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CFP: John Buchan Revisioned (6/30/07; collection)

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Monday, March 5, 2007 - 7:08pm
Kate Macdonald

John Buchan Revisioned: Beyond The Thirty-Nine Steps

A collection of essays re-examining the work and writing of John Buchan =
(1875-1940), later Lord Tweedsmuir, in the context of post-1950 =
appraisals of his work.=20

Timed to appear as Buchan's works come out of copyright in the UK, this =
collection is aimed at students of late nineteenth- to early =
twentieth-century literature and history, and at the general reader. The =
essays will re-evaluate Buchan's work in a post-post-modernist context. =
Jargon will be kept to a minimum.

CFP: Robert Penn Warren and His Circle of Friends/Colleagues (3/23/07; SAMLA, 11/9/07-11/11/07)

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Monday, March 5, 2007 - 7:08pm
Keri Overall

The Robert Penn Warren Circle requests papers dealing with any aspect of Warren and his circle of friends and colleagues for the 2007 meeting of SAMLA, which will be held in Atlanta, Georgia November 9 through November 11. We welcome in particular essays that address Warren's influences on his contemporaries or contemporary influences on Warren and his works. However, all papers on Warren are appreciated.
   
  Please send abstracts of 250-500 words in the text of an e-mail or as a Word or Rich Text Format attachment to Dr. Keri Overall at kleoverall_at_yahoo.com by Friday, March 23.
   

CFP: Mary Shelley & Her Contemporaries (6/1/07; collection)

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Monday, March 5, 2007 - 7:08pm
Lamar Adam Mekler

Submissions are requested for a collection of essays focusing on the work of
Mary Shelley and her contemporaries. This collection is developing out of
two panels from this year's and last year's NEMLA conference, and there is a
publisher interested in possibly producing the collection.

CFP: Mary Shelley & Her Contemporaries (6/1/07; collection)

updated: 
Monday, March 5, 2007 - 7:08pm
Lamar Adam Mekler

Submissions are requested for a collection of essays focusing on the work of
Mary Shelley and her contemporaries. This collection is developing out of
two panels from this year's and last year's NEMLA conference, and there is a
publisher interested in possibly producing the collection.

CFP: Biudiscourse: A Multidisciplinary Journal of Arts and Education (4/18/07 & 10/18/07; journal issues)

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Monday, March 5, 2007 - 7:02pm
Anthony Chukwuemeka

BIUDISCOURSE: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY
  JOURNALOF ARTS AND EDUCATION
  VOL 2 NOS 1 & 2, 2007
   
  CALL FOR PAPERS
   
  Biudiscourse, a Multidisciplinary, Bilingual and Peer-Reviewed Journal on the Arts, Humanities and Education, features Critical Essays, Empirical Researches and Book Reviews. The Editorial Board invites submissions for publication for Vol. 2 No. 1 (June 2007) and No. 2 (December, 2007).
   

CFP: Writing Research Across Borders (5/1/07; 2/22/08-2/24/08)

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Monday, March 5, 2007 - 7:02pm
Karen Lunsford

WRITING RESEARCH ACROSS BORDERS
AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE

2008 Santa Barbara Conference on Writing Research
University of California Santa Barbara
February 22-24, 2008

Call for Proposals:
Theme: Writing Research Across Borders
Due Date: May 1
Length: under 300 words

The Gevirtz Graduate School of Education and the Writing Programs at
the University of California, Santa Barbara and the University of
California, Davis invite proposals for their interdisciplinary
conference, "Writing Research Across Borders," to be held February
22-24, 2008 in Santa Barbara, California.

CFP: Writing Research Across Borders (5/1/07; 2/22/08-2/24/08)

updated: 
Monday, March 5, 2007 - 7:02pm
Karen Lunsford

WRITING RESEARCH ACROSS BORDERS
AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE

2008 Santa Barbara Conference on Writing Research
University of California Santa Barbara
February 22-24, 2008

Call for Proposals:
Theme: Writing Research Across Borders
Due Date: May 1
Length: under 300 words

The Gevirtz Graduate School of Education and the Writing Programs at
the University of California, Santa Barbara and the University of
California, Davis invite proposals for their interdisciplinary
conference, "Writing Research Across Borders," to be held February
22-24, 2008 in Santa Barbara, California.

CFP: Writing Research Across Borders (5/1/07; 2/22/08-2/24/08)

updated: 
Monday, March 5, 2007 - 7:02pm
Karen Lunsford

WRITING RESEARCH ACROSS BORDERS
AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE

2008 Santa Barbara Conference on Writing Research
University of California Santa Barbara
February 22-24, 2008

Call for Proposals:
Theme: Writing Research Across Borders
Due Date: May 1
Length: under 300 words

The Gevirtz Graduate School of Education and the Writing Programs at
the University of California, Santa Barbara and the University of
California, Davis invite proposals for their interdisciplinary
conference, "Writing Research Across Borders," to be held February
22-24, 2008 in Santa Barbara, California.

