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UPDATE: Society for the Study of American Women Writers (ASAP; SSAWW, 11/8/06-11/11/06)

updated: 
Wednesday, June 7, 2006 - 3:23pm
Dawn E. Keetley

We are looking for a few papers in particular areas to fill out the
program for the Society for the Study of American Women Writers
Conference in Philadelphia from November 8-11, 2006. If you are
interested in any of these topics, please contact me--Dawn Keetley
(dek7_at_lehigh.edu). A draft of the conference program can be found on
the organization's website: www.ssaww.org.

1. Frances E. Watkins Harper as a Philadelphia writer

2. Late seventeenth and eighteenth century American women writers

3. Louise Erdrich

4. Eighteenth or nineteenth century women writers in a
transnational/global context

5. Contemporary Chicana writing

CFP: Nature and the Environment in Film and Television Documentaries (8/15/06; Film & History, 11/8/06-11/12/06)

updated: 
Wednesday, June 7, 2006 - 2:16pm
Debcar6569_at_aol.com

2006 Film & History Conference
“The Documentary Tradition”
8-12 November 2006
Dolce Conference Center â€" Dallas, TX
www.filmandhistory.org
Deadline: August 15, 2006

AREA: Nature and the Environment in Film and Television Documentaries

Early filmmakers often traveled the globe to introduce audiences to views of
far away places. Niagara Falls and scenes of the Holy Land shared the
screen with the dancing Carmencita and boxers Corbett and Fitzsimmons. Later, the
filmic exploration of the natural world added support to the argument that
movies were educational tools.

CFP: Nature and the Environment in Film and Television Documentaries (8/15/06; Film & History, 11/8/06-11/12/06)

updated: 
Wednesday, June 7, 2006 - 2:16pm
Debcar6569_at_aol.com

2006 Film & History Conference
“The Documentary Tradition”
8-12 November 2006
Dolce Conference Center â€" Dallas, TX
www.filmandhistory.org
Deadline: August 15, 2006

AREA: Nature and the Environment in Film and Television Documentaries

Early filmmakers often traveled the globe to introduce audiences to views of
far away places. Niagara Falls and scenes of the Holy Land shared the
screen with the dancing Carmencita and boxers Corbett and Fitzsimmons. Later, the
filmic exploration of the natural world added support to the argument that
movies were educational tools.

CFP: The Undead (9/1/06; 10/19/06-10/20/06)

updated: 
Wednesday, June 7, 2006 - 2:16pm
UCB Undead Conference

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CALL FOR PAPERS

The Undead
A conference at the University of California at Berkeley

October 19-20, 2006
Hosted by the Department of Comparative Literature

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>From age-old whisperings of spirits and ghosts to the contemporary
explosion of cultural interest in zombies, the concept of the undead
is one that refuses to die.

CFP: The Undead (9/1/06; 10/19/06-10/20/06)

updated: 
Wednesday, June 7, 2006 - 2:16pm
UCB Undead Conference

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
CALL FOR PAPERS

The Undead
A conference at the University of California at Berkeley

October 19-20, 2006
Hosted by the Department of Comparative Literature

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

>From age-old whisperings of spirits and ghosts to the contemporary
explosion of cultural interest in zombies, the concept of the undead
is one that refuses to die.

CFP: The Undead (9/1/06; 10/19/06-10/20/06)

updated: 
Wednesday, June 7, 2006 - 2:16pm
UCB Undead Conference

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
CALL FOR PAPERS

The Undead
A conference at the University of California at Berkeley

October 19-20, 2006
Hosted by the Department of Comparative Literature

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

>From age-old whisperings of spirits and ghosts to the contemporary
explosion of cultural interest in zombies, the concept of the undead
is one that refuses to die.

CFP: Limina: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies (grad) (9/30/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Wednesday, June 7, 2006 - 2:16pm
Stacey Fox

LIMINA: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies
www.limina.arts.uwa.edu.au

Call for Papers, Volume 13

Submissions Deadline 30 September 2006

Limina is a refereed academic journal of historical and cultural studies,
based at The University of Western Australia. The journal operates with a
special commitment to publishing the work of research postgraduates and
emerging scholars. Limina promotes resistance to traditional disciplinary
boundaries, and at the same time demands a rigorous approach to issues of
research, context and theoretical debates, providing a lively environment in
which diverse work can be published.

