CFP: Tagore for the 21st Century (India) (8/31/06; 3/23/07-3/25/07)
CALL FOR PAPERS
"Creative Unity in Multiplicity:
Tagore for the Twenty-first Century"
International Conference, 23-25 March 2007
India International Centre, New Delhi
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CALL FOR PAPERS
"Creative Unity in Multiplicity:
Tagore for the Twenty-first Century"
International Conference, 23-25 March 2007
India International Centre, New Delhi
"W. G. Sebald and the European Tradition
University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom 6-9 October 2006
Deadline for proposals: 31 August.
For more than thirty years, W. G. 'Max' Sebald taught European Literature
and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia until his untimely
death in 2001. Reluctant to call his work 'novels', he published hybrid
books that meditate upon history, human tragedy, memory, writing and the
inner life. Sebald wrote against the mainstream contemporary novel, in an
"W. G. Sebald and the European Tradition
University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom 6-9 October 2006
Deadline for proposals: 31 August.
For more than thirty years, W. G. 'Max' Sebald taught European Literature
and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia until his untimely
death in 2001. Reluctant to call his work 'novels', he published hybrid
books that meditate upon history, human tragedy, memory, writing and the
inner life. Sebald wrote against the mainstream contemporary novel, in an
The Medieval Research Consortium at UC Davis is pleased to announce two
sessions for the 42nd International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western
Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, May 10-13, 2007.
1. "Excess and Outlandishness in Late Medieval Texts" will address how
texts challenge rhetorical norms of decorum and moderation, and exceed
their boundaries--especially the boundaries from which texts deliver their
messages to a late medieval audience.
2. "Hybridized Bodies and Spaces in Medieval Literature" will examine texts
that present overlapping and competing ideological claims--such as gender
and/or nation--on medieval bodies, cities, architecture and landscapes.
Call for Papers: Robert A. Heinlein Studies
Robert A. Heinlein Studies
An Area of the Popular Culture Association
National PCA/ACA Conference
Boston Marriott Copley Place
April 7-10, 2007
Boston, Massachusetts
2007 marks the 100th anniversary of Robert A. Heinlein's birth. Centennial events and celebrations will take place throughout the year. Select papers presented at the 2007 PCA/ACA conference will be published in special Centennial issues of the Heinlein Journal.
CFP: HEALTH AND DISEASE IN POPULAR CULTURE
POPULAR CULTURE/AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATIONS CONFERENCE
BOSTON MARRIOTT COPLEY PLACE
Boston, Massachusetts
April 4-7, 2007
The "Health and Disease in Popular Culture" PCA/ACA
area encourages proposals from historical and contemporary
perspectives.
Topics may include subjects related to literary representations
of health issues/diseases; depictions of health and disease
in the mass media (e.g., television, film, internet, advertising);
drugs and pharmaceuticals; alcohol or tobacco; infectious and
chronic diseases in popular culture; epidemics; mental health;
Call for Papers
We are looking for essays on transgendered mothers in U.S. films, particularly _TransAmerica_ (2005), for a collection on representations of motherhood in (primarily) Hollywood films, called _Motherhood Misconceived: Hollywood's Maternal Discourse_. Essays may use any theoretically informed method, including close readings and/or historical analyses.
Send c.v. and polished essay of 20-25 pages (roughly 5,000 words) by August 31, 2006 via email to Elaine Roth at Indiana University South Bend (elaroth_at_iusb.edu). Co-editors are Heather Addison (Western Michigan University) and Mary Kate Goodwin-Kelly, Ph.D.
Call for Papers
We are looking for essays on transgendered mothers in U.S. films, particularly _TransAmerica_ (2005), for a collection on representations of motherhood in (primarily) Hollywood films, called _Motherhood Misconceived: Hollywood's Maternal Discourse_. Essays may use any theoretically informed method, including close readings and/or historical analyses.
Send c.v. and polished essay of 20-25 pages (roughly 5,000 words) by August 31, 2006 via email to Elaine Roth at Indiana University South Bend (elaroth_at_iusb.edu). Co-editors are Heather Addison (Western Michigan University) and Mary Kate Goodwin-Kelly, Ph.D.
Call for Papers
We are looking for essays on transgendered mothers in U.S. films, particularly _TransAmerica_ (2005), for a collection on representations of motherhood in (primarily) Hollywood films, called _Motherhood Misconceived: Hollywood's Maternal Discourse_. Essays may use any theoretically informed method, including close readings and/or historical analyses.
Send c.v. and polished essay of 20-25 pages (roughly 5,000 words) by August 31, 2006 via email to Elaine Roth at Indiana University South Bend (elaroth_at_iusb.edu). Co-editors are Heather Addison (Western Michigan University) and Mary Kate Goodwin-Kelly, Ph.D.
Please note a correction to the CFP for the NEMLA 2007 conference for the panel "Mothering in a Post-Apocalyptic World": of course, the due date for abstracts and CVs is 9/15/06 NOT 9/15/07. Thank you.
Ilse Schrynemakers <ischrynemakers_at_yahoo.com> wrote: Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 16:04:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ilse Schrynemakers <ischrynemakers_at_yahoo.com>
Subject: CFP: Mothering in a Post-Apocalyptic World (9/15; NEMLA,, 3/1-3/4 )
To: cfp_at_english.upenn.edu
Please note a correction to the CFP for the NEMLA 2007 conference for the panel "Mothering in a Post-Apocalyptic World": of course, the due date for abstracts and CVs is 9/15/06 NOT 9/15/07. Thank you.
Ilse Schrynemakers <ischrynemakers_at_yahoo.com> wrote: Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 16:04:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ilse Schrynemakers <ischrynemakers_at_yahoo.com>
Subject: CFP: Mothering in a Post-Apocalyptic World (9/15; NEMLA,, 3/1-3/4 )
To: cfp_at_english.upenn.edu
The Nabokov Society will once again be sponsoring
two panels at the Twentieth Century Literature
Conference in Louisville, KY. Well-organized,
friendly and lively, this conference is always
enjoyable to attend; given this is the 35th
anniversary for the conference, it will be an
even bigger event for all attendees.
Conference date: February 22 – 24, 2007
Proposal submission deadline: September 1, 2006
(please submit proposals directly to Dr. Marianne
Cotugno, who is organizing panels for the Nabokov Society)
Panel 1: Geography in Nabokov's Writings
CFP: Eros, Pornography, and Popular Culture
2007 Popular Culture/American Culture Associations
National Conference
April 4 -7, 2007
Boston Marriott Copley Place
Boston, Massachusetts
For more information on the PCA/ACA, please go to http://www.h-net.org/~pcaaca.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE UPDATE: NOVEMBER 1, 2006
We are considering proposals for sessions organized around a theme, special panels, and/or individual papers. Sessions are scheduled in 1½ hour slots, ideally with four papers or speakers per standard session.
CFP: Eros, Pornography, and Popular Culture
2007 Popular Culture/American Culture Associations
National Conference
April 4 -7, 2007
Boston Marriott Copley Place
Boston, Massachusetts
For more information on the PCA/ACA, please go to http://www.h-net.org/~pcaaca.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE UPDATE: NOVEMBER 1, 2006
We are considering proposals for sessions organized around a theme, special panels, and/or individual papers. Sessions are scheduled in 1½ hour slots, ideally with four papers or speakers per standard session.
Shakespeare at Kalamazoo invites submissions for two open sessions:
Shakespeare and Monarchy
Shakespeare and Religion
42nd International Congress on Medieval Studies (May 10-13, 2007) will =
take place at Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, Michigan).
Reading time for papers should be no more than twenty minutes. According =
to rules established by the Congress, those submitting abstracts for one =
session may not submit abstracts for other sessions in the same year.=20
Email submissions are encouraged. Please include home and office phone =
numbers, complete mailing address, and e-mail address along with your =
attachment. If you need equipment, let us know now.
Shakespeare at Kalamazoo invites submissions for two open sessions:
Shakespeare and Monarchy
Shakespeare and Religion
42nd International Congress on Medieval Studies (May 10-13, 2007) will =
take place at Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, Michigan).
Reading time for papers should be no more than twenty minutes. According =
to rules established by the Congress, those submitting abstracts for one =
session may not submit abstracts for other sessions in the same year.=20
Email submissions are encouraged. Please include home and office phone =
numbers, complete mailing address, and e-mail address along with your =
attachment. If you need equipment, let us know now.
CONFERENCE TITLE: "fragment, cultural histories and vocabularies of the
fragment in text and image c. 1300-2000"
3 day Interdisciplinary Conference, hosted by Department of English, and
Institute for Medieval & Early Modern Studies, University of Wales,
Aberystwyth, UK
500 word abstracts for discussion papers, creative workshops,
performances/installations by 16th December 2006
Themes might include: making/unmaking, text/intertext, pastiche bricolage,
narratology and poetics, embodiment, artefacts, figments,
interdisciplinarity, memory and remembrance, archaeologies of meaning,
remnants/remainders
Selected papers to be published by Manchester University Press
CONFERENCE TITLE: "fragment, cultural histories and vocabularies of the
fragment in text and image c. 1300-2000"
3 day Interdisciplinary Conference, hosted by Department of English, and
Institute for Medieval & Early Modern Studies, University of Wales,
Aberystwyth, UK
500 word abstracts for discussion papers, creative workshops,
performances/installations by 16th December 2006
Themes might include: making/unmaking, text/intertext, pastiche bricolage,
narratology and poetics, embodiment, artefacts, figments,
interdisciplinarity, memory and remembrance, archaeologies of meaning,
remnants/remainders
Selected papers to be published by Manchester University Press
CONFERENCE TITLE: "fragment, cultural histories and vocabularies of the
fragment in text and image c. 1300-2000"
3 day Interdisciplinary Conference, hosted by Department of English, and
Institute for Medieval & Early Modern Studies, University of Wales,
Aberystwyth, UK
500 word abstracts for discussion papers, creative workshops,
performances/installations by 16th December 2006
Themes might include: making/unmaking, text/intertext, pastiche bricolage,
narratology and poetics, embodiment, artefacts, figments,
interdisciplinarity, memory and remembrance, archaeologies of meaning,
remnants/remainders
Selected papers to be published by Manchester University Press
CONFERENCE TITLE: "fragment, cultural histories and vocabularies of the
fragment in text and image c. 1300-2000"
3 day Interdisciplinary Conference, hosted by Department of English, and
Institute for Medieval & Early Modern Studies, University of Wales,
Aberystwyth, UK
500 word abstracts for discussion papers, creative workshops,
performances/installations by 16th December 2006
Themes might include: making/unmaking, text/intertext, pastiche bricolage,
narratology and poetics, embodiment, artefacts, figments,
interdisciplinarity, memory and remembrance, archaeologies of meaning,
remnants/remainders
Selected papers to be published by Manchester University Press
CONFERENCE TITLE: "fragment, cultural histories and vocabularies of the
fragment in text and image c. 1300-2000"
3 day Interdisciplinary Conference, hosted by Department of English, and
Institute for Medieval & Early Modern Studies, University of Wales,
Aberystwyth, UK
500 word abstracts for discussion papers, creative workshops,
performances/installations by 16th December 2006
Themes might include: making/unmaking, text/intertext, pastiche bricolage,
narratology and poetics, embodiment, artefacts, figments,
interdisciplinarity, memory and remembrance, archaeologies of meaning,
remnants/remainders
Selected papers to be published by Manchester University Press
CONFERENCE TITLE: "fragment, cultural histories and vocabularies of the
fragment in text and image c. 1300-2000"
3 day Interdisciplinary Conference, hosted by Department of English, and
Institute for Medieval & Early Modern Studies, University of Wales,
Aberystwyth, UK
500 word abstracts for discussion papers, creative workshops,
performances/installations by 16th December 2006
Themes might include: making/unmaking, text/intertext, pastiche bricolage,
narratology and poetics, embodiment, artefacts, figments,
interdisciplinarity, memory and remembrance, archaeologies of meaning,
remnants/remainders
Selected papers to be published by Manchester University Press
CONFERENCE TITLE: "fragment, cultural histories and vocabularies of the
fragment in text and image c. 1300-2000"
3 day Interdisciplinary Conference, hosted by Department of English, and
Institute for Medieval & Early Modern Studies, University of Wales,
Aberystwyth, UK
500 word abstracts for discussion papers, creative workshops,
performances/installations by 16th December 2006
Themes might include: making/unmaking, text/intertext, pastiche bricolage,
narratology and poetics, embodiment, artefacts, figments,
interdisciplinarity, memory and remembrance, archaeologies of meaning,
remnants/remainders
Selected papers to be published by Manchester University Press
Seeking contributors to write signed entries for a "Critical Companion to Henry James" (under contract for publication in early 2008). This reference volume will cover more than 60 works of fiction, travel writing, and cultural criticism (1000-10,000 words per topic), as well as biography, selected correspondence, and "related persons, places, and events" (another 60-plus entries). Please send expressions of interest, with CV attached, to both editors: Kendall Johnson (kjohnso1_at_swarthmore.edu) and Eric Haralson (eharalson_at_notes.cc.sunysb.edu). A headword list, contributor guidelines and deadlines, and sample entries will follow.
Seeking contributors to write signed entries for a "Critical Companion to Henry James" (under contract for publication in early 2008). This reference volume will cover more than 60 works of fiction, travel writing, and cultural criticism (1000-10,000 words per topic), as well as biography, selected correspondence, and "related persons, places, and events" (another 60-plus entries). Please send expressions of interest, with CV attached, to both editors: Kendall Johnson (kjohnso1_at_swarthmore.edu) and Eric Haralson (eharalson_at_notes.cc.sunysb.edu). A headword list, contributor guidelines and deadlines, and sample entries will follow.
Seeking contributors to write signed entries for a "Critical Companion to Henry James" (under contract for publication in early 2008). This reference volume will cover more than 60 works of fiction, travel writing, and cultural criticism (1000-10,000 words per topic), as well as biography, selected correspondence, and "related persons, places, and events" (another 60-plus entries). Please send expressions of interest, with CV attached, to both editors: Kendall Johnson (kjohnso1_at_swarthmore.edu) and Eric Haralson (eharalson_at_notes.cc.sunysb.edu). A headword list, contributor guidelines and deadlines, and sample entries will follow.
The Jewish Graphic Novel
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The Jewish Graphic Novel
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The Jewish Graphic Novel
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The Jewish Graphic Novel
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