CFP: Writing Research Across Borders (5/1/07; 2/22/08-2/24/08)

updated: 
Monday, March 5, 2007 - 7:02pm
Karen Lunsford

WRITING RESEARCH ACROSS BORDERS
AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE

2008 Santa Barbara Conference on Writing Research
University of California Santa Barbara
February 22-24, 2008

Call for Proposals:
Theme: Writing Research Across Borders
Due Date: May 1
Length: under 300 words

The Gevirtz Graduate School of Education and the Writing Programs at
the University of California, Santa Barbara and the University of
California, Davis invite proposals for their interdisciplinary
conference, "Writing Research Across Borders," to be held February
22-24, 2008 in Santa Barbara, California.

CFP: Writing Research Across Borders (5/1/07; 2/22/08-2/24/08)

updated: 
Monday, March 5, 2007 - 7:02pm
Karen Lunsford

WRITING RESEARCH ACROSS BORDERS
AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE

2008 Santa Barbara Conference on Writing Research
University of California Santa Barbara
February 22-24, 2008

Call for Proposals:
Theme: Writing Research Across Borders
Due Date: May 1
Length: under 300 words

The Gevirtz Graduate School of Education and the Writing Programs at
the University of California, Santa Barbara and the University of
California, Davis invite proposals for their interdisciplinary
conference, "Writing Research Across Borders," to be held February
22-24, 2008 in Santa Barbara, California.

CFP: Writing Across the Curriculum (4/1/07; MMLA, 11/8/07-11/11/07)

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Monday, March 5, 2007 - 7:02pm
Marianne Cotugno

Writing Across the Curriculum: "Assessment and Writing Across the=
 Curriculum."

In Reference Guide to Writing Across the=20
Curriculum (Parlor Press LLC, 2005), Charles=20
Bazeman addresses the two assessment issues that=20
WAC programs raise and the unique circumstances=20
of the WAC classroom: assessing student writing=20
and assessing program success. This panel hopes=20
to bring together a group of papers that address=20
the sorts of issues that Bazeman =96 and many others =96 raise.

Please submit 500 - 1000 word abstracts and a=20
brief biographical statement by April 1 to:
Marianne Cotugno, Miami Univ., cotugnm_at_muohio.edu.

CFP: Beckett and Bilingualism (3/10/07; MLA '07)

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Monday, March 5, 2007 - 7:01pm
Louar, Nadia

MLA CHICAGO 2007 BECKETT AND BILINGUALISM

SPECIAL SESSION

Bilingualism in Samuel Beckett's Work
Beckett's assiduousness in translating all his texts from French into English (or vice versa), results in a unique bilingual corpus. This panel investigates the status of the author as self-translator and the aesthetic implications of self-translation for his work.

CFP: Beckett and Bilingualism (3/10/07; MLA '07)

updated: 
Monday, March 5, 2007 - 7:01pm
Louar, Nadia

MLA CHICAGO 2007 BECKETT AND BILINGUALISM

SPECIAL SESSION

Bilingualism in Samuel Beckett's Work
Beckett's assiduousness in translating all his texts from French into English (or vice versa), results in a unique bilingual corpus. This panel investigates the status of the author as self-translator and the aesthetic implications of self-translation for his work.

UPDATE: Synthetics (grad) (3/5/07; 5/4/07)

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Monday, March 5, 2007 - 7:01pm
Nathan Brown

New keynote speakers have been added:
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SYNTHETICS
The 18th Annual Southland Graduate Student Conference
UCLA Department of English
Friday, 4 May 2007

Keynotes:
N. Katherine Hayles, John Charles Hillis Professor of Literature and
Design|Media Arts, UCLA
Ali Behdad, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, UCLA

What does it mean to invoke the category of "the synthetic" today?

UPDATE: Synthetics (grad) (3/5/07; 5/4/07)

updated: 
Monday, March 5, 2007 - 7:01pm
Nathan Brown

New keynote speakers have been added:
--------------------------
SYNTHETICS
The 18th Annual Southland Graduate Student Conference
UCLA Department of English
Friday, 4 May 2007

Keynotes:
N. Katherine Hayles, John Charles Hillis Professor of Literature and
Design|Media Arts, UCLA
Ali Behdad, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, UCLA

What does it mean to invoke the category of "the synthetic" today?

UPDATE: Synthetics (grad) (3/5/07; 5/4/07)

updated: 
Monday, March 5, 2007 - 7:01pm
Nathan Brown

New keynote speakers have been added:
--------------------------
SYNTHETICS
The 18th Annual Southland Graduate Student Conference
UCLA Department of English
Friday, 4 May 2007

Keynotes:
N. Katherine Hayles, John Charles Hillis Professor of Literature and
Design|Media Arts, UCLA
Ali Behdad, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, UCLA

What does it mean to invoke the category of "the synthetic" today?

UPDATE: Synthetics (grad) (3/5/07; 5/4/07)

updated: 
Monday, March 5, 2007 - 7:01pm
Nathan Brown

New keynote speakers have been added:
--------------------------
SYNTHETICS
The 18th Annual Southland Graduate Student Conference
UCLA Department of English
Friday, 4 May 2007

Keynotes:
N. Katherine Hayles, John Charles Hillis Professor of Literature and
Design|Media Arts, UCLA
Ali Behdad, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, UCLA

What does it mean to invoke the category of "the synthetic" today?

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