CFP: Limina: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies (grad) (9/30/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Wednesday, June 7, 2006 - 2:16pm
Stacey Fox

LIMINA: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies
www.limina.arts.uwa.edu.au

Call for Papers, Volume 13

Submissions Deadline 30 September 2006

Limina is a refereed academic journal of historical and cultural studies,
based at The University of Western Australia. The journal operates with a
special commitment to publishing the work of research postgraduates and
emerging scholars. Limina promotes resistance to traditional disciplinary
boundaries, and at the same time demands a rigorous approach to issues of
research, context and theoretical debates, providing a lively environment in
which diverse work can be published.

CFP: Limina: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies (grad) (9/30/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Wednesday, June 7, 2006 - 2:16pm
Stacey Fox

LIMINA: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies
www.limina.arts.uwa.edu.au

Call for Papers, Volume 13

Submissions Deadline 30 September 2006

Limina is a refereed academic journal of historical and cultural studies,
based at The University of Western Australia. The journal operates with a
special commitment to publishing the work of research postgraduates and
emerging scholars. Limina promotes resistance to traditional disciplinary
boundaries, and at the same time demands a rigorous approach to issues of
research, context and theoretical debates, providing a lively environment in
which diverse work can be published.

CFP: Emerson and Language at the NeMLA (9/15/06; NEMLA, 3/1/07-3/4/07)

updated: 
Wednesday, June 7, 2006 - 2:15pm
Slintphaze_at_aol.com

Call for Papers=20
Emerson as Language Theorist=20
38th Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)=20
March 1-4, 2007=20
Baltimore, Maryland=20
This panel will examine the implications of Emerson=E2=80=99s theory of lan=
guage=20
articulated in his many essays, including Nature and =E2=80=9CThe Poet,=E2=
=80=9D as it stands at=20
the center of his philosophical, aesthetic and political thought. The =20
importance of this discussion rests on the fact that language, for Emerson,=20=
and =20
the act of signification itself becomes the figure for thinking through the=20=
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problems of social mediation and the question of individual selfhood. How d=
oes=20

CFP: Virginia Humanities Conference: Jamestown 2007 and the Invention of America (12/15/06; 3/30/07-3/31/07)

updated: 
Wednesday, June 7, 2006 - 2:15pm
George Hillow

The 2007 Virginia Humanities Conference meets at Christopher Newport
University in Newport News, VA on Friday-Saturday, March 30-31, 2007.
The theme is "Jamestown 2007 and the Invention of America: Reality and
Fiction." VHC invites scholars and artists from all disciplines to
propose papers, panels or similar sessions by mailing, faxing, or
emailing a one-to-two-page abstract to George Hillow, President of the
Virginia Humanities Conference, Theater Department, Christopher Newport
University, One University Place, Newport News, VA 23606; FAX
757-594-7389; hillow_at_cnu.edu. The deadline for abstracts is December
15, 2006.

CFP: Virginia Humanities Conference: Jamestown 2007 and the Invention of America (12/15/06; 3/30/07-3/31/07)

updated: 
Wednesday, June 7, 2006 - 2:15pm
George Hillow

The 2007 Virginia Humanities Conference meets at Christopher Newport
University in Newport News, VA on Friday-Saturday, March 30-31, 2007.
The theme is "Jamestown 2007 and the Invention of America: Reality and
Fiction." VHC invites scholars and artists from all disciplines to
propose papers, panels or similar sessions by mailing, faxing, or
emailing a one-to-two-page abstract to George Hillow, President of the
Virginia Humanities Conference, Theater Department, Christopher Newport
University, One University Place, Newport News, VA 23606; FAX
757-594-7389; hillow_at_cnu.edu. The deadline for abstracts is December
15, 2006.

