Call for Contributions (collection 31/05/07; 15/12/07)
Redefinitions of Irish Identity in the Twenty-First Century: A
Postnationalist Approach.
DUCIS (Dalarna University Centre for Irish Studies), Sweden.

MELUS: Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature in the US

Landscape, Spirit of Place, Nature

Although place has long played a part in ethnic literature, the emphasis on
globalization may have affected this concept. Papers addressing the
function of landscape, the spirit of place, or the role of Nature in ethnic
literature are welcome. By April 1, 2007, please send a 250-word proposal
with the requisite information as noted in the SAMLA Call for Paper
Guidelines to Joyce Smith, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, via email
at Joyce-Smith_at_utc.edu or via regular mail to English Department #2703,
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 615 McCallie Avenue, Chattanooga, TN
37403-2598.

Call for Papers for a Special Edition of
MP: An international feminist online, peer-reviewed journal
http://www.academinist.org/mp/
Spring 2007
"Feminist Voices in Children and Childhood Studies: Critical Readings of
Popular Culture."
NEW !!! Deadline: March 30, 2007

Call for Papers for a Special Edition of
MP: An international feminist online, peer-reviewed journal
http://www.academinist.org/mp/
Spring 2007
"Feminist Voices in Children and Childhood Studies: Critical Readings of
Popular Culture."
NEW !!! Deadline: March 30, 2007

UPDATE: Papers are solicited for the following works to be included in a
collection of critical essays tentatively titled: Crowned with Laurel:
Critical Essays on African American Pulitzer Prize Wining Literature. The
collection will examine works by African Americans that have won the
country's most prestigious award. The works on which essays are still being
sought are:

1950: Poetry-Annie Allen by Gwendolyn Brooks

1970: Drama-No Place to Be Somebody by Charles Gordone

1978: Fiction-Elbow Room by James Alan McPherson

1987: Drama-Fences by August Wilson

1993: Poetry-Neon Vernacular by Yusef Komynyakaa

Papers may discuss any aspect of the works.

UPDATE: Papers are solicited for the following works to be included in a
collection of critical essays tentatively titled: Crowned with Laurel:
Critical Essays on African American Pulitzer Prize Wining Literature. The
collection will examine works by African Americans that have won the
country's most prestigious award. The works on which essays are still being
sought are:

1950: Poetry-Annie Allen by Gwendolyn Brooks

1970: Drama-No Place to Be Somebody by Charles Gordone

1978: Fiction-Elbow Room by James Alan McPherson

1987: Drama-Fences by August Wilson

1993: Poetry-Neon Vernacular by Yusef Komynyakaa

Papers may discuss any aspect of the works.

Call for Essays: Ellen [Mrs Henry] Wood

Renaissance Discovery? (RSA 08)

Scholars of various Renaissance fields – including science, emblems, and
antiquarianism – have observed an instability or paradoxicality around the
operative concept of empirical discovery. Scholars have not, however,
evaluated or explained this strange observation. In some cases, discovery
seems irrelevant to the period's production of knowledge; in others,
relevant, but discouraged or abjured. Given that discovery seems basic to
modern notions of evidence, and of interpretation, the hermeneutic and/or
epistemological consequences of the Renaissance attitude may be
considerable.

Renaissance Discovery? (RSA 08)

Scholars of various Renaissance fields – including science, emblems, and
antiquarianism – have observed an instability or paradoxicality around the
operative concept of empirical discovery. Scholars have not, however,
evaluated or explained this strange observation. In some cases, discovery
seems irrelevant to the period's production of knowledge; in others,
relevant, but discouraged or abjured. Given that discovery seems basic to
modern notions of evidence, and of interpretation, the hermeneutic and/or
epistemological consequences of the Renaissance attitude may be
considerable.

Call for Papers
African American Literature Symposium
"Catching the Flavor and Rhythm of Life: The Legacy of Zora Neale =
Hurston in the 21st Century"

Publish your literary review in Moveable Type, the postgraduate online
journal of the Department of English Language and Literature, University
College London.

Since 2005, Moveable Type has published reviews and scholarly papers by
postgraduate students worldwide. Access past issues at
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/english/graduate/MThome.htm.

We welcome submissions of reviews of literature in all its forms -- print
text, film, theatre, graphic fiction, hypertext.

Submit your review to the 2007 editor, Kim Howey, at k.howey_at_ucl.ac.uk by 20
April 2007.

Call for Papers

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Title: Textuality and Terror

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How may we define this broad term, "terror", beyond the direct =
experience of extreme fear? As a term in itself, how has it evolved to =
contemporary usage, and what are its limits? Is it best defined =
dialectically in relation to a nation or element of authority? Or is it =
characterized by a lack of apparent structure, which threatens the =
possibility of structuration itself? What is the relation of terror to =
political order, or does it necessarily have to be related? How can =
terror change the significance of a place (i.e. "ground zero" and Iraq) =
and what are the implications of this change? =20

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Call for Papers

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Title: Textuality and Terror

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How may we define this broad term, "terror", beyond the direct =
experience of extreme fear? As a term in itself, how has it evolved to =
contemporary usage, and what are its limits? Is it best defined =
dialectically in relation to a nation or element of authority? Or is it =
characterized by a lack of apparent structure, which threatens the =
possibility of structuration itself? What is the relation of terror to =
political order, or does it necessarily have to be related? How can =
terror change the significance of a place (i.e. "ground zero" and Iraq) =
and what are the implications of this change? =20

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Proposed Session for the 2007 MLA: Sponsored by the Committee on
Teaching as a Profession

Topic: The Undergraduate Student as Scholar

How is research effectively integrated into undergraduate capstone
courses/upper-level seminars? What are ways to envision undergrads
as scholars? How can upper-level courses be structured/reconceived
to create students who are scholars?

Abstracts of 250 words to Laura Behling at lbehling_at_gustavus.edu by
March 9, 2007. Please note that presenters must be current MLA members.

Laura L. Behling, Ph.D.
Department of English
Gustavus Adolphus College
800 W. College Avenue
St. Peter, MN 56082
(507) 933-6090
Fax: 507-933-6066