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CFP: Journal for the Academic Study of Magic (6/21/07; journal issue)

updated: 
Wednesday, March 14, 2007 - 1:32am
David Green

The Journal for the Academic Study of Magic (JSM)

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Call For Papers for Issue 5, deadline 21-6-2007

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Issue 5 of the JSM, due to appear late in 2007, is now seeking
contributions. Scholarly articles in English about any aspect of
magic/occultism are welcome up to 8000 words in length.=20

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Drs. Susan Johnston Graf (Penn State, Mont Alto, USA) and Amy Hale
(University of Maryland University College) are the new co-editors of
the journal.=20

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CFP: Cultural Containers / Containment Culture (grad) (4/15/07; SAMLA, 11/9/07-11/11/07)

updated: 
Wednesday, March 14, 2007 - 1:32am
Jeremy Justus

CFP: Cultural Containers / Containment Culture (Graduate Student Forum),
(4/15/07 SAMLA, 11/9/07-11/11/07)

In his book Containment Culture, Alan Nadel explores the relationship of
American postmodernism and the pervasive cultural force of Cold War
containment narratives. While the trope of containment continues to
proliferate in contemporary culture, this panel seeks to explore containment
in all of its various historical epochs and cultural manifestations. Some
topics to consider:

CFP: Cultural Containers / Containment Culture (grad) (4/15/07; SAMLA, 11/9/07-11/11/07)

updated: 
Wednesday, March 14, 2007 - 1:32am
Jeremy Justus

CFP: Cultural Containers / Containment Culture (Graduate Student Forum),
(4/15/07 SAMLA, 11/9/07-11/11/07)

In his book Containment Culture, Alan Nadel explores the relationship of
American postmodernism and the pervasive cultural force of Cold War
containment narratives. While the trope of containment continues to
proliferate in contemporary culture, this panel seeks to explore containment
in all of its various historical epochs and cultural manifestations. Some
topics to consider:

CFP: Anxieties of Reference in Popular Culture (3/31/07; SAMLA, 11/9/07-11/11/07)

updated: 
Saturday, March 10, 2007 - 1:00pm
Greg Wright

Popular Culture Panel of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association:

Panel Title: Anxieties of Reference in Popular Culture

This panel seeks to theorize forms of intertextuality based on =
referentiality. The scope extends from literature to media to games to =
hybrid textual forms, looking at how cross-textual inflections create =
dialogical, revisionary spaces dependent upon-yet also outside of-the =
texts involved in the relationship. The panel explores a new =
understanding of textual plurality, on textual lineages as processes =
rather than products.

CFP: Anxieties of Reference in Popular Culture (3/31/07; SAMLA, 11/9/07-11/11/07)

updated: 
Saturday, March 10, 2007 - 1:00pm
Greg Wright

Popular Culture Panel of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association:

Panel Title: Anxieties of Reference in Popular Culture

This panel seeks to theorize forms of intertextuality based on =
referentiality. The scope extends from literature to media to games to =
hybrid textual forms, looking at how cross-textual inflections create =
dialogical, revisionary spaces dependent upon-yet also outside of-the =
texts involved in the relationship. The panel explores a new =
understanding of textual plurality, on textual lineages as processes =
rather than products.

CFP: Photography Area (4/16/07; MWPCA/ACA, 10/12/07-10/14/07)

updated: 
Saturday, March 10, 2007 - 12:47pm
Darnell, Amy L.

The Photography Area of the Midwest Popular Culture Association is now
accepting individual performances/papers and panel proposals for this
year's conference. Topics are open, but may include the following
topics:

* Notions of photographic truth in the digital age
* Political economy issues concerning the digital image vs.
traditional image
* Performances using photography as method and/practice
* Ethical issues relating to reproduction
* The influence and legacy of Susan Sontag

 

UPDATE: Mester: Special Issue on Memory and History (grad) (4/9/07; journal issue)

updated: 
Saturday, March 10, 2007 - 11:41am
Arsova, Jasmina

*Please note that our new, extended deadline for submissions is April 9, =
2007.*=20

Mester, the graduate student academic journal of the Department of =
Spanish and Portuguese at UCLA, invites scholarly articles for its =
Special Issue XXXVI devoted to:

        Memory and History: Remembering, Forgetting and Forgiving=20

We welcome all submissions that address questions or ideas related but =
not limited to the following concepts in language, literature and visual =
expressions of the Luso-Hispanic world:

Amnesia, Melancholia, Nostalgia, Survival, Repression, Narratives of =
Commemoration, Authorities, Temporalities and Places, Cultural Memory =
and the 'Other,' Language Contact,

UPDATE: Mester: Special Issue on Memory and History (grad) (4/9/07; journal issue)

updated: 
Saturday, March 10, 2007 - 11:41am
Arsova, Jasmina

*Please note that our new, extended deadline for submissions is April 9, =
2007.*=20

Mester, the graduate student academic journal of the Department of =
Spanish and Portuguese at UCLA, invites scholarly articles for its =
Special Issue XXXVI devoted to:

        Memory and History: Remembering, Forgetting and Forgiving=20

We welcome all submissions that address questions or ideas related but =
not limited to the following concepts in language, literature and visual =
expressions of the Luso-Hispanic world:

Amnesia, Melancholia, Nostalgia, Survival, Repression, Narratives of =
Commemoration, Authorities, Temporalities and Places, Cultural Memory =
and the 'Other,' Language Contact,

UPDATE: Mester: Special Issue on Memory and History (grad) (4/9/07; journal issue)

updated: 
Saturday, March 10, 2007 - 11:41am
Arsova, Jasmina

*Please note that our new, extended deadline for submissions is April 9, =
2007.*=20

Mester, the graduate student academic journal of the Department of =
Spanish and Portuguese at UCLA, invites scholarly articles for its =
Special Issue XXXVI devoted to:

        Memory and History: Remembering, Forgetting and Forgiving=20

We welcome all submissions that address questions or ideas related but =
not limited to the following concepts in language, literature and visual =
expressions of the Luso-Hispanic world:

Amnesia, Melancholia, Nostalgia, Survival, Repression, Narratives of =
Commemoration, Authorities, Temporalities and Places, Cultural Memory =
and the 'Other,' Language Contact,

CFP: Literary Theory (3/30/07; PAMLA, 11/2/07-11/3/07)

updated: 
Saturday, March 10, 2007 - 10:51am
Salah Khan

CALL FOR PAPERS -- PANEL ON LITERARY THEORY

Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference (PAMLA)
November 2-3, 2007
Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA

Paper proposals sought for panel on literary theory. Proposals are
encouraged on any topic in 19th- and 20th-century literary theory. All
submissions acknowledged by email.

Submission Deadline: March 30, 2007

Please email 500-word proposal and 50 word abstract (in line, no
attachments) to Salah Khan at:
salah_at_techforpeople.net

UPDATE: Aging Poetically (3/15/07; MLA '07)

updated: 
Saturday, March 10, 2007 - 10:03am
Leni Marshall

<dd>The text of the CFP incorrectly listed the submissions date. It
should be 15 March 2007.<br><br>
<br><br>

<dd>Aging Poetically:&nbsp;&nbsp; a proposed special session topic for
the 2007 MLA <br>

<dd>in Chicago, IL.<br><br>

<dd>Seeking examinations of poems about age, aging, and old age, in
the<br>

<dd>writing of late-twentieth- and early-twenty-first-century poets
of<br>

<dd>all ages worldwide. How is old age, aging, ageism, and age difference
<br>

<dd>depicted poetically? (How) does the poet's age vary the depictions
of<br>

UPDATE: Aging Poetically (3/15/07; MLA '07)

updated: 
Saturday, March 10, 2007 - 10:03am
Leni Marshall

<dd>The text of the CFP incorrectly listed the submissions date. It
should be 15 March 2007.<br><br>
<br><br>

<dd>Aging Poetically:&nbsp;&nbsp; a proposed special session topic for
the 2007 MLA <br>

<dd>in Chicago, IL.<br><br>

<dd>Seeking examinations of poems about age, aging, and old age, in
the<br>

<dd>writing of late-twentieth- and early-twenty-first-century poets
of<br>

<dd>all ages worldwide. How is old age, aging, ageism, and age difference
<br>

<dd>depicted poetically? (How) does the poet's age vary the depictions
of<br>

CFP: African American Literature Panel (3/15/07; PAMLA, 11/2/07-11/3/07)

updated: 
Saturday, March 10, 2007 - 9:57am
Jennifer Stoever

PACIFIC ANCIENT AND MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION
CALL FOR PAPERS, ANNUAL CONFERENCE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE DIVISION PANEL
 
BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON
2 and 3 November 2007
 
Please email proposals (500 words along with a 50-word abstract) on any aspect of African American literature by March 15, 2007 to
 
Jennifer Lynn Stoever
Department of American Studies and Ethnicity
University of Southern California
stoever_at_usc.edu

CFP: African American Literature Panel (3/15/07; PAMLA, 11/2/07-11/3/07)

updated: 
Saturday, March 10, 2007 - 9:57am
Jennifer Stoever

PACIFIC ANCIENT AND MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION
CALL FOR PAPERS, ANNUAL CONFERENCE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE DIVISION PANEL
 
BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON
2 and 3 November 2007
 
Please email proposals (500 words along with a 50-word abstract) on any aspect of African American literature by March 15, 2007 to
 
Jennifer Lynn Stoever
Department of American Studies and Ethnicity
University of Southern California
stoever_at_usc.edu

CFP: African American Literature Panel (3/15/07; PAMLA, 11/2/07-11/3/07)

updated: 
Saturday, March 10, 2007 - 9:57am
Jennifer Stoever

PACIFIC ANCIENT AND MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION
CALL FOR PAPERS, ANNUAL CONFERENCE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE DIVISION PANEL
 
BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON
2 and 3 November 2007
 
Please email proposals (500 words along with a 50-word abstract) on any aspect of African American literature by March 15, 2007 to
 
Jennifer Lynn Stoever
Department of American Studies and Ethnicity
University of Southern California
stoever_at_usc.edu

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