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UPDATE: Digital Eves (8/1/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Monday, May 15, 2006 - 4:34pm
guesteditor06

Call for Papers
(Original publication deadline extended; submissions will remain open until
August 1, 2006)

Women Writers: A Zine is seeking previously unpublished essays and original
works of fiction, poetry, and hypertext for a special issue on "Digital Eves:
Transgression/ Transcendence in Cyberspace," to be published online in Winter
2006. Women Writers: A Zine is a digital, peer-reviewed publication that
features creative work by women writers as well as scholarship on any aspect
of women's writing, women's studies, and feminist scholarship. See the
journal's Website at www.womenwriters.net for more information.

UPDATE: Digital Eves (8/1/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Monday, May 15, 2006 - 4:34pm
guesteditor06

Call for Papers
(Original publication deadline extended; submissions will remain open until
August 1, 2006)

Women Writers: A Zine is seeking previously unpublished essays and original
works of fiction, poetry, and hypertext for a special issue on "Digital Eves:
Transgression/ Transcendence in Cyberspace," to be published online in Winter
2006. Women Writers: A Zine is a digital, peer-reviewed publication that
features creative work by women writers as well as scholarship on any aspect
of women's writing, women's studies, and feminist scholarship. See the
journal's Website at www.womenwriters.net for more information.

CFP: Emerging Paradigms in the Spanish-speaking World (grad) (7/14/06; 10/20/06-10/22/06)

updated: 
Monday, May 15, 2006 - 4:34pm
GSU Conferencia

First Annual Graduate Conference on Transantlantic and Cultural
Studies Georgia State University October 20-21, 2006

Keynote speaker
Dr. Ana del Sarto (Ohio State University)

Proposals are especially encouraged on (but not limited to) any aspect
of Literature, Linguistics, Culture, History,and Women Studies.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

Send a 300-word proposal by email to espaga_at_gmail.com (subject line:
Emerging Paradigms) by July 14, 2006.
A cover letter listing the following:
Name, title of the paper, telephone number,
mailing and email address, and a one-page CV.
Papers should be submitted in Spanish or English.

CFP: Emerging Paradigms in the Spanish-speaking World (grad) (7/14/06; 10/20/06-10/22/06)

updated: 
Monday, May 15, 2006 - 4:34pm
GSU Conferencia

First Annual Graduate Conference on Transantlantic and Cultural
Studies Georgia State University October 20-21, 2006

Keynote speaker
Dr. Ana del Sarto (Ohio State University)

Proposals are especially encouraged on (but not limited to) any aspect
of Literature, Linguistics, Culture, History,and Women Studies.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

Send a 300-word proposal by email to espaga_at_gmail.com (subject line:
Emerging Paradigms) by July 14, 2006.
A cover letter listing the following:
Name, title of the paper, telephone number,
mailing and email address, and a one-page CV.
Papers should be submitted in Spanish or English.

CFP: Emerging Paradigms in the Spanish-speaking World (grad) (7/14/06; 10/20/06-10/22/06)

updated: 
Monday, May 15, 2006 - 4:34pm
GSU Conferencia

First Annual Graduate Conference on Transantlantic and Cultural
Studies Georgia State University October 20-21, 2006

Keynote speaker
Dr. Ana del Sarto (Ohio State University)

Proposals are especially encouraged on (but not limited to) any aspect
of Literature, Linguistics, Culture, History,and Women Studies.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

Send a 300-word proposal by email to espaga_at_gmail.com (subject line:
Emerging Paradigms) by July 14, 2006.
A cover letter listing the following:
Name, title of the paper, telephone number,
mailing and email address, and a one-page CV.
Papers should be submitted in Spanish or English.

CFP: GLBTQ in Popular Culture (6/15/06; MAPACA, 10/27/06-10/29/06)

updated: 
Monday, May 15, 2006 - 4:34pm
Cathy.Leaker_at_esc.edu

The Gay Lesbian Transgender and Queer area of the Mid Atlantic
American/Popular Culture Conference (Baltimore MD, October 27-29, 2006)
welcomes proposals on the representations of lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, transsexual, and transvestite communities in popular culture.
 We encourage discussion of such issues in any medium of popular culture,
such as TV, movies, Internet and computer games, journalism, billboards
and advertising, comics and graphic novels, stand up comedy, novels,
nonfiction literature, music, theatre or politics and punditry.
Some topics such abstracts might explore include the following:
self-discovery, life phases, cross-group alliances, and family in LGBTQ

CFP: GLBTQ in Popular Culture (6/15/06; MAPACA, 10/27/06-10/29/06)

updated: 
Monday, May 15, 2006 - 4:34pm
Cathy.Leaker_at_esc.edu

The Gay Lesbian Transgender and Queer area of the Mid Atlantic
American/Popular Culture Conference (Baltimore MD, October 27-29, 2006)
welcomes proposals on the representations of lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, transsexual, and transvestite communities in popular culture.
 We encourage discussion of such issues in any medium of popular culture,
such as TV, movies, Internet and computer games, journalism, billboards
and advertising, comics and graphic novels, stand up comedy, novels,
nonfiction literature, music, theatre or politics and punditry.
Some topics such abstracts might explore include the following:
self-discovery, life phases, cross-group alliances, and family in LGBTQ

CFP: British Association of American Studies 52nd Annual Conference (UK) (10/31/06; 4/19/07-4/22/07

updated: 
Monday, May 15, 2006 - 4:34pm
Halliwell, Professor M.R.

British Association for American StudiesAnnual Conference 2007
Centre for American Studies, University of Leicester, United Kingdom
CALL FOR PAPERS

The BAAS Annual Conference for the year 2007 will be hosted by the Centre for American Studies at the University of Leicester, from 19-22 April 2007.

2007 marks the tenth birthday of the Centre for American Studies at the University of Leicester so we are particularly pleased to host the conference this year. It also promises to be a very interesting year for reflecting on American history and culture given that it will be 400 years after the founding of Jamestown, Virginia and 50 years since Little Rock and Sputnik.

CFP: British Association of American Studies 52nd Annual Conference (UK) (10/31/06; 4/19/07-4/22/07

updated: 
Monday, May 15, 2006 - 4:34pm
Halliwell, Professor M.R.

British Association for American StudiesAnnual Conference 2007
Centre for American Studies, University of Leicester, United Kingdom
CALL FOR PAPERS

The BAAS Annual Conference for the year 2007 will be hosted by the Centre for American Studies at the University of Leicester, from 19-22 April 2007.

2007 marks the tenth birthday of the Centre for American Studies at the University of Leicester so we are particularly pleased to host the conference this year. It also promises to be a very interesting year for reflecting on American history and culture given that it will be 400 years after the founding of Jamestown, Virginia and 50 years since Little Rock and Sputnik.

CFP: GLBTQ in Popular Culture (6/15/06; MAPACA, 10/27/06-10/29/06)

updated: 
Monday, May 15, 2006 - 4:34pm
Cathy.Leaker_at_esc.edu

The Gay Lesbian Transgender and Queer area of the Mid Atlantic
American/Popular Culture Conference (Baltimore MD, October 27-29, 2006)
welcomes proposals on the representations of lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, transsexual, and transvestite communities in popular culture.
 We encourage discussion of such issues in any medium of popular culture,
such as TV, movies, Internet and computer games, journalism, billboards
and advertising, comics and graphic novels, stand up comedy, novels,
nonfiction literature, music, theatre or politics and punditry.
Some topics such abstracts might explore include the following:
self-discovery, life phases, cross-group alliances, and family in LGBTQ

CFP: Virginia Woolf's _Orlando_ (5/12/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Monday, May 15, 2006 - 4:34pm
Gulshan Taneja

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Submissions are invited on any aspect on Virginia Woolf=92s _Orlando_ . =
Two or Three short essays, 4000 words or less, will be included in an =20
otherwise open issue. Submissions must be received by the end of June.=20
Please contact the editor for any other information.=20

Gulshan Taneja / Editor,=20
Department of English, R.L.A. College, University of Delhi,=20
Post Box 5205, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi-110 021, India=20
<grtaneja47_at_hotmail.com>; <inbetween_at_rediffmail.com>

CFP: GLBTQ in Popular Culture (6/15/06; MAPACA, 10/27/06-10/29/06)

updated: 
Monday, May 15, 2006 - 4:34pm
Cathy.Leaker_at_esc.edu

The Gay Lesbian Transgender and Queer area of the Mid Atlantic
American/Popular Culture Conference (Baltimore MD, October 27-29, 2006)
welcomes proposals on the representations of lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, transsexual, and transvestite communities in popular culture.
 We encourage discussion of such issues in any medium of popular culture,
such as TV, movies, Internet and computer games, journalism, billboards
and advertising, comics and graphic novels, stand up comedy, novels,
nonfiction literature, music, theatre or politics and punditry.
Some topics such abstracts might explore include the following:
self-discovery, life phases, cross-group alliances, and family in LGBTQ

CFP: British Association of American Studies 52nd Annual Conference (UK) (10/31/06; 4/19/07-4/22/07

updated: 
Monday, May 15, 2006 - 4:34pm
Halliwell, Professor M.R.

British Association for American StudiesAnnual Conference 2007
Centre for American Studies, University of Leicester, United Kingdom
CALL FOR PAPERS

The BAAS Annual Conference for the year 2007 will be hosted by the Centre for American Studies at the University of Leicester, from 19-22 April 2007.

2007 marks the tenth birthday of the Centre for American Studies at the University of Leicester so we are particularly pleased to host the conference this year. It also promises to be a very interesting year for reflecting on American history and culture given that it will be 400 years after the founding of Jamestown, Virginia and 50 years since Little Rock and Sputnik.

CFP: Virginia Woolf's _Orlando_ (5/12/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Monday, May 15, 2006 - 4:34pm
Gulshan Taneja

BlankIn-between: Essays & Studies in Literary Criticism=20

Submissions are invited on any aspect on Virginia Woolf=92s _Orlando_ . =
Two or Three short essays, 4000 words or less, will be included in an =20
otherwise open issue. Submissions must be received by the end of June.=20
Please contact the editor for any other information.=20

Gulshan Taneja / Editor,=20
Department of English, R.L.A. College, University of Delhi,=20
Post Box 5205, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi-110 021, India=20
<grtaneja47_at_hotmail.com>; <inbetween_at_rediffmail.com>

CFP: Marxist Literary Group Annual Institute (5/19/06; 6/8/06-6/12/06)

updated: 
Monday, May 8, 2006 - 12:44pm
Nicholas Brown

The Marxist Literary Group will be holding its annual Institute on
Culture and Society at Georgetown University, June 8-12. This year's
theme, "The Materialist Suture," is intended to focus discussion on the
ties that bind cultural and theoretical production to their material
conditions of possibility. As always, however, any proposal that
engages seriously with Marxist thought will be considered. Panels
already accepted include "New French Marxism," "The Dialectical Image
Revisited," "Recent Russian Research on the Repressions of the 1930s in
the USSR," "New Feminist Marxisms," "What is the 'Corporate
University,'" "Marxism and Animal Studies," "Progressive Nostalgia:

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