12th Annual Graduate Conference on Language and Literature
McGill University, Montreal
Theme: Permeability and Selfhood
March 11-12, 2006

This call for papers is for a panel to be held at Permeability and Selfhood, the
McGill Graduate Conference on Language and Literature, which will take place
March 11-12 at McGill University , Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

PANEL:
Custodians of Selfhood: Narrative as (De)constructions of the Self in the
Fiction of Twentieth-Century Canadian Women Authors

Acacia Group's 2006 Conference: Politicizing texts
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Acacia Group's 2006 Conference: Politicizing texts
The Acacia Group of California State University, Fullerton is seeking paper=
s=20
for our 2006 conference to be held February 17 and 18, 2006. We are =20
interested in papers/presentations for the following suggested panel:
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=20
Strategic Representations in Popular Culture=20
How do aspects of popular culture=E2=80=94including, but not limited to, ma=
gazines,=20
fiction, non-fiction, advertising, film, travel, food, entertainment, toys,=
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and leisure objects=E2=80=94employ strategies designed to appeal to certain=
 groups?=20
What theories inform those strategies? Is there a segmenting of groups and=20

Spring/Summer 2006 Deadline for submissions: 4/30/06

Testing, Testing, 1... 2.3: High Stakes Testing and the ELA Classrooms =
of the 21st Century

Acacia Group's 2006 Conference: Politicizing texts
The Acacia Group of California State University, Fullerton is seeking papers
for our 2006 conference to be held February 17 and 18, 2006. We are
interested in papers/presentations for the following suggested panels:
 
The Self and Community
British Romantic Literature
Tragedy
American Literature after Twain
Hemingway and Fitzgerald
Shakespeare
The Byronic Hero
Medieval Literature
Early American Literature
16th and 17th Century British Literature
Eugene O'Neill
Toni Morrison
Feminist and Gender Theories
Critical Approaches to Popular Literature
Literacy
 
 
 

Extended Deadline: December 12

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The MELUS (Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the
United States) WOCC (Women of Color Caucus) invites proposals for its
tenth anniversary panel at the MELUS 20th Annual Conference, from April
27-30, 2006, hosted by Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, FL.=20

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Extended Deadline: December 12

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The MELUS (Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the
United States) WOCC (Women of Color Caucus) invites proposals for its
tenth anniversary panel at the MELUS 20th Annual Conference, from April
27-30, 2006, hosted by Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, FL.=20

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DIS-UNITED EMPIRES: INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE ON
BRITISH AND UNITED STATES IMPERIALISM IN AFRICA, THE
CARIBBEAN, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE MIDDLE EAST

QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY, KINGSTON, ONTARIO, CANADA

MAY 15-18, 2006

Call for Papers

UPDATE: Please note that proposals on Poetry, Drama, and Film are also welcome.

IRISH SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

Annual Conference

Irish Children's Literature: National and International Contexts

17 and 18 FEBRUARY 2006

Venue: Church of Ireland College of Education, Rathmines, Dublin6

Cultural Seeds: new perspectives on the work of Nick Cave

Edited by Karen Welberry (La Trobe University) and Tanya Dalziell
(The University of Western Australia)

Rationale
Nick Cave is now widely recognised as a composer, curator, musician,
author, artist and screenwriter. From The Boys Next Door to The
Secret Life of the Love Song to author of the recently acclaimed
screenplay, The Proposition (2005), Cave's career spans nearly 30
years and has produced a comprehensive (and sometimes controversial)
body of work that has arguably shaped contemporary 'alternative'
culture. As such, an inclusive appraisal of Cave's work and its
significance is timely and necessary.

Deadline : Jan. 31st 2006

CALL FOR PAPERS

FORTHCOMING ISSUE OF POSTCOLONIAL JOURNAL «
CORRESPONDANCES OCEANIENNES » FOCUSSING ON

DEPARTURES and related themes of:

• JOURNEYS (PSYCHOLOGICAL, GEOGRAPHICAL, EMOTIONAL…)
• LEAVING A PLACE (NOT) TO RETURN
• ANTICIPATION OF A JOURNEY: MAPS, ROUTES, ETC
• DEATH
• EXILE
• TRANSGRESSION, INNOVATION, DEPARTING FROM TRADITION/
A NORM, ETC
• TRANSPORTS
• ORIGIN, BEGINNING, POINT OF DEPARTURE
• SEPARATION
• MIGRATIONS
• DISMISSALS

      CFP: Journalism Area
   
  2006 National Popular Culture and American Culture Associations' Joint Conference
   
  Atlanta Marriott Marquis
  April 12 – 15, 2006
   
  Submission Deadline: Dec. 7, 2005
   
  The Journalism area of the National PCA/ACA Conference is interested in receiving submissions/abstracts for next year's conference at the beautiful Atlanta Marriott Marquis hotel in Atlanta, Georgia.
   
  We are interested in ANY related topics, including:
   
  --Katrina v. Pakistan earthquake: journalism's handling of natural disasters
  --Literary depictions of journalism
  --Political/national influences on journalism
  --Yellow journalism

Cultural Seeds: new perspectives on the work of Nick Cave

Edited by Karen Welberry (La Trobe University) and Tanya Dalziell
(The University of Western Australia)

Rationale
Nick Cave is now widely recognised as a composer, curator, musician,
author, artist and screenwriter. From The Boys Next Door to The
Secret Life of the Love Song to author of the recently acclaimed
screenplay, The Proposition (2005), Cave's career spans nearly 30
years and has produced a comprehensive (and sometimes controversial)
body of work that has arguably shaped contemporary 'alternative'
culture. As such, an inclusive appraisal of Cave's work and its
significance is timely and necessary.

Call for Papers

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VI International Conference of=20

The Spanish Association for Irish Studies (AEDEI)

University of Valladolid (Spain)=20

25-27 May 2006

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Imaginary/Real Ireland

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