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CFP: University of Minnesota School of Music Graduate Student Symposium (grad) (12/20/06; 3/23/07-3/25/07)

updated: 
Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 1:15am
Justin Schell

CFP: University of Minnesota School of Music Graduate Student Symposium

23 – 25 March 2007
University of Minnesota School of Music
Minneapolis, Minnesota

The University of Minnesota Musicology/Ethnomusicology Graduate Student
Organization (UJive) announces a Call for Papers for an interdisciplinary
symposium of music scholarship. We particularly encourage proposals
addressing the diverse manifestations of music-making in the American
Midwest, but invite papers on all aspects of music, from all historical
periods and geographic areas. We emphasize interdisciplinarity and welcome
the work from scholars in all academic disciplines, utilizing diverse
methodologies.

CFP: Literature in the Early American Republic (no deadline; journal)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 6:38pm
Matthew Sivils

CALL FOR PAPERS

LITERATURE IN THE EARLY AMERICAN REPUBLIC (LEAR), a peer-reviewed scholarly annual seeks articles for its inaugural volume.
 
Edited by Matthew Wynn Sivils (Westminster College) and Jeffrey Walker (Oklahoma State University), LEAR welcomes a wide range of submissions on the literary culture of the United States from roughly 1787-1851. Articles dealing with the work and influence of James Fenimore Cooper are especially welcome. Submissions should be of article- or monograph-length and should be formatted in accordance with the guidelines of the latest edition of the Chicago Manual of Style (15th edition).

CFP: Literature in the Early American Republic (no deadline; journal)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 6:38pm
Matthew Sivils

CALL FOR PAPERS

LITERATURE IN THE EARLY AMERICAN REPUBLIC (LEAR), a peer-reviewed scholarly annual seeks articles for its inaugural volume.
 
Edited by Matthew Wynn Sivils (Westminster College) and Jeffrey Walker (Oklahoma State University), LEAR welcomes a wide range of submissions on the literary culture of the United States from roughly 1787-1851. Articles dealing with the work and influence of James Fenimore Cooper are especially welcome. Submissions should be of article- or monograph-length and should be formatted in accordance with the guidelines of the latest edition of the Chicago Manual of Style (15th edition).

CFP: Life Writing Conference (UK) (3/1/07; 7/4/07-7/6/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 2:56am
Hall, Lisa

The Spirit of the Age:
Debating the Past, Present and Future of Life Writing

4-6 July 2007, Kingston University

Call for Papers

Speakers to include: Neal Ascherson, John Fuegi, Victoria Glendinning,
Kathryn Hughes, Hanif Kureishi, Laura Marcus, Blake Morrison, Hilary
Spurling, Claire Tomalin and Francis Wheen.

CFP: Life Writing Conference (UK) (3/1/07; 7/4/07-7/6/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 2:56am
Hall, Lisa

The Spirit of the Age:
Debating the Past, Present and Future of Life Writing

4-6 July 2007, Kingston University

Call for Papers

Speakers to include: Neal Ascherson, John Fuegi, Victoria Glendinning,
Kathryn Hughes, Hanif Kureishi, Laura Marcus, Blake Morrison, Hilary
Spurling, Claire Tomalin and Francis Wheen.

CFP: Gender on Our Minds (1/26/07; journal issue)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 1:33am
Gender on Our Minds

To Whom It May Concern,

My name is Khoi Nguyen, a graduate student at Southern Connecticut State
University in the Women's Studies program. I am currently developing a new
journal, *Gender on Our Minds*, an interdisciplinary publication dedicated
to awareness gender and queer studies. *Gender on Our Minds* provides a
space for marginalized groups to discuss topics and issues such as GLBTIQ
identities, academic and queer pedagogy, arts, cultures, histories,
politics, and theories.

CFP: Gender on Our Minds (1/26/07; journal issue)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 1:33am
Gender on Our Minds

To Whom It May Concern,

My name is Khoi Nguyen, a graduate student at Southern Connecticut State
University in the Women's Studies program. I am currently developing a new
journal, *Gender on Our Minds*, an interdisciplinary publication dedicated
to awareness gender and queer studies. *Gender on Our Minds* provides a
space for marginalized groups to discuss topics and issues such as GLBTIQ
identities, academic and queer pedagogy, arts, cultures, histories,
politics, and theories.

CFP: American Literary Lecture Tours (3/15/06; MLA '07)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 12:54am
kleick_at_lima.ohio-state.edu

Submissions are invited for a panel on American Literary Lecture Tours at The Modern Language Association
Conference in Chicago, 27 – 30 December 2007.

