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CFP: Contemporary Issues in Theatre Historiography (UK) (4/30/07; 7/6/07-7/7/07)

updated: 
Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 2:49am
Yeandle, Peter

Call for Papers
Ruskinian Theatre
Contemporary Issues in Theatre Historiography
University of Birmingham (UK), 6-7 July, 2007
Proposals are invited for papers and respondents for a two day
colloquium sponsored by the History Department at Lancaster University
(UK), the Department of Drama and Theatre Arts, University of Birmingham
(UK), and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK).
This colloquium is part of the AHRC funded project: Ruskinian Theatre:
the Aesthetics of the Nineteenth-Century London Popular Stage,
1870-1900, which seeks to investigate the interrelationships and
influences of John Ruskin's aesthetic and social theories on the popular

CFP: Male Beauty (4/15/07; collection)

updated: 
Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 2:49am
Lubovich, Maglina

We invite abstracts for a collection of essays on male beauty to be
published by Cambridge Scholarly Publishing. Save for the Greeks, Romans and
the contemporary art historian, very little has been said about beauty and
its relationship to men and masculinities. To its credit, masculinity
studies itself has surely emerged as a field of study and has covered much
ground in the last thirty years: we have understood masculinity as a
category for analysis and, like femininity, as a social construction; we
have supported and also challenged the "crisis" in masculinity; we have
studied it both with and without "men"; we have considered masculinity's

CFP: Male Beauty (4/15/07; collection)

updated: 
Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 2:49am
Lubovich, Maglina

We invite abstracts for a collection of essays on male beauty to be
published by Cambridge Scholarly Publishing. Save for the Greeks, Romans and
the contemporary art historian, very little has been said about beauty and
its relationship to men and masculinities. To its credit, masculinity
studies itself has surely emerged as a field of study and has covered much
ground in the last thirty years: we have understood masculinity as a
category for analysis and, like femininity, as a social construction; we
have supported and also challenged the "crisis" in masculinity; we have
studied it both with and without "men"; we have considered masculinity's

CFP: Contemporary Issues in Theatre Historiography (UK) (4/30/07; 7/6/07-7/7/07)

updated: 
Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 2:49am
Yeandle, Peter

Call for Papers
Ruskinian Theatre
Contemporary Issues in Theatre Historiography
University of Birmingham (UK), 6-7 July, 2007
Proposals are invited for papers and respondents for a two day
colloquium sponsored by the History Department at Lancaster University
(UK), the Department of Drama and Theatre Arts, University of Birmingham
(UK), and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK).
This colloquium is part of the AHRC funded project: Ruskinian Theatre:
the Aesthetics of the Nineteenth-Century London Popular Stage,
1870-1900, which seeks to investigate the interrelationships and
influences of John Ruskin's aesthetic and social theories on the popular

CFP: Contemporary Issues in Theatre Historiography (UK) (4/30/07; 7/6/07-7/7/07)

updated: 
Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 2:49am
Yeandle, Peter

Call for Papers
Ruskinian Theatre
Contemporary Issues in Theatre Historiography
University of Birmingham (UK), 6-7 July, 2007
Proposals are invited for papers and respondents for a two day
colloquium sponsored by the History Department at Lancaster University
(UK), the Department of Drama and Theatre Arts, University of Birmingham
(UK), and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK).
This colloquium is part of the AHRC funded project: Ruskinian Theatre:
the Aesthetics of the Nineteenth-Century London Popular Stage,
1870-1900, which seeks to investigate the interrelationships and
influences of John Ruskin's aesthetic and social theories on the popular

CFP: Male Beauty (4/15/07; collection)

updated: 
Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 2:49am
Lubovich, Maglina

We invite abstracts for a collection of essays on male beauty to be
published by Cambridge Scholarly Publishing. Save for the Greeks, Romans and
the contemporary art historian, very little has been said about beauty and
its relationship to men and masculinities. To its credit, masculinity
studies itself has surely emerged as a field of study and has covered much
ground in the last thirty years: we have understood masculinity as a
category for analysis and, like femininity, as a social construction; we
have supported and also challenged the "crisis" in masculinity; we have
studied it both with and without "men"; we have considered masculinity's

UPDATE: Various Topics: UK Network for Modern Fiction Studies London Summer 2007 Research Seminar Series (UK) (variable deadline

updated: 
Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 2:49am
Dr Philip Tew

CFP: Various Topics: UK Network for Modern Fiction Studies London Summer
2007 Research Seminar Series (UK) (variable deadline; 06/13; 06/27;
07/11;07/25; 08/01).

