Research Without Boundaries: Interdisciplinary Research in the Arts and
Humanities.
One day conference, University of Roehampton, 27th January 2007.

The conference will provide the opportunity for postgraduate/Ph.D students
from arts and humanities related fields to interact with members inside and
outside their own particular disciplines. Papers relating to
cross-disciplinary issues and/or research are welcomed from PhD/MPhil
students. Performing artists (live dance, theatre, and music) interested in
displaying their talents will be accommodated whenever possible.

Topic areas (All areas of Arts and Humanities are invited):

Research Without Boundaries: Interdisciplinary Research in the Arts and
Humanities.
One day conference, University of Roehampton, 27th January 2007.

The conference will provide the opportunity for postgraduate/Ph.D students
from arts and humanities related fields to interact with members inside and
outside their own particular disciplines. Papers relating to
cross-disciplinary issues and/or research are welcomed from PhD/MPhil
students. Performing artists (live dance, theatre, and music) interested in
displaying their talents will be accommodated whenever possible.

Topic areas (All areas of Arts and Humanities are invited):

DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 15th

TEAMS (The Consortium for the Teaching of the Middle Ages) is accepting
submissions for the
following five sessions dealing with issues of pedagogy for Kalamazoo 2007:

I. Teaching TEAMS Texts

II. Apocryphal Apocalypses: Fifteenth-Century ³Chaucerian² Endings in the
Classroom

III. Visiting the Middle Ages: Teaching on Site

IV. Acting Up in the Classroom: Teaching Medieval Drama

V. Teaching Middle English Texts: Translation or Original Language? A
Roundtable Discussion

Please send 200-300 word abstracts by September 15th to:

Current Writing: Text and Reception in Southern Africa 17(2), October 2007

Special issue on Antjie Krog

Editors: Judith Lutge Coullie and Andries Visagie (University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa).

The deadline has been extended, and the program extended by another day
- see below:

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International Conference

Sustainability and the Literary Imagination:
Transdisciplinary and Intercultural Perspectives

November 17th-18th, 2006
Department of English
National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan

Call for papers

The submissions deadline for the Sixth Annual English Graduate Organization (EGO) Interdisciplinary Conference "Contours of Captivity: Resignifying Expressions of Power" at the University of Florida has been extended to September 10, 2006.

The Sixth Annual English Graduate Organization (EGO) Interdisciplinary
Conference
*Contours of Captivity: Resignifying Expressions of Power*
November 2-3, 2006, at the University of Florida in Gainesville
Keynote Speaker: Marianne Hirsch, Columbia University

Call for Panelists: Spike Lee's Requiem for New Orleans: A
Message-Driven Protest Documentary Rountable
Moderators: Jim Welsh, Salisbury University emeritus
             Ken Nolley, Willamette University

Abstracts/proposals due by SEPTEMBER 10

2006 Film and History League Conference
"The Documentary Tradition"
November 8-12, 2006
Dolce Conference Center
Dallas, Texas

Call for Panelists: Spike Lee's Requiem for New Orleans: A
Message-Driven Protest Documentary Rountable
Moderators: Jim Welsh, Salisbury University emeritus
             Ken Nolley, Willamette University

Abstracts/proposals due by SEPTEMBER 10

2006 Film and History League Conference
"The Documentary Tradition"
November 8-12, 2006
Dolce Conference Center
Dallas, Texas

Extended Call for Papers
 
The deadline for submission of proposals has been extended to September 10,
2006.
 
2006 Film and History League Conference
³The Documentary Tradition² Dallas 8-12 November, 2006
www.filmandhistory.org
 
AREA: Industrial/Corporate/Educational Film
 
Industrial/corporate/educational films, a category of non-fiction film, have
been a marginalized area of film study. Industrial/corporate/educational
films are viewed by thousands in schools, in corporations and in sales
meetings, yet the film companies, the filmmakers and the films themselves
receive little attention. This area seeks to explore the

DOCTOR WHO

We are organizing at least one (but hopefully more) panel(s) on DOCTOR WHO
for the Science Fiction and Fantasy Area of the Popular Culture Association
for the 2007 conference of the ACA/PCA in Boston, Massachusetts, April 4-7,
2007.

PLEASE NOTE: There are several open slots for presentations at our
conference due to last-minute cancellations.

CFP: "Prefixing" - An Interdisciplinary Work-in-Progress Conference
(Australia)
(09/17/06; 09/24/06-09/26/06)

LATE ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Sunday, September 17 2006
Conference Date: Sunday, September 24 - Tuesday, September 26, 2006

For consideration, please send a 200 to 300-word abstract as well as
a 50-word bio (on the same page in Times New Roman font/size 12, please)
to our conference organisers immediately at wipconf_at_uq.edu.au.

Call for Papers: Adolescence in Film and Television

The "Adolescence in Film and Television" Area Chair of the American
Culture Association seeks individual-paper proposals for presentation
at the 2007 National Conference of the Popular Culture Association and
American Culture Association, to be held at Boston Marriott Copley
Place (Boston, Massachusetts) April 4-7, 2007.

Centre for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies
2006 POSTGRADUATE COLLOQUIUM

Call for Papers

PARALLAX: BENDING BOUNDARIES, BLENDING THEORIES

Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 November 9.00am-5.00pm
Rooms SG01 and SGO3, Manton Rooms, Ground Floor, Menzies Building
Monash University, Clayton Campus.

EXTENDED DEADLINE: CFP: Rethinking the Theory Course (9/15/06; NEMLA;
3/1-4/07 in Baltimore)

The Northeast Modern Language Association's 38th annual convention will be
held in Baltimore, Maryland from March 1-4, 2007.

This panel will explore innovative ways to teach critical theory at the
undergraduate level. How can instructors present difficult theory in a way
that is accessible to students? What supplementary texts can instructors use
to complement the theory? What writing assignments can help students
practice applying theory without encouraging them to think formulaically?