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CFP: Nancy Mairs (3/30/07; collection)

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Saturday, March 3, 2007 - 10:53pm
Lisa Johnson

CFP: Nancy Mairs (collection)

Abstracts are requested for an edited collection of
new articles on the work of Nancy Mairs, tentatively
titled,

THIS IS WHAT I KNOW IN MY BONES: NEW AND SELECTED
ESSAYS ON NANCY MAIRS

CFP: Short Film Journal (ongoing; new journal)

updated: 
Saturday, March 3, 2007 - 10:53pm
Bruno The Editor

CFP: Short Film Journal (no deadline).
A new academic internet journal devoted to the short film is coming! The
(Short) Film Journal is calling for contributions for its inaugural internet
issue. Essays of 3000 - 5000 words accompanied by a video of the short film
under discussion (to a maximum of 10 minutes in length, 100MB in size with
the recommended settings: MPEG4 [Divx, Xvid] format, 320 x 240 resolution,
MP3 audio) will be subjected to peer-review. The preferred style for essays
is MLA. All genres of short film are welcome, but the short film in question
must have had a public screening, preferably in an established film
festival. If accepted for publication, evidence of permission from the

CFP: Interntl Research Conference on Service-Learning & Community Engagement (3/15/07; 10/7/07-10/9/07)

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Saturday, March 3, 2007 - 10:53pm
Melody Bowdon

Please consider submitting a paper proposal for the Seventh Annual
International Research Conference on Service-Learning and Community
Engagement. Proposals are due by March 15. Here's the URL for the
conference website: http://www.floridacompact.org/irsl/proposals.html
.

The conference this year is sponsored by a consortium of Florida
universities, and will take place October 7-9 in Tampa. I'm happy to
answer any
questions you might have--feel free to email me directly. Also,
please pass this call on to your potentially interested colleagues in
other
disciplines. Graduate students are welcome to submit, too, of course.

CFP: Writing about Place (3/15/07; MLA '07)

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Saturday, March 3, 2007 - 10:53pm
Harper, Jean

Writing Place, Placing Writing

 

Literature and literary studies have long acknowledged a significant relationship between the construction of narrative and the place in which narrative is constructed. Writers of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction find both inspiration and limitation, shaping forces, and restrictive forces, in local geography, culture, and environments natural and constructed. To address the complex interrelationship of literature and place, we invite proposals for papers (15-minute presentation limit), for a panel concerned with the relationship between writing/literature and landscape/place/environment.

 

Proposals are especially encouraged on the following topics.

 

CFP: Writing about Place (3/15/07; MLA '07)

updated: 
Saturday, March 3, 2007 - 10:53pm
Harper, Jean

Writing Place, Placing Writing

 

Literature and literary studies have long acknowledged a significant relationship between the construction of narrative and the place in which narrative is constructed. Writers of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction find both inspiration and limitation, shaping forces, and restrictive forces, in local geography, culture, and environments natural and constructed. To address the complex interrelationship of literature and place, we invite proposals for papers (15-minute presentation limit), for a panel concerned with the relationship between writing/literature and landscape/place/environment.

 

Proposals are especially encouraged on the following topics.

 

CFP: Writing about Place (3/15/07; MLA '07)

updated: 
Saturday, March 3, 2007 - 10:53pm
Harper, Jean

Writing Place, Placing Writing

 

Literature and literary studies have long acknowledged a significant relationship between the construction of narrative and the place in which narrative is constructed. Writers of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction find both inspiration and limitation, shaping forces, and restrictive forces, in local geography, culture, and environments natural and constructed. To address the complex interrelationship of literature and place, we invite proposals for papers (15-minute presentation limit), for a panel concerned with the relationship between writing/literature and landscape/place/environment.

 

Proposals are especially encouraged on the following topics.

