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CFP: Funkativity in African American Culture (12/1/06; 3/29/07-3/30/07)

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Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:38am
Bolden, Anthony

The English Department at The University of Alabama is inviting
proposals for its biannual symposium that will convene March 29-30,
2007. Entitled "Eruptions of Funk," the symposium will provide a venue
in which scholars and artists can engage issues specifically related to
African American cultural memory. Featured speakers include:

Mark Anthony Neal
Brenda Dixon Gottschild
Aldon Lynn Nielsen
Kalamu ya Salaam
Tracie Morris
Cheryl Keyes

CFP: Children's and Young Adult Literature (11/30/06; CEA, 4/12/07-4/14/07)

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Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:38am
Kraver, Jeraldine

SPECIAL PANEL ANNOUNCEMENT CHILDREN'S AND ADOLESCENT LITERATURE

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Please consider joining us at the COLLEGE ENGLISH ASSOCIATION ANNUAL
MEETING in New Orleans this April 12-14.

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Our conference theme this year--so appropriate to our location--is
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You might consider in terms of the following broad issues:

How do we respond to difficult circumstances? Do we always act in right
ways-according to some ethical imperative or ideal? Do we care if we do?

We encourage consideration of these and other questions related to the
conference theme:

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CFP: Anglophone Literature (11/30/06; CEA, 4/12/07-4/14/07)

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Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:38am
Nina Tassi

College English Association National Conference
April 12-14, 2007
New Orleans

We invite papers on ANGLOPHONE LITERATURE for the 38th annual meeting of the CEA. Works in English from non-English speaking cultures, not translations, are welcome. There is no restriction on the culture from which the writer is selected.

Proposals should be submitted via the online database at
http://english.ttu.edu/cea/conftool by November 30th.

When you submit your proposal, you may use a pull-down menu to indicate your topic. Indicate at that pull-down menu that your submission should be directed to me, NINA TASSI, chair of the ANGLOPHONE LITERATURE panels.

CFP: Anglophone Literature (11/30/06; CEA, 4/12/07-4/14/07)

updated: 
Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:38am
Nina Tassi

College English Association National Conference
April 12-14, 2007
New Orleans

We invite papers on ANGLOPHONE LITERATURE for the 38th annual meeting of the CEA. Works in English from non-English speaking cultures, not translations, are welcome. There is no restriction on the culture from which the writer is selected.

Proposals should be submitted via the online database at
http://english.ttu.edu/cea/conftool by November 30th.

When you submit your proposal, you may use a pull-down menu to indicate your topic. Indicate at that pull-down menu that your submission should be directed to me, NINA TASSI, chair of the ANGLOPHONE LITERATURE panels.

CFP: The Voice of the People: The Nineteenth-Century Folk Revival (UK) (12/1/06; 9/7/07-9/9/07)

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Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:38am
Dr Marcus Waithe

CALL FOR PAPERS:
Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies
University of Sheffield
in association with the Departments of History, Germanic Studies and
English, and the National Centre for English Cultural Tradition
International Interdisciplinary Conference
Friday 7 - Sunday 9 September 2007

The Voice of the People:
The European Folk Revival,
1760-1914

CFP: The Voice of the People: The Nineteenth-Century Folk Revival (UK) (12/1/06; 9/7/07-9/9/07)

updated: 
Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:38am
Dr Marcus Waithe

CALL FOR PAPERS:
Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies
University of Sheffield
in association with the Departments of History, Germanic Studies and
English, and the National Centre for English Cultural Tradition
International Interdisciplinary Conference
Friday 7 - Sunday 9 September 2007

The Voice of the People:
The European Folk Revival,
1760-1914

CFP: Richard Wright at ALA (no deadline noted; ALA, 5/24/07-5/27/07)

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Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:38am
James Miller

The Richard Wright Circle will sponsor two sessions at the 18th Annual Conference of the American Literature Association in Boston, May 24-27, 2007.

Papers on all aspects of Wright's life and work are welcome.

Please submit proposals or papers to the editor of the Richard Wright Circle:

James A. Miller, Editor
The Richard Wright Circle
c/o Department of English
The George Washington University
Rome Hall, Room 761
Washington, DC 20052

jam_at_gwu.edu

CFP: Mester: Memory and History: Remembering, Forgetting and Forgiving (grad) (12/5/06; journal issue)

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Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:38am
Arsova, Jasmina

Mester, the yearly graduate student academic journal of the Department =
of Spanish and Portuguese at UCLA, invites scholarly articles for its =
Special Issue XXXVI (2007) devoted to:

        Memory and History: Remembering, Forgetting and Forgiving

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

Amnesia, Melancholia, Nostalgia, Survival, Repression, Narratives of =
Commemoration, Authorities, Temporalities and Places, Cultural Memory =
and the 'Other,' Language Contact,
Diglossia, Historical Linguistics, Individual and National Policies

CFP: Mester: Memory and History: Remembering, Forgetting and Forgiving (grad) (12/5/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:38am
Arsova, Jasmina

Mester, the yearly graduate student academic journal of the Department =
of Spanish and Portuguese at UCLA, invites scholarly articles for its =
Special Issue XXXVI (2007) devoted to:

        Memory and History: Remembering, Forgetting and Forgiving

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

Amnesia, Melancholia, Nostalgia, Survival, Repression, Narratives of =
Commemoration, Authorities, Temporalities and Places, Cultural Memory =
and the 'Other,' Language Contact,
Diglossia, Historical Linguistics, Individual and National Policies

CFP: Mester: Memory and History: Remembering, Forgetting and Forgiving (grad) (12/5/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:38am
Arsova, Jasmina

