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CFP: Creative Writing: Issues (3/1/06; RMMLA, 10/12/06-10/14/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:45pm
Kelan Koning

Panel Topic: Issues in Creative Writing Rocky Mountain MLA Convention
October 12 - October 14, 2006 DoubleTree Resort Hotel at Reid Park in
Tucson, Arizona

Deadline: March 1, 2006

 

Our panel can encompass a wide range of presentations on "issues
in"--broadly defined to include the pedagogy of creative writing, the
writing life, and other professional issues to do with the academic
discipline of creative writing, specific or general. This session is
distinct from the poetry and fiction readings held at RMMLA. In order to
be considered for the issues in creative writing panel at RMMLA 2006, please
send an abstract, CV, and cover letter by March 1 to:

 

Kelan L. Koning

CFP: Teaching Methodologies in the Humanities and Sciences (2/28/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:45pm
Jennifer Way

Call for essays on Teaching Methodologies in the Humanities and
Sciences, for publication as a special section in Academic Exchange
Quarterly 10 no 2 (Summer 2006). Guest Editor, Jennifer Way, Associate
Professor, Art History, JWay_at_unt.edu. Manuscripts from graduate students
and college and university faculty are especially welcomed. For details,
including instructions for submission, please consult
http://rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/5method.htm. Deadline: end of February
2006. Early submission is encouraged.

CFP: Teaching Methodologies in the Humanities and Sciences (2/28/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:45pm
Jennifer Way

Call for essays on Teaching Methodologies in the Humanities and
Sciences, for publication as a special section in Academic Exchange
Quarterly 10 no 2 (Summer 2006). Guest Editor, Jennifer Way, Associate
Professor, Art History, JWay_at_unt.edu. Manuscripts from graduate students
and college and university faculty are especially welcomed. For details,
including instructions for submission, please consult
http://rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/5method.htm. Deadline: end of February
2006. Early submission is encouraged.

UPDATE: Space of Garden - Space of Culture (Poland) (1/31/06; 5/13/06-5/15/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:45pm
Jaroslaw Pluciennik

Sorry for repeating the message but much of the former mail
has been changed as illegible.

We are pleased to inform you that between May 13th and May
15th, 2006, Katedra Teorii Literatury [Department of Theory
of Literature] of Instytut Teorii Literatury, Teatru i Sztuk
Audiowizualnych [Institute of the Theory of Literature,
Theatre and Audio-Visual Arts] of Uniwersytet Lodzki [the
University of Lodz] organizes an international conference
devoted to:

Space of a Garden â€" Space of Culture

UPDATE: Space of Garden - Space of Culture (Poland) (1/31/06; 5/13/06-5/15/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:45pm
Jaroslaw Pluciennik

Sorry for repeating the message but much of the former mail
has been changed as illegible.

We are pleased to inform you that between May 13th and May
15th, 2006, Katedra Teorii Literatury [Department of Theory
of Literature] of Instytut Teorii Literatury, Teatru i Sztuk
Audiowizualnych [Institute of the Theory of Literature,
Theatre and Audio-Visual Arts] of Uniwersytet Lodzki [the
University of Lodz] organizes an international conference
devoted to:

Space of a Garden â€" Space of Culture

UPDATE: The Theory and Practice of Life Writing: Auto/biography, Memoir and Travel Writing in Post/modern Literature (Turkey) (2

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:44pm
Sirma Soran Gumpert

UPDATE: The Theory and Practice of Life Writing:
Auto/biography, Memoir and Travel Writing in
Post/modern Literature (Turkey) (2/20/06;
4/19/06-4/21/06)

Important Update Concerning Paper Proposals

Symposium, Halic University, Department of American
Culture and Literature

'The Theory and Practice of Life Writing:
Auto/biography, Memoirs and Travel Writing in
Post/modern Literature', Istanbul, April 2006.

We are glad to announce that our symposium has
generated a great deal of international interest. Due
to the volume of proposals we have already received,
we have been forced to set an earlier deadline for
forthcoming proposals.

UPDATE: The Theory and Practice of Life Writing: Auto/biography, Memoir and Travel Writing in Post/modern Literature (Turkey) (2

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:44pm
Sirma Soran Gumpert

UPDATE: The Theory and Practice of Life Writing:
Auto/biography, Memoir and Travel Writing in
Post/modern Literature (Turkey) (2/20/06;
4/19/06-4/21/06)

Important Update Concerning Paper Proposals

Symposium, Halic University, Department of American
Culture and Literature

'The Theory and Practice of Life Writing:
Auto/biography, Memoirs and Travel Writing in
Post/modern Literature', Istanbul, April 2006.

We are glad to announce that our symposium has
generated a great deal of international interest. Due
to the volume of proposals we have already received,
we have been forced to set an earlier deadline for
forthcoming proposals.

UPDATE: The Theory and Practice of Life Writing: Auto/biography, Memoir and Travel Writing in Post/modern Literature (Turkey) (2

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:44pm
Sirma Soran Gumpert

UPDATE: The Theory and Practice of Life Writing:
Auto/biography, Memoir and Travel Writing in
Post/modern Literature (Turkey) (2/20/06;
4/19/06-4/21/06)

Important Update Concerning Paper Proposals

Symposium, Halic University, Department of American
Culture and Literature

'The Theory and Practice of Life Writing:
Auto/biography, Memoirs and Travel Writing in
Post/modern Literature', Istanbul, April 2006.

We are glad to announce that our symposium has
generated a great deal of international interest. Due
to the volume of proposals we have already received,
we have been forced to set an earlier deadline for
forthcoming proposals.

CFP: Another Slapstick Symposium (Belgium) (3/30/06; 5/13/06-5/14/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:44pm
Paulus Tom

"Another Slapstick Symposium"

A film conference on American slapstick comedy in the silent era, =
13th-14th May, 2006 organized by BLASA (Belgium Luxembourg American =
Studies Association) and VDFC (Flemish Council for Film Culture)=20

To be held at the Cin=E9math=E8que Royale, Brussels, Belgium

Another Slapstick Symposium sets out to revisit and rethink some of the =
themes and ideas of the original =91Slapstick Symposium=92 organized by =
Eileen Bowser at the Museum of Modern Art in 1985. The conference will =
focus on four broad contexts:

1) slapstick comedy and early film style
2) studios and audiences
3) comedy stars/acting
4) mechanics of the gag and the culture of modernity

CFP: Another Slapstick Symposium (Belgium) (3/30/06; 5/13/06-5/14/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:44pm
Paulus Tom

"Another Slapstick Symposium"

A film conference on American slapstick comedy in the silent era, =
13th-14th May, 2006 organized by BLASA (Belgium Luxembourg American =
Studies Association) and VDFC (Flemish Council for Film Culture)=20

To be held at the Cin=E9math=E8que Royale, Brussels, Belgium

Another Slapstick Symposium sets out to revisit and rethink some of the =
themes and ideas of the original =91Slapstick Symposium=92 organized by =
Eileen Bowser at the Museum of Modern Art in 1985. The conference will =
focus on four broad contexts:

1) slapstick comedy and early film style
2) studios and audiences
3) comedy stars/acting
4) mechanics of the gag and the culture of modernity

CFP: Women in the Classroom Roundtable (1/19/06; SSAWW, 11/8/06-11/11/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:44pm
Laura Tanner

Study for the Society of American Women Writers, 3rd International Conference; Sheraton Society Hill; Philadephia, PA; Nov. 8 - 11, 2006.

Women in the Classroom: A Pedagogy Roundtable

This roundtable will address pedagogical issues which arise in teaching undergraduate courses on women writers. Potential participants might consider responding to some of the following questions, or developing their own:

CFP: Women in the Classroom Roundtable (1/19/06; SSAWW, 11/8/06-11/11/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:44pm
Laura Tanner

Study for the Society of American Women Writers, 3rd International Conference; Sheraton Society Hill; Philadephia, PA; Nov. 8 - 11, 2006.

Women in the Classroom: A Pedagogy Roundtable

This roundtable will address pedagogical issues which arise in teaching undergraduate courses on women writers. Potential participants might consider responding to some of the following questions, or developing their own:

CFP: Robert Penn Warren's Nonfiction Narrative Voice (1/20/06; ALA, 5/25/06-5/28/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:44pm
OVERALL, KERI

The Robert Penn Warren section at ALA seeks papers on the narrative voice in Warren's nonfiction or the relation of Warren's nonfiction essays or works to his fiction or poetry.

 

A full range of approaches to and perspectives on the topic is encouraged.

 

Please send 100-250 word proposals for 20-minute papers by email to keri.overall_at_tccd.edu 15 January 2006.

 

In order for the proposal to be considered, include the following information:

 

CFP: Asian American Encyclopedia Entries (3/31/06; collection)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:44pm
Dr. Seiwoong Oh

Call for Contributions

Asian American Entries in Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Literature

Scholars of Asian American literature are invited to contribute articles
to be included in the Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Literature, a
5-volume set in which the Asian American entries will be a separate
volume. The Encyclopedia will be published in late 2006 by Facts On
File, a New York publisher of reference books for high school and
college students (www.factsonfile.com <http://www.factsonfile.com/>).

CFP: Asian American Encyclopedia Entries (3/31/06; collection)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:44pm
Dr. Seiwoong Oh

Call for Contributions

Asian American Entries in Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Literature

Scholars of Asian American literature are invited to contribute articles
to be included in the Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Literature, a
5-volume set in which the Asian American entries will be a separate
volume. The Encyclopedia will be published in late 2006 by Facts On
File, a New York publisher of reference books for high school and
college students (www.factsonfile.com <http://www.factsonfile.com/>).

CFP: Asian American Encyclopedia Entries (3/31/06; collection)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:44pm
Dr. Seiwoong Oh

Call for Contributions

Asian American Entries in Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Literature

Scholars of Asian American literature are invited to contribute articles
to be included in the Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Literature, a
5-volume set in which the Asian American entries will be a separate
volume. The Encyclopedia will be published in late 2006 by Facts On
File, a New York publisher of reference books for high school and
college students (www.factsonfile.com <http://www.factsonfile.com/>).

CFP: Asian American Encyclopedia Entries (3/31/06; collection)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:44pm
Dr. Seiwoong Oh

Call for Contributions

Asian American Entries in Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Literature

Scholars of Asian American literature are invited to contribute articles
to be included in the Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Literature, a
5-volume set in which the Asian American entries will be a separate
volume. The Encyclopedia will be published in late 2006 by Facts On
File, a New York publisher of reference books for high school and
college students (www.factsonfile.com <http://www.factsonfile.com/>).

CFP: Empire's War on Extremism (1/23/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:44pm
Clark, D. Anthony Tyeeme

PLEASE CIRCULATE

 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
 SPECIAL ISSUE of the Journal of Indigenous Nations Studies

"Empire's War on Extremism: Indigenous Peoples Write Back"
 Guest Editors: Larry W. Emerson and D. Anthony Tyeeme Clark

CFP: Empire's War on Extremism (1/23/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:44pm
Clark, D. Anthony Tyeeme

PLEASE CIRCULATE

 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
 SPECIAL ISSUE of the Journal of Indigenous Nations Studies

"Empire's War on Extremism: Indigenous Peoples Write Back"
 Guest Editors: Larry W. Emerson and D. Anthony Tyeeme Clark

CFP: Empire's War on Extremism (1/23/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:44pm
Clark, D. Anthony Tyeeme

PLEASE CIRCULATE

 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
 SPECIAL ISSUE of the Journal of Indigenous Nations Studies

"Empire's War on Extremism: Indigenous Peoples Write Back"
 Guest Editors: Larry W. Emerson and D. Anthony Tyeeme Clark

CFP: (dis)junctions: General Topic (grad) (2/1/06; 4/7/06-4/8/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:44pm
Sharon Tohline

  Call for Papers: general topic, humanities and social sciences
University of California Riverside's 13th annual humanities conference
(dis)junctions 2006: lost in translation
April 7-8, 2006
deadline for abstracts: February 1
  http://english.ucr.edu/gsea/disjunctions
  
 
  Graduate students of the University of California, Riverside, are seeking papers for their 13th annual humanities conference, (dis)junctions. We are interested in papers on nearly any topic, and this year we are particularly interested in papers that span more than one discipline between the humanities and social sciences. Some sample topic include

UPDATE: Studies in English (Turkey) (1/15/06; 4/24/06-4/26/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:44pm
Mehmet Can Bas

Update:

The deadline for paper and panel proposals for "Studies in English" =
conference that will take place in Istanbul in April 24-26, 2006 has =
been extended to January 15, 2006.

Keynote speakers:

Adolphe Haberer (Universit=E9 Lumi=E8re-Lyon 2)
Ad Neeleman (University College London)
Jale Parla (Istanbul Bilgi University)
Gerard Steen (Urije Universiteit, Amsterdam)
Stephanos Stephanides (University of Cyprus)
Marina Warner

UPDATE: Studies in English (Turkey) (1/15/06; 4/24/06-4/26/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 4:44pm
Mehmet Can Bas

Update:

The deadline for paper and panel proposals for "Studies in English" =
conference that will take place in Istanbul in April 24-26, 2006 has =
been extended to January 15, 2006.

Keynote speakers:

Adolphe Haberer (Universit=E9 Lumi=E8re-Lyon 2)
Ad Neeleman (University College London)
Jale Parla (Istanbul Bilgi University)
Gerard Steen (Urije Universiteit, Amsterdam)
Stephanos Stephanides (University of Cyprus)
Marina Warner

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