38th Convention

NEMLA

Baltimore,MD March 1- March 4, 2007

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CALL FOR PAPERS

The Undead
A conference at the University of California at Berkeley

October 19-20, 2006
Hosted by the Department of Comparative Literature

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>From age-old whisperings of spirits and ghosts to the contemporary
explosion of cultural interest in zombies, the concept of the undead
is one that refuses to die.

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CALL FOR PAPERS

The Undead
A conference at the University of California at Berkeley

October 19-20, 2006
Hosted by the Department of Comparative Literature

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>From age-old whisperings of spirits and ghosts to the contemporary
explosion of cultural interest in zombies, the concept of the undead
is one that refuses to die.

Madwoman in the (American) Attic : Theoretical Approaches to Mental Illness

LIMINA: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies
www.limina.arts.uwa.edu.au

Call for Papers, Volume 13

Submissions Deadline 30 September 2006

Limina is a refereed academic journal of historical and cultural studies,
based at The University of Western Australia. The journal operates with a
special commitment to publishing the work of research postgraduates and
emerging scholars. Limina promotes resistance to traditional disciplinary
boundaries, and at the same time demands a rigorous approach to issues of
research, context and theoretical debates, providing a lively environment in
which diverse work can be published.

LIMINA: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies
www.limina.arts.uwa.edu.au

Call for Papers, Volume 13

Submissions Deadline 30 September 2006

Limina is a refereed academic journal of historical and cultural studies,
based at The University of Western Australia. The journal operates with a
special commitment to publishing the work of research postgraduates and
emerging scholars. Limina promotes resistance to traditional disciplinary
boundaries, and at the same time demands a rigorous approach to issues of
research, context and theoretical debates, providing a lively environment in
which diverse work can be published.

The 2007 Virginia Humanities Conference meets at Christopher Newport
University in Newport News, VA on Friday-Saturday, March 30-31, 2007.
The theme is "Jamestown 2007 and the Invention of America: Reality and
Fiction." VHC invites scholars and artists from all disciplines to
propose papers, panels or similar sessions by mailing, faxing, or
emailing a one-to-two-page abstract to George Hillow, President of the
Virginia Humanities Conference, Theater Department, Christopher Newport
University, One University Place, Newport News, VA 23606; FAX
757-594-7389; hillow_at_cnu.edu. The deadline for abstracts is December
15, 2006.

The 2007 Virginia Humanities Conference meets at Christopher Newport
University in Newport News, VA on Friday-Saturday, March 30-31, 2007.
The theme is "Jamestown 2007 and the Invention of America: Reality and
Fiction." VHC invites scholars and artists from all disciplines to
propose papers, panels or similar sessions by mailing, faxing, or
emailing a one-to-two-page abstract to George Hillow, President of the
Virginia Humanities Conference, Theater Department, Christopher Newport
University, One University Place, Newport News, VA 23606; FAX
757-594-7389; hillow_at_cnu.edu. The deadline for abstracts is December
15, 2006.

Obsidian III: Literature in the African Diaspora invites scholars from
all fields to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the independence of Ghana.
 The issue is set for publication in the summer of 2007. When Ghana began
the first African nation to gain it independence from England, it not only
set the stage for the liberation of Africa, but it precipitated cultural
changes across the African Diaspora and, indeed, across the globe. Essays
are solicited the literary and cultural legacy of Ghanaian independence in
Ghana, in Africa, in the African Diaspora and throughout the world. We
seek papers on individual works, authors and genres as well previously
unpublished creative works.

"Post-Millennial Queer Pop Culture and the Construction of Community"
A Panel at the 2007 NEMLA Convention in Baltimore Maryland, March 1-4 2007

This panel seeks papers that explore recent queer pop culture (including tv, film, art, comics, porn, music, theater, the internet) and how this pop culture cultivates and/or constructs community. To what extent do these pop culture products make and/or perpetuate assumptions about queer community? To what extent do they reflect the evolution of a queer community? Papers may examine representations of queer life in mainstream popular culture as long as the papers focus on the depiction of queer community.

Please email 250-300 word abstracts to Andrew Schopp at schoppa_at_ncc.edu.

"Post-Millennial Queer Pop Culture and the Construction of Community"
A Panel at the 2007 NEMLA Convention in Baltimore Maryland, March 1-4 2007

This panel seeks papers that explore recent queer pop culture (including tv, film, art, comics, porn, music, theater, the internet) and how this pop culture cultivates and/or constructs community. To what extent do these pop culture products make and/or perpetuate assumptions about queer community? To what extent do they reflect the evolution of a queer community? Papers may examine representations of queer life in mainstream popular culture as long as the papers focus on the depiction of queer community.

Please email 250-300 word abstracts to Andrew Schopp at schoppa_at_ncc.edu.

 
H. G. Wells: New Directions
 
The Annual H. G. Wells Society Conference 23 September 2006
 
 

UDATE: Deadline extended to July 15th, 2006/ new information about keynote
speakers

Pressure to Experiment

A two day international conference on experimentation in contemporary
writing

Organised by the Centre for Contemporary Writing

To be held at the University of Southampton, UK on

28th and 29th September 2006

Keynote speakers:

Michael Davidson

Joan Retallack

Jena Osman

Lisa Jarnot

Caroline Bergvall

Call for Papers: Comparative Approaches to Indigenous Literary Studies

University of Auckland, (NZ) Saturday August 5, 2006.

Closing date for expressions of interest: July 5, 2006=20

The Centre for Cultural Inquiry and the English Department of the
University of Auckland are hosting a one-day symposium on comparative
approaches to indigenous literary and cultural studies. This is the
first time that such a symposium has been offered at the University of
Auckland and we invite you to join us in our discussions and to actively
participate with us in our workshops. There is no registration fee.