CALL FOR PAPERS:

Early Modern Women Writers Across Borders

A session at the annual meeting of the Renaissance Society of America,
22-24 March 2007 in Miami, Florida

Early modern women writers are frequently examined in terms that are
limited to their own countries. And yet, we might fruitfully compare
women writers in different countries and look at how women writers
themselves transcended national boundaries, by participating in
international debates, translating texts, situating themselves in
relation to writers from abroad, and in numerous other ways.

  This is final conference of a 3-part international,
interdisciplinary conference series. Conference participation is
limited to allow for dialogue around presentation topics. Abstracts
are due 5 July 2006. The conference is 10-12 August 2006, Prague,
Czech Republic. Submissions are welcome from any field of study that
seeks to understand the impact=A0of current political, social and
economic trends, on humanity and its ideas and institutions,
including philosphy, religion, political science, economics,
anthropology, sociology, psychology, cultural studies, literature and
poetry, and=A0visual arts.

CALL FOR PAPERS: DEADLINE EXTENDED
Panel Topic: Cultural Assumptions: Literature, Race, and Naming
2006 South Central MLA Convention/ American Name Society Session
October 26-28, 2006
Radisson Plaza Hotel, Fort Worth, Texas
Submission Deadline: May 10, 2006

Papers are invited for the American Name Society session entitled
"Cultural Assumptions: Literature, Race, and Naming," to be presented at
the 2006 Convention of the South Central Modern LanguageAssociation
(SCMLA) in Fort Worth, TX (October 26-28, 2006).

CALL FOR PAPERS: DEADLINE EXTENDED
Panel Topic: Cultural Assumptions: Literature, Race, and Naming
2006 South Central MLA Convention/ American Name Society Session
October 26-28, 2006
Radisson Plaza Hotel, Fort Worth, Texas
Submission Deadline: May 10, 2006

Papers are invited for the American Name Society session entitled
"Cultural Assumptions: Literature, Race, and Naming," to be presented at
the 2006 Convention of the South Central Modern LanguageAssociation
(SCMLA) in Fort Worth, TX (October 26-28, 2006).

PALA 2006 Joensuu Finland Call for papers
There has been much debate in recent years within the broad
domain of stylistics about how to define this field of
investigation. This same debate most recently arose at our last
gathering in Huddersfield (July 2005). How has stylistics
evolved since the early 1970s? How do we define "stylistics"
today? What are its aims? How do we go about meeting these
aims? Can we realistically reach a consensus? How viable is
stylistics in the 21st century? What could be its main
contributions? To what extent is stylistics an interdisciplinary
venture? The purpose of this conference is to reflect upon
these broad questions: to consider what state the state of

Centre for Social Theory and Design,
University of Technology, Sydney

Conference

Walter Benjamin and the Architecture of Modernity

August 17-19 2006

Call for Papers

Walter Benjamin=92s work remains central to discussions of modernity=20
within the Humanities, Visual Arts, Design and Architecture. This=20
conference will bring together scholars working on all aspects of=20
Benjamin=92s work as well as those who deploy the insights of that work=20=

in developing projects of their own.

Abstracts of 300 words, which will be subject to a refereeing process,=20=

The Arabesques Print Literary Journal is now accepting submissions for =
their
upcoming issues, Summer 06: Theme: "Identities" - deadline: June 10, =
2006;
Fall 06: Theme: "The New Romance" - deadline: September 10, 2006. Seeks
international quality writing including: fiction, poetry, non-fiction,
essays, reviews, line drawing, and Black&White photography. Limit: Short
fiction: 10000 words max. Poetry: 10 pages max. Serial publication may =
be
considered for longer works. Values alternative perspectives, good =
stories,
insightful commentary and command of the English language. Academic =
essays
are welcome but no bad philosophy. Unpublished and published =
contributors

PALA 2006 Joensuu Finland Call for papers
There has been much debate in recent years within the broad
domain of stylistics about how to define this field of
investigation. This same debate most recently arose at our last
gathering in Huddersfield (July 2005). How has stylistics
evolved since the early 1970s? How do we define "stylistics"
today? What are its aims? How do we go about meeting these
aims? Can we realistically reach a consensus? How viable is
stylistics in the 21st century? What could be its main
contributions? To what extent is stylistics an interdisciplinary
venture? The purpose of this conference is to reflect upon
these broad questions: to consider what state the state of

Centre for Social Theory and Design,
University of Technology, Sydney

Conference

Walter Benjamin and the Architecture of Modernity

August 17-19 2006

Call for Papers

Walter Benjamin=92s work remains central to discussions of modernity=20
within the Humanities, Visual Arts, Design and Architecture. This=20
conference will bring together scholars working on all aspects of=20
Benjamin=92s work as well as those who deploy the insights of that work=20=

in developing projects of their own.

Abstracts of 300 words, which will be subject to a refereeing process,=20=

Call for papers, proposals, and panel suggestions: "Faith and Violence:
Jihad and Holy War" is the theme of the annual Northeast Region
Conference on Christianity and Literature to be held October 20, 21 2006
at St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights, NY. Keynote address to be
delivered by David S. Reynolds, author of "John Brown, Abolitionist: The
Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights."

=20

NEW DEADLINE: APRIL 25, 2006

Where: Midwestern Modern Language Association (MMLA) Conference in Chicago, November 09-11, 2006

Panel: Old Books, New Media: Using Technology to teach Pre-1900 Texts
 
With the advent of computer classrooms, web-based archives, digital storytelling, and a host of other technological marvels, technology in the literature classroom has moved beyond the occasional Zeffirelli or Merchant Ivory film to encompass a wide range of problems and possibilities for teachers and students alike.

NEW DEADLINE: APRIL 25, 2006

Where: Midwestern Modern Language Association (MMLA) Conference in Chicago, November 09-11, 2006

Panel: Old Books, New Media: Using Technology to teach Pre-1900 Texts
 
With the advent of computer classrooms, web-based archives, digital storytelling, and a host of other technological marvels, technology in the literature classroom has moved beyond the occasional Zeffirelli or Merchant Ivory film to encompass a wide range of problems and possibilities for teachers and students alike.

This panel for the upcoming M/MLA conference -- entitled =22High and Low =
Culture=2C=22 to be held in Chicago=2C Illinois on November 9-12=2C 2006 =
-- invites scholars to explore the shifting relations between the =91high=
=92 and the =91low=92 by focusing on the popularization of music and its =
interaction with various literary and cultural forms=2E Papers that addre=
ss one or more of the following topics are welcome=3A =

1=2E How do we begin to theorize the (historical) process of =27populariz=
ation=27 in the realms of music and literature=3F To what extent does the=
 process of popularization implicate or problematize =91high=92 and =91lo=
w=92 cultural and literary forms=3F =

NEW DEADLINE: APRIL 25, 2006

Where: Midwestern Modern Language Association (MMLA) Conference in Chicago, November 09-11, 2006

Panel: Old Books, New Media: Using Technology to teach Pre-1900 Texts
 
With the advent of computer classrooms, web-based archives, digital storytelling, and a host of other technological marvels, technology in the literature classroom has moved beyond the occasional Zeffirelli or Merchant Ivory film to encompass a wide range of problems and possibilities for teachers and students alike.