consider the reception, representation, or
adaptation of Shakespeare in any part of the United States from the
seventeenth century to the present.

Submissions that address any aspect of Shakespeare's work, and performance
reviews of Shakespeare theater productions and festivals, will also be
considered.

Deadline for priority reading of submissions: February 1, 2007.

THE UPSTART CROW: A SHAKESPEARE JOURNAL

Call for Papers: "SHAKESPEARE AND THE AMERICAN SOUTH"

The Upstart Crow is currently accepting submissions for a theme-based
issue on "Shakespeare and the American South." We are also interested in
receiving manuscripts that consider the reception, representation, or
adaptation of Shakespeare in any part of the United States from the
seventeenth century to the present.

Submissions that address any aspect of Shakespeare's work, and performance
reviews of Shakespeare theater productions and festivals, will also be
considered.

Deadline for priority reading of submissions: February 1, 2007.

=93New Worlds, Lost Worlds=94: Discovery, Change, and Loss in Literature
McGill University, Montr=E9al
13th Annual Graduate Conference on Language and Literature
March 10-11, 2007
Panel:=20

New Worlds, Lost Worlds, Lost Words, New Words:=20

Imagining Diaspora in Canadian Literature

If to live in diaspora is to live the experience of leaving one world =
for another world, of being away, of being broken up and split apart, =
then perhaps it is through words, new and old, that we can attempt to =
piece ourselves back together again and lead ourselves, if not home, =
then somewhere else, elsewhere-=20

CFP: POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURE SESSION (03/19/07; SAMLA 07)

"The Future of Postcolonial Literature and Theory"
Program Chair: Dr. Zakaria Fatih (U. of MD/Baltimore County)
E-mail: Mogador_at_umbc.edu
Program Secretary: Lois Wolfe (Florida Atlantic U.)
E-mail: loiswolfe_at_terranova.net

15-minute papers are invited that consider the proposed topic in the light
of pedagogy, current events, and /or presumptions about the relevance of
"postcolonialism" to contemporary literary study and criticism.

RAPE IN ART CINEMA: CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS

(Essay Collection)

Deadline for proposals: March 1st, 2007

In her 2001 book Watching Rape, Sarah Projansky, argues that rape is =20
=93a key force throughout the history of film,=94 and that =93one cannot =
=20
fully understand cinema itself without addressing rape and its =20
representation=94 (26). Despite new theoretical explorations and =20
increasingly graphic depictions of rape onscreen, however, rape has =20
remained under explored in Film Studies. The few book-length studies =20
that exist focus on rape revenge films and Hollywood. This collection =20=

RAPE IN ART CINEMA: CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS

(Essay Collection)

Deadline for proposals: March 1st, 2007

In her 2001 book Watching Rape, Sarah Projansky, argues that rape is =20
=93a key force throughout the history of film,=94 and that =93one cannot =
=20
fully understand cinema itself without addressing rape and its =20
representation=94 (26). Despite new theoretical explorations and =20
increasingly graphic depictions of rape onscreen, however, rape has =20
remained under explored in Film Studies. The few book-length studies =20
that exist focus on rape revenge films and Hollywood. This collection =20=

Race, Region, and Ethnic Difference in the American Short Story
American Literature Association Conference
Boston, MA 5/24/2007-5/27/2007

Race, Region, and Ethnic Difference in the American Short Story
American Literature Association Conference
Boston, MA 5/24/2007-5/27/2007

We invite proposals for papers lasting no more than fifteen minutes from post-graduate students on any of the following topics:

Medieval Emotion
Princeton University Graduate Conference in Medieval
Studies 2007
Call for Papers
=20
The Program in Medieval Studies at Princeton University invites graduate
students to submit paper proposals for its annual conference, to take =
place
on Saturday March 31, 2007. This year's theme is "Emotion," and the =
keynote
speaker is William Ian Miller, Thomas G. Long Professor of Law at the
University of Michigan Law School. The conference will provide a venue =
for
graduate students to discuss their work and to engage in dialogue with =
peers
from other universities. Medievalists have been on the forefront of =
recent

Queer CUNY VIII
Hunter College, New York City
April 7-8, 2007

Twilight of Queerness:
from Binaries to Connectivity

Most current LGBT political activism focuses on the
marriage/anti-marriage debate, and accordingly, scholarship debate
disputes relational/anti-relational ideologies. Both grossly miss a
larger political and intellectual potential for queer studies and that
the definition of discreet identity binaries is, itself, destructive
to a truly radical and progressive discourse.

Queer CUNY VIII
Hunter College, New York City
April 7-8, 2007

Twilight of Queerness:
from Binaries to Connectivity

Most current LGBT political activism focuses on the
marriage/anti-marriage debate, and accordingly, scholarship debate
disputes relational/anti-relational ideologies. Both grossly miss a
larger political and intellectual potential for queer studies and that
the definition of discreet identity binaries is, itself, destructive
to a truly radical and progressive discourse.

Call for Papers

The Novel: Democracy's Form?

'Countless are the novels of the world. So how can we speak of them?'
(Franco Moretti, 2006)

CFP: Miami's English Graduate and Adjunct Association's Symposium

SPACE AND DISCIPLINE(S)