 

CFP: Animation Conference (Australia) (4/6/07; 6/17/07-6/19/07)

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Saturday, March 3, 2007 - 10:53pm
Rebecca Do Rozario

ANIMATED DIALOGUES 2007 CONFERENCE
Melbourne, Australia
June 17-19, 2007

CALL FOR PAPERS
Abstracts due April 6, 2007

Animation, described by Paul Wells (2002) as 'the omnipresent pictorial
form of the modern era', is emerging as a significant area of academic
study. Animated Dialogues 2007 aims to bring together scholars from
a range of disciplines whose work brings critical perspectives to bear on
animation industries, texts and audiences.

CFP: Animation Conference (Australia) (4/6/07; 6/17/07-6/19/07)

updated: 
Saturday, March 3, 2007 - 10:53pm
Rebecca Do Rozario

ANIMATED DIALOGUES 2007 CONFERENCE
Melbourne, Australia
June 17-19, 2007

CALL FOR PAPERS
Abstracts due April 6, 2007

Animation, described by Paul Wells (2002) as 'the omnipresent pictorial
form of the modern era', is emerging as a significant area of academic
study. Animated Dialogues 2007 aims to bring together scholars from
a range of disciplines whose work brings critical perspectives to bear on
animation industries, texts and audiences.

CFP: Short Film Journal (ongoing; new journal)

updated: 
Saturday, March 3, 2007 - 10:53pm
Bruno The Editor

CFP: Short Film Journal (no deadline).
A new academic internet journal devoted to the short film is coming! The
(Short) Film Journal is calling for contributions for its inaugural internet
issue. Essays of 3000 - 5000 words accompanied by a video of the short film
under discussion (to a maximum of 10 minutes in length, 100MB in size with
the recommended settings: MPEG4 [Divx, Xvid] format, 320 x 240 resolution,
MP3 audio) will be subjected to peer-review. The preferred style for essays
is MLA. All genres of short film are welcome, but the short film in question
must have had a public screening, preferably in an established film
festival. If accepted for publication, evidence of permission from the

CFP: Thinking Class The Adjunct Experience (4/1/07; collection)

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Saturday, March 3, 2007 - 10:53pm
wordsong_at_sylviamdesantis.com

CFP: Thinking Class: The Adjunct Experience We are seeking narratives det=
ailing experiences with and perceptions of part-time teaching at the univ=
ersity level. We do not have any limitations in terms of word count or ge=
nre; please be as candid, passionate, and opinionated as you feel is nece=
ssary in your contribution. Some of the anthology=E2=80=99s themes will i=
nclude, for example, examinations of part time employment through the len=
s of class, the impact of institutional policies on educational practice,=
 and the rigors of teaching part-time online.

CFP: Thinking Class The Adjunct Experience (4/1/07; collection)

updated: 
Saturday, March 3, 2007 - 10:53pm
wordsong_at_sylviamdesantis.com

CFP: Thinking Class: The Adjunct Experience We are seeking narratives det=
ailing experiences with and perceptions of part-time teaching at the univ=
ersity level. We do not have any limitations in terms of word count or ge=
nre; please be as candid, passionate, and opinionated as you feel is nece=
ssary in your contribution. Some of the anthology=E2=80=99s themes will i=
nclude, for example, examinations of part time employment through the len=
s of class, the impact of institutional policies on educational practice,=
 and the rigors of teaching part-time online.

CFP: Contemporary Arabic Film (3/15/07; MLA '07)

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Saturday, March 3, 2007 - 9:52pm
Ken Seigneurie

The Representation of Social Crisis in Contemporary Arabic Film

Special Session Panel Proposal for the 2007 MLA Convention

Presented by Ken Seigneurie

Lebanese American University - Beirut

 

Whether the object of direct representation in films such as The Yacoubian

Building or diffracted through popular ideology in others such as Dunia,

social issues find their way into Arabic-language films from Iraq to

Morocco. This panel proposes to look at films produced within the past

twenty years as so many windows (clear, broken, smoked or grimy) onto

social and political crises. Two-page abstracts by 15 March treating any of

CFP: Contemporary Arabic Film (3/15/07; MLA '07)

updated: 
Saturday, March 3, 2007 - 9:52pm
Ken Seigneurie

The Representation of Social Crisis in Contemporary Arabic Film

Special Session Panel Proposal for the 2007 MLA Convention

Presented by Ken Seigneurie

Lebanese American University - Beirut

 

