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CFP: Space and Displacement (Turkey) (2/15/07; 4/21/07-4/22/07)

updated: 
Saturday, December 9, 2006 - 10:46pm
Andrea Rehberg

CALL FOR PAPERS

 

  Space and Displacement

  A Multi-Disciplinary Symposium

     

Sponsored by the Program in Cultures, Civilizations, and Ideas

Bilkent University

21-22 April 2007

 

 

 

 

CFP: Teaching Sex: In Public (1/22/07; CCC, 4/13/07-4/15/07)

updated: 
Saturday, December 9, 2006 - 10:46pm
Douglas Dowland

Teaching Sex: In Public

This panel seeks papers that articulate pedagogies of sexuality in
the humanities, fine arts, and interpretive social
sciences. Especially welcome are papers that mix an understanding of
current methods and texts in the field with critical anecdotes about
classroom experiences.

Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

UPDATE: Nuances of Lack in Italian Culture (grad) (2/1/07; 4/20/07-4/21/07)

updated: 
Saturday, December 9, 2006 - 10:46pm
Jennifer Newman

***Please note, there was an error in the original call for papers. All
dates should read 2007, not 2006. The corrected version is below.***

Nuances of Lack in Italian Culture

Call for Papers
New York University

April 20-21, 2007

"Deh peregrini che pensosi andate
forse di cosa che non v'è presente"
- Dante Alighieri, Vita Nuova 30:1-2

CFP: Space and Displacement (Turkey) (2/15/07; 4/21/07-4/22/07)

updated: 
Saturday, December 9, 2006 - 10:46pm
Andrea Rehberg

CALL FOR PAPERS

 

  Space and Displacement

  A Multi-Disciplinary Symposium

     

Sponsored by the Program in Cultures, Civilizations, and Ideas

Bilkent University

21-22 April 2007

 

 

 

 

CFP: Space and Displacement (Turkey) (2/15/07; 4/21/07-4/22/07)

updated: 
Saturday, December 9, 2006 - 10:46pm
Andrea Rehberg

CALL FOR PAPERS

 

  Space and Displacement

  A Multi-Disciplinary Symposium

     

Sponsored by the Program in Cultures, Civilizations, and Ideas

Bilkent University

21-22 April 2007

 

 

 

 

UPDATE: Nuances of Lack in Italian Culture (grad) (2/1/07; 4/20/07-4/21/07)

updated: 
Saturday, December 9, 2006 - 10:46pm
Jennifer Newman

***Please note, there was an error in the original call for papers. All
dates should read 2007, not 2006. The corrected version is below.***

Nuances of Lack in Italian Culture

Call for Papers
New York University

April 20-21, 2007

"Deh peregrini che pensosi andate
forse di cosa che non v'è presente"
- Dante Alighieri, Vita Nuova 30:1-2

CFP: Teaching Sex: In Public (1/22/07; CCC, 4/13/07-4/15/07)

updated: 
Saturday, December 9, 2006 - 10:46pm
Douglas Dowland

Teaching Sex: In Public

This panel seeks papers that articulate pedagogies of sexuality in
the humanities, fine arts, and interpretive social
sciences. Especially welcome are papers that mix an understanding of
current methods and texts in the field with critical anecdotes about
classroom experiences.

Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

UPDATE: "Edgar Allan Poe & The Juke-Box": Poe and Twentieth Century Poetry (1/15/07; ALA, 5/24/07-5/27/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 11:48pm
Marcy J. Dinius

Please note the new deadline: JANUARY 15, 2007

"Edgar Allan Poe & The Juke-Box": Poe and Twentieth Century Poetry.
Poe and his poetic theories have continued to be a point of
engagement for twentieth-century poets, as witnessed by the recent
publication of the posthumous Elizabeth Bishop poem from which the
title of this panel is taken. This panel is calling for papers that
engage with any aspect of Poe's relation to poets and poetry of the
last century.

UPDATE: "Edgar Allan Poe & The Juke-Box": Poe and Twentieth Century Poetry (1/15/07; ALA, 5/24/07-5/27/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 11:48pm
Marcy J. Dinius

Please note the new deadline: JANUARY 15, 2007

"Edgar Allan Poe & The Juke-Box": Poe and Twentieth Century Poetry.
Poe and his poetic theories have continued to be a point of
engagement for twentieth-century poets, as witnessed by the recent
publication of the posthumous Elizabeth Bishop poem from which the
title of this panel is taken. This panel is calling for papers that
engage with any aspect of Poe's relation to poets and poetry of the
last century.

