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CFP: Wizards on Film/TV/Video & Computer Games (9/15/06; collection)

updated: 
Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 5:26pm
Michael Torregrossa

*>> Call for Contributors << *

REEL WIZARDS: REPRESENTATIONS OF MAGIC AND MAGIC USERS IN FILM
Deadline for Proposals: September 15, 2006

In J. R. R. Tolkien's THE LORD OF THE RINGS, the Hobbits are warned, "Do no=
t
meddle in the affairs of wizards"; yet, few readers today, in a time when
the wizard features so prominently in both popular culture and scholarship,
would choose to follow this admonition. Accepting this as a given, proposal=
s
are now being accepted for an essay collection investigating the
representation of magic-wielding figures in electronic multimedia.

CFP: Wizards on Film/TV/Video &amp; Computer Games (9/15/06; collection)

updated: 
Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 5:26pm
Michael Torregrossa

*>> Call for Contributors << *

REEL WIZARDS: REPRESENTATIONS OF MAGIC AND MAGIC USERS IN FILM
Deadline for Proposals: September 15, 2006

In J. R. R. Tolkien's THE LORD OF THE RINGS, the Hobbits are warned, "Do no=
t
meddle in the affairs of wizards"; yet, few readers today, in a time when
the wizard features so prominently in both popular culture and scholarship,
would choose to follow this admonition. Accepting this as a given, proposal=
s
are now being accepted for an essay collection investigating the
representation of magic-wielding figures in electronic multimedia.

CFP: Wizards on Film/TV/Video &amp; Computer Games (9/15/06; collection)

updated: 
Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 5:26pm
Michael Torregrossa

*>> Call for Contributors << *

REEL WIZARDS: REPRESENTATIONS OF MAGIC AND MAGIC USERS IN FILM
Deadline for Proposals: September 15, 2006

In J. R. R. Tolkien's THE LORD OF THE RINGS, the Hobbits are warned, "Do no=
t
meddle in the affairs of wizards"; yet, few readers today, in a time when
the wizard features so prominently in both popular culture and scholarship,
would choose to follow this admonition. Accepting this as a given, proposal=
s
are now being accepted for an essay collection investigating the
representation of magic-wielding figures in electronic multimedia.

CFP: Anchoritic Society (9/15/06; Kalamazoo, 5/10/07-5/13/07)

updated: 
Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 5:26pm
chewning_at_ucc.edu

Call for Papers

=20

International Anchoritic Society sessions

=20

42nd International Congress on Medieval Studies

Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

May 10-13, 2007

=20

The International Anchoritic Society will organize three sessions for
the 42nd Congress:

=20

1. Claire of Assisi: In cooperation with the producers of the
series of short films, Mystic Women of the Middle Ages, we will show one
of their films, 24-minutes in length, devoted to Claire of Assisi, and
present three papers on the subject of Claire and her relationship to
the anchoritic and mystic tradition. =20

=20

CFP: Anchoritic Society (9/15/06; Kalamazoo, 5/10/07-5/13/07)

updated: 
Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 5:26pm
chewning_at_ucc.edu

Call for Papers

=20

International Anchoritic Society sessions

=20

42nd International Congress on Medieval Studies

Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

May 10-13, 2007

=20

The International Anchoritic Society will organize three sessions for
the 42nd Congress:

=20

1. Claire of Assisi: In cooperation with the producers of the
series of short films, Mystic Women of the Middle Ages, we will show one
of their films, 24-minutes in length, devoted to Claire of Assisi, and
present three papers on the subject of Claire and her relationship to
the anchoritic and mystic tradition. =20

=20

CFP: Anchoritic Society (9/15/06; Kalamazoo, 5/10/07-5/13/07)

updated: 
Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 5:26pm
chewning_at_ucc.edu

Call for Papers

=20

International Anchoritic Society sessions

=20

42nd International Congress on Medieval Studies

Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

May 10-13, 2007

=20

The International Anchoritic Society will organize three sessions for
the 42nd Congress:

