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CFP: Mircea Cartarescu at Home in the World: Comparative Approaches to His Work (3/1/06, MLA'06)

updated: 
Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 2:34pm
Laura Savu

Proposals are invited for a special session organized by the Romanian Studies Association of America at this year's MLA convention. Papers should examine Mircea Cartarescu's poetry, fiction (including NOSTALGIA, recently translated into English), and journalism, in conjunction with 20th-century developments in European and American literature, culture, and politics. Send 1-p. proposals to lesavu_at_uncg.edu or laura_savu_at_yahoo.com by March 1.

CFP: Disability and Science Fiction (3/15/06; MLA '06)

updated: 
Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 2:34pm
VATER Grrl

CFP: Science Fiction and Disability (3/15/06; MLA '06)
For many years, the archetypal image of disability in
science fiction was Robert Heinlein's Waldo, the
embittered, reclusive, socially inept genius who, in
the eponymous story, overcomes myasthenia gravis when
an old sage reveals to him that he can cure himself
through willpower: "Gramps Schneider had told him he
need not be weak! That he could be strong – Strong!
STRONG! He had never thought of it." Since Heinlein's
1942 paean to voluntarist triumph over personal
adversity, disability and dysmorphism have had a
complex history in science fiction. From the gentle
freaks of William Tenn and Theodore Sturgeon to the

CFP: Disability and Science Fiction (3/15/06; MLA '06)

updated: 
Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 2:34pm
VATER Grrl

CFP: Science Fiction and Disability (3/15/06; MLA '06)
For many years, the archetypal image of disability in
science fiction was Robert Heinlein's Waldo, the
embittered, reclusive, socially inept genius who, in
the eponymous story, overcomes myasthenia gravis when
an old sage reveals to him that he can cure himself
through willpower: "Gramps Schneider had told him he
need not be weak! That he could be strong – Strong!
STRONG! He had never thought of it." Since Heinlein's
1942 paean to voluntarist triumph over personal
adversity, disability and dysmorphism have had a
complex history in science fiction. From the gentle
freaks of William Tenn and Theodore Sturgeon to the

CFP: Disability and Science Fiction (3/15/06; MLA '06)

updated: 
Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 2:34pm
VATER Grrl

CFP: Science Fiction and Disability (3/15/06; MLA '06)
For many years, the archetypal image of disability in
science fiction was Robert Heinlein's Waldo, the
embittered, reclusive, socially inept genius who, in
the eponymous story, overcomes myasthenia gravis when
an old sage reveals to him that he can cure himself
through willpower: "Gramps Schneider had told him he
need not be weak! That he could be strong – Strong!
STRONG! He had never thought of it." Since Heinlein's
1942 paean to voluntarist triumph over personal
adversity, disability and dysmorphism have had a
complex history in science fiction. From the gentle
freaks of William Tenn and Theodore Sturgeon to the

CFP: Caribbean Literature (non-French) (3/1/06; RMMLA, 10/12/06-10/14/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 2:34pm
Keilonne O'Brien

CALL FOR PAPERS Papers are invited for the session on Caribbean Literature (non-French)* at the Rocky Mountain MLA annual convention, October 12-14, 2006 in Tucson, AZ.
  
  This year's panel will look at Caribbean Conversations. What kinds of conversations (reciprocal exchanges of art, theory, culture, etc.) have Caribbean artists and intellectuals been having within the region? How have these conversations envisioned ways in which the region can be better prepared to face its socio-political challenges as both individual nations and a region?
          Please send a 200-word proposal/abstract as an e-mail attachment to
                  Keilonne A. O'Brien,
  Dept. of English

CFP: Caribbean Literature (non-French) (3/1/06; RMMLA, 10/12/06-10/14/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 2:34pm
Keilonne O'Brien

CALL FOR PAPERS Papers are invited for the session on Caribbean Literature (non-French)* at the Rocky Mountain MLA annual convention, October 12-14, 2006 in Tucson, AZ.
  
  This year's panel will look at Caribbean Conversations. What kinds of conversations (reciprocal exchanges of art, theory, culture, etc.) have Caribbean artists and intellectuals been having within the region? How have these conversations envisioned ways in which the region can be better prepared to face its socio-political challenges as both individual nations and a region?
          Please send a 200-word proposal/abstract as an e-mail attachment to
                  Keilonne A. O'Brien,
  Dept. of English

CFP: Politics of Memory (grad) (1/16/06; 3/31/06-4/2/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 2:34pm
The Politics of Memory

to whom it may concern,
  please forward the following call for papers to your graduate students.
   
    The Centre for Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto
  invites abstracts for its 17th annual graduate student conference
  The Politics of Memory
  to be held from
  March 31st to April 2, 2006.
   
   
   
   
   
  Papers may address interdisciplinary issues related to, but not limited to, the following questions:
   
  In what ways does literature illuminate the historical construction and remembering of particular identities, events, and nations?

CFP: Politics of Memory (grad) (1/16/06; 3/31/06-4/2/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 2:34pm
The Politics of Memory

to whom it may concern,
  please forward the following call for papers to your graduate students.
   
    The Centre for Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto
  invites abstracts for its 17th annual graduate student conference
  The Politics of Memory
  to be held from
  March 31st to April 2, 2006.
   
   
   
   
   
  Papers may address interdisciplinary issues related to, but not limited to, the following questions:
   
  In what ways does literature illuminate the historical construction and remembering of particular identities, events, and nations?

