Now Accepting submissions for a Special Session on ?William Blake and
Authority? for the Modern Language Association?s (MLA) convention in
Chicago, December 2007.

Seeking submissions for a proposed panel on the topic of William Blake
and how he and his work engages with and/or confronts authority.
?Authority? can be interpreted in a variety of ways:

**Call for the 21st Annual Conference of the SLSA (Society for
Literature, Science, and the Arts)**

-Nov. 1-4, 2007
-Portland, Maine (USA)
-Topic: CODE
-Deadline for paper and panel submissions: March 15, 2007
-Plenary Speakers: N. Katherine Hayles, UCLA; Brian Massumi, Université
de Montréal
-Conference website: http://www.slsa07.com/

Call for Papers: Papers dealing with Experiences in Post/Colonial
Education Systems as depicted in literature are sought for the
Literatures of Africa and the Diaspora regular session at the South
Atlantic Modern Language Association which will meet in Atlanta, GA on
Nov. 9-11, 2007.

Papers might include childhood experiences through experiences in
higher education and might make use of any number of theoretical
frameworks.

The deadline for 250-word proposals is March 15, 2007.

Please send inquiries and proposals electronically to:

Dr. Walter Collins, session coordinator
Assistant Professor of French and English
collinsw_at_sc.edu

Call for Papers: Papers dealing with Experiences in Post/Colonial
Education Systems as depicted in literature are sought for the
Literatures of Africa and the Diaspora regular session at the South
Atlantic Modern Language Association which will meet in Atlanta, GA on
Nov. 9-11, 2007.

Papers might include childhood experiences through experiences in
higher education and might make use of any number of theoretical
frameworks.

The deadline for 250-word proposals is March 15, 2007.

Please send inquiries and proposals electronically to:

Dr. Walter Collins, session coordinator
Assistant Professor of French and English
collinsw_at_sc.edu

Papers invited for a possible MLA Special Sessions Panel on any aspect
of Sarah Kofman's work, including her autobiographical writings and her
critical writings on philosophy, literature, psychoanalysis, and visual
art.
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Please send emailed abstracts by March 12 to=20
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talbrech_at_tulane.edu
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Thomas Albrecht
Department of English
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118-5698

IRA ALDRIDGE (1807-1867):
  AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM CELEBRATING THE BICENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH
  The International Symposium
  University of Lodz, Poland
  The British and Commonwealth Studies Department
  Lodz, Poland 23-25 July 2007
   
   
  Dear Colleagues,
   

CFP: Erotica and its Discontents

CFP: English Linguistics (03/01/2007; RMMLA, 10/4/07-10/6/07)

The English Linguistics Panel of the Rocky Mountain MLA invites the submission
of papers/presentations for its session at the 61st annual convention, held
this year in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on October 4-6, 2007. Submissions in any
area of linguistics or related fields are welcome; graduate students are
encouraged to submit.

Submission Requirements: 300-word abstract.
Submissions must be received by March 1, 2007.

Send electronic submissions as a Word attachment to:
rcote_at_email.arizona.edu

Proposed Special Session for MLA '07 (Chicago)
Deadline: 15 March 07

Call for Papers: Journeys into Madness Conference

Journeys into Madness: Representing Mental Illness in the Arts and
Sciences, 1850-1930

A Two-Day Conference organised by the University of Plymouth (U.K.)
to be held at the Wellcome Trust, London on 11 and 12 October 2007

THE SOCIETY FOR UTOPIAN STUDIES 2007 CALL FOR PAPERS

32nd Annual Meeting
  Toronto Marriott Bloor Yorkville Hotel
  Toronto, Canada
  Oct. 4-7, 2007

  The Society for Utopian Studies invites you to submit abstracts for
any of the following:

a paper (between 15-20 minutes)
a panel (usually of 3 papers)
an informal panel on a topic (e.g., 3 presenters, or a presenter and
2 or 3 respondents)
a presentation or performance of creative work on any topic related
to utopian studies.

MLA 2007
December 27-30, 2007, Chicago
Proposed Special Session
Deadline: March 16, 2007

Walter Benjamin in Latin America

Papers are invited that focus on the literary and theoretical relations between
Latin American texts and Walter Benjamin's work. Please send 1-page abstracts
to David Kelman, dkelman_at_learnlink.emory.edu, by 16 March 2007.

THE SOCIETY FOR UTOPIAN STUDIES 2007 CALL FOR PAPERS

32nd Annual Meeting
  Toronto Marriott Bloor Yorkville Hotel
  Toronto, Canada
  Oct. 4-7, 2007

  The Society for Utopian Studies invites you to submit abstracts for
any of the following:

a paper (between 15-20 minutes)
a panel (usually of 3 papers)
an informal panel on a topic (e.g., 3 presenters, or a presenter and
2 or 3 respondents)
a presentation or performance of creative work on any topic related
to utopian studies.

Proposed Special Session for MLA '07 (Chicago)
Deadline: 15 March 07