The deadline for the Third Annual Oxford Medieval Graduate Conference =20=

has been extended until February 11 for receipt of abstracts.

Introductory paper will be delivered by Professor Corinna Salvadori =20
Lonergan (Trinity College Dublin) on Dante and Divine Judgment, and =20
closing paper will be by Professor Eric G. Stanley (Pembroke College, =20=

Oxford) on 'Apocalypse: the Devil and All His Works Revealed'.

Papers welcome on all subject in between.

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Judgment and Apocalypse: Aspects and Approaches

Dear colleagues=2C

On behalf of the graduate students of the Department of Spanish and Port=
uguese at the University of Wisconsin-Madison=2C we are pleased to annou=
nce Ibero-American Writers in the Era of Globalization=2C a conference a=
nd community event to be held in Madison=2C Wisconsin=2C from March 7th-=
10th=2C 2007=2E

The Graduate English Students' Association in the University of Virginia's
Department of English would like to invite submissions to our annual
conference, to be held from April 5th to April 7th, 2007.
  
This conference invites papers that examine the relationship between texts
and the practice of improvisation. Creative works inevitably involve
improvisations of various kinds in their dealings with previous genre
categories, innovations within the formal boundaries of their media, and
even gaps between their own expectations and the end product. How do texts
register these dynamics through moments of improvisation? Is improvisation

The Graduate English Students' Association in the University of Virginia's
Department of English would like to invite submissions to our annual
conference, to be held from April 5th to April 7th, 2007.
  
This conference invites papers that examine the relationship between texts
and the practice of improvisation. Creative works inevitably involve
improvisations of various kinds in their dealings with previous genre
categories, innovations within the formal boundaries of their media, and
even gaps between their own expectations and the end product. How do texts
register these dynamics through moments of improvisation? Is improvisation

The 15th Annual Acacia Conference at California State University, Fullerton
CFP: Hero(in)es and Anti- Hero(in)es

We are seeking panels to address the myriad definitions of ethics and
how it is represented in literature and other texts. Some possible
issues to address are the ethical dilemmas of hero(in)es, what makes a
hero(ine), the changes in how hero(in)es are perceived today verses
past years, the attraction to certain heroic and anti-heroic types,
and connections between contemporary hero(in)es and/or anti-hero(in)es
and those of the past. Some topics to consider are:

The Graduate English Students' Association in the University of Virginia's
Department of English would like to invite submissions to our annual
conference, to be held from April 5th to April 7th, 2007.
  
This conference invites papers that examine the relationship between texts
and the practice of improvisation. Creative works inevitably involve
improvisations of various kinds in their dealings with previous genre
categories, innovations within the formal boundaries of their media, and
even gaps between their own expectations and the end product. How do texts
register these dynamics through moments of improvisation? Is improvisation

The 15th Annual Acacia Conference at California State University, Fullerton
CFP: Hero(in)es and Anti- Hero(in)es

We are seeking panels to address the myriad definitions of ethics and
how it is represented in literature and other texts. Some possible
issues to address are the ethical dilemmas of hero(in)es, what makes a
hero(ine), the changes in how hero(in)es are perceived today verses
past years, the attraction to certain heroic and anti-heroic types,
and connections between contemporary hero(in)es and/or anti-hero(in)es
and those of the past. Some topics to consider are:

International conference
Institut de Recherche en Langues et Littératures Européennes EA 3437 –
Université de Haute-Alsace
Mulhouse, October 11-13, 2007

The 15th Annual Acacia Conference at California State University, Fullerton
CFP: Hero(in)es and Anti- Hero(in)es

We are seeking panels to address the myriad definitions of ethics and
how it is represented in literature and other texts. Some possible
issues to address are the ethical dilemmas of hero(in)es, what makes a
hero(ine), the changes in how hero(in)es are perceived today verses
past years, the attraction to certain heroic and anti-heroic types,
and connections between contemporary hero(in)es and/or anti-hero(in)es
and those of the past. Some topics to consider are:

Papers are invited for a special session on horror film for this year's
RMMLA Convention in Calgary, Alberta. All submissions will be
considered; papers may treat any of the horror subgenres (slasher films,
gothic horror, serial killer films, zombie films, etc.) or take any
theoretical approach to horror film.=20

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Please submit a 250-word abstract along with a one-page CV or brief
biographical statement no later than February 27th, 2007. Also indicate
whether your presentation will require AV equipment. Accepted
presenters will need to be current in their RMMLA dues by 04-01-07. =20

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CFP: Literature and Medicine (grad) (03/15/07; 04/21/07)
   
  From: Dr. Rose Quiello < quiello_at_sbcglobal.net >
  Panel Title: Literature and Medicine (graduate)
  Conference: The Eighth Annual SCSU Graduate English Conference, Michael J. Adanti Student Center, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, Saturday, April 21, 2007, 9:00 am-4:30 pm
    

Please distribute.

Women Writing and Reading: Past and Present, Local and Global

4-6 May 2007 At the University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Please distribute.

Women Writing and Reading: Past and Present, Local and Global

4-6 May 2007 At the University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Performance and Spirituality=20
The Journal of the Institute for the Study of Performance and Spirituality=
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CFP: "Delineating the Field": Submission Deadline, May 15, 2007.=20
(The Institute for the Study of Performance and Spirituality is an emerging=
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research center that operates in association with the Martin E. Segal Theat=
re=20
Center of The Graduate Center, of the City University of New York.)=20
Performance and Spirituality=E2=80=94a new peer-reviewed, annually-published=
  online=20
journal dedicated to examining intersections of new and alternative forms o=
f=20
spirituality/religion and theatre/performance=E2=80=94is seeking articles fo=
r the =20