=20

1. Claire of Assisi: In cooperation with the producers of the
series of short films, Mystic Women of the Middle Ages, we will show one
of their films, 24-minutes in length, devoted to Claire of Assisi, and
present three papers on the subject of Claire and her relationship to
the anchoritic and mystic tradition. =20

=20

CFP: Mommy Lit and Gender Prescriptions (9/15/06; NEMLA, 3/1/07-3/4/07)

updated: 
Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 5:26pm
nwilley_at_kent.edu

CFP: Mommy Lit and Gender Prescriptions (9/15/06; NeMLA 3/1/06 –
3/4/06)

Call for Papers

Mommy Lit: Product Placement, "Friendly" Competition, and Gender
Prescriptions for the Thinking Mother

38th Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)
March 1-4, 2007
Baltimore, Maryland

CFP: Mommy Lit and Gender Prescriptions (9/15/06; NEMLA, 3/1/07-3/4/07)

updated: 
Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 5:26pm
nwilley_at_kent.edu

CFP: Mommy Lit and Gender Prescriptions (9/15/06; NeMLA 3/1/06 –
3/4/06)

Call for Papers

Mommy Lit: Product Placement, "Friendly" Competition, and Gender
Prescriptions for the Thinking Mother

38th Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)
March 1-4, 2007
Baltimore, Maryland

CFP: Mommy Lit and Gender Prescriptions (9/15/06; NEMLA, 3/1/07-3/4/07)

updated: 
Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 5:26pm
nwilley_at_kent.edu

CFP: Mommy Lit and Gender Prescriptions (9/15/06; NeMLA 3/1/06 –
3/4/06)

Call for Papers

Mommy Lit: Product Placement, "Friendly" Competition, and Gender
Prescriptions for the Thinking Mother

38th Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)
March 1-4, 2007
Baltimore, Maryland

CFP: Mommy Lit and Gender Prescriptions (9/15/06; NEMLA, 3/1/07-3/4/07)

updated: 
Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 5:26pm
nwilley_at_kent.edu

CFP: Mommy Lit and Gender Prescriptions (9/15/06; NeMLA 3/1/06 –
3/4/06)

Call for Papers

Mommy Lit: Product Placement, "Friendly" Competition, and Gender
Prescriptions for the Thinking Mother

38th Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)
March 1-4, 2007
Baltimore, Maryland

CFP: Queer Cultures, 1780-1870 (9/15/06; NEMLA, 3/1/07-3/4/07)

updated: 
Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 5:26pm
Nowell Marshall

CFP: Before the Foucaultian Divide: Queer Cultures, 1780-1870 (9/15/06; =
NeMLA, 3/1/07-3/4/07)

=20

38th Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)

March 1-4, 2007

Baltimore, Maryland

=20

Despite the increasing acceptance of LBGT/Q studies within academia, =
much of the research within this field centers on late Victorian society =
and post-Wildean articulations of gender and sexuality. However, =
scholars in earlier periods (Bray, Halperin, Trumbach, Haggerty, =
Elfenbein, Lacquer) have begun to identify alternative sexual =
communities before what may be loosely termed the Foucaultian divide. =20

=20

CFP: Queer Cultures, 1780-1870 (9/15/06; NEMLA, 3/1/07-3/4/07)

updated: 
Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 5:26pm
Nowell Marshall

CFP: Before the Foucaultian Divide: Queer Cultures, 1780-1870 (9/15/06; =
NeMLA, 3/1/07-3/4/07)

=20

38th Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)

March 1-4, 2007

Baltimore, Maryland

=20

Despite the increasing acceptance of LBGT/Q studies within academia, =
much of the research within this field centers on late Victorian society =
and post-Wildean articulations of gender and sexuality. However, =
scholars in earlier periods (Bray, Halperin, Trumbach, Haggerty, =
Elfenbein, Lacquer) have begun to identify alternative sexual =
communities before what may be loosely termed the Foucaultian divide. =20

=20

CFP: Queer Cultures, 1780-1870 (9/15/06; NEMLA, 3/1/07-3/4/07)

updated: 
Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 5:26pm
Nowell Marshall

CFP: Before the Foucaultian Divide: Queer Cultures, 1780-1870 (9/15/06; =
NeMLA, 3/1/07-3/4/07)