UPDATE: "Edgar Allan Poe & The Juke-Box": Poe and Twentieth Century Poetry (1/15/07; ALA, 5/24/07-5/27/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 11:48pm
Marcy J. Dinius

Please note the new deadline: JANUARY 15, 2007

"Edgar Allan Poe & The Juke-Box": Poe and Twentieth Century Poetry.
Poe and his poetic theories have continued to be a point of
engagement for twentieth-century poets, as witnessed by the recent
publication of the posthumous Elizabeth Bishop poem from which the
title of this panel is taken. This panel is calling for papers that
engage with any aspect of Poe's relation to poets and poetry of the
last century.

UPDATE: Poe and Periodical Culture (1/15/07; ALA, 5/24/07-5/27/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 11:48pm
Marcy J. Dinius

Please note the new deadline: JANUARY 15, 2007

Poe and Periodical Culture. This panel is calling for papers having
to do with any aspect of Poe's work with newspapers and magazines,
esp. papers engaging with recent scholarship that has addressed such
areas as authorship, literary nationalism, the culture of reprints,
copyright, mass production, marginalia, etc.

Send 250-word abstracts to Stephen Rachman
<mailto:rachman_at_msu.edu>rachman_at_msu.edu or Marcy J. Dinius
<mailto:dinius_at_english.udel.edu>dinius_at_english.udel.edu by January
15, 2007.

UPDATE: Poe and Periodical Culture (1/15/07; ALA, 5/24/07-5/27/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 11:48pm
Marcy J. Dinius

Please note the new deadline: JANUARY 15, 2007

Poe and Periodical Culture. This panel is calling for papers having
to do with any aspect of Poe's work with newspapers and magazines,
esp. papers engaging with recent scholarship that has addressed such
areas as authorship, literary nationalism, the culture of reprints,
copyright, mass production, marginalia, etc.

Send 250-word abstracts to Stephen Rachman
<mailto:rachman_at_msu.edu>rachman_at_msu.edu or Marcy J. Dinius
<mailto:dinius_at_english.udel.edu>dinius_at_english.udel.edu by January
15, 2007.

CFP: Australasian Currents (3/16/07; SCMLA, 11/1/07-11/3/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 11:47pm
Wheeler, Belinda

     In keeping with the 2007 conference theme, "Currents", the 2007
Regular Session on Australasian Literatures at SCMLA will focus on
"Australasian Currents." Our panel seeks to explore the current
conversation occurring between people from the Australian, New Zealand,
and South Pacific regions.
     Of particular interest is how people from the Australasian region
are using one or more form/s of creative expression (such as poetry,
fiction, narrative, film, music, art, etc) as a vehicle to represent
themselves and/ or others.
     Topics include, but are not limited to how these creative
endeavors have influenced and/ or critiqued religion, race, gender,

CFP: Australasian Currents (3/16/07; SCMLA, 11/1/07-11/3/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 11:47pm
Wheeler, Belinda

     In keeping with the 2007 conference theme, "Currents", the 2007
Regular Session on Australasian Literatures at SCMLA will focus on
"Australasian Currents." Our panel seeks to explore the current
conversation occurring between people from the Australian, New Zealand,
and South Pacific regions.
     Of particular interest is how people from the Australasian region
are using one or more form/s of creative expression (such as poetry,
fiction, narrative, film, music, art, etc) as a vehicle to represent
themselves and/ or others.
     Topics include, but are not limited to how these creative
endeavors have influenced and/ or critiqued religion, race, gender,

CFP: Australasian Currents (3/16/07; SCMLA, 11/1/07-11/3/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 11:47pm
Wheeler, Belinda

     In keeping with the 2007 conference theme, "Currents", the 2007
Regular Session on Australasian Literatures at SCMLA will focus on
"Australasian Currents." Our panel seeks to explore the current
conversation occurring between people from the Australian, New Zealand,
and South Pacific regions.
     Of particular interest is how people from the Australasian region
are using one or more form/s of creative expression (such as poetry,
fiction, narrative, film, music, art, etc) as a vehicle to represent
themselves and/ or others.
     Topics include, but are not limited to how these creative
endeavors have influenced and/ or critiqued religion, race, gender,

CFP: U.S.-Philippines Postcoloniality and Culture (grad) (1/5/07; (dis)junctions, 4/6/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 11:47pm
Mary Cummins

U.S.-Philippines Postcoloniality and Culture (grad)

(dis)junctions 2007: Malappropriation Nation
April 6-7, 2007
University of California, Riverside

This call for papers is for a proposed panel to be held at
(dis)junctions 2007: Malappropriation Nation at the
University of California, Riverside’s annual graduate
humanities conference. Submissions from all disciplines are
welcomed.

