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CFP: The Nordic Association for American Studies Conference (Finland) (11/15/06; NAAS, 5/24/07-5/26/07)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 8, 2006 - 5:15pm
Maarit Piipponen

CALL FOR WORKSHOPS AND INDIVIDUAL PAPERS

The 20th Biennial Nordic Association for American Studies (NAAS)
Conference 2007
The 11th Biennial Tampere North American Studies Conference

"American Bodies, American Violence"

University of Tampere, Finland
May 24-26, 2007

We are looking for contributions on the theme of violence in/and North America
in various different contexts and fields of study (literature, history, film
studies, gender studies, queer studies, sociology, political studies, media
studies, environmental studies, and so on).

CFP: The Nordic Association for American Studies Conference (Finland) (11/15/06; NAAS, 5/24/07-5/26/07)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 8, 2006 - 5:15pm
Maarit Piipponen

CALL FOR WORKSHOPS AND INDIVIDUAL PAPERS

The 20th Biennial Nordic Association for American Studies (NAAS)
Conference 2007
The 11th Biennial Tampere North American Studies Conference

"American Bodies, American Violence"

University of Tampere, Finland
May 24-26, 2007

We are looking for contributions on the theme of violence in/and North America
in various different contexts and fields of study (literature, history, film
studies, gender studies, queer studies, sociology, political studies, media
studies, environmental studies, and so on).

CFP: The Nordic Association for American Studies Conference (Finland) (11/15/06; NAAS, 5/24/07-5/26/07)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 8, 2006 - 5:15pm
Maarit Piipponen

CALL FOR WORKSHOPS AND INDIVIDUAL PAPERS

The 20th Biennial Nordic Association for American Studies (NAAS)
Conference 2007
The 11th Biennial Tampere North American Studies Conference

"American Bodies, American Violence"

University of Tampere, Finland
May 24-26, 2007

We are looking for contributions on the theme of violence in/and North America
in various different contexts and fields of study (literature, history, film
studies, gender studies, queer studies, sociology, political studies, media
studies, environmental studies, and so on).

CFP: Three Faces of Poetry: Focusing on the Works of Lucille Clifton, Mari Evans and Nikki Giovanni (12/15/06; 2/16/07)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 8, 2006 - 5:15pm
Andre Hoyrd

The Department of English at Howard University invites abstracts of papers
to be
presented at its annual Heart's Day celebration to be held on the
University's
main campus Friday, February 16, 2007. The Heart's Day Conference
commemorates the work
of African American and Diasporic writers and supports the endowment of the
Sterling A. Brown Professorship.

This year, the Department celebrates the achievement of African American
Poetry
through the works of Lucille Clifton, Mari Evans and Nikki Giovanni. We
invite abstracts
for papers which consider the works of these poets and the development of
African American
Poetry from 1746 to the present.

CFP: (Mis)appropriations: Shakespeare and the Politics of Literary Fashion (11/30/06; EGSA, 2/16/07-2/17/07)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 8, 2006 - 5:15pm
Matthew Landers

LSU EGSA Mardi Gras Conference on Language and Literature.
Feb. 16-17, 2007
Lod Cook Alumni Center
Baton Rouge, LA

Members Only: Gatekeepers and the Future of Literary Studies

Keynote Speaker: Timothy Brennan, Professor of Comparative Literature,
Cultural Studies, and English, The University of Minnesota.
Selected Publications: Wars of Position: Cultural Politics of Left and
Right (2005), Ed. Music in Cuba (2001), At Home in the World:
Cosmopolitanism Now (1997).

(Mis)appropriations: Shakespeare and the Politics of Literary Fashion

CFP: Three Faces of Poetry: Focusing on the Works of Lucille Clifton, Mari Evans and Nikki Giovanni (12/15/06; 2/16/07)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 8, 2006 - 5:15pm
Andre Hoyrd

The Department of English at Howard University invites abstracts of papers
to be
presented at its annual Heart's Day celebration to be held on the
University's
main campus Friday, February 16, 2007. The Heart's Day Conference
commemorates the work
of African American and Diasporic writers and supports the endowment of the
Sterling A. Brown Professorship.

