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Blake at 250: Celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the Birth of William Blake
The Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies, The King's Manor, University of York
30 July—1 August 2007
First Call for Papers
13th Annual Southwest Graduate English Symposium
The Violent (Re)turn to Ethics?: Implications, Complications, and Situations
February 15-17, 2006
Arizona State University—Tempe Arizona
Southwest Graduate English Symposium – 2007
Only Human?: Medical Biology vs. The Social Model of Disability
In her 1999 book Female Forms, Carol Thomas suggests that disability studies and activism would benefit from a social model approach to definitions of disability, as opposed to the long-standing contention that disability, impairment, and its effects are biological, physiological, anatomical—in short, medical.
The Emily Dickinson International Society is sponsoring two panel sessions =
at ALA in May, 2007. Please send proposals by January 10 to the session=20
organizers, Marianne Noble and Cindy MacKenzie. (mnoble_at_american.edu,=20
cindy.mackenzie_at_uregina.ca) The conference will take place in Boston, May =
24-27, 2007. For further information about the conference, go to=20
www.calstatela.edu/academic/english/ala2
Panel #1: Teaching Dickinson
What are the challenges and rewards of teaching Dickinson?s poetry. What=20
strategies have worked, and which have not? What makes Dickinson popular=20
(or not) with students?
The Emily Dickinson International Society is sponsoring two panel sessions =
at ALA in May, 2007. Please send proposals by January 10 to the session=20
organizers, Marianne Noble and Cindy MacKenzie. (mnoble_at_american.edu,=20
cindy.mackenzie_at_uregina.ca) The conference will take place in Boston, May =
24-27, 2007. For further information about the conference, go to=20
www.calstatela.edu/academic/english/ala2
Panel #1: Teaching Dickinson
What are the challenges and rewards of teaching Dickinson?s poetry. What=20
strategies have worked, and which have not? What makes Dickinson popular=20
(or not) with students?
The Emily Dickinson International Society is sponsoring two panel sessions =
at ALA in May, 2007. Please send proposals by January 10 to the session=20
organizers, Marianne Noble and Cindy MacKenzie. (mnoble_at_american.edu,=20
cindy.mackenzie_at_uregina.ca) The conference will take place in Boston, May =
24-27, 2007. For further information about the conference, go to=20
www.calstatela.edu/academic/english/ala2
Panel #1: Teaching Dickinson
What are the challenges and rewards of teaching Dickinson?s poetry. What=20
strategies have worked, and which have not? What makes Dickinson popular=20
(or not) with students?
61st Annual Convention of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language
Association
October 4-6, 2007, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Website: rmmla.
wsu.edu
Call for papers
English Eighteenth-Century Literature Session
We welcome submission of proposals for individual papers that consider,
but are not limited to, the following issues:
Fiction
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction in all its forms
Letters and journals
Colonialism,
Abolitionism and Slavery
Gender and Sexuality
The private and public
sphere
Cultural spaces
The country and the city
The publishing industry
CFP: “'I’ve been a woman I-don’t know-how-many-times': A Critical Tribute to
the Work of Octavia E. Butler"
Essay collection, ed. Patricia Melzer
CFP: “'I’ve been a woman I-don’t know-how-many-times': A Critical Tribute to
the Work of Octavia E. Butler"
Essay collection, ed. Patricia Melzer
Call For Papers=20
Postcolonial Green
This collection proceeds from our conviction that postcolonial theorists =
and ecocritics have a great deal to gain from one another. At present, =
however, postcolonial theory lacks a dimension of eco-critique despite =
the fact that many postcolonial issues are also issues of environmental =
crisis. Ecocriticism still retains a local and regional focus on place =
at the expense of a global vision that recognizes international =
interdependence, and has privileged =93first world=94 blind spots in its =
assumptions about how best to value nature.=20
Call For Papers=20
Postcolonial Green
This collection proceeds from our conviction that postcolonial theorists =
and ecocritics have a great deal to gain from one another. At present, =
however, postcolonial theory lacks a dimension of eco-critique despite =
the fact that many postcolonial issues are also issues of environmental =
crisis. Ecocriticism still retains a local and regional focus on place =
at the expense of a global vision that recognizes international =
interdependence, and has privileged =93first world=94 blind spots in its =
assumptions about how best to value nature.=20
Call For Papers=20
Postcolonial Green
This collection proceeds from our conviction that postcolonial theorists =
and ecocritics have a great deal to gain from one another. At present, =
however, postcolonial theory lacks a dimension of eco-critique despite =
the fact that many postcolonial issues are also issues of environmental =
crisis. Ecocriticism still retains a local and regional focus on place =
at the expense of a global vision that recognizes international =
interdependence, and has privileged =93first world=94 blind spots in its =
assumptions about how best to value nature.=20
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Call for papers
"West of One's Roots: Ethno-cultural Spaces in John Fante' Works and His
Reception between Italy and the US"
Quaderni del '900 is soliciting papers written by young scholars on John
Fante's life and works to be published in a special issue devoted to this
American author of Italian origins, alternatively described as "my god"
(Charles Bukowski), "a writer as American as Huckleberry Finn" (Carey
McWilliams), "the Italian American Hemingway" (Fred Gardaphé), "inspired by
Verga, D'Annunzio, and Pirandello" (Emilio Cecchi).