CFP: Virginia Humanities Conference: Jamestown 2007 and the Invention of America (12/15/06; 3/30/07-3/31/07)

updated: 
Wednesday, June 7, 2006 - 2:15pm
George Hillow

The 2007 Virginia Humanities Conference meets at Christopher Newport
University in Newport News, VA on Friday-Saturday, March 30-31, 2007.
The theme is "Jamestown 2007 and the Invention of America: Reality and
Fiction." VHC invites scholars and artists from all disciplines to
propose papers, panels or similar sessions by mailing, faxing, or
emailing a one-to-two-page abstract to George Hillow, President of the
Virginia Humanities Conference, Theater Department, Christopher Newport
University, One University Place, Newport News, VA 23606; FAX
757-594-7389; hillow_at_cnu.edu. The deadline for abstracts is December
15, 2006.

CFP: Obsidian III: Literature in the African Diaspora (1/15/07; journal issue)

updated: 
Wednesday, June 7, 2006 - 2:15pm
Sheila Smith McKoy, Ph.D.

Obsidian III: Literature in the African Diaspora invites scholars from
all fields to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the independence of Ghana.
 The issue is set for publication in the summer of 2007. When Ghana began
the first African nation to gain it independence from England, it not only
set the stage for the liberation of Africa, but it precipitated cultural
changes across the African Diaspora and, indeed, across the globe. Essays
are solicited the literary and cultural legacy of Ghanaian independence in
Ghana, in Africa, in the African Diaspora and throughout the world. We
seek papers on individual works, authors and genres as well previously
unpublished creative works.

CFP: Obsidian III: Literature in the African Diaspora (1/15/07; journal issue)

updated: 
Wednesday, June 7, 2006 - 2:15pm
Sheila Smith McKoy, Ph.D.

Obsidian III: Literature in the African Diaspora invites scholars from
all fields to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the independence of Ghana.
 The issue is set for publication in the summer of 2007. When Ghana began
the first African nation to gain it independence from England, it not only
set the stage for the liberation of Africa, but it precipitated cultural
changes across the African Diaspora and, indeed, across the globe. Essays
are solicited the literary and cultural legacy of Ghanaian independence in
Ghana, in Africa, in the African Diaspora and throughout the world. We
seek papers on individual works, authors and genres as well previously
unpublished creative works.

CFP: Obsidian III: Literature in the African Diaspora (1/15/07; journal issue)

updated: 
Wednesday, June 7, 2006 - 2:15pm
Sheila Smith McKoy, Ph.D.

Obsidian III: Literature in the African Diaspora invites scholars from
all fields to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the independence of Ghana.
 The issue is set for publication in the summer of 2007. When Ghana began
the first African nation to gain it independence from England, it not only
set the stage for the liberation of Africa, but it precipitated cultural
changes across the African Diaspora and, indeed, across the globe. Essays
are solicited the literary and cultural legacy of Ghanaian independence in
Ghana, in Africa, in the African Diaspora and throughout the world. We
seek papers on individual works, authors and genres as well previously
unpublished creative works.

CFP: Queer Pop Culture and Community (9/15/06; NEMLA, 3/1/07-3/4/07)

updated: 
Wednesday, June 7, 2006 - 2:15pm
schoppa_at_ncc.edu

"Post-Millennial Queer Pop Culture and the Construction of Community"
A Panel at the 2007 NEMLA Convention in Baltimore Maryland, March 1-4 2007

This panel seeks papers that explore recent queer pop culture (including tv, film, art, comics, porn, music, theater, the internet) and how this pop culture cultivates and/or constructs community. To what extent do these pop culture products make and/or perpetuate assumptions about queer community? To what extent do they reflect the evolution of a queer community? Papers may examine representations of queer life in mainstream popular culture as long as the papers focus on the depiction of queer community.

Please email 250-300 word abstracts to Andrew Schopp at schoppa_at_ncc.edu.

