CALL FOR PAPERS: MHRA Working Papers in the Humanities
 
Contributions are now invited for the 2007 issue of the MHRA Working Papers in
the Humanities. A special, themed section of the journal will be dedicated to
'Identity Formation', but other topics are welcome as well.
 
The MHRA Working Papers in the Humanities
(http://www.mhra.org.uk/ojs/index.php/wph) is an electronic publication forum
intended to allow researchers to present initial findings or hypotheses such as
might, at a more advanced stage, become eligible for publication in established
scholarly journals. As such it will be of particular interest to postgraduate

CALL FOR PAPERS: MHRA Working Papers in the Humanities
 
Contributions are now invited for the 2007 issue of the MHRA Working Papers in
the Humanities. A special, themed section of the journal will be dedicated to
'Identity Formation', but other topics are welcome as well.
 
The MHRA Working Papers in the Humanities
(http://www.mhra.org.uk/ojs/index.php/wph) is an electronic publication forum
intended to allow researchers to present initial findings or hypotheses such as
might, at a more advanced stage, become eligible for publication in established
scholarly journals. As such it will be of particular interest to postgraduate

Call for Contributions (collection 31/05/07; 15/12/07)
Redefinitions of Irish Identity in the Twenty-First Century: A
Postnationalist Approach.
DUCIS (Dalarna University Centre for Irish Studies), Sweden.

MELUS: Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature in the US

Landscape, Spirit of Place, Nature

Although place has long played a part in ethnic literature, the emphasis on
globalization may have affected this concept. Papers addressing the
function of landscape, the spirit of place, or the role of Nature in ethnic
literature are welcome. By April 1, 2007, please send a 250-word proposal
with the requisite information as noted in the SAMLA Call for Paper
Guidelines to Joyce Smith, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, via email
at Joyce-Smith_at_utc.edu or via regular mail to English Department #2703,
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 615 McCallie Avenue, Chattanooga, TN
37403-2598.

MELUS: Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature in the US

Landscape, Spirit of Place, Nature

Although place has long played a part in ethnic literature, the emphasis on
globalization may have affected this concept. Papers addressing the
function of landscape, the spirit of place, or the role of Nature in ethnic
literature are welcome. By April 1, 2007, please send a 250-word proposal
with the requisite information as noted in the SAMLA Call for Paper
Guidelines to Joyce Smith, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, via email
at Joyce-Smith_at_utc.edu or via regular mail to English Department #2703,
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 615 McCallie Avenue, Chattanooga, TN
37403-2598.

Call for Papers for a Special Edition of
MP: An international feminist online, peer-reviewed journal
http://www.academinist.org/mp/
Spring 2007
"Feminist Voices in Children and Childhood Studies: Critical Readings of
Popular Culture."
NEW !!! Deadline: March 30, 2007

UPDATE: Papers are solicited for the following works to be included in a
collection of critical essays tentatively titled: Crowned with Laurel:
Critical Essays on African American Pulitzer Prize Wining Literature. The
collection will examine works by African Americans that have won the
country's most prestigious award. The works on which essays are still being
sought are:

1950: Poetry-Annie Allen by Gwendolyn Brooks

1970: Drama-No Place to Be Somebody by Charles Gordone

1978: Fiction-Elbow Room by James Alan McPherson

1987: Drama-Fences by August Wilson

1993: Poetry-Neon Vernacular by Yusef Komynyakaa

Papers may discuss any aspect of the works.

UPDATE: Papers are solicited for the following works to be included in a
collection of critical essays tentatively titled: Crowned with Laurel:
Critical Essays on African American Pulitzer Prize Wining Literature. The
collection will examine works by African Americans that have won the
country's most prestigious award. The works on which essays are still being
sought are:

1950: Poetry-Annie Allen by Gwendolyn Brooks

1970: Drama-No Place to Be Somebody by Charles Gordone

1978: Fiction-Elbow Room by James Alan McPherson

1987: Drama-Fences by August Wilson

1993: Poetry-Neon Vernacular by Yusef Komynyakaa

Papers may discuss any aspect of the works.

Call for Essays: Ellen [Mrs Henry] Wood

Renaissance Discovery? (RSA 08)

Scholars of various Renaissance fields – including science, emblems, and
antiquarianism – have observed an instability or paradoxicality around the
operative concept of empirical discovery. Scholars have not, however,
evaluated or explained this strange observation. In some cases, discovery
seems irrelevant to the period's production of knowledge; in others,
relevant, but discouraged or abjured. Given that discovery seems basic to
modern notions of evidence, and of interpretation, the hermeneutic and/or
epistemological consequences of the Renaissance attitude may be
considerable.

Renaissance Discovery? (RSA 08)

Scholars of various Renaissance fields – including science, emblems, and
antiquarianism – have observed an instability or paradoxicality around the
operative concept of empirical discovery. Scholars have not, however,
evaluated or explained this strange observation. In some cases, discovery
seems irrelevant to the period's production of knowledge; in others,
relevant, but discouraged or abjured. Given that discovery seems basic to
modern notions of evidence, and of interpretation, the hermeneutic and/or
epistemological consequences of the Renaissance attitude may be
considerable.

Call for Papers
African American Literature Symposium
"Catching the Flavor and Rhythm of Life: The Legacy of Zora Neale =
Hurston in the 21st Century"

Call for Papers
African American Literature Symposium
"Catching the Flavor and Rhythm of Life: The Legacy of Zora Neale =
Hurston in the 21st Century"

Publish your literary review in Moveable Type, the postgraduate online
journal of the Department of English Language and Literature, University
College London.

Since 2005, Moveable Type has published reviews and scholarly papers by
postgraduate students worldwide. Access past issues at
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/english/graduate/MThome.htm.

We welcome submissions of reviews of literature in all its forms -- print
text, film, theatre, graphic fiction, hypertext.

Submit your review to the 2007 editor, Kim Howey, at k.howey_at_ucl.ac.uk by 20
April 2007.