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We have extended the deadline for submission of abstracts to February
22, 2006. For further information, please contact jstein_at_seattleu.edu

AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH-A CONFERENCE

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Gaffney Chair for Endowed Mission and the Center for the Study of
Justice in Society jointly present and invite contributions to a
Conference on AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. The conference
will be held at Seattle University from April 27-29, 2006.

  CALL FOR PAPERS
   
  WISCON 30, WORLD'S LEADING FEMINIST SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTION - MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND: 26 - 29 MAY 2006 CONCOURSE HOTEL, MADISON, WISCONSIN
   
  GUESTS OF HONOR: JANE YOLEN AND KATE WILHELM
   
  ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 28 2006
   

  CALL FOR PAPERS
   
  WISCON 30, WORLD'S LEADING FEMINIST SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTION - MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND: 26 - 29 MAY 2006 CONCOURSE HOTEL, MADISON, WISCONSIN
   
  GUESTS OF HONOR: JANE YOLEN AND KATE WILHELM
   
  ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 28 2006
   

Department of Germanic & Romance Studies
University of Delhi, Delhi - 110007
Tel: 27666426, 27667725 Ext.1296

E-mail: grs.du.in_at_gmail.com

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CALL FOR PAPERS
Regular Session: Women's Caucus

Women's Caucus of the SCMLA: "How Far Have You Come, Baby? The Impact of Gender on Faculty Evaluations"—October 26, - 28, 2006, Fort Worth, TX

The Jewish Cultural Studies Discussion Group seeks papers on the following
topic for the 2006 MLA Annual Convention:

Jewtastic: Marketing Jewish Culture

The commodification of Jewishness and the circulation of Jewish images and
icons from Streisand to "faux mitzvahs," from comics to kabbala. We
especially encourage papers focusing on aspects material culture,
celebrity culture, and mass media. Period open.

Abstracts of 250 words to sabraun_at_ucdavis.edu by March 15.

The Jewish Cultural Studies Discussion Group seeks papers on the following
topic for the 2006 MLA Annual Convention:

Jewtastic: Marketing Jewish Culture

The commodification of Jewishness and the circulation of Jewish images and
icons from Streisand to "faux mitzvahs," from comics to kabbala. We
especially encourage papers focusing on aspects material culture,
celebrity culture, and mass media. Period open.

Abstracts of 250 words to sabraun_at_ucdavis.edu by March 15.

      FORENSIC FUTURES: INTERROGATING THE POSTHUMAN SUBJECT
                   Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1, 16, 17 and 18 March, 2006
   
  Convened by Rosi Braidotti, Utrecht University; Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professor, Birkbeck College.
   

 
Apologies for Cross Postings.

The MLA Scottish Literature Discussion Group would like to invite you to
submit an abstract for their 2006 MLA panel.
The Panel Title is -Orality, Literacy, Print: Technologies of the spoken and
written word in Scotland-.

We welcome papers on the topic centered on Scottish oral or written works in
any historical period.

Abstracts accepted through 10 March 2006. Please send abstracts to Sharon
Alker at alkersr_at_whitman.edu

Best

Sharon Alker

Dr. Sharon Alker
Dept. of English
Whitman College
Walla Walla, WA.

 
Apologies for Cross Postings.

The MLA Scottish Literature Discussion Group would like to invite you to
submit an abstract for their 2006 MLA panel.
The Panel Title is -Orality, Literacy, Print: Technologies of the spoken and
written word in Scotland-.

We welcome papers on the topic centered on Scottish oral or written works in
any historical period.

Abstracts accepted through 10 March 2006. Please send abstracts to Sharon
Alker at alkersr_at_whitman.edu

Best

Sharon Alker

Dr. Sharon Alker
Dept. of English
Whitman College
Walla Walla, WA.

Facts on File Companion to the British Short Story & Short Fiction

Contributors are sought for the above book (due for publication in mid-
2006) which aims to analyse the genre, covering the early nineteenth
century to the present.

Specifically contributors are needed for the following 600-word essays:

Doris Lessing's To Room Nineteen
Alice Monro (author entry) and "Meneseteung,"
Nadine Gordimer (author entry) and essays on "Town and Country Lovers" and
"The Train from Rhodesia"
both of which I've seen anthologized in American textbooks.
Helen Simpson (author entry)

CFP: 49th Parallel: An Interdisciplinary Journal of
North American Studies (2/28/06; journal issue)

Call for journal submissions

Spring 2006: Open Issue

49th Parallel is an interdisciplinary e-journal of the
University of Birmingham (UK) devoted to American and
Canadian studies that looks to promote innovative and
challenging academic work. The journal takes its name
from the 1,270 mile border separating USA and Canada,
and in this sense is keen to encourage dialogues and
debates which transcend the boundaries of customary
theoretical approaches to the culture, history, and
politics of the North American continent.

CFP: 49th Parallel: An Interdisciplinary Journal of
North American Studies (2/28/06; journal issue)

Call for journal submissions

Spring 2006: Open Issue

49th Parallel is an interdisciplinary e-journal of the
University of Birmingham (UK) devoted to American and
Canadian studies that looks to promote innovative and
challenging academic work. The journal takes its name
from the 1,270 mile border separating USA and Canada,
and in this sense is keen to encourage dialogues and
debates which transcend the boundaries of customary
theoretical approaches to the culture, history, and
politics of the North American continent.

UPDATE: Standing Committee

Latitude(s): Nomadic Imagination and Transnational Spaces in Europe
(Second call)