CFP: U.S.-Philippines Postcoloniality and Culture (grad) (1/5/07; (dis)junctions, 4/6/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 11:47pm
Mary Cummins

U.S.-Philippines Postcoloniality and Culture (grad)

(dis)junctions 2007: Malappropriation Nation
April 6-7, 2007
University of California, Riverside

This call for papers is for a proposed panel to be held at
(dis)junctions 2007: Malappropriation Nation at the
University of California, Riverside’s annual graduate
humanities conference. Submissions from all disciplines are
welcomed.

CFP: U.S.-Philippines Postcoloniality and Culture (grad) (1/5/07; (dis)junctions, 4/6/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 11:47pm
Mary Cummins

U.S.-Philippines Postcoloniality and Culture (grad)

(dis)junctions 2007: Malappropriation Nation
April 6-7, 2007
University of California, Riverside

This call for papers is for a proposed panel to be held at
(dis)junctions 2007: Malappropriation Nation at the
University of California, Riverside’s annual graduate
humanities conference. Submissions from all disciplines are
welcomed.

CFP: Rewriting the Body (grad) (1/5/07; (dis)junctions, 4/6/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 11:47pm
Nowell Marshall

CFP: Rewriting the Body (grad) (1/5/07; disjunctions, 4/6/07-4/7/07)

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This call for papers is a proposed panel to be held at (dis)junctions, =
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University of California, Riverside's 14th Annual Humanities Conference, =
April 7-8, 2006. In keeping with this year's theme, "Malapropriation =
Nation," this panel attempts to explore how the body as cultural text is =
rewritten through acts of (re)appropriation, misappropriation, passing, =
mimicry, and resignification.

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Papers from all periods and areas are welcome. Suggested topics include

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Juridical bodies

Virtual bodies

Historical, narrative, and/or developmental bodies

CFP: Rewriting the Body (grad) (1/5/07; (dis)junctions, 4/6/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 11:47pm
Nowell Marshall

CFP: Rewriting the Body (grad) (1/5/07; disjunctions, 4/6/07-4/7/07)

=20

This call for papers is a proposed panel to be held at (dis)junctions, =
the=20

University of California, Riverside's 14th Annual Humanities Conference, =
April 7-8, 2006. In keeping with this year's theme, "Malapropriation =
Nation," this panel attempts to explore how the body as cultural text is =
rewritten through acts of (re)appropriation, misappropriation, passing, =
mimicry, and resignification.

=20

Papers from all periods and areas are welcome. Suggested topics include

=20

Juridical bodies

Virtual bodies

Historical, narrative, and/or developmental bodies

CFP: Rewriting the Body (grad) (1/5/07; (dis)junctions, 4/6/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 11:47pm
Nowell Marshall

CFP: Rewriting the Body (grad) (1/5/07; disjunctions, 4/6/07-4/7/07)

=20

This call for papers is a proposed panel to be held at (dis)junctions, =
the=20

University of California, Riverside's 14th Annual Humanities Conference, =
April 7-8, 2006. In keeping with this year's theme, "Malapropriation =
Nation," this panel attempts to explore how the body as cultural text is =
rewritten through acts of (re)appropriation, misappropriation, passing, =
mimicry, and resignification.

=20

Papers from all periods and areas are welcome. Suggested topics include

=20

Juridical bodies

Virtual bodies

Historical, narrative, and/or developmental bodies

CFP: Rewriting the Body (grad) (1/5/07; (dis)junctions, 4/6/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 11:47pm
Nowell Marshall

CFP: Rewriting the Body (grad) (1/5/07; disjunctions, 4/6/07-4/7/07)

=20

This call for papers is a proposed panel to be held at (dis)junctions, =
the=20

University of California, Riverside's 14th Annual Humanities Conference, =
April 7-8, 2006. In keeping with this year's theme, "Malapropriation =
Nation," this panel attempts to explore how the body as cultural text is =
rewritten through acts of (re)appropriation, misappropriation, passing, =
mimicry, and resignification.

=20

Papers from all periods and areas are welcome. Suggested topics include

=20

Juridical bodies

Virtual bodies

Historical, narrative, and/or developmental bodies

UPDATE: A History of Sexual Perversion 1650-1850 (2/31/07; collection)

updated: 
Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 11:47pm
Julie Peakman

CALL FOR PAPERS

Contributors are sought for a new book on 'A History of Sexual Perversion
1650-1850'. We specifically seek articles within the boundaries of history
of sexuality which examine so-called sexual 'perversions'; this might
include any sexual behaviour which was considered perverse or 'abnormal' for
its time and would include certain heterosexual, homosexual, lesbian,
transgender, transvestite etc. practices; and why was such behaviour was
seen as 'abnormal', 'perverse' or threatening; subjects for discussion might
be considered include bestiality, flagellation, sex with children, fetishes,
sado-masochism etc.

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