Altered States: Utopian Possibilities, Pathologies, and Placeboes
English Graduate Student Association Colloquium
York University, Toronto
Keynote speaker: Imre Szeman (Mcmaster University)
29-30 Mar 07

Altered States: Utopian Possibilities, Pathologies, and Placeboes
English Graduate Student Association Colloquium
York University, Toronto
Keynote speaker: Imre Szeman (Mcmaster University)
29-30 Mar 07

UPDATE AND FINAL CALL FOR WORKSHOPS AND INDIVIDUAL PAPERS

The 20th Biennial Nordic Association for American Studies (NAAS)
Conference 2007
The 11th Biennial Tampere North American Studies Conference

"American Bodies, American Violence"

University of Tampere, Finland
May 24-26, 2007

Keynote speakers:

Professor Judith Halberstam, University of Southern California
Professor Scott Slovic, University of Nevada

UPDATE AND FINAL CALL FOR WORKSHOPS AND INDIVIDUAL PAPERS

The 20th Biennial Nordic Association for American Studies (NAAS)
Conference 2007
The 11th Biennial Tampere North American Studies Conference

"American Bodies, American Violence"

University of Tampere, Finland
May 24-26, 2007

Keynote speakers:

Professor Judith Halberstam, University of Southern California
Professor Scott Slovic, University of Nevada

"TRANSLATING GRAMMATICAL GENDER : A LINGUISTIC AND/OR A POLITICAL QUESTION?"

CFP: Shakespeare and Disability Studies (4.15.2007; M/MLA 11.8-11.2007)
 
The permanent session on Shakespeare and Shakespearean Criticism at the M/MLA, which for 2007 will meet in Cleveland, OH, welcomes papers on the topic of "Shakespeare and Disablity Studies." This panel invites papers that explore the intersections between Shakespeare Studies and Disability Studies. The goals of the panel are not only to broaden our understanding of Shakespeare's various representations of disability, but also to investigate the ways that Disability Studies can inform Shakespeare Studies more generally. Please send 250 word abstracts via e-mail or attachment by April 15, 2007, to Professor David Wood, Univ. of Wisconsin-La Crosse, wood.davi_at_uwlax.edu

CFP: Shakespeare and Disability Studies (4.15.2007; M/MLA 11.8-11.2007)
 
The permanent session on Shakespeare and Shakespearean Criticism at the M/MLA, which for 2007 will meet in Cleveland, OH, welcomes papers on the topic of "Shakespeare and Disablity Studies." This panel invites papers that explore the intersections between Shakespeare Studies and Disability Studies. The goals of the panel are not only to broaden our understanding of Shakespeare's various representations of disability, but also to investigate the ways that Disability Studies can inform Shakespeare Studies more generally. Please send 250 word abstracts via e-mail or attachment by April 15, 2007, to Professor David Wood, Univ. of Wisconsin-La Crosse, wood.davi_at_uwlax.edu

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

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

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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 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: