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CFP: Workshop on Internet Histories (4/16/07; 10/16/07)

updated: 
Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 8:00pm
Mark McLelland

Internet Histories
a pre-AoIR 8.0 workshop
October 16, 2007
Vancouver, Canada

Despite the fact that the Internet is entering its fifth decade, the =
understanding and writing of its histories is very much in its infancy. =
In this one-day workshop, to be held 16 October 2007 directly before the =
Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) 8.0 conference =
(http://conferences.aoir.org), we aim to explore the questions, =
assumptions, investments, frameworks, concepts, methods, biases, =
opportunities, archives, narratives, tropes, and logics that underlie =
the Internet's diverse histories.

CFP: Resistance to English in Anglophone Literature (3/15/07; MLA '07)

updated: 
Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 8:00pm
John Hawley

Division 33 (Literature in English other than British and American)
plans a panel for the Chicago convention (12/27-30/07) on the following
topic: "Resistance to English in Anglophone Literature." Is English a
viable postcolonial language? Where does the Asmara Declaration of 2000
stand today? Can we speak meaningfully of "Englishes," and what might
their existence facilitate: Indian English vs. American English vs.
Nigerian English, etc. How does translation theory relate to questions
of authorial voice, authenticity, opposition to master discourses,
globalization of literary standards, choice of audience(s), etc.
250-word abstracts to John Hawley by March 15.

CFP: Resistance to English in Anglophone Literature (3/15/07; MLA '07)

updated: 
Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 8:00pm
John Hawley

Division 33 (Literature in English other than British and American)
plans a panel for the Chicago convention (12/27-30/07) on the following
topic: "Resistance to English in Anglophone Literature." Is English a
viable postcolonial language? Where does the Asmara Declaration of 2000
stand today? Can we speak meaningfully of "Englishes," and what might
their existence facilitate: Indian English vs. American English vs.
Nigerian English, etc. How does translation theory relate to questions
of authorial voice, authenticity, opposition to master discourses,
globalization of literary standards, choice of audience(s), etc.
250-word abstracts to John Hawley by March 15.

UPDATE: A Post-Colonial Nation (grad) (2/16/07; (dis)junctions, 4/6/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 8:00pm
prand001_at_student.ucr.edu

(dis)junctions 2007: Malappropriation Nation
April 6th and 7th 2007
            
Call for Papers: general topic, humanities and social
sciences University of California Riverside’s
Fourteenth Annual Graduate Humanities Conference

Abstract deadline: 2/16/07

UPDATE: A Post-Colonial Nation (grad) (2/16/07; (dis)junctions, 4/6/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 8:00pm
prand001_at_student.ucr.edu

(dis)junctions 2007: Malappropriation Nation
April 6th and 7th 2007
            
Call for Papers: general topic, humanities and social
sciences University of California Riverside’s
Fourteenth Annual Graduate Humanities Conference

Abstract deadline: 2/16/07

UPDATE: A Post-Colonial Nation (grad) (2/16/07; (dis)junctions, 4/6/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 8:00pm
prand001_at_student.ucr.edu

(dis)junctions 2007: Malappropriation Nation
April 6th and 7th 2007
            
Call for Papers: general topic, humanities and social
sciences University of California Riverside’s
Fourteenth Annual Graduate Humanities Conference

Abstract deadline: 2/16/07

UPDATE: A Post-Colonial Nation (grad) (2/16/07; (dis)junctions, 4/6/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 8:00pm
prand001_at_student.ucr.edu

(dis)junctions 2007: Malappropriation Nation
April 6th and 7th 2007
            
Call for Papers: general topic, humanities and social
sciences University of California Riverside’s
Fourteenth Annual Graduate Humanities Conference

Abstract deadline: 2/16/07

UPDATE: Intersections, Marginality, and Parallels in Cultural Production (grad) (2/7/07; 3/9/07-3/10/07)

updated: 
Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 8:00pm
Caroline Leitch

UPDATE: deadline extended until February 7, 2007
UPDATE: conference website now at http://web.uvic.ca/~englgrad/con.html

CFP: Intersections, Margins, and Parallels in Cultural Production
(Grad; 02/07/07; 03/9-10/07)

We are pleased to invite proposals for an interdisciplinary graduate
student conference organized
by the Department of English at the University of Victoria to be held
March 9-10, 2007. This
year's keynote speaker will be Marshall Grossman of the University of Maryland.