This year, the Department celebrates the achievement of African American
Poetry
through the works of Lucille Clifton, Mari Evans and Nikki Giovanni. We
invite abstracts
for papers which consider the works of these poets and the development of
African American
Poetry from 1746 to the present.

CFP: (Mis)appropriations: Shakespeare and the Politics of Literary Fashion (11/30/06; EGSA, 2/16/07-2/17/07)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 8, 2006 - 5:15pm
Matthew Landers

LSU EGSA Mardi Gras Conference on Language and Literature.
Feb. 16-17, 2007
Lod Cook Alumni Center
Baton Rouge, LA

Members Only: Gatekeepers and the Future of Literary Studies

Keynote Speaker: Timothy Brennan, Professor of Comparative Literature,
Cultural Studies, and English, The University of Minnesota.
Selected Publications: Wars of Position: Cultural Politics of Left and
Right (2005), Ed. Music in Cuba (2001), At Home in the World:
Cosmopolitanism Now (1997).

(Mis)appropriations: Shakespeare and the Politics of Literary Fashion

CFP: Tomorrow's English Department: Blurring the Divide Between Literary and Composition Studies (11/30/06; EGSA, 2/16/07-2/17/0

updated: 
Wednesday, November 8, 2006 - 5:15pm
Matthew Landers

17th Annual LSU EGSA Mardi Gras Conference on Language and Literature
Feb. 16-17, 2007
Lod Cook Alumni Center
Baton Rouge, LA

Members Only: Gatekeepers and the Future of Literary Studies

Keynote Speaker: Timothy Brennan, Professor of Comparative Literature,
Cultural Studies, and English, The University of Minnesota.
Selected Publications: Wars of Position: Cultural Politics of Left and
Right (2005), Ed. Music in Cuba (2001), At Home in the World:
Cosmopolitanism Now (1997).

"Tomorrow's English Department: Blurring the Divide Between Literary
and Composition Studies."

CFP: Tomorrow's English Department: Blurring the Divide Between Literary and Composition Studies (11/30/06; EGSA, 2/16/07-2/17/0

updated: 
Wednesday, November 8, 2006 - 5:15pm
Matthew Landers

17th Annual LSU EGSA Mardi Gras Conference on Language and Literature
Feb. 16-17, 2007
Lod Cook Alumni Center
Baton Rouge, LA

Members Only: Gatekeepers and the Future of Literary Studies

Keynote Speaker: Timothy Brennan, Professor of Comparative Literature,
Cultural Studies, and English, The University of Minnesota.
Selected Publications: Wars of Position: Cultural Politics of Left and
Right (2005), Ed. Music in Cuba (2001), At Home in the World:
Cosmopolitanism Now (1997).

"Tomorrow's English Department: Blurring the Divide Between Literary
and Composition Studies."

UPDATE: Chick Lit. Panel (11/15/06; SW/TX PCA/ACA, 2/14/06-2/17/06)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 8, 2006 - 5:15pm
amy lerman

All travel and registration links on our website have now been updated for
2007.

 <http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/index.html>
http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/index.html

New Areas Added.

Still Accepting Proposals for Chick Lit. Panel

Proposal Deadline: November 15, 2006

 

Call For Papers: "Chick Lit." Area

Abstract/Proposals by 15 November 2006

Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Associations 28th Annual
Conference

Albuquerque, NM February 14-17, 2007

 

Hyatt Regency Albuquerque

330 Tijeras

Albuquerque, NM 87102

UPDATE: Chick Lit. Panel (11/15/06; SW/TX PCA/ACA, 2/14/06-2/17/06)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 8, 2006 - 5:15pm
amy lerman

All travel and registration links on our website have now been updated for
2007.

 <http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/index.html>
http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/index.html

New Areas Added.

Still Accepting Proposals for Chick Lit. Panel

Proposal Deadline: November 15, 2006

 

Call For Papers: "Chick Lit." Area

Abstract/Proposals by 15 November 2006

Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Associations 28th Annual
Conference

Albuquerque, NM February 14-17, 2007

 

Hyatt Regency Albuquerque

330 Tijeras

Albuquerque, NM 87102

CFP: Gunter Grass in International Perspective (UK) (12/31/06; 9/5/07-9/7/07)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 8, 2006 - 5:15pm
Rebecca Braun

Changing the Nation: Günter Grass in International Perspective

An International Conference at the University of Liverpool, UK
5-7 September 2007

Confirmed speakers: Avi Primor (Israeli Ambassador to the FRG, 1993-99) Patrick
O'Neill (Queen's, Canada), Krishna Winston (Wesleyan, US) Michael Minden
(Cambridge, UK), Julian Preece (Kent, UK), Karen Leeder (Oxford, UK), Volker
Neuhaus (Cologne, Germany)

CFP: Gunter Grass in International Perspective (UK) (12/31/06; 9/5/07-9/7/07)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 8, 2006 - 5:15pm
Rebecca Braun

Changing the Nation: Günter Grass in International Perspective

An International Conference at the University of Liverpool, UK
5-7 September 2007

Confirmed speakers: Avi Primor (Israeli Ambassador to the FRG, 1993-99) Patrick
O'Neill (Queen's, Canada), Krishna Winston (Wesleyan, US) Michael Minden
(Cambridge, UK), Julian Preece (Kent, UK), Karen Leeder (Oxford, UK), Volker
Neuhaus (Cologne, Germany)

CFP: Latina/o Focus Group Debut Panel (2/1/07; ATHE, 7/26/07-7/29/07)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 8, 2006 - 5:15pm
Jon Rossini

CFP: LATINO/A FOCUS GROUP DEBUT PANEL
The Latino/a Focus Group of the Association
for Theatre in Higher Education
(ATHE) invites submissions for its competitively selected Debut
Panel from
scholars who have not yet published articles or presented at
a national
conference. The postmark deadline for submissions is February 1, 2007.
Papers should be an appropriate length for a fifteen-minute presentation
(typically about eight pages) and address Latino/a American or Latin
American subject matter. Transnational, comparative, and diasporic
approaches are welcome.

CFP: Latina/o Focus Group Debut Panel (2/1/07; ATHE, 7/26/07-7/29/07)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 8, 2006 - 5:15pm
Jon Rossini

CFP: LATINO/A FOCUS GROUP DEBUT PANEL
The Latino/a Focus Group of the Association
for Theatre in Higher Education
(ATHE) invites submissions for its competitively selected Debut
Panel from
scholars who have not yet published articles or presented at
a national
conference. The postmark deadline for submissions is February 1, 2007.
Papers should be an appropriate length for a fifteen-minute presentation
(typically about eight pages) and address Latino/a American or Latin
American subject matter. Transnational, comparative, and diasporic
approaches are welcome.

CFP: Latina/o Focus Group Debut Panel (2/1/07; ATHE, 7/26/07-7/29/07)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 8, 2006 - 5:15pm
Jon Rossini

CFP: LATINO/A FOCUS GROUP DEBUT PANEL
The Latino/a Focus Group of the Association
for Theatre in Higher Education
(ATHE) invites submissions for its competitively selected Debut
Panel from
scholars who have not yet published articles or presented at
a national
conference. The postmark deadline for submissions is February 1, 2007.
Papers should be an appropriate length for a fifteen-minute presentation
(typically about eight pages) and address Latino/a American or Latin
American subject matter. Transnational, comparative, and diasporic
approaches are welcome.

CFP: Palestine and the First World War - New Perspectives (2/1/07; 9/3/07-9/6/07)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 8, 2006 - 5:15pm
Eitan Bar-Yosef

Call for Papers

International Conference:
"Palestine and the First World War - New Perspectives"

The Tel-Hai Academic College in Upper Galilee, Israel, is planning an
international academic conference to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the
Palestine Campaign during the First World War and the British occupation of
Jerusalem in 1917. The conference will be held on 3-6 September 2007 at the
college's campus at Tel-Hai. Official languages: English and Hebrew with
simultaneous translation.

CFP: Palestine and the First World War - New Perspectives (2/1/07; 9/3/07-9/6/07)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 8, 2006 - 5:15pm
Eitan Bar-Yosef

Call for Papers

International Conference:
"Palestine and the First World War - New Perspectives"

The Tel-Hai Academic College in Upper Galilee, Israel, is planning an
international academic conference to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the
Palestine Campaign during the First World War and the British occupation of
Jerusalem in 1917. The conference will be held on 3-6 September 2007 at the
college's campus at Tel-Hai. Official languages: English and Hebrew with
simultaneous translation.

