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: 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

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

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?

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?

 
This call for papers is for a proposed panel to be
held at the (dis)junctions conference, the University of California
Riverside's 13th Annual Humanities Graduate Conference on April 7-8,
2006: Lost in Translation.
 

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

"Children's Digital Literature and Culture"
Children's Literature Association Sponsored Session
2006 MLA Convention
Philadelphia, December 27-30, 2006

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

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.

EXTENDED DEADLINE: January 20

Updated website: http://www.communicationincrisis.org/

Communication in Crisis
Conference hosted by the Graduate Program in Communication
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
March 31 - April 1, 2006

Keynote Speaker: Mark Crispin Miller (New York University)

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.

CALL FOR PAPERS (Please circulate)

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Panel for the 2006 Midwest Popular Culture Association / Midwest
American Culture Association Conference in Indianapolis, IN, October
27-29

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Panel Title: "The 'Other' in Superhero Comic Books"

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Deadline for submissions: April 30, 2006

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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.