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CFP: Modern Drama (3/16/07; SCMLA, 11/1/07-11/3/07)

updated: 
Sunday, February 4, 2007 - 6:30pm
Doug Norman

The South Central Modern Language Association (SCMLA) Convention
November 1-3, 2007
Memphis, Tennessee

The Modern Drama panel invites papers on any aspect of Modern Drama
broadly defined. Comparative approaches and papers that address the
conference theme of "Currents" are welcomed. Email abstracts (500
words) or papers to Doug Norman (dougn_at_stedwards.edu) by March 16,
2007.

For additional convention information, please visit:
http://www.ou.edu/scmla/MemphisConv.htm

CFP: Modern Drama (3/16/07; SCMLA, 11/1/07-11/3/07)

updated: 
Sunday, February 4, 2007 - 6:30pm
Doug Norman

The South Central Modern Language Association (SCMLA) Convention
November 1-3, 2007
Memphis, Tennessee

The Modern Drama panel invites papers on any aspect of Modern Drama
broadly defined. Comparative approaches and papers that address the
conference theme of "Currents" are welcomed. Email abstracts (500
words) or papers to Doug Norman (dougn_at_stedwards.edu) by March 16,
2007.

For additional convention information, please visit:
http://www.ou.edu/scmla/MemphisConv.htm

UPDATE: George Herbert and Bishop John Davenant (UK) (2/23/07; 10/5/07-10/6/07)

updated: 
Sunday, February 4, 2007 - 6:30pm
Herbert Conferences HERBCONF

CALL FOR PAPERS

George Herbert’s Pastoral: Poetry and Priesthood, Past and Future
An International, Interdisciplinary Conference
Sarum College, Salisbury, England
5-6 October, 2007

Panel Topic: George Herbert and Bishop John Davenant

Plenary Speakers:
Helen Wilcox of the University of Wales, Bangor, Cristina Malcolmson of
Bates College, and David Jasper of the University of Glasgow.

Two University Presses have expressed interest in publication of conference
proceedings.

CFP: Critical Perspectives on Finnish North American Literature (9/15/07; journal issue)

updated: 
Sunday, February 4, 2007 - 6:30pm
Beth Virtanen

Call for Papers

Special Themed Issue of the Journal of Finnish Studies

Critical Perspectives on Finnish North American Literature

With the development of diaspora studies and interest in the various ethnic=
 literatures across North America, it is=20
especially timely to devote an issue of the Journal of Finnish Studies to t=
he critical examination of Finnish North=20
American Literature. The themed issue will be edited by Beth L. Virtanen.=
=20

UPDATE: Mentoring in Academia (2/10/07; SCMLA, 11/1/07-11/3/07)

updated: 
Sunday, February 4, 2007 - 6:30pm
Judy Hebb

DEADLINE EXTENDED

"Swimming Upstream: Mentoring in Academia." This panel invites academics
to share mentoring experiences and strategies to aid colleagues entering
the academic waters. Email a proposal to Judy Hebb (Atllanta Christian
College) by February 10, 2007: <jhebb_at_acc.edu>. The conference will take
place in Memphis, TN Nov. 1-3, 2007.

Judy Hebb, PhD
Associate Professor
Writing, Spanish, English
Atlanta Christian College
2605 Ben Hill Road
East Point, GA 30344
(404) 669-2085

CFP: Critical Perspectives on Finnish North American Literature (9/15/07; journal issue)

updated: 
Sunday, February 4, 2007 - 6:30pm
Beth Virtanen

Call for Papers

Special Themed Issue of the Journal of Finnish Studies

Critical Perspectives on Finnish North American Literature

With the development of diaspora studies and interest in the various ethnic=
 literatures across North America, it is=20
especially timely to devote an issue of the Journal of Finnish Studies to t=
he critical examination of Finnish North=20
American Literature. The themed issue will be edited by Beth L. Virtanen.=
=20

UPDATE: Canadian Comparative Literature Association (2/8/07; 5/27/07-5/29/07)

updated: 
Sunday, February 4, 2007 - 6:30pm
Jan Plug

EXTENDED DEADLINE

CALL FOR PAPERS / APPEL DE COMMUNICATIONS
Canadian Comparative Literature Association
Association canadienne de litt=E9rature compar=E9e

UNIVERSITY of SASKATCHEWAN
May 27-29, 2007

Comparative Communities

We invite papers, or proposals for papers, as well as panels on the=20
following subjects:
Nous vous invitons =E0 soumettre des communications ou des projets de=20
communications, ainsi que des tables rondes sur l'un des sujets=20
suivants:

communities in theory
literary communities
trans- (communities across boundaries)
building bridges
dissemination (knowledge across borders)
spheres of the public
knowledge, power, discourse

UPDATE: Canadian Comparative Literature Association (2/8/07; 5/27/07-5/29/07)

updated: 
Sunday, February 4, 2007 - 6:30pm
Jan Plug

EXTENDED DEADLINE

CALL FOR PAPERS / APPEL DE COMMUNICATIONS
Canadian Comparative Literature Association
Association canadienne de litt=E9rature compar=E9e

