CALL FOR CIRCUS PAPERS
   
  The Thirty-Seventh Annual Convention of
  The Popular Culture Association &
  The American Culture Association will take place
   
  April 4-7, 2007
  Boston Marriott Copley Plaza
  110 Huntington Avenue
  Boston, Massachusetts 02116
   
  This will be the eleventh meeting of the Popular Culture Association
  Circuses and Circus Culture interest group. We invite papers that
  explore the past and present of circus as literature, art, craft and a
  unique form of popular culture. Circus, a continuously evolving tradition
  of live entertainment, lends itself to scholarship from many perspectives.
   
  Some previous papers:
   

New England Modern Language Association's 38th Convention in Baltimore,
Maryland, March 1-4, 2007.

Native North American Literature: This session welcomes submissions on any
aspect of Native American Studies, including literature, literary
separatism, film, culture, spirituality, language, gender, tribal politics,
race, and ethnicity. Papers addressing the recent critical works by writers
such as Robert Allen Warrior, Thomas King, Daniel Heath Justice, and Robert
A. Williams, Jr. are especially welcome.

Along with abstracts, please include:

Your name
Title of Paper
Institutional Affiliation, if any
Email address

Literature, Readers, and Democracy

"Democracy depends on engagement, a firsthand accounting of what one sees,
what one feels, and what one thinks, followed by the artful practice of
expressing the truth of our times through our own talents, gifts, and
vocations. Question. Stand, Speak. Act." –Terry Tempest Williams, The
Open Space of Democracy

Literature, Readers, and Democracy

"Democracy depends on engagement, a firsthand accounting of what one sees,
what one feels, and what one thinks, followed by the artful practice of
expressing the truth of our times through our own talents, gifts, and
vocations. Question. Stand, Speak. Act." –Terry Tempest Williams, The
Open Space of Democracy

We have extended the deadline for submissions until June 30, 2006.

Call for Papers

"Don't You Have Anything Better To Do?":

Work, Play, Comedy and Humor in English Studies

We have extended the deadline for submissions until June 30, 2006.

Call for Papers

"Don't You Have Anything Better To Do?":

Work, Play, Comedy and Humor in English Studies

*CALL FOR PAPERS*
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Baltimore Panels
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38th Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)

March 1-4, 2007

Baltimore, Maryland
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In honor of our host city, the NeMLA Board is sponsoring the following
panels that examine authors and texts associated with Baltimore, from
Frederick Douglass and Edgar Allan Poe to Anne Tyler, John Waters
and Barry Levinson:
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Leiden October Conference 2006: The Literary Utopias of Cultural =
Communities, 1790-1945

English Department University of Leiden The Netherlands=20

25 - 27 October 2006

Writing literature is often deemed a solitary enterprise. Literary =
history, however, has proven that, next to famous literary recluses such =
as Thomas Pynchon, there have always existed communities of writers, =
often joined by artists working in different media. From the =
Shelley-Circle to the Bloomsbury group, many of these cultural =
communities engaged with utopian schemes and philosophies in their work. =

38th Annual NeMLA Convention, 1-4 Mar. 2007, Baltimore, MD
Panel: Picture Books and Children's Comics: Semiotics of Text and Image
Chair: Vanessa Raney, Michigan State University

If we follow the argument that comics are for children, then what
distinguishes them from picture books? In the last decade, a newer focus on
the semiotics of picture books has begun to inform scholarship on comics.

Yet, for comics specifically written for children, do these reflect similar
patterns as found in picture books? If not, where do children's comics
diverge to be grouped along with comics intended for adults?

Leiden October Conference 2006: The Literary Utopias of Cultural =
Communities, 1790-1945

English Department University of Leiden The Netherlands=20

25 - 27 October 2006

Writing literature is often deemed a solitary enterprise. Literary =
history, however, has proven that, next to famous literary recluses such =
as Thomas Pynchon, there have always existed communities of writers, =
often joined by artists working in different media. From the =
Shelley-Circle to the Bloomsbury group, many of these cultural =
communities engaged with utopian schemes and philosophies in their work. =

38th Annual NeMLA Convention, 1-4 Mar. 2007, Baltimore, MD
Panel: Picture Books and Children's Comics: Semiotics of Text and Image
Chair: Vanessa Raney, Michigan State University

If we follow the argument that comics are for children, then what
distinguishes them from picture books? In the last decade, a newer focus on
the semiotics of picture books has begun to inform scholarship on comics.

Yet, for comics specifically written for children, do these reflect similar
patterns as found in picture books? If not, where do children's comics
diverge to be grouped along with comics intended for adults?

Call for Submissions

(Re)Considering Mario Puzo: His Life and Works

Voices in Italian Americana is a semi-annual literary
and cultural review devoted to the dissemination of
information concerning the contributions of and about
Italian Americans to the cultural and art worlds of
North America.

We invite submissions of critical essays from scholars
on the texts of Mario Puzo to be published in a
special issue in the Fall of 2008.

38th Annual NeMLA Convention, 1-4 Mar. 2007, Baltimore, MD
Panel: Picture Books and Children's Comics: Semiotics of Text and Image
Chair: Vanessa Raney, Michigan State University

If we follow the argument that comics are for children, then what
distinguishes them from picture books? In the last decade, a newer focus on
the semiotics of picture books has begun to inform scholarship on comics.

Yet, for comics specifically written for children, do these reflect similar
patterns as found in picture books? If not, where do children's comics
diverge to be grouped along with comics intended for adults?

Call for Papers: William Carlos Williams and the American Avant-Garde
   
  38th Annual Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)
March 1 - 4, 2007
Baltimore, Maryland

  Scholars are invited to submit papers that examine William Carlos Williams's involvement in the formation of the early avant-garde movement in America, as well as papers that explore his influence on later poets and trends in American poetry. Interdisciplinary approaches are encouraged. Abstracts should be no longer than 250 words. Please submit your abstract as an attachment to cappuccip_at_georgian.edu by September 15, 2006.