Whether the object of direct representation in films such as The Yacoubian

Building or diffracted through popular ideology in others such as Dunia,

social issues find their way into Arabic-language films from Iraq to

Morocco. This panel proposes to look at films produced within the past

twenty years as so many windows (clear, broken, smoked or grimy) onto

social and political crises. Two-page abstracts by 15 March treating any of

CFP: Rhetoric Panel (3/16/07; SCMLA, 11/1/07-11/3/07)

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Saturday, March 3, 2007 - 9:51pm
Lori Rios

Call for Papers
South Central Modern Language Association

2007 Conference in Memphis, Tennessee: November 1-3

The SCMLA Rhetoric panel invites proposals (abstracts or full papers) for
the 2007 conference to be held Nov. 1-3, 2007, in Memphis, Tennessee. This
year's "open topic" panel welcomes proposals on any topic related to
rhetoric, including but not limited to the rhetoric of composition pedagogy,
tutoring rhetoric, the rhetoric of disability, feminist rhetoric, and new
(electronic) media rhetoric.

Papers from graduate students are welcome.

Please email 500-word abstracts by March 16, 2007 to: Lori Rios at
lori.rios_at_tamuk.edu

CFP: Rhetoric Panel (3/16/07; SCMLA, 11/1/07-11/3/07)

updated: 
Saturday, March 3, 2007 - 9:51pm
Lori Rios

Call for Papers
South Central Modern Language Association

2007 Conference in Memphis, Tennessee: November 1-3

The SCMLA Rhetoric panel invites proposals (abstracts or full papers) for
the 2007 conference to be held Nov. 1-3, 2007, in Memphis, Tennessee. This
year's "open topic" panel welcomes proposals on any topic related to
rhetoric, including but not limited to the rhetoric of composition pedagogy,
tutoring rhetoric, the rhetoric of disability, feminist rhetoric, and new
(electronic) media rhetoric.

Papers from graduate students are welcome.

Please email 500-word abstracts by March 16, 2007 to: Lori Rios at
lori.rios_at_tamuk.edu

CFP: Rhetoric Panel (3/16/07; SCMLA, 11/1/07-11/3/07)

updated: 
Saturday, March 3, 2007 - 9:51pm
Lori Rios

Call for Papers
South Central Modern Language Association

2007 Conference in Memphis, Tennessee: November 1-3

The SCMLA Rhetoric panel invites proposals (abstracts or full papers) for
the 2007 conference to be held Nov. 1-3, 2007, in Memphis, Tennessee. This
year's "open topic" panel welcomes proposals on any topic related to
rhetoric, including but not limited to the rhetoric of composition pedagogy,
tutoring rhetoric, the rhetoric of disability, feminist rhetoric, and new
(electronic) media rhetoric.

Papers from graduate students are welcome.

Please email 500-word abstracts by March 16, 2007 to: Lori Rios at
lori.rios_at_tamuk.edu

CFP: Popular Culture in Scandinavia (3/15/07; MLA '07)

updated: 
Saturday, March 3, 2007 - 9:51pm
Andrew Nestingen

The Scandinavian Discussion Section's executive committee invites
paper proposals on any aspect of popular culture in Scandinavian
literature or film for the 2007 MLA meeting in Chicago. Papers on
genre, multiculturalism, or globalization and popular culture are of
particular interest.