UNIVERSITY of SASKATCHEWAN
May 27-29, 2007

Comparative Communities

We invite papers, or proposals for papers, as well as panels on the=20
following subjects:
Nous vous invitons =E0 soumettre des communications ou des projets de=20
communications, ainsi que des tables rondes sur l'un des sujets=20
suivants:

communities in theory
literary communities
trans- (communities across boundaries)
building bridges
dissemination (knowledge across borders)
spheres of the public
knowledge, power, discourse

UPDATE: Canadian Comparative Literature Association (2/8/07; 5/27/07-5/29/07)

updated: 
Sunday, February 4, 2007 - 6:30pm
Jan Plug

EXTENDED DEADLINE

CALL FOR PAPERS / APPEL DE COMMUNICATIONS
Canadian Comparative Literature Association
Association canadienne de litt=E9rature compar=E9e

UNIVERSITY of SASKATCHEWAN
May 27-29, 2007

Comparative Communities

We invite papers, or proposals for papers, as well as panels on the=20
following subjects:
Nous vous invitons =E0 soumettre des communications ou des projets de=20
communications, ainsi que des tables rondes sur l'un des sujets=20
suivants:

communities in theory
literary communities
trans- (communities across boundaries)
building bridges
dissemination (knowledge across borders)
spheres of the public
knowledge, power, discourse

CFP: Re-Visioning the Nation, 8th Cambridge Heritage Seminar (UK) (2/22/07; 5/12/07)

updated: 
Sunday, February 4, 2007 - 6:30pm
benjamin morris

8TH CAMBRIDGE HERITAGE SEMINAR
Re-visioning the Nation: Cultural Heritage and the Politics of Disaster
at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Saturday 12 May 2007

For nearly ten years the Cambridge Heritage Seminars have brought
together researchers, policy makers and practitioners to explore some of
the more pressing issues concerning cultural heritage today.

CFP: Re-Visioning the Nation, 8th Cambridge Heritage Seminar (UK) (2/22/07; 5/12/07)

updated: 
Sunday, February 4, 2007 - 6:30pm
benjamin morris

8TH CAMBRIDGE HERITAGE SEMINAR
Re-visioning the Nation: Cultural Heritage and the Politics of Disaster
at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Saturday 12 May 2007

For nearly ten years the Cambridge Heritage Seminars have brought
together researchers, policy makers and practitioners to explore some of
the more pressing issues concerning cultural heritage today.

CFP: Re-Visioning the Nation, 8th Cambridge Heritage Seminar (UK) (2/22/07; 5/12/07)

updated: 
Sunday, February 4, 2007 - 6:30pm
benjamin morris

8TH CAMBRIDGE HERITAGE SEMINAR
Re-visioning the Nation: Cultural Heritage and the Politics of Disaster
at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Saturday 12 May 2007

For nearly ten years the Cambridge Heritage Seminars have brought
together researchers, policy makers and practitioners to explore some of
the more pressing issues concerning cultural heritage today.

UPDATE: George Herbert and Social Class (UK) (2/23/07; 10/5/07-10/6/07)

updated: 
Sunday, February 4, 2007 - 6:30pm
Herbert Conferences HERBCONF

CALL FOR PAPERS

George Herbert’s Pastoral: Poetry and Priesthood, Past and Future
An International, Interdisciplinary Conference
Sarum College, Salisbury, England
5-6 October, 2007

Panel Topic: George Herbert and Social Class

Plenary Speakers:
Helen Wilcox of the University of Wales, Bangor, Cristina Malcolmson of
Bates College, and David Jasper of the University of Glasgow.

Two University Presses have expressed interest in publication of conference
proceedings.

UPDATE: George Herbert and Social Class (UK) (2/23/07; 10/5/07-10/6/07)

updated: 
Sunday, February 4, 2007 - 6:30pm
Herbert Conferences HERBCONF

CALL FOR PAPERS

George Herbert’s Pastoral: Poetry and Priesthood, Past and Future
An International, Interdisciplinary Conference
Sarum College, Salisbury, England
5-6 October, 2007

Panel Topic: George Herbert and Social Class

Plenary Speakers:
Helen Wilcox of the University of Wales, Bangor, Cristina Malcolmson of
Bates College, and David Jasper of the University of Glasgow.

Two University Presses have expressed interest in publication of conference
proceedings.

UPDATE: George Herbert and Social Class (UK) (2/23/07; 10/5/07-10/6/07)

updated: 
Sunday, February 4, 2007 - 6:30pm
Herbert Conferences HERBCONF

CALL FOR PAPERS

George Herbert’s Pastoral: Poetry and Priesthood, Past and Future
An International, Interdisciplinary Conference
Sarum College, Salisbury, England
5-6 October, 2007

Panel Topic: George Herbert and Social Class

Plenary Speakers:
Helen Wilcox of the University of Wales, Bangor, Cristina Malcolmson of
Bates College, and David Jasper of the University of Glasgow.

Two University Presses have expressed interest in publication of conference
proceedings.

UPDATE: The Experience of War in the Space Between, 1914-45 (2/15/07; 6/8/07-6/9/07)

updated: 
Sunday, February 4, 2007 - 6:30pm
Brassard, Genevieve

Deadline extended to February 15th--The Experience of War in the Space Between, June 8-9, 2007, Annapolis, MD.

