The Literary History of Sexuality (panel)

This panel addresses the relationship between sexuality and literature in the long eighteenth
century. Critics and
historians, from a variety of perspectives, have suggested that "something happened" to
conceptualizations (and
practices) of the sexual and the literary in and around the eighteenth century--although what
that "something"
was remains an open question. Accordingly, this panel will explore the mutually shaping
relations between
sexuality and literature, from Restoration to Romanticism. Engagements with Foucault
(critical and/or
sympathetic) are welcome but not essential.

PLEASE NOTE: There are several open slots for presentations at our
conference due to last-minute cancellations.

CFP: "Prefixing" - An Interdisciplinary Work-in-Progress Conference
(Australia)
(09/17/06; 09/24/06-09/26/06)

LATE ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Sunday, September 17 2006
Conference Date: Sunday, September 24 - Tuesday, September 26, 2006

For consideration, please send a 200 to 300-word abstract as well as
a 50-word bio (on the same page in Times New Roman font/size 12, please)
to our conference organisers immediately at wipconf_at_uq.edu.au.

Centre for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies
2006 POSTGRADUATE COLLOQUIUM

Call for Papers

PARALLAX: BENDING BOUNDARIES, BLENDING THEORIES

Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 November 9.00am-5.00pm
Rooms SG01 and SGO3, Manton Rooms, Ground Floor, Menzies Building
Monash University, Clayton Campus.

Centre for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies
2006 POSTGRADUATE COLLOQUIUM

Call for Papers

PARALLAX: BENDING BOUNDARIES, BLENDING THEORIES

Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 November 9.00am-5.00pm
Rooms SG01 and SGO3, Manton Rooms, Ground Floor, Menzies Building
Monash University, Clayton Campus.

Call for Papers: Adolescence in Film and Television

The "Adolescence in Film and Television" Area Chair of the American
Culture Association seeks individual-paper proposals for presentation
at the 2007 National Conference of the Popular Culture Association and
American Culture Association, to be held at Boston Marriott Copley
Place (Boston, Massachusetts) April 4-7, 2007.

EXTENDED DEADLINE: CFP: Rethinking the Theory Course (9/15/06; NEMLA;
3/1-4/07 in Baltimore)

The Northeast Modern Language Association's 38th annual convention will be
held in Baltimore, Maryland from March 1-4, 2007.

This panel will explore innovative ways to teach critical theory at the
undergraduate level. How can instructors present difficult theory in a way
that is accessible to students? What supplementary texts can instructors use
to complement the theory? What writing assignments can help students
practice applying theory without encouraging them to think formulaically?

      The Southern American Studies Association (SASA) is
inviting paper or complete panel proposals for its biannual
meeting to be hosted by the University of Mississippi,
February 14-18, 2007 in conjunction with the annual Living
Blues Symposium. The theme of the conference is "Blues
Tunes / Blues Texts: Music, Cultures and Literature in the
Global South." This truly interdisciplinary meeting that
brings together scholars of literature, culture and music
with musicians, radio industry insiders and fans of the
blues will consider ways in which literature and music shape
the living cultures of the global, post-regional South.
 Possible paper topics relating to the conference theme

      The Southern American Studies Association (SASA) is
inviting paper or complete panel proposals for its biannual
meeting to be hosted by the University of Mississippi,
February 14-18, 2007 in conjunction with the annual Living
Blues Symposium. The theme of the conference is "Blues
Tunes / Blues Texts: Music, Cultures and Literature in the
Global South." This truly interdisciplinary meeting that
brings together scholars of literature, culture and music
with musicians, radio industry insiders and fans of the
blues will consider ways in which literature and music shape
the living cultures of the global, post-regional South.
 Possible paper topics relating to the conference theme

Call for Papers: Science Fiction and Fantasy Area, SW/TX PCA/ACA
   
  2007 Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association 28th Annual Conference, The Hyatt Regency Conference Hotel, Albuquerque, NM, February 14-17, 2007.
   
  The Area Chairs of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Area would like to invite paper and panel proposals on any aspect of science fiction and fantasy.
   
  Please send queries, 250 word paper proposals, and 500 word panel proposals, including full contact info for all participants, to
   
  Ximena Gallardo
  xgallardo_at_lagcc.cuny.edu
   
  Deadline for proposal submissions: November 15, 2006.
   

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The Performance Studies Focus Group (PSFG) of the Association for
Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) invites proposals for panels,
seminars, roundtable discussions, performances, workshops, and other
innovative sessions for the annual ATHE Conference, which will be
held at the Sheraton in New Orleans, July 26-29, 2007.

UPDATE: Geography and the Book of Nature: The Natural World in =
Transition, 1300-1600

Conference website: http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/book_of_nature_2007/

Sebastian Sobecki
Geography and the Book of Nature Congress
Department of English
Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Germany
Phone: +49 234 32 28 518
book-of-nature-2007_at_rub.de

The conference is bilingual, but it will take place mainly in French.
Participants may give a paper in English but must understand French.

Call for papers / International Conference

"Elusive faces of the feminine. Writing and photography, face to face"

3-5 May 2007

This conference is about the relationship between photography and
writing, and the places where they meet, dialogue, cross and flee
each other. In this relationship between the photographic and the
literary, we are interested in the importance of the female face, an
alterity that neither medium can capture.

The conference is bilingual, but it will take place mainly in French.
Participants may give a paper in English but must understand French.

Call for papers / International Conference

"Elusive faces of the feminine. Writing and photography, face to face"

3-5 May 2007

This conference is about the relationship between photography and
writing, and the places where they meet, dialogue, cross and flee
each other. In this relationship between the photographic and the
literary, we are interested in the importance of the female face, an
alterity that neither medium can capture.

Identity Theory (IdentityTheory.com), a literary/cultural web journal, is
developing a film section and is now seeking reviewers to cover theatrical
releases and new DVDs. IDT also plans to include reviews of older titles, as
long as some context (historical or genre-related) is provided and the
overdone classics are avoided. Reviews of older films newly appearing on
DVD, as well as literary-related films and rediscovered classics, are highly
desired. Send a pitch of your idea, your resume, and a writing sample to
Matthew Sorrento at film_at_identitytheory.com.