Please note that information on the keynote speaker for the conference has been
updated.

*****Please forward widely to graduate students. Thanks!*****

CALL FOR PAPERS

The graduate program in Cultural Anthropology at Duke University will host the
conference:

RISK AND BREAKDOWN: SHIFTING THE STUDY OF CULTURE
Duke University, Durham, NC
Friday, March 31, 2006

http://culturalanthropology.duke.edu/news/Riskandbreakdown.html

WESTERNS:=20
MOVIES FROM HOLLYWOOD AND PAPERBACK WESTERNS
A COLLECTION OF CRITICAL ESSAYS

Editor: Paul Varner, Oklahoma Christian University
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Press

Call For Papers

Topics might include B.M. Bower, Zane Grey, Louis L'Amour, Max Brand,
Clarence Mulford, Pulp Westerns, John Ford, Anthony Mann, Feminist,
Structuralist and Postmodern critical perspectives on Westerns.
Especially interested in critical essays over recent commercial Western
paperbacks and very recent Western films.

Deadline: May 1, 2006

WESTERNS:=20
MOVIES FROM HOLLYWOOD AND PAPERBACK WESTERNS
A COLLECTION OF CRITICAL ESSAYS

Editor: Paul Varner, Oklahoma Christian University
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Press

Call For Papers

Topics might include B.M. Bower, Zane Grey, Louis L'Amour, Max Brand,
Clarence Mulford, Pulp Westerns, John Ford, Anthony Mann, Feminist,
Structuralist and Postmodern critical perspectives on Westerns.
Especially interested in critical essays over recent commercial Western
paperbacks and very recent Western films.

Deadline: May 1, 2006

CALL FOR PAPERS

Gender ? Laughter ? Media

International and Interdisciplinary Conference
August 24-26, 2006, Kamloops, B.C., Canada

CALL FOR PAPERS

Gender ? Laughter ? Media

International and Interdisciplinary Conference
August 24-26, 2006, Kamloops, B.C., Canada

Call For Papers
Boundaries: critical and creative responses

Department of English and Drama

June 3rd 2006
10.30 am - 5.00 pm

The conference will be organized around a number of panels, each featuring
three twenty-minute papers, scheduled across the day. We hope that the day
will be as much about discussion as presentation, so postgraduates who do
not wish to present a paper are also strongly encouraged to attend.

We encourage creative and critical responses to the idea of boundaries,
which may include, but are not limited to, the following interpretations:

Call For Papers
Boundaries: critical and creative responses

Department of English and Drama

June 3rd 2006
10.30 am - 5.00 pm

The conference will be organized around a number of panels, each featuring
three twenty-minute papers, scheduled across the day. We hope that the day
will be as much about discussion as presentation, so postgraduates who do
not wish to present a paper are also strongly encouraged to attend.

We encourage creative and critical responses to the idea of boundaries,
which may include, but are not limited to, the following interpretations:

Call For Papers
Boundaries: critical and creative responses

Department of English and Drama

June 3rd 2006
10.30 am - 5.00 pm

The conference will be organized around a number of panels, each featuring
three twenty-minute papers, scheduled across the day. We hope that the day
will be as much about discussion as presentation, so postgraduates who do
not wish to present a paper are also strongly encouraged to attend.

We encourage creative and critical responses to the idea of boundaries,
which may include, but are not limited to, the following interpretations:

* Please distribute widely *

Call for Papers

The H.D. International Society is calling for papers to be delivered at =
its panel =93Approaches to Teaching H.D.=94 at the American Literature =
Association Conference in San Francisco, May 25-28.

* Please distribute widely *

Call for Papers

The H.D. International Society is calling for papers to be delivered at =
its panel =93Approaches to Teaching H.D.=94 at the American Literature =
Association Conference in San Francisco, May 25-28.

Strange/Stranger
46th Annual SAES (Société des Angliscistes de l'Enseignement Supérieur)
Congress
Nantes, France : 12th, 13th and 14th May 2006
Université de Nantes.

POETS & POETRY PANEL
STRANGE/STRANGER: BEYOND THE PALE

Papers should be no longer than 30 minutes.
Please send your title and 300 word abstract by 24th January 2006 to:
Raphaël Costambeys-Kempczynski
raphael.costambeys_at_univ-paris3.fr

You may address any type of English language poetry from any period.

"From the FDA to Fast Food Nation: The Jungle at One Hundred"

MLA Convention, Philadelphia, 27-30 December 2006

Panelists will discuss the literary, political, and social legacy of Upton Sinclair's groundbreaking 1906 novel. One-page abstracts are due by 15 March 2006. Send as an attachment through email, or to campus address.

Dr. Kenneth Salzer
Kent State University (Trumbull)
4314 Mahoning Ave. NW
Warren, OH 44236

ksalzer_at_kent.edu

CALL FOR PAPERS and PROPOSALS--UPDATE:
New England Women's Studies Association (NEWSA) conference
February 25, 2006
hosted by Norwalk Community College, Norwalk, CT=20
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NEW deadline for proposals: December 30, 2005
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Theme: Women and Justice
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Topics may include, but are not limited to:

Representations of Women, Women and War, Laws of the body, =
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Reproductive Health, Bodies of Law, Women and Mental Health

Movements toward Justice, Women and Religion, Women and Leadership

Women and Technology, Race and Justice, Sex Work, Sex Trafficking

Engendering Power, Women and Place, Women's Health, =20

CALL FOR PAPERS and PROPOSALS--UPDATE:
New England Women's Studies Association (NEWSA) conference
February 25, 2006
hosted by Norwalk Community College, Norwalk, CT=20
=20
NEW deadline for proposals: December 30, 2005
=20
Theme: Women and Justice
=20
Topics may include, but are not limited to:

Representations of Women, Women and War, Laws of the body, =
            =20

Reproductive Health, Bodies of Law, Women and Mental Health

Movements toward Justice, Women and Religion, Women and Leadership

Women and Technology, Race and Justice, Sex Work, Sex Trafficking

Engendering Power, Women and Place, Women's Health, =20