UPDATE: Intersections, Marginality, and Parallels in Cultural Production (grad) (2/7/07; 3/9/07-3/10/07)

updated: 
Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 8:00pm
Caroline Leitch

UPDATE: deadline extended until February 7, 2007
UPDATE: conference website now at http://web.uvic.ca/~englgrad/con.html

CFP: Intersections, Margins, and Parallels in Cultural Production
(Grad; 02/07/07; 03/9-10/07)

We are pleased to invite proposals for an interdisciplinary graduate
student conference organized
by the Department of English at the University of Victoria to be held
March 9-10, 2007. This
year's keynote speaker will be Marshall Grossman of the University of Maryland.

UPDATE: Intersections, Marginality, and Parallels in Cultural Production (grad) (2/7/07; 3/9/07-3/10/07)

updated: 
Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 8:00pm
Caroline Leitch

UPDATE: deadline extended until February 7, 2007
UPDATE: conference website now at http://web.uvic.ca/~englgrad/con.html

CFP: Intersections, Margins, and Parallels in Cultural Production
(Grad; 02/07/07; 03/9-10/07)

We are pleased to invite proposals for an interdisciplinary graduate
student conference organized
by the Department of English at the University of Victoria to be held
March 9-10, 2007. This
year's keynote speaker will be Marshall Grossman of the University of Maryland.

UPDATE: Intersections, Marginality, and Parallels in Cultural Production (grad) (2/7/07; 3/9/07-3/10/07)

updated: 
Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 8:00pm
Caroline Leitch

UPDATE: deadline extended until February 7, 2007
UPDATE: conference website now at http://web.uvic.ca/~englgrad/con.html

CFP: Intersections, Margins, and Parallels in Cultural Production
(Grad; 02/07/07; 03/9-10/07)

We are pleased to invite proposals for an interdisciplinary graduate
student conference organized
by the Department of English at the University of Victoria to be held
March 9-10, 2007. This
year's keynote speaker will be Marshall Grossman of the University of Maryland.

UPDATE: Intersections, Marginality, and Parallels in Cultural Production (grad) (2/7/07; 3/9/07-3/10/07)

updated: 
Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 8:00pm
Caroline Leitch

UPDATE: deadline extended until February 7, 2007
UPDATE: conference website now at http://web.uvic.ca/~englgrad/con.html

CFP: Intersections, Margins, and Parallels in Cultural Production
(Grad; 02/07/07; 03/9-10/07)

We are pleased to invite proposals for an interdisciplinary graduate
student conference organized
by the Department of English at the University of Victoria to be held
March 9-10, 2007. This
year's keynote speaker will be Marshall Grossman of the University of Maryland.

CFP: Critical Essays on Lorna Dee Cervantes (3/30/07; collection)

updated: 
Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 8:00pm
Eliza Rodriguez y Gibson

Call for Papers: Critical Essays on Lorna Dee Cervantes.

Published by Wings Press, Cervantes's latest collection, Drive: The First
Quartet was widely anticipated and met with abundant praise from poets and
critics alike. Her first publication in fifteen years, it marks the return
of a major poetic voice.

Wings Press will publish a collection of critical essays that speaks to the
significance of the poet and her work, both within and beyond the
Chicana/Latino literary movements.

Possible topics/areas of focus include, but are not limited to:

CFP: Critical Essays on Lorna Dee Cervantes (3/30/07; collection)

updated: 
Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 8:00pm
Eliza Rodriguez y Gibson

Call for Papers: Critical Essays on Lorna Dee Cervantes.

Published by Wings Press, Cervantes's latest collection, Drive: The First
Quartet was widely anticipated and met with abundant praise from poets and
critics alike. Her first publication in fifteen years, it marks the return
of a major poetic voice.

Wings Press will publish a collection of critical essays that speaks to the
significance of the poet and her work, both within and beyond the
Chicana/Latino literary movements.

Possible topics/areas of focus include, but are not limited to:

CFP: Critical Essays on Lorna Dee Cervantes (3/30/07; collection)

updated: 
Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 8:00pm
Eliza Rodriguez y Gibson

Call for Papers: Critical Essays on Lorna Dee Cervantes.

Published by Wings Press, Cervantes's latest collection, Drive: The First
Quartet was widely anticipated and met with abundant praise from poets and
critics alike. Her first publication in fifteen years, it marks the return
of a major poetic voice.

Wings Press will publish a collection of critical essays that speaks to the
significance of the poet and her work, both within and beyond the
Chicana/Latino literary movements.