CFP: Palestine and the First World War - New Perspectives (2/1/07; 9/3/07-9/6/07)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 8, 2006 - 5:15pm
Eitan Bar-Yosef

Call for Papers

International Conference:
"Palestine and the First World War - New Perspectives"

The Tel-Hai Academic College in Upper Galilee, Israel, is planning an
international academic conference to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the
Palestine Campaign during the First World War and the British occupation of
Jerusalem in 1917. The conference will be held on 3-6 September 2007 at the
college's campus at Tel-Hai. Official languages: English and Hebrew with
simultaneous translation.

CFP: Mourning, Hospitality and the Humanities (Australia) (2/23/07; 7/18/07-7/21/07)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 8, 2006 - 5:15pm
Tony Thwaites

Mourning & its Hospitalities | (after …)
a three-day international conference at the University of Queensland,
Australia
July 18-20 2007

followed by
Hospitalities of Literature | (teaching after ...)
a one-day symposium on teaching
July 21 2007

Plenary speakers include:

* J. Hillis Miller, Distinguished Professor of English, Department of
English and Comparative Literature, University of California at Irvine
* Derek Attridge, Professor of English, Department of English and
Related Literatures, University of York

CFP: Mourning, Hospitality and the Humanities (Australia) (2/23/07; 7/18/07-7/21/07)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 8, 2006 - 5:15pm
Tony Thwaites

Mourning & its Hospitalities | (after …)
a three-day international conference at the University of Queensland,
Australia
July 18-20 2007

followed by
Hospitalities of Literature | (teaching after ...)
a one-day symposium on teaching
July 21 2007

Plenary speakers include:

* J. Hillis Miller, Distinguished Professor of English, Department of
English and Comparative Literature, University of California at Irvine
* Derek Attridge, Professor of English, Department of English and
Related Literatures, University of York

CFP: Mourning, Hospitality and the Humanities (Australia) (2/23/07; 7/18/07-7/21/07)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 8, 2006 - 5:15pm
Tony Thwaites

Mourning & its Hospitalities | (after …)
a three-day international conference at the University of Queensland,
Australia
July 18-20 2007

followed by
Hospitalities of Literature | (teaching after ...)
a one-day symposium on teaching
July 21 2007

Plenary speakers include:

* J. Hillis Miller, Distinguished Professor of English, Department of
English and Comparative Literature, University of California at Irvine
* Derek Attridge, Professor of English, Department of English and
Related Literatures, University of York

CFP: Dance &amp; Culture (11/14/06; 4/4/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 8, 2006 - 5:15pm
Libby Smigel

CALL FOR PROPOSALS - "Dance and Culture" Area of the annual joint conference of the
Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association
Boston, Massachusetts
Boston Marriott Copley Place
April 4-7, 2007
   
  Papers, Lec/Dems, Panels, Roundtables, Film Screenings, Other Formats
  Deadline for proposals: November 14, 2006
Contact: Libby Smigel MFA PhD, DanceAndCulture_at_gmail.com & Smigel_at_gwu.edu

CFP: Dance &amp; Culture (11/14/06; 4/4/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 8, 2006 - 5:15pm
Libby Smigel

CALL FOR PROPOSALS - "Dance and Culture" Area of the annual joint conference of the
Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association
Boston, Massachusetts
Boston Marriott Copley Place
April 4-7, 2007
   
  Papers, Lec/Dems, Panels, Roundtables, Film Screenings, Other Formats
  Deadline for proposals: November 14, 2006
Contact: Libby Smigel MFA PhD, DanceAndCulture_at_gmail.com & Smigel_at_gwu.edu

CFP: Dance &amp; Culture (11/14/06; 4/4/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 8, 2006 - 5:15pm
Libby Smigel

CALL FOR PROPOSALS - "Dance and Culture" Area of the annual joint conference of the
Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association
Boston, Massachusetts
Boston Marriott Copley Place
April 4-7, 2007
   
  Papers, Lec/Dems, Panels, Roundtables, Film Screenings, Other Formats
  Deadline for proposals: November 14, 2006
Contact: Libby Smigel MFA PhD, DanceAndCulture_at_gmail.com & Smigel_at_gwu.edu

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