The Experience of War in the Space Between, 1914-45

Submissions are invited for the 9th annual conference of The Space Between Society: Literature and Culture, 1914-1945, in Annapolis, Maryland, 7-10 June 2007

Keynote Speaker: Michael Saler, Prof of History, University of California, Davis, author of The Avant-Garde in Interwar England (OUP, 1999)

UPDATE: Rerouting the Postcolonial (UK) (3/19/07; 7/3/07-7/4/07)

updated: 
Sunday, February 4, 2007 - 6:30pm
Rudd Alison

Call for Papers

=20

REROUTING THE POSTCOLONIAL

The University of Northampton, UK, 3-4 July 2007 (07/03/07 - 07/04/07)

=20

To mark the re-launch of the journal World Literature Written in English
as the Journal of Postcolonial Studies, The Centre for Contemporary
Fiction and Narrative, University of Northampton, and the Journal of
Postcolonial Writing, in association with Taylor and Francis publishers
and the UK Network for Modern Fiction Studies, hosts:

Keynote Speakers -=20

=20

Simon Gikandi =20

Patrick Williams=20

Elleke Boehmer=20

Alastair Niven

UPDATE: Rerouting the Postcolonial (UK) (3/19/07; 7/3/07-7/4/07)

updated: 
Sunday, February 4, 2007 - 6:30pm
Rudd Alison

Call for Papers

=20

REROUTING THE POSTCOLONIAL

The University of Northampton, UK, 3-4 July 2007 (07/03/07 - 07/04/07)

=20

To mark the re-launch of the journal World Literature Written in English
as the Journal of Postcolonial Studies, The Centre for Contemporary
Fiction and Narrative, University of Northampton, and the Journal of
Postcolonial Writing, in association with Taylor and Francis publishers
and the UK Network for Modern Fiction Studies, hosts:

Keynote Speakers -=20

=20

Simon Gikandi =20

Patrick Williams=20

Elleke Boehmer=20

Alastair Niven

UPDATE: Rerouting the Postcolonial (UK) (3/19/07; 7/3/07-7/4/07)

updated: 
Sunday, February 4, 2007 - 6:30pm
Rudd Alison

Call for Papers

=20

REROUTING THE POSTCOLONIAL

The University of Northampton, UK, 3-4 July 2007 (07/03/07 - 07/04/07)

=20

To mark the re-launch of the journal World Literature Written in English
as the Journal of Postcolonial Studies, The Centre for Contemporary
Fiction and Narrative, University of Northampton, and the Journal of
Postcolonial Writing, in association with Taylor and Francis publishers
and the UK Network for Modern Fiction Studies, hosts:

Keynote Speakers -=20

=20

Simon Gikandi =20

Patrick Williams=20

Elleke Boehmer=20

Alastair Niven

UPDATE: Rerouting the Postcolonial (UK) (3/19/07; 7/3/07-7/4/07)

updated: 
Sunday, February 4, 2007 - 6:30pm
Rudd Alison

Call for Papers

=20

REROUTING THE POSTCOLONIAL

The University of Northampton, UK, 3-4 July 2007 (07/03/07 - 07/04/07)

=20

To mark the re-launch of the journal World Literature Written in English
as the Journal of Postcolonial Studies, The Centre for Contemporary
Fiction and Narrative, University of Northampton, and the Journal of
Postcolonial Writing, in association with Taylor and Francis publishers
and the UK Network for Modern Fiction Studies, hosts:

Keynote Speakers -=20

=20

Simon Gikandi =20

Patrick Williams=20

Elleke Boehmer=20

Alastair Niven

CFP: Paradoxa: Ursula K. LeGuin (8/31/07; journal issue)

updated: 
Sunday, February 4, 2007 - 6:30pm
steffen hantke

Call for Papers: Paradoxa: World Literary Genres
A Volume on Ursula K. Le Guin

"She is the kind of writer businessmen hate most, producing challenging,
unpredictable books whose meanings are too elusive to be easily controlled."
- Meredith Tax, The Nation:, January 28, 2002

CFP: Paradoxa: Ursula K. LeGuin (8/31/07; journal issue)

updated: 
Sunday, February 4, 2007 - 6:30pm
steffen hantke

Call for Papers: Paradoxa: World Literary Genres
A Volume on Ursula K. Le Guin

"She is the kind of writer businessmen hate most, producing challenging,
unpredictable books whose meanings are too elusive to be easily controlled."
- Meredith Tax, The Nation:, January 28, 2002

CFP: Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood (2/28/07; collection)

updated: 
Sunday, February 4, 2007 - 6:30pm
JOHN HAN

CFP: Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood (2/28/07; collection)
From: John J. Han <hanjn_at_mobap.edu>

Previously unpublished critical essays are being sought for a new volume in Rodopi Press's Dialogue series on Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood. The "Dialogue" series offers emerging and experienced scholars the opportunity to present alternative (point/counterpoint) readings and approaches to classic texts that have received canonical acceptance in either American or Continental literature.

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