UPDATE: Art Objects and Women's Words: Women's Ekphrastic Writing
(EXTENDED DEADLINE 5/15/07; collection)

I am looking for papers to round out a collection of scholarly essays
with the working title:

ART OBJECTS AND WOMEN'S WORDS: WOMEN'S EKPHRASTIC WRITING, 1750 TO THE
PRESENT

A major university press has expressed serious interest in an edited
collection of scholarly essays that explore how female authors produce
verbal representations of visual representations. Publication is
projected for late 2008.

All essays will be considered (see longer description of the topic,
below); but in particular, I am still looking for strong essays on the
following:

Papers are being sought for submission to the Women in Literature panel at
the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) in Bellingham,
WA November 2-3, 2007.

Please send a 500-word proposal and 50-word abstract to Patricia Ploesch by
March 15, 2007 at pploesch_at_gmail.com.

Patricia Ploesch
Doctoral Candidate
Department of English
University of California, Riverside

Call for Papers
  Submission deadline: March 31, 2007
   
  We invite abstracts for papers, roundtable discussions, and presentation/lectures on any topic related to ethics as represented in the works of novelist and futurist Robert A. Heinlein.
   
  Heinlein is well-known for exploring a wide range of ethical concerns in his novels and short stories. In works such as _For Us, the Living_, he experimented with new ethical structures and the ways in which they would impact human culture and development. Many of his characters operate outside ethical boundaries that we are familiar with and ask us to see their actions from their perspective rather than our own.
   

Call for Papers
  Submission deadline: March 31, 2007
   
  We invite abstracts for papers, roundtable discussions, and presentation/lectures on any topic related to ethics as represented in the works of novelist and futurist Robert A. Heinlein.
   
  Heinlein is well-known for exploring a wide range of ethical concerns in his novels and short stories. In works such as _For Us, the Living_, he experimented with new ethical structures and the ways in which they would impact human culture and development. Many of his characters operate outside ethical boundaries that we are familiar with and ask us to see their actions from their perspective rather than our own.
   

Proposals invited for a special session at MLA 2007 on 'The (U.S.)
South in Hemispheric and Transatlantic Contexts, 1600-1865.' Focusing
on the period between Contact and the Civil War, this session will
feature work on subjects ranging from language and writing in early
contact zones to developing ideas of ethnicity, race, and nation in
the region(s) now included in the U.S. South. Comparatist work
treating larger 'southern' regions of which the U.S. South was a part
also welcome.

Please send 250-word proposals by March 20th to Barbara Ladd,
Department of English, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322 or to
bladd_at_emory.edu. Advance inquiries welcome.

CALL FOR PAPERS:

ACADEMIC EXCHANGE EXTRA (AEE)
http://asstudents.unco.edu/students/AE-Extra/index.html

A MONTHLY PEER-REVIEWED ON-LINE FORUM

Submissions are invited from educators, graduates, and post-graduates of all
levels and areas of study for Academic Exchange Extra (AEE)
(Editor-in-Chief, Elizabeth Haller – English Instructor at Kent State
University). Qualified submissions from undergraduates may also be
considered. AEE presents ideas, research methods and pedagogical theories
leading to effective instruction and learning regardless of level, subject
or context. We also seek cogent essays, poetry and fiction.

Call for Papers
Proposed Special Session for the Midwest Modern Language Association
Convention (Nov. 8-11, 2007, Cleveland, OH)
Conference theme: Reconsidering Realisms

"Realism and the Old Plantation"

UPDATE: Oceanic Popular Culture Association Conference (Hawaii) (3/25/07; 5/25/07-5/27/07)

**Proposal Deadline Extended**

Abstracts/Proposals due March 25, 2007

Oceanic Popular Culture Association Conference
"Work and Play"
Honolulu, HI
May 25-27, 2007
Chaminade University of Honolulu

Panel and individual paper proposals are now being accepted for the inaugural Oceanic Popular Culture Association Conference. While all topics and proposals will be considered, those treating the conference theme of "Work and Play" are particularly welcome.

Possible topics may include but are not limited to:

Call for Papers
  Political Science
   
  Submission deadline: March 31, 2007
   
  We invite abstracts for papers, roundtable discussions, and presentation/lectures on any topic related to political science and its representation in the works of novelist and futurist Robert A. Heinlein.
   
  Studies in political science appear in nearly all of Heinlein's novels and short stories, wherein he could challenge the political structures of his day and explore the possibilities of what governments of the future might be like. All topics related to political science are welcome. Suggested topics include:
  --Citizenship (the right of; the responsibilities of; methods of earning)

Call for Papers
  Political Science
   
  Submission deadline: March 31, 2007
   
  We invite abstracts for papers, roundtable discussions, and presentation/lectures on any topic related to political science and its representation in the works of novelist and futurist Robert A. Heinlein.
   
  Studies in political science appear in nearly all of Heinlein's novels and short stories, wherein he could challenge the political structures of his day and explore the possibilities of what governments of the future might be like. All topics related to political science are welcome. Suggested topics include:
  --Citizenship (the right of; the responsibilities of; methods of earning)

Globalization and Popular Culture
MPCA/MACA - Regional Conference
Oct. 12-14, 2007
Kansas City, Missouri

Submission Deadline: April 30, 2007

The Globalization area of the Midwest Popular Culture Association invites
papers/panels on theoretical, historical and practical approaches to the
intersection of cultures, postcolonial studies, national cinema,
international and transnational media studies and any other topic related t=
o
popular culture on the global stage. The conference will be held at the
Radisson Hotel & Suites Kansas City in the center of Kansas City, Missouri
the weekend of October 12-14, 2007.

Call for Papers
  Political Science
   
  Submission deadline: March 31, 2007
   
  We invite abstracts for papers, roundtable discussions, and presentation/lectures on any topic related to political science and its representation in the works of novelist and futurist Robert A. Heinlein.
   
  Studies in political science appear in nearly all of Heinlein's novels and short stories, wherein he could challenge the political structures of his day and explore the possibilities of what governments of the future might be like. All topics related to political science are welcome. Suggested topics include:
  --Citizenship (the right of; the responsibilities of; methods of earning)

CFP Update: American Poets Writing for / Writing about Children

Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference, November
2-3, 2007, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA (one hour
north of Seattle)

Paper proposals are sought for an approved special session at PAMLA's
2007 annual conference.

Call for Papers
  Submission deadline: March 31, 2007
   
  We invite abstracts for papers, roundtable discussions, and presentation/lectures on any topic related to human sexuality and its representation in the works of novelist and futurist Robert A. Heinlein.
   
  Throughout the mid-to-late 20th century, Robert A. Heinlein stirred up controversy with his various treatments of human sexuality. From S-groups to a particular brand of free love best described as "the gates are locked and it's nobody's business," Heinlein challenged our thinking about gender and sexuality like few authors before or since.
   
  Suggested topics include (but are not limited to):
   
  --Sex vs. gender