Call For Papers: Culture, Environment and Eco-Politics

A One-Day Conference, University College Northampton, UK, 17th June,
2006

Proposals for 20-minute presentations or panels of three to four
presenters are invited for a conference on Culture, Environment and
Eco-Politics to take place at University College Northampton, UK, June
17th, 2006.

We are particularly interested in those areas where cultural and social
analysis encounters questions of ecological consciousness and
environmentally-informed political agency. We welcome proposals from a
range of disciplines and interests with a broadly-defined 'cultural'
dimension. Issues for consideration might include, but are not limited=
to:

forwarded on behalf of Joyce Davidson,

Dr Constantina Papoulias
Media, Culture & Communication Studies
Middlesex University

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Second International & Interdisciplinary Conference on Emotional =20
Geographies

Queen=92s University, Kingston, Ontario, 25-27 May 2006

Following the success of the first conference on Emotional Geographies
(Lancaster UK, September 2002), we are pleased to announce that Queen=92s =
=20
University
will be hosting a second international, interdisciplinary event in May =20=

2006.

Speakers to include:

Eye-Cons: Illusions in Word and Image

Friday 12th and Saturday 13th May 2006, University of Dundee, Scotland

Eye-Cons: Illusions in Word and Image

Friday 12th and Saturday 13th May 2006, University of Dundee, Scotland

THE CONTEMPORARY WOMEN'S WRITING NETWORK (CWWN) IS HOLDING ITS INAUGURAL
CONFERENCE 'For Love or Money? Contemporary Women's Fiction in the
Marketplace,' 21–23 April 2006, at the University of Wales, Bangor (UK).

Keynote Speaker: Sarah Waters

Please feel free to forward this call to anybody who might potentially
be interested in our conference.

Thank you.

Waterloo Centre for German Studies

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*Call for Expressions of Interest and Proposals*

/*Diaspora Experiences: German-Speaking Immigrants and their Descendants*/

*Waterloo Centre for German Studies*

*University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada*

*24-27 August 2006*

Please feel free to forward this call to anybody who might potentially
be interested in our conference.

Thank you.

Waterloo Centre for German Studies

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*Call for Expressions of Interest and Proposals*

/*Diaspora Experiences: German-Speaking Immigrants and their Descendants*/

*Waterloo Centre for German Studies*

*University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada*

*24-27 August 2006*

Film and Video Games panel for the Society for Cinema & Media Studies
Conference in Vancouver, Canada, 2-5 March 2006

FILM & HISTORY: CALL FOR PAPERS

2006 REGIONAL PCA/ACA CONFERENCE
Albuquerque, New Mexico

The Film & History Area of the Southwest Popular Culture Association
invites papers for the 2006 PCA/ACA Regional Conference
to be held at the Hyatt Regency on February 8-11, 2006.

Contemporary Lesbian Fiction
 
Participants sought for a roundtable discussion on Contemporary Lesbian Fiction for the Society for the Study of American Women Writers conference to be held in Philadelphia, Nov. 8-11, 2006. The purpose of the discussion is to offer a general overview of major issues, themes, and trends in post-lesbian-feminist fiction (from about the mid-1980s to the present.) Topics including comparisons of multiple authors, discussion of mainstream publishing and/or small lesbian presses, or works by lesbians of color are especially welcome. Please send ideas by January 15, 2006 to Kris Comment at k.comment_at_att.net.
 
 
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CALL FOR PAPERS: DEADLINE NOVEMBER 30TH 2005

CSCA MEDIA STUDIES INTEREST GROUP
CALL FOR PAPERS
2006 Central States Communication Association
Convention
April 5 – 9, 2006, Indianapolis, Indiana

The Media Studies Interest Group invites submissions
of competitive papers and thematic panels on all
aspects of media studies, including mass
communication, media technology, media and culture,
and other studies of media and mass communication for
the 2006 Central States Communication Association
Convention. In addition, we are soliciting original
video submissions for screening at the convention.

Dear colleagues, Please pardon the inconveniences of cross-posting. --D.M.

CALL FOR PAPERS: "Early American Cartographies,"
      March 2-4, 2006, at The Newberry Library:

   a conference sponsored by the interdisciplinary Society of Early
  Americanists AND the Newberry Library's Center for Renaissance
  Studies, Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography,
  D'Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian History, and Dr. William
  M. Scholl Center for Family and Community History

>From Snoopy to Star Wars
American Popular Imagination of the First World War

Panel proposal for
The First World War and Popular Culture Conference
http://literaryconferences.britishcouncil.org/results/?id=453
31 March - 2 April 2006(3/31/6-4/2/6)
University of Newcastle (UK)