Papers may discuss one or more tours of any writer in the United States. How did this writer's tour(s) affect his or her
literary reputation? Did this writer's talks suggest new ways to interpret his or her life and work to audiences? How did
lecture tours contribute to the American conception of a literary celebrity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries?

Please send C.V. and 500 word abstracts by 15 March to Karen Leick, Assistant Professor of English:

leick.1_at_osu.edu

or

CFP: American Literary Lecture Tours (3/15/06; MLA '07)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 12:54am
kleick_at_lima.ohio-state.edu

Submissions are invited for a panel on American Literary Lecture Tours at The Modern Language Association
Conference in Chicago, 27 – 30 December 2007.

Papers may discuss one or more tours of any writer in the United States. How did this writer's tour(s) affect his or her
literary reputation? Did this writer's talks suggest new ways to interpret his or her life and work to audiences? How did
lecture tours contribute to the American conception of a literary celebrity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries?

Please send C.V. and 500 word abstracts by 15 March to Karen Leick, Assistant Professor of English:

leick.1_at_osu.edu

or

UPDATE: Ecocriticism and Science (1/5/07; ASLE, 6/12/07-6/16/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 12:53am
Feder, Helena

Panel proposal for the upcoming conference of the Association for the =
Study of Literature and Environment at Wofford College, South Carolina, =
June 12-16 2007

Ecocriticism and Science: Sociobiology, Evolutionary Biology, and the =
Question of Culture

UPDATE: Ecocriticism and Science (1/5/07; ASLE, 6/12/07-6/16/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 12:53am
Feder, Helena

Panel proposal for the upcoming conference of the Association for the =
Study of Literature and Environment at Wofford College, South Carolina, =
June 12-16 2007

Ecocriticism and Science: Sociobiology, Evolutionary Biology, and the =
Question of Culture

UPDATE: Ecocriticism and Science (1/5/07; ASLE, 6/12/07-6/16/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 12:53am
Feder, Helena

Panel proposal for the upcoming conference of the Association for the =
Study of Literature and Environment at Wofford College, South Carolina, =
June 12-16 2007

Ecocriticism and Science: Sociobiology, Evolutionary Biology, and the =
Question of Culture

CFP: Comparative Liteature, Community, Borders, Knowledge (1/30/07; 5/27/07-5/29/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 12:53am
Jan Plug

> CALL FOR PAPERS / APPEL DE COMMUNICATIONS
> Canadian Comparative Literature Association
> Association canadienne de litt=E9rature compar=E9e
>
> UNIVERSITY of SASKATCHEWAN
> May 27-29, 2007
>
>
> Comparative Communities
>
> We invite papers, or proposals for papers, as well as panels on the=20
> following subjects:

CFP: Conflicts in American History (no deadline; collection)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 12:53am
Brian L. Johnson

We are seeking contributors for a work provisionally entitled, The Civil
War and Reconstruction Era: 1850s-1877 in the Conflicts in American
History series. The work is under contract with Bruccoli Clark
Layman/Manly, Inc. Contributors will receive $250 for essay chapters
that will consist of the following elements: 1. 2000-3000 word
background essay introducing the conflict, the people involved, the
nature of the conflict and its resolution. 2. A specific chronology of
the conflict 3. 10-20 historical documents both in facsimile and in
reprinted text form, each with an objective head note (150-300 words)
that correlates to the conflict 4. A list of recommended readings. 5. 2

CFP: Comparative Liteature, Community, Borders, Knowledge (1/30/07; 5/27/07-5/29/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 12:53am
Jan Plug

> CALL FOR PAPERS / APPEL DE COMMUNICATIONS
> Canadian Comparative Literature Association
> Association canadienne de litt=E9rature compar=E9e
>
> UNIVERSITY of SASKATCHEWAN
> May 27-29, 2007
>
>
> Comparative Communities
>
> We invite papers, or proposals for papers, as well as panels on the=20
> following subjects:

CFP: Conflicts in American History (no deadline; collection)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 12:53am
Brian L. Johnson

We are seeking contributors for a work provisionally entitled, The Civil
War and Reconstruction Era: 1850s-1877 in the Conflicts in American
History series. The work is under contract with Bruccoli Clark
Layman/Manly, Inc. Contributors will receive $250 for essay chapters
that will consist of the following elements: 1. 2000-3000 word
background essay introducing the conflict, the people involved, the
nature of the conflict and its resolution. 2. A specific chronology of
the conflict 3. 10-20 historical documents both in facsimile and in
reprinted text form, each with an objective head note (150-300 words)
that correlates to the conflict 4. A list of recommended readings. 5. 2