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Call for papers
"West of One's Roots: Ethno-cultural Spaces in John Fante' Works and His
Reception between Italy and the US"
Quaderni del '900 is soliciting papers written by young scholars on John
Fante's life and works to be published in a special issue devoted to this
American author of Italian origins, alternatively described as "my god"
(Charles Bukowski), "a writer as American as Huckleberry Finn" (Carey
McWilliams), "the Italian American Hemingway" (Fred Gardaphé), "inspired by
Verga, D'Annunzio, and Pirandello" (Emilio Cecchi).
Essays sought for an edited collection on twentieth-century Faust texts, =
films, adaptations, etc. in Europe, Americas, and elsewhere.
=20
Completed essays will be 6,000-7,000 words in length and due
in March 2007. The collection will come out of Cambridge Publishers =
Press in 2008.
Please send 1-2 page proposals and a short biography by December 18, =
2006 to the editor, vanwesen_at_fredonia.edu
Essays sought for an edited collection on twentieth-century Faust texts, =
films, adaptations, etc. in Europe, Americas, and elsewhere.
=20
Completed essays will be 6,000-7,000 words in length and due
in March 2007. The collection will come out of Cambridge Publishers =
Press in 2008.
Please send 1-2 page proposals and a short biography by December 18, =
2006 to the editor, vanwesen_at_fredonia.edu
Call for submissions for the Flannery O'Connor session at the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA)conference in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 4-6, 2007. Theme: "Flannery O'Connor's Influence North of the 49th." General papers on O'Connor are welcome, but in particular those that explore O'Connor's (acknowledged) influence on Canadian authors Alice Munro, Leon Rooke, W.P. Kinsella, Jack Hodgins, Hugh Hood, and others. Please send proposals or finished papers to Dr. Irwin Streight at _streight-i_at_rmc.ca_ or to Department of English, Royal Military College of Canada, PO Box 17000, Stn Forces, Kingston, ON Canada K7K 7B4.
Deadline for submissions: *March 1, 2007*
Call for submissions for the Flannery O'Connor session at the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA)conference in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 4-6, 2007. Theme: "Flannery O'Connor's Influence North of the 49th." General papers on O'Connor are welcome, but in particular those that explore O'Connor's (acknowledged) influence on Canadian authors Alice Munro, Leon Rooke, W.P. Kinsella, Jack Hodgins, Hugh Hood, and others. Please send proposals or finished papers to Dr. Irwin Streight at _streight-i_at_rmc.ca_ or to Department of English, Royal Military College of Canada, PO Box 17000, Stn Forces, Kingston, ON Canada K7K 7B4.
Deadline for submissions: *March 1, 2007*
The 24th International Conference on English Teaching and Learning in the Republic of China
English Department, National Chengchi University, Taipei.
May 5thand 6th , 2007
Please Note: Contact email is wsconf_at_nccu.edu.tw . . . do NOT reply to this post.
Call for papers
Life-Long Learning: Creative Approaches to Fostering Autonomous Learning
New: UPDATE: Deadline Extension for Proposals to December 1, 2006.
New: Early Registration Discount now in effect.
Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Associations 27th Annual Conference
http://www.h-net.org/~swpca
CFP: Creative Writing Pedagogy
(please forward to interested colleagues and graduate students)
Topics of Interest: Pedagogy related to campus literary magazines, classroom approaches and special issues of concern for the teaching of creative writing in all genres, and interdisciplinary approaches to creative writing. See below for more interest areas.
Platform
Postgraduate e-Journal of Theatre & Performing Arts
Platform is an electronic journal devoted to postgraduates, postdoctoral researchers, and entry-level academics in the fields of theatre and performing arts. Platform is run by postgraduates for postgraduates, and is based at the Department of Drama, Royal Holloway, University of London.
The first issue of Platform is now online!