=20

38th Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)

March 1-4, 2007

Baltimore, Maryland

=20

Despite the increasing acceptance of LBGT/Q studies within academia, =
much of the research within this field centers on late Victorian society =
and post-Wildean articulations of gender and sexuality. However, =
scholars in earlier periods (Bray, Halperin, Trumbach, Haggerty, =
Elfenbein, Lacquer) have begun to identify alternative sexual =
communities before what may be loosely termed the Foucaultian divide. =20

=20

CFP: Queer Cultures, 1780-1870 (9/15/06; NEMLA, 3/1/07-3/4/07)

updated: 
Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 5:26pm
Nowell Marshall

CFP: Before the Foucaultian Divide: Queer Cultures, 1780-1870 (9/15/06; =
NeMLA, 3/1/07-3/4/07)

=20

38th Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)

March 1-4, 2007

Baltimore, Maryland

=20

Despite the increasing acceptance of LBGT/Q studies within academia, =
much of the research within this field centers on late Victorian society =
and post-Wildean articulations of gender and sexuality. However, =
scholars in earlier periods (Bray, Halperin, Trumbach, Haggerty, =
Elfenbein, Lacquer) have begun to identify alternative sexual =
communities before what may be loosely termed the Foucaultian divide. =20

=20

UPDATE: Teaching the Middle Eastern Novel (7/1/06; collection)

updated: 
Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 5:26pm
Lahoucine Ouzgane

New: Revised Deadline

Contributions are sought for a collection, being prepared for Oxford UP,
on teaching the Middle Eastern and North African novel. The volume is
divided into two main sections: the first devoted to theoretical
approaches and the second to the different course and institutional
contexts in which the novels are taught; the volume will also include a
resources section. One-page abstracts and brief bios are invited by July
1, 2006, although I encourage potential contributors to contact me well in
advance; selected contributors will then be asked to submit complete
essays by February 1, 2007. Queries welcome:
<Lahoucine.Ouzgane_at_ualberta.ca>

UPDATE: Teaching the Middle Eastern Novel (7/1/06; collection)

updated: 
Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 5:26pm
Lahoucine Ouzgane

New: Revised Deadline

Contributions are sought for a collection, being prepared for Oxford UP,
on teaching the Middle Eastern and North African novel. The volume is
divided into two main sections: the first devoted to theoretical
approaches and the second to the different course and institutional
contexts in which the novels are taught; the volume will also include a
resources section. One-page abstracts and brief bios are invited by July
1, 2006, although I encourage potential contributors to contact me well in
advance; selected contributors will then be asked to submit complete
essays by February 1, 2007. Queries welcome:
<Lahoucine.Ouzgane_at_ualberta.ca>

UPDATE: Teaching the Middle Eastern Novel (7/1/06; collection)

updated: 
Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 5:26pm
Lahoucine Ouzgane

New: Revised Deadline

Contributions are sought for a collection, being prepared for Oxford UP,
on teaching the Middle Eastern and North African novel. The volume is
divided into two main sections: the first devoted to theoretical
approaches and the second to the different course and institutional
contexts in which the novels are taught; the volume will also include a
resources section. One-page abstracts and brief bios are invited by July
1, 2006, although I encourage potential contributors to contact me well in
advance; selected contributors will then be asked to submit complete
essays by February 1, 2007. Queries welcome:
<Lahoucine.Ouzgane_at_ualberta.ca>

UPDATE: Teaching the Middle Eastern Novel (7/1/06; collection)

updated: 
Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 5:26pm
Lahoucine Ouzgane

New: Revised Deadline

Contributions are sought for a collection, being prepared for Oxford UP,
on teaching the Middle Eastern and North African novel. The volume is
divided into two main sections: the first devoted to theoretical
approaches and the second to the different course and institutional
contexts in which the novels are taught; the volume will also include a
resources section. One-page abstracts and brief bios are invited by July
1, 2006, although I encourage potential contributors to contact me well in
advance; selected contributors will then be asked to submit complete
essays by February 1, 2007. Queries welcome:
<Lahoucine.Ouzgane_at_ualberta.ca>

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