Possible topics/areas of focus include, but are not limited to:

UPDATE: Alan Hollinghurst (grad) (2/16/07; (dis)junctions, 4/6/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 8:00pm
prand001_at_student.ucr.edu

(dis)junctions 2007: Malappropriation Nation
April 6th and 7th 2007
            
Call for Papers: humanities and social
sciences University of California Riverside’s
Fourteenth Annual Graduate Humanities Conference

Abstract deadline: 2/16/07

Alan Hollinghurst won the 2006 Man/Booker prize for his novel, "The Line of Beauty." All of his works have a gay character that are central to the novel. What are common themes that appear in his books? Can these stories be told through a narrative/main character who is heterosexual? All presentations that center on Hollinghurst and his novels are welcome.

UPDATE: Alan Hollinghurst (grad) (2/16/07; (dis)junctions, 4/6/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 8:00pm
prand001_at_student.ucr.edu

(dis)junctions 2007: Malappropriation Nation
April 6th and 7th 2007
            
Call for Papers: humanities and social
sciences University of California Riverside’s
Fourteenth Annual Graduate Humanities Conference

Abstract deadline: 2/16/07

Alan Hollinghurst won the 2006 Man/Booker prize for his novel, "The Line of Beauty." All of his works have a gay character that are central to the novel. What are common themes that appear in his books? Can these stories be told through a narrative/main character who is heterosexual? All presentations that center on Hollinghurst and his novels are welcome.

UPDATE: The Fiction of Nonfiction (grad) (2/16/07; (dis)junctions, 4/6/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 7:59pm
mpodo001_at_student.ucr.edu

UPDATE: The Fiction of Nonfiction (grad) (2/16/07; (dis)junctions, 4/6/07-4/7/07)

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 14th Annual Humanities Graduate Conference on April 6-7, 2007.

The recent controversy around James Frey’s A Million Little Pieces has exposed several key concerns around the writing of nonfiction. Considering the fact that many “fictional” books contain autobiographical details and that “nonfiction’s” claims to truth have been undercut by poststructuralist criticism of many stripes, has the fiction/ nonfiction binary been rendered useless?

UPDATE: The Fiction of Nonfiction (grad) (2/16/07; (dis)junctions, 4/6/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 7:59pm
mpodo001_at_student.ucr.edu

UPDATE: The Fiction of Nonfiction (grad) (2/16/07; (dis)junctions, 4/6/07-4/7/07)

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 14th Annual Humanities Graduate Conference on April 6-7, 2007.

The recent controversy around James Frey’s A Million Little Pieces has exposed several key concerns around the writing of nonfiction. Considering the fact that many “fictional” books contain autobiographical details and that “nonfiction’s” claims to truth have been undercut by poststructuralist criticism of many stripes, has the fiction/ nonfiction binary been rendered useless?

UPDATE: The Fiction of Nonfiction (grad) (2/16/07; (dis)junctions, 4/6/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 7:59pm
mpodo001_at_student.ucr.edu

UPDATE: The Fiction of Nonfiction (grad) (2/16/07; (dis)junctions, 4/6/07-4/7/07)

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 14th Annual Humanities Graduate Conference on April 6-7, 2007.

The recent controversy around James Frey’s A Million Little Pieces has exposed several key concerns around the writing of nonfiction. Considering the fact that many “fictional” books contain autobiographical details and that “nonfiction’s” claims to truth have been undercut by poststructuralist criticism of many stripes, has the fiction/ nonfiction binary been rendered useless?

UPDATE: New Old Worlds: The Changing Faces of Asia (Thailand) (2/28/07; 3/31/07-4/1/07)

updated: 
Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 7:59pm
sadako_at_op.pl

I ANNUAL ASIAN CULTURAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION (ACSA) CONFERENCE

NEW OLD WORLDS: THE CHANGING FACES OF ASIA

The deadline for submission of abstracts has been extended to 28th February 2007. Please contact the organisers at kancuta_at_au.edu or sadako_at_op.pl .

Conference dates: SATURDAY-SUNDAY 31.03.2007-01.04.2007

CALL FOR PAPERS

UPDATE: New Old Worlds: The Changing Faces of Asia (Thailand) (2/28/07; 3/31/07-4/1/07)

updated: 
Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 7:59pm
sadako_at_op.pl

I ANNUAL ASIAN CULTURAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION (ACSA) CONFERENCE

NEW OLD WORLDS: THE CHANGING FACES OF ASIA

The deadline for submission of abstracts has been extended to 28th February 2007. Please contact the organisers at kancuta_at_au.edu or sadako_at_op.pl .