Call for Papers
We invite submissions for the second issue of Platform. The pivotal theme is "Theatres of Resistance." Given the wide-ranging and confrontational nature of the topic, we welcome papers that explore a variety of issues such as the following:
Politics and performance
Platform
Postgraduate e-Journal of Theatre & Performing Arts
Platform is an electronic journal devoted to postgraduates, postdoctoral researchers, and entry-level academics in the fields of theatre and performing arts. Platform is run by postgraduates for postgraduates, and is based at the Department of Drama, Royal Holloway, University of London.
The first issue of Platform is now online!
Call for Papers
We invite submissions for the second issue of Platform. The pivotal theme is "Theatres of Resistance." Given the wide-ranging and confrontational nature of the topic, we welcome papers that explore a variety of issues such as the following:
Politics and performance
Platform
Postgraduate e-Journal of Theatre & Performing Arts
Platform is an electronic journal devoted to postgraduates, postdoctoral researchers, and entry-level academics in the fields of theatre and performing arts. Platform is run by postgraduates for postgraduates, and is based at the Department of Drama, Royal Holloway, University of London.
The first issue of Platform is now online!
Call for Papers
We invite submissions for the second issue of Platform. The pivotal theme is "Theatres of Resistance." Given the wide-ranging and confrontational nature of the topic, we welcome papers that explore a variety of issues such as the following:
Politics and performance
Due to some technical problems with the email account
associated with submissions we have extended the deadline
for submissions to FemTAP 2.1: Race, Gender, and Social
Justice to Nov. 15, 2006 When submitting a manuscript,
please put "manuscript" or "submission" in your subject
line.
CFP: Race, Gender, and Social Justice
Deadline for Submissions EXTENDED to November 15,2006
Submission Guidelines: email attachment only to
ikerlee_at_unm.edu; Chicago manual style w/limited endnotes;
full guidelines at www.femtap.com
Due to some technical problems with the email account
associated with submissions we have extended the deadline
for submissions to FemTAP 2.1: Race, Gender, and Social
Justice to Nov. 15, 2006 When submitting a manuscript,
please put "manuscript" or "submission" in your subject
line.
CFP: Race, Gender, and Social Justice
Deadline for Submissions EXTENDED to November 15,2006
Submission Guidelines: email attachment only to
ikerlee_at_unm.edu; Chicago manual style w/limited endnotes;
full guidelines at www.femtap.com
Due to some technical problems with the email account
associated with submissions we have extended the deadline
for submissions to FemTAP 2.1: Race, Gender, and Social
Justice to Nov. 15, 2006 When submitting a manuscript,
please put "manuscript" or "submission" in your subject
line.
CFP: Race, Gender, and Social Justice
Deadline for Submissions EXTENDED to November 15,2006
Submission Guidelines: email attachment only to
ikerlee_at_unm.edu; Chicago manual style w/limited endnotes;
full guidelines at www.femtap.com
American Literature Association Annual Convention
Boston, 5/24/07-5/27/07
Call for Papers: WILLIAM WELLS BROWN
Despite his significance as the first African-American novelist and =20
as an anti-slavery lecturer, autobiographer, poet, editor, historian, =20=
travel writer, and dramatist, William Wells Brown has received =20
surprisingly little critical attention. For a proposed panel at ALA =20
2007, I am seeking papers of twenty minutes in length on any aspect =20
of Brown=92s work.
Please send proposals (ca. 300 words) and brief CV to Dawn Coleman at =20=
dcolema7_at_utk.edu by 5 January 2007. Inquiries welcome.
American Literature Association Annual Convention
Boston, 5/24/07-5/27/07
Call for Papers: WILLIAM WELLS BROWN
Despite his significance as the first African-American novelist and =20
as an anti-slavery lecturer, autobiographer, poet, editor, historian, =20=
travel writer, and dramatist, William Wells Brown has received =20
surprisingly little critical attention. For a proposed panel at ALA =20
2007, I am seeking papers of twenty minutes in length on any aspect =20
of Brown=92s work.
Please send proposals (ca. 300 words) and brief CV to Dawn Coleman at =20=
dcolema7_at_utk.edu by 5 January 2007. Inquiries welcome.
CFP: Comparative Canadian Literature in the Twenty-First Century (06/30/07;
journal issue)
CFP: Comparative Canadian Literature in the Twenty-First Century (06/30/07;
journal issue)
Apologies for cross-postings...
CALL FOR PAPERS: ANGLO-FRENCH CINEMATIC RELATIONS SINCE 1930.
An International conference hosted by the Department of Film Studies,
Southampton University, and supported by the AHRC.
September 14 - 16 2007
Keynote addresses will be given by Pam Cook, Sarah Street, Robert Tombs
and Ginette Vincendeau.