CFP: Queer Pop Culture and Community (9/15/06; NEMLA, 3/1/07-3/4/07)

updated: 
Wednesday, June 7, 2006 - 2:15pm
schoppa_at_ncc.edu

"Post-Millennial Queer Pop Culture and the Construction of Community"
A Panel at the 2007 NEMLA Convention in Baltimore Maryland, March 1-4 2007

This panel seeks papers that explore recent queer pop culture (including tv, film, art, comics, porn, music, theater, the internet) and how this pop culture cultivates and/or constructs community. To what extent do these pop culture products make and/or perpetuate assumptions about queer community? To what extent do they reflect the evolution of a queer community? Papers may examine representations of queer life in mainstream popular culture as long as the papers focus on the depiction of queer community.

Please email 250-300 word abstracts to Andrew Schopp at schoppa_at_ncc.edu.

CFP: Queer Pop Culture and Community (9/15/06; NEMLA, 3/1/07-3/4/07)

updated: 
Wednesday, June 7, 2006 - 2:15pm
schoppa_at_ncc.edu

"Post-Millennial Queer Pop Culture and the Construction of Community"
A Panel at the 2007 NEMLA Convention in Baltimore Maryland, March 1-4 2007

This panel seeks papers that explore recent queer pop culture (including tv, film, art, comics, porn, music, theater, the internet) and how this pop culture cultivates and/or constructs community. To what extent do these pop culture products make and/or perpetuate assumptions about queer community? To what extent do they reflect the evolution of a queer community? Papers may examine representations of queer life in mainstream popular culture as long as the papers focus on the depiction of queer community.

Please email 250-300 word abstracts to Andrew Schopp at schoppa_at_ncc.edu.

UPDATE: Pressure to Experiment (UK) (7/15/06; 9/28/06-9/29/06)

updated: 
Wednesday, June 7, 2006 - 2:15pm
Mandy Bloomfield

UDATE: Deadline extended to July 15th, 2006/ new information about keynote
speakers

Pressure to Experiment

A two day international conference on experimentation in contemporary
writing

Organised by the Centre for Contemporary Writing

To be held at the University of Southampton, UK on

28th and 29th September 2006

Keynote speakers:

Michael Davidson

Joan Retallack

Jena Osman

Lisa Jarnot

Caroline Bergvall

UPDATE: Pressure to Experiment (UK) (7/15/06; 9/28/06-9/29/06)

updated: 
Wednesday, June 7, 2006 - 2:15pm
Mandy Bloomfield

UDATE: Deadline extended to July 15th, 2006/ new information about keynote
speakers

Pressure to Experiment

A two day international conference on experimentation in contemporary
writing

Organised by the Centre for Contemporary Writing

To be held at the University of Southampton, UK on

28th and 29th September 2006

Keynote speakers:

Michael Davidson

Joan Retallack

Jena Osman

Lisa Jarnot

Caroline Bergvall

UPDATE: Pressure to Experiment (UK) (7/15/06; 9/28/06-9/29/06)

updated: 
Wednesday, June 7, 2006 - 2:15pm
Mandy Bloomfield

UDATE: Deadline extended to July 15th, 2006/ new information about keynote
speakers

Pressure to Experiment

A two day international conference on experimentation in contemporary
writing

Organised by the Centre for Contemporary Writing

To be held at the University of Southampton, UK on

28th and 29th September 2006

Keynote speakers:

Michael Davidson

Joan Retallack

Jena Osman

Lisa Jarnot

Caroline Bergvall

CFP: Comparative Approaches to Indigenous Literary and Cultural Studies (New Zealand) (7/5/06; 8/5/06)

updated: 
Wednesday, June 7, 2006 - 2:15pm
a.calder_at_auckland.ac.nz

Call for Papers: Comparative Approaches to Indigenous Literary Studies

University of Auckland, (NZ) Saturday August 5, 2006.

Closing date for expressions of interest: July 5, 2006=20

The Centre for Cultural Inquiry and the English Department of the
University of Auckland are hosting a one-day symposium on comparative
approaches to indigenous literary and cultural studies. This is the
first time that such a symposium has been offered at the University of
Auckland and we invite you to join us in our discussions and to actively
participate with us in our workshops. There is no registration fee.

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