Conference dates: SATURDAY-SUNDAY 31.03.2007-01.04.2007

CALL FOR PAPERS

UPDATE: New Old Worlds: The Changing Faces of Asia (Thailand) (2/28/07; 3/31/07-4/1/07)

updated: 
Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 7:59pm
sadako_at_op.pl

I ANNUAL ASIAN CULTURAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION (ACSA) CONFERENCE

NEW OLD WORLDS: THE CHANGING FACES OF ASIA

The deadline for submission of abstracts has been extended to 28th February 2007. Please contact the organisers at kancuta_at_au.edu or sadako_at_op.pl .

Conference dates: SATURDAY-SUNDAY 31.03.2007-01.04.2007

CALL FOR PAPERS

UPDATE: New Old Worlds: The Changing Faces of Asia (Thailand) (2/28/07; 3/31/07-4/1/07)

updated: 
Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 7:59pm
sadako_at_op.pl

I ANNUAL ASIAN CULTURAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION (ACSA) CONFERENCE

NEW OLD WORLDS: THE CHANGING FACES OF ASIA

The deadline for submission of abstracts has been extended to 28th February 2007. Please contact the organisers at kancuta_at_au.edu or sadako_at_op.pl .

Conference dates: SATURDAY-SUNDAY 31.03.2007-01.04.2007

CALL FOR PAPERS

UPDATE: New Old Worlds: The Changing Faces of Asia (Thailand) (2/28/07; 3/31/07-4/1/07)

updated: 
Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 7:59pm
sadako_at_op.pl

I ANNUAL ASIAN CULTURAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION (ACSA) CONFERENCE

NEW OLD WORLDS: THE CHANGING FACES OF ASIA

The deadline for submission of abstracts has been extended to 28th February 2007. Please contact the organisers at kancuta_at_au.edu or sadako_at_op.pl .

Conference dates: SATURDAY-SUNDAY 31.03.2007-01.04.2007

CALL FOR PAPERS

CFP: The Social Mission of the Two-Year College (3/15/07; MLA '07)

updated: 
Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 7:59pm
Amy Vondrak

The Social Mission of the Two-Year College
              In the age of the corporate university, and with colleges run on a "business model," what is the social mission of a two-year college? Should faculty work with or against the "business model" of education? What implications does this model have for our students? Presentations on these or other views of the social mission of the two-year college requested. Please submit abstracts by March 15, 2007 to Dr. Amy Vondrak, amy_vondrak_at_yahoo.com.

UPDATE: Novels of Thornton Wilder (1/29/07; ALA, 5/24/07-5/27/07)

updated: 
Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 7:59pm
wilder_at_TCNJ.EDU

Deadline Extended: Since the ALA deadline for submitting panel proposals
is January 30th (not the 20th, as we had thought when setting our original
deadline), we will consider abstracts on the Novels of Thornton Wilder up
to January 29th. Below is the original call for papers.

Call for Papers, 2007
Thornton Wilder Society
At the 18th Annual American Literature Association Conference
Boston, MA, May 24-27, 2007

Novels of Thornton Wilder

CFP: Reevaluating Jewish Stereotypes (3/15/07; MLA '07)

updated: 
Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 7:59pm
Lara Trubowitz

The Jewish Cultural Studies Discussion Group of the MLA is seeking
papers for the following session at the MLA's annual conference in
Chicago, IL, December 27-30, 2007.

"Reevaluating Jewish Stereotypes": Jews have long been the target of
antisemitic stereotyping. What is the status of such stereotypes in
the 21st century and in relation to the "new" antisemitism? Have new
stereotypes emerged? Have old ones disappeared? How have Jews
themselves appropriated or engaged such stereotypes?

Send abstracts by March 15th, 2007 to Lara Trubowitz at
lara-trubowitz_at_uiowa.edu

Lara Trubowitz
Assistant Professor
Dept. of English
308 EPB
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242

CFP: Reevaluating Jewish Stereotypes (3/15/07; MLA '07)

updated: 
Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 7:59pm
Lara Trubowitz

The Jewish Cultural Studies Discussion Group of the MLA is seeking
papers for the following session at the MLA's annual conference in
Chicago, IL, December 27-30, 2007.

"Reevaluating Jewish Stereotypes": Jews have long been the target of
antisemitic stereotyping. What is the status of such stereotypes in
the 21st century and in relation to the "new" antisemitism? Have new
stereotypes emerged? Have old ones disappeared? How have Jews
themselves appropriated or engaged such stereotypes?

Send abstracts by March 15th, 2007 to Lara Trubowitz at
lara-trubowitz_at_uiowa.edu

Lara Trubowitz
Assistant Professor
Dept. of English
308 EPB
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242

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