CFP: Comparative Liteature, Community, Borders, Knowledge (1/30/07; 5/27/07-5/29/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 12:53am
Jan Plug

> CALL FOR PAPERS / APPEL DE COMMUNICATIONS
> Canadian Comparative Literature Association
> Association canadienne de litt=E9rature compar=E9e
>
> UNIVERSITY of SASKATCHEWAN
> May 27-29, 2007
>
>
> Comparative Communities
>
> We invite papers, or proposals for papers, as well as panels on the=20
> following subjects:

CFP: The Upstart Crow: Shakespeare and the American South (2/1/07; journal issue)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 12:53am
rivlin_at_CLEMSON.EDU

THE UPSTART CROW: A SHAKESPEARE JOURNAL

Call for Papers: "SHAKESPEARE AND THE AMERICAN SOUTH"

The Upstart Crow is currently accepting submissions for a theme-based
issue on "Shakespeare and the American South." We are also interested in
receiving manuscripts that consider the reception, representation, or
adaptation of Shakespeare in any part of the United States from the
seventeenth century to the present.

Submissions that address any aspect of Shakespeare's work, and performance
reviews of Shakespeare theater productions and festivals, will also be
considered.

Deadline for priority reading of submissions: February 1, 2007.

CFP: The Upstart Crow: Shakespeare and the American South (2/1/07; journal issue)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 12:53am
rivlin_at_CLEMSON.EDU

THE UPSTART CROW: A SHAKESPEARE JOURNAL

Call for Papers: "SHAKESPEARE AND THE AMERICAN SOUTH"

The Upstart Crow is currently accepting submissions for a theme-based
issue on "Shakespeare and the American South." We are also interested in
receiving manuscripts that consider the reception, representation, or
adaptation of Shakespeare in any part of the United States from the
seventeenth century to the present.

Submissions that address any aspect of Shakespeare's work, and performance
reviews of Shakespeare theater productions and festivals, will also be
considered.

Deadline for priority reading of submissions: February 1, 2007.

CFP: The Upstart Crow: Shakespeare and the American South (2/1/07; journal issue)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 12:53am
rivlin_at_CLEMSON.EDU

THE UPSTART CROW: A SHAKESPEARE JOURNAL

Call for Papers: "SHAKESPEARE AND THE AMERICAN SOUTH"

The Upstart Crow is currently accepting submissions for a theme-based
issue on "Shakespeare and the American South." We are also interested in
receiving manuscripts that consider the reception, representation, or
adaptation of Shakespeare in any part of the United States from the
seventeenth century to the present.

Submissions that address any aspect of Shakespeare's work, and performance
reviews of Shakespeare theater productions and festivals, will also be
considered.

Deadline for priority reading of submissions: February 1, 2007.

CFP: The Upstart Crow: Shakespeare and the American South (2/1/07; journal issue)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 12:53am
rivlin_at_CLEMSON.EDU

THE UPSTART CROW: A SHAKESPEARE JOURNAL

Call for Papers: "SHAKESPEARE AND THE AMERICAN SOUTH"

The Upstart Crow is currently accepting submissions for a theme-based
issue on "Shakespeare and the American South." We are also interested in
receiving manuscripts that consider the reception, representation, or
adaptation of Shakespeare in any part of the United States from the
seventeenth century to the present.

Submissions that address any aspect of Shakespeare's work, and performance
reviews of Shakespeare theater productions and festivals, will also be
considered.

Deadline for priority reading of submissions: February 1, 2007.

CFP: New Worlds, Lost Worlds, Lost Words, New Words: Imagining Diaspora in Canadian Literature (grad) (1/5/07; 10/3/07-11/3/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 12:53am
Meredith Donaldson Clark

=93New Worlds, Lost Worlds=94: Discovery, Change, and Loss in Literature
McGill University, Montr=E9al
13th Annual Graduate Conference on Language and Literature
March 10-11, 2007
Panel:=20

New Worlds, Lost Worlds, Lost Words, New Words:=20

Imagining Diaspora in Canadian Literature

If to live in diaspora is to live the experience of leaving one world =
for another world, of being away, of being broken up and split apart, =
then perhaps it is through words, new and old, that we can attempt to =
piece ourselves back together again and lead ourselves, if not home, =
then somewhere else, elsewhere-=20

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