(Re)Presenting Genres: Shaping Minds Through Literature and Composition
Texas A&M University â€" Commerce will hold the 16th Annual English
Graduates for Academic Development (EGAD) conference on October 26, 2007.
EGAD is now accepting proposals for papers and panels dealing with
contemporary issues in academia. We welcome submissions from all areas of
academic discourse including, but not limited to: English, History,
Journalism, Political Science, Education, Psychology, and Sociology.
Submissions should be made by September 21, 2007. Registration materials
will be sent upon acceptance to the conference. Panels will be organized
by topic.
Suggested areas of interest:

I am soliciting participants for a panel to be proposed for the 2008
Rhetoric Society of America Conference in Seattle, WA
(http://www.rhetoricsociety.org/). I invite preliminary inquiries and
proposals of 150 to 250 words that present or are informed by contemporary
recuperations of dialectical and/or specifically Hegelian theory--such as
in the work of Slavoj Zizek, Alain Badiou, and Fredric
Jameson--particularly as they relate to themes or issues in rhetorical
studies where an arguably Platonic conception of that thought predominates.
Proposals that incorporate the conference's theme ("The Responsibilities of
Rhetoric") could be especially valuable.

CFP: New Contexts, New Readings: Reception of Medieval Manuscripts
VAGANTES Sponsored Session: 43rd International Congress on Medieval
Studies, May 8â€"11, 2008

This session explores the space, or interaction, between medieval
manuscripts and their audiences. While established disciplines often treat
medieval manuscripts as exclusively textual or aesthetic documents,
bridging the gaps between traditional academic disciplines contributes to a
more productive consideration of their reception especially insofar as
light is cast upon broader, surrounding historical circumstances.

NEMLA in Buffalo, April 2008:

In Tudor-era historiography, narratives concerning the period beginning
with Richard II's deposition (1399) and ending with Richard III's defeat
(1485) offer an origin myth for the Tudor dynasty, and present Henry VII's
accession as the beginning of a glorious future to which all history has
been leading. But this gesture of cohesion -- a united nation on the verge
of greatness -- paradoxically also fragments the national narrative
precisely by presenting the accession of Henry VII as a decisive break with
the past, the end of the Middle Ages.

I have agreed to be editor for 10th Power Media Corp's new e-magazine
entitled http://womenmotorcyclistsmonthly.com/ and this magazine needs
content from the women who ride. Possible topics include but are not
limited to:
• Your first ride
• Your first accident
• The joy of riding
• What it's like to be a woman rider
• What you thought about your first bike
• How you feel about stereotypes people have of women motorcyclist
• Racing, either your love of watching or of participating
• The groups you belong to
• Safety issues

39th Annual Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) Conference
April 10-13, 2008
Buffalo, NY

Panel Title: Shakespeare in the Eighteenth Century: “He was not of an
age, but for all time” (and use)

NOTE: Due to unforeseen "technical difficulties", we are extending the
deadline for submissions to Septemeber 1st, 2007. I have reposted the
original CFP below:

The Center for Irish Studies at the Catholic University of America will
host a one-day conference for postgraduate students to celebrate the
centenary of Louis MacNeice on Oct. 6, 2007. Papers on any aspect of
MacNeice’s life and work are welcome. Possible topics include, but are not
limited to, the following areas of inquiry in MacNeice studies:

The eighth triennial conference of The Society for Emblem Studies will
take place at Winchester College, England from 28th July to 1st August
2008. The conference theme will be “Word and Image, 1500-1900: Figure,
Form and Function”.
Proposals are invited for 20 minute papers on any aspect of Emblem
Studies: they might address, but are not restricted to, the following
areas:

Emblems and Education

Emblems in the Schoolroom; Emblems and Alba amicorum; Emblems and
International Humanism.

Emblems and Numismatics

Emblems and Medals; Emblems and Jetons; Emblems and Antique Coins.

Emblems and Reformation

Call for Papers

The Neighbor in Literature

39th Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)
April 10-13, 2008
Buffalo, New York

Reality TV’s impact on television programming has been well documented.
In recent years, the persistence of reality television as a phenomenon
has also been reflected in the number of popular and scholarly
publications aimed to its investigation; several books, anthologies, and
journal issues are being devoted to various aspects of this kind
of “factual programming.” The topics discussed in this rich field of
inquiry are as varied as the mutations of the reality genre itself and
include audience studies, governmentality, surveillance, voyeurism,
digital consumption, ritual, gender, race â€" the list goes on.

SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY AREA
Conference of the Popular and American Culture Associations
March 19-22, 2008
San Francisco Marriott
San Francisco, CA

The Science Fiction and Fantasy (SF/F) Area of the Popular Culture
Association solicits your proposals for its 2008 national conference.
The goal of our area is to share and support research and to mentor
emerging scholars, so we invite proposals from professors, independent
scholars, graduate students, and undergraduates (with the guidance of
a professor). As always, we welcome any topic related to SF/F from
any theoretical/disciplinary approach. However, our host city
provides an opportunity to consider two special topics.

Call for Papers

39th Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) April 10-13,
2008 Buffalo, New York

American Working-Class Literature

This board-sponsored panel invites papers on any era and aspect of American
Working-Class literature. Papers that examine representations of work,
class and labor in conjunction with place, race, ethnicity, gender and/or
sexuality are especially welcome, as are papers that contemplate the
boundaries and definitions of working-class literature.

Send abstracts in body of email by September 15, 2007 to lessigm_at_cortland.edu

Matt Lessig
Assistant Professor of English
SUNY Cortland
Cortland, NY 13045

CFP: Beat Generation and Counterculture(s)

The 29th Annual Meeting of the SW/TX ACA/PCA

February 13th â€" 16th 2008

Hyatt Regency Albuquerque
Albuquerque New Mexico 87102

Proposal/Abstract Deadline: November 1 2007