BAD SUBJECTS 2001-2002
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                       CALL FOR ESSAYS

HOW2 , an electronic extension of the 80s journal HOW(ever), focusing on
innovative writing and scholarship by and about contemporary and
modernist women writers, is seeking conference papers given in these
subject areas for the "In Conference" section of the journal. Recent
papers published include work from the MINA LOY: A SYMPOSIUM, papers
delivered at the Institute of English Studies—School of Advanced
studies, University of London, on 11 March 2000 and AFRICAN-AMERICAN NEW
POETRIES, papers delivered at the American Literature Association
Conference, Long Beach, California, Spring 2000. Papers from male and
female scholars welcome. The paper must have been given at a recent

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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

for "Form and Persuasion in Women's Informal Letters, 1400-1700," a
collection of essays to be published as a book.

Essays are sought on women's letters from any part of Europe EXCEPT
England, France and Italy, which are already well represented. Essays
on Spain, Germany and Central Europe are particularly needed. Essays on
letters by French or English women may be considered if they come from
mercantile, artisan, or other non-elite backgrounds.

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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

for "Form and Persuasion in Women's Informal Letters, 1400-1700," a
collection of essays to be published as a book.

Essays are sought on women's letters from any part of Europe EXCEPT
England, France and Italy, which are already well represented. Essays
on Spain, Germany and Central Europe are particularly needed. Essays on
letters by French or English women may be considered if they come from
mercantile, artisan, or other non-elite backgrounds.

I am looking for 4 or 5 more empirical or theoretical articles to be
included in a book entitled _Studies in Islamic Masculinities_ to be
published by Zed Books (London).

CFP:SCOPE: Conference Reports (e-journal)

Scope, a fully refereed on-line journal of film studies (we're at
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/film) edited by staff and postgraduate
students within the institute of Film Studies at the University of
Nottingham, is looking for conference reports of about 1000-1500 words to
be included in forthcoming issues. We're seeking contributions on the
events listed below, but we also welcome reports on other relevant
conferences in film, media and cultural studies.

This is an updated Call for Papers for THE JOURNAL OF AYN RAND STUDIES. We
are looking especially for papers that deal with Rand's literary corpus
from diverse and critical perspectives. Of particular interest currently
are any papers investigating the ties between Rand and such thinkers as
Aristotle and Nietzsche.

For information on our current issue (Spring 2001), which features the
first comprehensive scholarly forum for the discussion of Ayn Rand's
aesthetics, go to our website at:

http://aynrandstudies.com

We are indexed by several abstract services, including MLA DIRECTORY OF
PERIODICALS and MLA INTERNATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Announcing a new series

CULTURAL SPACES

Professor Jacob George
Director, Centre for Canadian Studies
& Editor, Journal of Indo-Canadian Studies
Union Christian College,
Alwaye-683 102
Kerala, India.

April 26, 2001

Dear Professor,

Greetings from the Centre for Canadian Studies, Union Christian College,
Alwaye, Kerala, India.

Contributions are invited for The Encyclopedia of American Conspiracy
Theories. It is a two-volume scholarly reference work due to be
published by ABC-Clio in 2004. There will be approximately 300
entries (ranging in length from 1000 to 4000 words) on topics from
the Revolution to the present.

If you are interested, please visit the Encyclopedia website for
further information on how to contribute, remuneration, available
topics and so on:

www.art.man.ac.uk/english/staff/pk/research/Encyclopedia/front.
html

THE ARCHIBALD MACLEISH JOURNAL

Call for Papers and Artwork

THE ARCHIBALD MACLIESH JOURNAL is a new publication dedicated to studies
of the life and work of poet, playwright, and Librarian of Congress,
Archibald MacLeish.

The JOURNAL welcomes submission of scholarly and informal essays, poetry,
fiction, artwork, interviews, memoirs, etc., relating to MacLeish.
Publication is to be once annually.

MLA format, please. Digital submissions are encouraged. Please send to

THE ARCHIBALD MACLEISH JOURNAL
Humanities Division
Greenfield Community College
One College Drive
Greenfield, MA 01301

or contact

Nat Herold, Editor
amj_at_gcc.mass.edu

parallax is seeking papers to be published in its themed issues in
2002-3.
These issues will be edited by Kurt Hirtler, Ola Stahl and Ika Willis.
Potential contributors are encouraged to contact the editors for
discussion.
Email: parallax_at_leeds.ac.uk

25: Having Sex
26: Writing (in) terror(ism)
27: Mourning Revolution

25: Having Sex
How is sex "had"? And what (or who) is to be done?

X-posted from Pillarbox_at_egroups.com

PopPolitics.com, an online journal, seeks reviews, review essays, and short
essays on any aspect of television.

Go to http://www.mtsu.edu/~dlavery/popoliticscfr.htm to read about how to
submit.

For more information contact David Lavery, Television Editor, PopPolitics.com
at dlavery_at_mtsu.edu