Mester, the yearly graduate student academic journal of the Department =
of Spanish and Portuguese at UCLA, invites scholarly articles for its =
Special Issue XXXVI (2007) devoted to:

        Memory and History: Remembering, Forgetting and Forgiving

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

Amnesia, Melancholia, Nostalgia, Survival, Repression, Narratives of =
Commemoration, Authorities, Temporalities and Places, Cultural Memory =
and the 'Other,' Language Contact,
Diglossia, Historical Linguistics, Individual and National Policies

CFP: Mester: Memory and History: Remembering, Forgetting and Forgiving (grad) (12/5/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:38am
Arsova, Jasmina

Mester, the yearly graduate student academic journal of the Department =
of Spanish and Portuguese at UCLA, invites scholarly articles for its =
Special Issue XXXVI (2007) devoted to:

        Memory and History: Remembering, Forgetting and Forgiving

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

Amnesia, Melancholia, Nostalgia, Survival, Repression, Narratives of =
Commemoration, Authorities, Temporalities and Places, Cultural Memory =
and the 'Other,' Language Contact,
Diglossia, Historical Linguistics, Individual and National Policies

CFP: Dynamic Economies in the Early Modern World (12/20/06; EMIG, 2/16/07)

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Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:37am
LouiseCGeddes_at_aol.com

City University of New York Graduate Center
3rd Annual EMIG Conference
Conference Date: February 16, 2007
Call for Papers and Panels:
Strange Currencies:
Dynamic Economies in the Early Modern World
The Early Modern Interdisciplinary Group of the Graduate Center, City
University of NY, invites proposals for papers for its third annual conference to be
held on February , 2007 in New York City. We encourage scholars of all
disciplines to submit papers related to the period inclusive of the fourteenth
through the seventeenth centuries, and we especially welcome papers with an
interdisciplinary methodology. This conference will focus on Early Modern

CFP: Dynamic Economies in the Early Modern World (12/20/06; EMIG, 2/16/07)

updated: 
Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:37am
LouiseCGeddes_at_aol.com

City University of New York Graduate Center
3rd Annual EMIG Conference
Conference Date: February 16, 2007
Call for Papers and Panels:
Strange Currencies:
Dynamic Economies in the Early Modern World
The Early Modern Interdisciplinary Group of the Graduate Center, City
University of NY, invites proposals for papers for its third annual conference to be
held on February , 2007 in New York City. We encourage scholars of all
disciplines to submit papers related to the period inclusive of the fourteenth
through the seventeenth centuries, and we especially welcome papers with an
interdisciplinary methodology. This conference will focus on Early Modern

CFP: C. S. Lewis & Inklings (1/17/07; CSLIS, 3/23/07-3/24/07)

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Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:37am
Fink, Larry

CALL FOR PAPERS

The C. S. Lewis & Inklings Society

10th Annual Meeting

March 23-24, 2007

Hardin-Simmons University

Abilene, Texas

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Conference Theme: The Inklings & the Spiritual Journey

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Keynote Speaker: Thomas Howard

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Other Speakers: Rolland Hein, David Neuhouser, Kerry Dearborn

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Deadline for proposals: January 17, 2007

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Send 200-word proposals for 15-minute papers on the conference theme or
other topics dealing with the ideas or artistry of C. S. Lewis, J. R. R.
Tolkien, Charles Williams, Owen Barfield, or related authors (George
MacDonald, G. K. Chesterton, Dorothy Sayers, etc.) to: =20

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CFP: Women's Studies, Research, Scholarship, & Creative Activity: Choices Women Make (1/15/07; 3/23/07-3/24/07)

updated: 
Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:37am
Christopher Ervin

Call for Papers
University of South Dakota Women¹s Studies Conference: Research,
Scholarship, & Creative Activity, 2007
³Choices Women Make²
(01/15/07; March 23-24, 2007)
 
The University of South Dakota announces the return of its Women¹s Research
Conference, formerly held from 1984 to 1996. In hosting the USD Women¹s
Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Conference, 2007, we recognize
the continued engagement of scholars and artists in areas of crucial
importance to women¹s well-being, advancement, and survival, and we seek to
affirm the inextricability of women¹s decisions from the diverse communities
of family, work, and play in which such decisions get made.
 

CFP: Women's Studies, Research, Scholarship, & Creative Activity: Choices Women Make (1/15/07; 3/23/07-3/24/07)

updated: 
Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:37am
Christopher Ervin

Call for Papers
University of South Dakota Women¹s Studies Conference: Research,
Scholarship, & Creative Activity, 2007
³Choices Women Make²
(01/15/07; March 23-24, 2007)
 
The University of South Dakota announces the return of its Women¹s Research
Conference, formerly held from 1984 to 1996. In hosting the USD Women¹s
Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Conference, 2007, we recognize
the continued engagement of scholars and artists in areas of crucial
importance to women¹s well-being, advancement, and survival, and we seek to
affirm the inextricability of women¹s decisions from the diverse communities
of family, work, and play in which such decisions get made.
 

CFP: Teaching Matters (12/15/06; 3/30/07-3/31/07)

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Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:37am
Horn Jason

One page proposals on the general topic of teaching and especially on
how professors capture and maintain student attention can be sent to
J_horn_at_gdn.edu

Presentations are welcomed from across disciplines and might cover
traditional means of gaining and keeping attention, such as close
reading techniques, analytical study, or observation techniques, or the
technology available for centering student attention on visual or
written texts.

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Jason G. Horn, Ph.D

Professor of English

Humanities, Gordon College

Barnesville, GA 30204

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