The refereed journal Open Words: Open Access and College English is =
soliciting manuscripts for a special issue devoted to reading theory and =
pedagogy for college learners. We are interested in manuscripts that =
suggest applications of whole language theory to and for the college =
classroom; give an historical overview of research into reading and its =
relevance to college learners; discuss critical strategies to increase =
student comprehension; analyze data from a developmental reading course; =
narrate successful or problematic units from a reading classroom and =
contextualize it in scholarship; or any related topics.
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Please send 15-25 page manuscripts to John Tassoni at =

The refereed journal Open Words: Open Access and College English is =
soliciting manuscripts for a special issue devoted to reading theory and =
pedagogy for college learners. We are interested in manuscripts that =
suggest applications of whole language theory to and for the college =
classroom; give an historical overview of research into reading and its =
relevance to college learners; discuss critical strategies to increase =
student comprehension; analyze data from a developmental reading course; =
narrate successful or problematic units from a reading classroom and =
contextualize it in scholarship; or any related topics.
=20
Please send 15-25 page manuscripts to John Tassoni at =

CALL FOR PAPERS ON TRAVEL AND TOURISM

The Mid-Atlantic Popular / American Culture Association (MAPACA) will
hold its 18th Annual Conference in Philadelphia on November 2-4, 2007.
The conference will have roughly 130 different sessions on a very wide
range of topics. We expect to have roughly 400 people attending the
conference. More information can be found at www.mapacagazette.net.

I will be organizing several sessions on “Travel and Tourism.”

Call for Papers
  Robert A. Heinlein Centennial Event and Academic Conference
  July 6-8, 2007
  Kansas City, MO
   
  Submission deadline extended to May 15, 2007
   
    We invite abstracts for papers, roundtable discussions, and presentation/lectures on any topic related to (un)natural selection, genetics, and eugenics and their representation in the works of novelist and futurist Robert A. Heinlein.
   

Call for Papers
  Robert A. Heinlein Centennial Event and Academic Conference
  July 6-8, 2007
  Kansas City, MO
   
  Submission deadline extended to May 15, 2007
   
      We invite abstracts for papers, roundtable discussions, and presentation/lectures on any topic related to sociology and its representation in the works of novelist and futurist Robert A. Heinlein.
   
  Studies in sociology appear in nearly all of Heinlein's novels and short stories, where he explored social conditions in the 20th century and theorized about what human society would be like in the near and far future. All topics related to sociology are welcome.
   

Call for Papers
  Robert A. Heinlein Centennial Event and Academic Conference
  July 6-8, 2007
  Kansas City, MO
   
  Submission deadline extended to May 15, 2007
   
      We invite abstracts for papers, roundtable discussions, and presentation/lectures on any topic related to sociology and its representation in the works of novelist and futurist Robert A. Heinlein.
   
  Studies in sociology appear in nearly all of Heinlein's novels and short stories, where he explored social conditions in the 20th century and theorized about what human society would be like in the near and far future. All topics related to sociology are welcome.
   

Call for Papers
  Robert A. Heinlein Centennial Event and Academic Conference
  July 6-8, 2007
  Kansas City, MO
   
  Submission deadline extended to May 15, 2007
   
      We invite abstracts for papers, roundtable discussions, and presentation/lectures on any topic related to sociology and its representation in the works of novelist and futurist Robert A. Heinlein.
   
  Studies in sociology appear in nearly all of Heinlein's novels and short stories, where he explored social conditions in the 20th century and theorized about what human society would be like in the near and far future. All topics related to sociology are welcome.
   

*MOSES AND MODERNISM*
-Call for Papers for Proposed Panel-

Modernist Studies Association
Annual Meeting, November 1-4, 2007 (Long Beach, CA)
http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/conferences/msa9/CFP/

Call for Papers
  Robert A. Heinlein Centennial Event and Academic Conference
  July 6-8, 2007
  Kansas City, MO
   
  Submission deadline extended to May 15, 2007
   
    We invite abstracts for papers, roundtable discussions, and presentation/lectures on any topic related to economics and its representation in the works of novelist and futurist Robert A. Heinlein.
   
  Applied economics appears in nearly all of Heinlein's novels and short stories, where he could examine its effects on both 20th-century life and theorize about how it would evolve in the near and far future. Papers, roundtable discussions, and lectures are welcome on all topics related to economics.
   

  Call for Papers
  Robert A. Heinlein Centennial Event and Academic Conference
  July 6-8, 2007
  Kansas City, MO
   
  Submission deadline extended to May 15, 2007
   
  July 7, 2007, marks the 100th anniversary of Robert A. Heinlein's birth.
   
  We invite abstracts for papers, roundtable discussions, and presentation/lectures on any topic related the works, life, and theories of novelist and futurist Robert A. Heinlein.
   
  
  Topics can include any aspect of Heinlein or his works. Suggested topics include (but are not limited to):
   
  --The Human Diaspora
  --The Future History
  --World-as-Myth
  --The juveniles

Call for Papers
  Robert A. Heinlein Centennial Event and Academic Conference
  July 6-8, 2007
  Kansas City, MO
   
  Submission deadline extended to May 15, 2007
   
    We invite abstracts for papers, roundtable discussions, and presentation/lectures on any topic related to ethics as represented in the works of novelist and futurist Robert A. Heinlein.
   

UPDATE: New Deadline for Submission of Abstracts: 4/25/07
 
Approaches to Teaching Early African American Poetry (1700-1900) (4/15/07; 11/8/07-11/11/07)

Special Session Topic Panel: M/MLA 2007 Annual Convention, November 8-11, Cleveland, Ohio

UPDATE: New Deadline for Submission of Abstracts: 4/25/07
 
Approaches to Teaching Early African American Poetry (1700-1900) (4/15/07; 11/8/07-11/11/07)

Special Session Topic Panel: M/MLA 2007 Annual Convention, November 8-11, Cleveland, Ohio

Call for Papers
  Robert A. Heinlein Centennial Event and Academic Conference
  July 6-8, 2007
  Kansas City, MO
   
  Submission deadline extended to May 15, 2007
     
  We invite abstracts for papers, roundtable discussions, and presentation/lectures on any topic related to engineering and its representation in the works of novelist and futurist Robert A. Heinlein.
   
  Various types of engineering, especially aerospace engineering, appear in nearly all of Heinlein's novels and short stories, often in detail. Heinlein was able to present engineering principles and theories in such a way that they were understandable for the average reader.