CFP: Politics of Memory (grad) (1/16/06; 3/31/06-4/2/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 2:34pm
The Politics of Memory

to whom it may concern,
  please forward the following call for papers to your graduate students.
   
    The Centre for Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto
  invites abstracts for its 17th annual graduate student conference
  The Politics of Memory
  to be held from
  March 31st to April 2, 2006.
   
   
   
   
   
  Papers may address interdisciplinary issues related to, but not limited to, the following questions:
   
  In what ways does literature illuminate the historical construction and remembering of particular identities, events, and nations?

CFP: Women in the Profession (3/15/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 2:34pm
Joseph Marotta

Call for Papers for Special Issue, Fall 2006

 

Professional Studies Review is now accepting articles for consideration for its Fall 2006 issue. This issue will be devoted to Women in the Profession. Suggested topics might include (but are not limited to) such issues as:

 

Feminist Pedagogy

Debunking Myths of Women in Academe

Patriarchal Expectations and Feminist Strategies in Colleges of Professional Studies

Tenure and Promotion

Women and Leadership in the Professional Colleges

Codes of Female Pedagogy

The University Classroom: A Woman’s Sphere?

Opening Doors and Shattering Glass Ceilings:

Women and Promotion

CFP: Women in the Profession (3/15/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 2:34pm
Joseph Marotta

Call for Papers for Special Issue, Fall 2006

 

Professional Studies Review is now accepting articles for consideration for its Fall 2006 issue. This issue will be devoted to Women in the Profession. Suggested topics might include (but are not limited to) such issues as:

 

Feminist Pedagogy

Debunking Myths of Women in Academe

Patriarchal Expectations and Feminist Strategies in Colleges of Professional Studies

Tenure and Promotion

Women and Leadership in the Professional Colleges

Codes of Female Pedagogy

The University Classroom: A Woman’s Sphere?

Opening Doors and Shattering Glass Ceilings:

Women and Promotion

CFP: Women in the Profession (3/15/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 2:34pm
Joseph Marotta

Call for Papers for Special Issue, Fall 2006

 

Professional Studies Review is now accepting articles for consideration for its Fall 2006 issue. This issue will be devoted to Women in the Profession. Suggested topics might include (but are not limited to) such issues as:

 

Feminist Pedagogy

Debunking Myths of Women in Academe

Patriarchal Expectations and Feminist Strategies in Colleges of Professional Studies

Tenure and Promotion

Women and Leadership in the Professional Colleges

Codes of Female Pedagogy

The University Classroom: A Woman’s Sphere?

Opening Doors and Shattering Glass Ceilings:

Women and Promotion

CFP: Practical Approaches to Teaching Shakespeare (3/1/06; RMMLA, 10/12/06-10/14/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 2:34pm
Bethany Blankenship

RMMLA
Tucson, AZ
October 12-14, 2006

Practical Approaches to Teaching Shakespeare

This special topic panel will demystify the pedagogical puzzle of
teaching the Bard of Avon to willing (and sometimes unwilling) students.
Successful proposals will outline practical (i.e. leave the Piaget at
home) methods for teaching language, plot, performance, characterization,
symbols, themes, etc. in Shakespeare's plays or poems. Tell the story of
the class that went wrong or conduct a teaching demonstration with the
panel audience so everyone can see your brilliant strategies. Papers or
demonstrations should focus on teaching college-level courses
introductory, intermediate, or advanced.

CFP: Practical Approaches to Teaching Shakespeare (3/1/06; RMMLA, 10/12/06-10/14/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 2:34pm
Bethany Blankenship

RMMLA
Tucson, AZ
October 12-14, 2006

Practical Approaches to Teaching Shakespeare

This special topic panel will demystify the pedagogical puzzle of
teaching the Bard of Avon to willing (and sometimes unwilling) students.
Successful proposals will outline practical (i.e. leave the Piaget at
home) methods for teaching language, plot, performance, characterization,
symbols, themes, etc. in Shakespeare's plays or poems. Tell the story of
the class that went wrong or conduct a teaching demonstration with the
panel audience so everyone can see your brilliant strategies. Papers or
demonstrations should focus on teaching college-level courses
introductory, intermediate, or advanced.

UPDATE: Confronting Danger (1/15/06; 4/6/06-4/9/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 2:34pm
Carrie Collenberg

CONFRONTING DANGER Update: Please note that we have extended the date
for proposal submittals to January 15th.

Call for Papers:

The graduate students in the Department of German, Scandinavian & Dutch
of
the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities are pleased to announce the
upcoming conference, "Confronting Danger," which will take place April
6-9,
2006.

UPDATE: Confronting Danger (1/15/06; 4/6/06-4/9/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 2:34pm
Carrie Collenberg

CONFRONTING DANGER Update: Please note that we have extended the date
for proposal submittals to January 15th.

Call for Papers:

The graduate students in the Department of German, Scandinavian & Dutch
of
the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities are pleased to announce the
upcoming conference, "Confronting Danger," which will take place April
6-9,
2006.

UPDATE: Confronting Danger (1/15/06; 4/6/06-4/9/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 2:34pm
Carrie Collenberg

CONFRONTING DANGER Update: Please note that we have extended the date
for proposal submittals to January 15th.

Call for Papers:

The graduate students in the Department of German, Scandinavian & Dutch
of
the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities are pleased to announce the
upcoming conference, "Confronting Danger," which will take place April
6-9,
2006.

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