Northeast Modern language Association: 2-5 March 2006 in Philadelphia. The GLBT Caucus is seeking paper proposals for the following panel:

Paper proposals are invited for a proposed panel on the topic of "Holy =
Land(s) in the American Literary Imagination" at the College English =
Association conference in San Antonio, TX (April 6-8, 2006).
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The term "Holy Land(s)" in the title is broadly conceived, so proposals =
that deal with U.S. representations or discussions of landscapes =
designated as "sacred" anywhere in the world are welcomed. Proposals =
that deal in some way with literary representations or discussions of =
Ottoman Palestine in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries are =
particularly welcome, as are discussions of the role that the idea of a =
"Holy Land" may have played in eighteenth and nineteenth century U.S. =

Paper proposals are invited for a proposed panel on the topic of "Holy =
Land(s) in the American Literary Imagination" at the College English =
Association conference in San Antonio, TX (April 6-8, 2006).
=20
The term "Holy Land(s)" in the title is broadly conceived, so proposals =
that deal with U.S. representations or discussions of landscapes =
designated as "sacred" anywhere in the world are welcomed. Proposals =
that deal in some way with literary representations or discussions of =
Ottoman Palestine in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries are =
particularly welcome, as are discussions of the role that the idea of a =
"Holy Land" may have played in eighteenth and nineteenth century U.S. =

2006 College English Association (CEA) Conference, San Antonio, Texas
April 6-April 8, 2006

The NYCEA is sponsoring a Special session on "Chairing the English
Department of the 21st Century: Critical Issues, Critical Challenges"

Please note the following updates:
Our keynote speakers will be WJT Mitchell and Rolondo Hinojosa-Smith.

We have also changed our submission procedure, now using a
proposal submission site (submissions URL indicated below), for the
panel described below.

Permeability and Selfhood.

McGill University, Montreal

12th Annual Graduate Conference on Language and Literature

March 11-12, 2006

The English Graduate Students Association at McGill University is soliciting
panels for its upcoming Conference on Language and Literature. The
conference will be held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on March 11-12, 2006. We
are pleased to announce that Dr. Terry Castle, Walter A. Haas Professor in
the Humanities at Stanford University, will be the plenary speaker.

Call for Panels

Permeability and Selfhood.

McGill University, Montreal

12th Annual Graduate Conference on Language and Literature

March 11-12, 2006

The English Graduate Students Association at McGill University is soliciting
panels for its upcoming Conference on Language and Literature. The
conference will be held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on March 11-12, 2006. We
are pleased to announce that Dr. Terry Castle, Walter A. Haas Professor in
the Humanities at Stanford University, will be the plenary speaker.

Call for Panels

UPDATE: Extended Deadline for CFP! Many thanks to those of you who've already
submitted; due to popular demand, all proposals to the UCSB "Straws in the
Wind" Condference are now due by OCTOBER 15th (see below for submission
details).

The Early Modern Center at UCSB invites paper proposals for "Straws in the
Wind: Ballads and Broadsides, 1500-1800," an interdisciplinary conference to
be held at UC Santa Barbara on February 24 and 25, 2006.

Apologies for cross-posting.

2006 ACTR Conference / Congrès de l'ARTC 2006
Association for Canadian Theatre Research
Association de la recherche théâtrale au Canada

CALL FOR PAPERS

The next ACTR annual conference will be held May 27 to 30, 2006, at
York University, Toronto, as part of the Congress of the Social
Sciences and Humanities. ACTR welcomes papers on all topics and
practices of interest to the organization, both Canadian and
international.

CFP: Anglophone Literature (World Literature in English), deadline 10/15/05,
CEA, 4/6/06-4/8/06
 
We invite papers on Anglophone Literature (World Literature in English) for
the annual meeting of the CEA.
 
Proposals shouls include the following information:
 
Name
Institutional affiliation
Mailing address (including zip code)
Phone number
Email address
Title for the proposed presentation
Abstract of no more than 500 words
A/V needs, if any
Special needs if any
 
Submit proposals by email, fax, or regular mail by October 15th. If you
email a proposal, please paste it into the body of the email message, rather than
attaching a separate file..
 

pacific REVIEW, a West Coast Arts Review Literary
Annual, published by San Diego State University
undergrads in conjunction with San Diego State
University Press, is currently accepting submissions
for the 2006-2007 issue entitled, "NOSTALGIA: a verbal
and visual relic". Critical essays, non-fiction
pieces, poetry, short stories, illustrations, and
photography touching on the idea of nostalgia are all
encouraged. Ideas along but not limited to, exploring
the dimensions of nostalgia in writing and art;
creating memoirs of past experiences, connections of
nostalgia and the memory or unconscious, or exposing
nostalgia apparent in our culture.

IASIL 2006 - First Call for Papers.
Reply to irish_at_unsw.edu.au
http://www.iasil.org/sydney

Proposals are warmly invited on the general conference theme: exploring
'intertextuality' in all its forms in Irish literature and culture. Please
submit a title and 200 word abstract to irish_at_unsw.edu.au by 15th December,
2005. Papers should not exceed 20 minutes duration.

IASIL 2006 - "Those images that yet/ Fresh images beget" (W.B. Yeats
'Byzantium')
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Thursday 20 July to Sunday 23 July 2006

IASIL 2006 - First Call for Papers.
Reply to irish_at_unsw.edu.au
http://www.iasil.org/sydney

Proposals are warmly invited on the general conference theme: exploring
'intertextuality' in all its forms in Irish literature and culture. Please
submit a title and 200 word abstract to irish_at_unsw.edu.au by 15th December,
2005. Papers should not exceed 20 minutes duration.

IASIL 2006 - "Those images that yet/ Fresh images beget" (W.B. Yeats
'Byzantium')
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Thursday 20 July to Sunday 23 July 2006

CFP: IGA-ACCUTE JOINT SESSION: ACCUTE Conference, York University
(27/04/06-30/04/06): The Gothic and Addiction

The International Gothic Association, in conjunction with the
Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English,
is presenting a joint session on the subject of Gothic Addiction/
Obsessions.

CFP: IGA-ACCUTE JOINT SESSION: ACCUTE Conference, York University
(27/04/06-30/04/06): The Gothic and Addiction

The International Gothic Association, in conjunction with the
Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English,
is presenting a joint session on the subject of Gothic Addiction/
Obsessions.