Please send an abstract (200 words max.) and a one-page c.v. as soon
as possible, but no later than 15 March 2007, to:

akn_at_u.washington.edu

Hard copies may be addressed to:

Andrew Nestingen
University of Washington
Dept. of Scandinavian Studies
Box 353420
Seattle, WA 98195-3420

Tel. + 206 543 0643
Fax. + 206 685 9173

CFP: Science and Literature (3/31/07; M/MLA, 11/8/07-11/11/07)

updated: 
Saturday, March 3, 2007 - 9:51pm
Elizabeth Klaver

Call for Papers
Permanent Session of the Midwest Modern Language Association Conference,
Cleveland, OH 11/8/07-11/11/07
Conference Theme: "Reconsidering Realisms"

Panel Topic: Medical Science and Literature

CFP: Science and Literature (3/31/07; M/MLA, 11/8/07-11/11/07)

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Saturday, March 3, 2007 - 9:51pm
Elizabeth Klaver

Call for Papers
Permanent Session of the Midwest Modern Language Association Conference,
Cleveland, OH 11/8/07-11/11/07
Conference Theme: "Reconsidering Realisms"

Panel Topic: Medical Science and Literature

CFP: Literature of Social Protest (3/15/07; MLA '07)

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Saturday, March 3, 2007 - 9:51pm
Leni Marshall

Please reply to Michael Bennett directly (bennett_at_liu.edu).

Session of the Radical Caucus of the MLA

Teaching Social Protest
Teaching literary and cultural texts about social (environmental
justice, anti-racist, anti-sexist, anti-imperialist, ...) movements,
intentional communities, anti-capitalist struggles, utopian
ideas. Oaxaca, Stonewall, Combahee River Collective, SDS,
Zapatistas, Brook Farm, ....

1-2 page abstracts by 15 Mar; Michael Bennett (bennett_at_liu.edu).

CFP: Literature of Social Protest (3/15/07; MLA '07)

updated: 
Saturday, March 3, 2007 - 9:51pm
Leni Marshall

Please reply to Michael Bennett directly (bennett_at_liu.edu).

Session of the Radical Caucus of the MLA

Teaching Social Protest
Teaching literary and cultural texts about social (environmental
justice, anti-racist, anti-sexist, anti-imperialist, ...) movements,
intentional communities, anti-capitalist struggles, utopian
ideas. Oaxaca, Stonewall, Combahee River Collective, SDS,
Zapatistas, Brook Farm, ....

1-2 page abstracts by 15 Mar; Michael Bennett (bennett_at_liu.edu).

CFP: Men and Marriage (4/13/07; M/MLA, 11/8/07-11/11/07)

updated: 
Saturday, March 3, 2007 - 9:51pm
Lubovich, Maglina

We are currently soliciting abstracts for the 2007 M/MLA permanent section,
Gender Studies: Male.

This panel seeks theoretical treatments of the relationship between
men/masculinities and marriage in literature, film, drama, art and popular
culture from any historical period. We welcome papers that will complicate
our understanding of this relationship and history. Topics might include
domestic men, feminist or queer critiques of marriage, fictions of
miscegenation or anti-miscegenation, bachelors and marriage, etc.

CFP: Men and Marriage (4/13/07; M/MLA, 11/8/07-11/11/07)

updated: 
Saturday, March 3, 2007 - 9:51pm
Lubovich, Maglina

We are currently soliciting abstracts for the 2007 M/MLA permanent section,
Gender Studies: Male.

This panel seeks theoretical treatments of the relationship between
men/masculinities and marriage in literature, film, drama, art and popular
culture from any historical period. We welcome papers that will complicate
our understanding of this relationship and history. Topics might include
domestic men, feminist or queer critiques of marriage, fictions of
miscegenation or anti-miscegenation, bachelors and marriage, etc.

CFP: Iconic Places and Characters in 20th Century American Cultures (3/30/07; 10/18/07-10/19/07)

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Saturday, March 3, 2007 - 9:51pm
Leni Marshall

**I'm posting this for a friend.**
Please Send All Queries and Submissions To sinclairlewis_at_stcloudstate.edu

CALL FOR PAPERS

"The River is a Strong Brown God"
Iconic Places and Characters in 20th Century American Cultures

The second meeting of a continuing series entitled
  An American Century: 1901-2000
In honor of Sinclair Lewis and Ida K. Compton
October 18-19, 2007
St. Cloud State University
St. Cloud, Minnesota

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