Call for papers for

The Modern Language Association Annual Convention 2007
Chicago
27-30 December 2007

Deadline: 17 March 2007
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Special Session: Caribbean American Women Writers
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Abstracts are invited for presentations on novels written by women of (Anglo=
, Franco, Hispanic) Caribbean descent. How so these women rewrite, revise, r=
etell the histories of these nations?=20
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Please send 1-page abstracts.
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Thank you,
Sincerely,
Vanessa K. Vald=C3=A9s
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

Call for papers for

The Modern Language Association Annual Convention 2007
Chicago
27-30 December 2007

Deadline: 17 March 2007
=20
Special Session: Caribbean American Women Writers
=20
Abstracts are invited for presentations on novels written by women of (Anglo=
, Franco, Hispanic) Caribbean descent. How so these women rewrite, revise, r=
etell the histories of these nations?=20
=20
Please send 1-page abstracts.
=20
Thank you,
Sincerely,
Vanessa K. Vald=C3=A9s
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

*UPDATE: New Deadline for Submission of Abstracts: March 10th, 2007.

*CALL FOR PAPERS
9th Annual Conference on Hispanic and Lusophone
Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics
Department of Spanish and Portuguese, UC Santa Barbara
April 20-21 2007 *

Call for Papers
  Submission deadline: March 31, 2007
   
  We invite abstracts for papers, roundtable discussions, and presentation/lectures on any topic related to (un)natural selection, genetics, and eugenics and their representation in the works of novelist and futurist Robert A. Heinlein.
   
  Many of Heinlein's short stories and novels include characters who are products of careful genetic manipulation or other forms of unnatural selection. A prime example is the Howard Families, most especially Lazarus Long. By exploring the scientific and ethical consequences of unnatural selection, Heinlein uncovered both potential benefits and hazards of taking control of human evolution, or certain aspects thereof.
   

Call for Papers
  Submission deadline: March 31, 2007
   
  We invite abstracts for papers, roundtable discussions, and presentation/lectures on any topic related to (un)natural selection, genetics, and eugenics and their representation in the works of novelist and futurist Robert A. Heinlein.
   
  Many of Heinlein's short stories and novels include characters who are products of careful genetic manipulation or other forms of unnatural selection. A prime example is the Howard Families, most especially Lazarus Long. By exploring the scientific and ethical consequences of unnatural selection, Heinlein uncovered both potential benefits and hazards of taking control of human evolution, or certain aspects thereof.
   

Call for Papers
  Submission deadline: March 31, 2007
   
  We invite abstracts for papers, roundtable discussions, and presentation/lectures on any topic related to economics and its representation in the works of novelist and futurist Robert A. Heinlein.
   
  Applied economics appears in nearly all of Heinlein's novels and short stories, where he could examine its effects on both 20th-century life and theorize about how it would evolve in the near and far future. Papers, roundtable discussions, and lectures are welcome on all topics related to economics.
   

      Call for Papers
 MLA 2007, Chicago
 The Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship will sponsor
two panels at the 2007 MLA: "Gender and Genre in the Middle
Ages" and "Reading Women/Women Readers in the Middle Ages."
 Papers broadly addressing either of these topics are
requested.
 Please send 1-page abstract (specifying which SFMS panel it
is for) to Jennifer Brown at jbrown_at_hartford.edu by March
15.
   
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  Call for Papers
   
  Robert A. Heinlein Centennial Event and Academic Conference
  July 6-8, 2007
  Kansas City, MO
   
  Submission deadline: March 31, 2007
   
  We invite abstracts for papers, roundtable discussions, and presentation/lectures on any topic related to the representation of theological and religious matters in the works of novelist and futurist Robert A. Heinlein.
   
  Heinlein achieved fame (or perhaps infamy) with his controversial depictions of various religions, real and imaginary. Was he an atheist, an agnostic, or a true believer whose "impatience with human institutions" forced him to mock the institution while still honoring what it stood for?
   

  Call for Papers
   
  Robert A. Heinlein Centennial Event and Academic Conference
  July 6-8, 2007
  Kansas City, MO
   
  Submission deadline: March 31, 2007
   
  We invite abstracts for papers, roundtable discussions, and presentation/lectures on any topic related to the representation of theological and religious matters in the works of novelist and futurist Robert A. Heinlein.
   
  Heinlein achieved fame (or perhaps infamy) with his controversial depictions of various religions, real and imaginary. Was he an atheist, an agnostic, or a true believer whose "impatience with human institutions" forced him to mock the institution while still honoring what it stood for?
   

      Call for Papers
 MLA 2007, Chicago
 The Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship will sponsor
two panels at the 2007 MLA: "Gender and Genre in the Middle
Ages" and "Reading Women/Women Readers in the Middle Ages."
 Papers broadly addressing either of these topics are
requested.
 Please send 1-page abstract (specifying which SFMS panel it
is for) to Jennifer Brown at jbrown_at_hartford.edu by March
15.
   
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We are pleased to invite submissions for:

THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE
Second Annual Graduate-Student Conference
Department of English, University of Chicago
October 19-20, 2007

Keynote Speaker:
SIANNE NGAI, Stanford University

http://english.uchicago.edu/ucgradconf/

Atenea, a multidisciplinary bilingual journal on the humanities and=20
social sciences, features essays, books reviews, and some fiction and=20
poetry.=20
URL: http://www.uprm.edu/atenea=20

The editorial board invites submissions for publication for a special=20
issue (June 2008) on "Men and Masculinities."=20

Essays may address a wide variety of topics

including (but not limited to):

. the intersection of masculinity with feminism, ethnicity, and social =
institutions

. representations of men and/or masculinities in literature, film, =
popular culture,

the media

Atenea, a multidisciplinary bilingual journal on the humanities and=20
social sciences, features essays, books reviews, and some fiction and=20
poetry.=20
URL: http://www.uprm.edu/atenea=20

The editorial board invites submissions for publication for a special=20
issue (June 2008) on "Men and Masculinities."=20

Essays may address a wide variety of topics

including (but not limited to):

. the intersection of masculinity with feminism, ethnicity, and social =
institutions

. representations of men and/or masculinities in literature, film, =
popular culture,

the media

Call for Papers
  Submission deadline: March 31, 2007
   
  We invite abstracts for papers, roundtable discussions, and presentation/lectures on any topic related to the representation of women in the works of novelist and futurist Robert A. Heinlein.
   
  Some critics and readers have lauded Heinlein as a feminist, applauding his strong female characters and representations of marriages as partnerships rather than dictatorships. Others, however, have pegged him as the opposite--or, most confusingly, a little of both. Most have a strong feeling one way or the other.