 

 

UK Network London Summer 2007 Research Seminar Series Call for Papers

 

This series is co-convened for UKNMFS by Dr. Alex Murray (University College
London), Martyn Colebrooke (University of Hull), Steven Barfield (University
of Westminster), and Prof. Philip Tew (Brunel University). The UK Network
for Modern Fiction Studies Summer Seminar Series 2007 is to be held at 309
Regent Street, the University of Westminster, London, UK.

 

UPDATE: Various Topics: UK Network for Modern Fiction Studies London Summer 2007 Research Seminar Series (UK) (variable deadline

updated: 
Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 2:49am
Dr Philip Tew

CFP: Various Topics: UK Network for Modern Fiction Studies London Summer
2007 Research Seminar Series (UK) (variable deadline; 06/13; 06/27;
07/11;07/25; 08/01).

 

 

UK Network London Summer 2007 Research Seminar Series Call for Papers

 

This series is co-convened for UKNMFS by Dr. Alex Murray (University College
London), Martyn Colebrooke (University of Hull), Steven Barfield (University
of Westminster), and Prof. Philip Tew (Brunel University). The UK Network
for Modern Fiction Studies Summer Seminar Series 2007 is to be held at 309
Regent Street, the University of Westminster, London, UK.

 

UPDATE: Various Topics: UK Network for Modern Fiction Studies London Summer 2007 Research Seminar Series (UK) (variable deadline

updated: 
Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 2:49am
Dr Philip Tew

CFP: Various Topics: UK Network for Modern Fiction Studies London Summer
2007 Research Seminar Series (UK) (variable deadline; 06/13; 06/27;
07/11;07/25; 08/01).

 

 

UK Network London Summer 2007 Research Seminar Series Call for Papers

 

This series is co-convened for UKNMFS by Dr. Alex Murray (University College
London), Martyn Colebrooke (University of Hull), Steven Barfield (University
of Westminster), and Prof. Philip Tew (Brunel University). The UK Network
for Modern Fiction Studies Summer Seminar Series 2007 is to be held at 309
Regent Street, the University of Westminster, London, UK.

 

UPDATED: Symbiosis Journal Sixth Biennial Conference in All Areas of Anglo-American Literary and Cultural Studies (UK) (4/8/07;

updated: 
Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 2:48am
Dr Philip Tew

PLEASE NORE ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW ADDITIONAL PLENARY SPEAKERS, AND REVISED
METHOD OF PAYMENT FOR ACCOMMODATION

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Call for papers: the Sixth Biennial Conference in London of Symbiosis: A
Journal of Anglo-American Conference American Literary and Cultural =
Studies

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A Three-Day International Conference on All Areas of Anglo-American =
Literary
and Cultural Studies. =20

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Venue: Brunel University, West London, United Kingdom. =20

Dates: 12th =96 15th July 2007 =20

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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:=20

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Professor Ian F.A. Bell (Keele University) =91The Poundian Fourth =
Dimension=92=20

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UPDATED: Symbiosis Journal Sixth Biennial Conference in All Areas of Anglo-American Literary and Cultural Studies (UK) (4/8/07;

updated: 
Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 2:48am
Dr Philip Tew

PLEASE NORE ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW ADDITIONAL PLENARY SPEAKERS, AND REVISED
METHOD OF PAYMENT FOR ACCOMMODATION

=20

=20

Call for papers: the Sixth Biennial Conference in London of Symbiosis: A
Journal of Anglo-American Conference American Literary and Cultural =
Studies

=20

A Three-Day International Conference on All Areas of Anglo-American =
Literary
and Cultural Studies. =20

=20

Venue: Brunel University, West London, United Kingdom. =20

Dates: 12th =96 15th July 2007 =20

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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:=20

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Professor Ian F.A. Bell (Keele University) =91The Poundian Fourth =
Dimension=92=20

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CFP: CFP: Connection & Disconnection (3/1/07; RMMLA, 10/4/07-10/6/07)

updated: 
Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 1:54am
yurika tamura

Call for Papers: Connection & Disconnection (Comparative Literature)
Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA), October 4-6, 2007
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Please submit 200-250 word abstracts
Deadline: March 1
to Yurika Tamura, yurika_at_email.arizona.edu.

We are seeking papers that explore sense of connection, disconnection,
identity and dislocation in literature from interdisciplinary perspective.
Topics suggested (but not limited to):

Transnationalism
Issues such as Gneder, Race and Class
Canonization
Post-colonialism
Forms/genres of literature (Blogs, letters, commercial website, etc.)

CFP: CFP: Connection & Disconnection (3/1/07; RMMLA, 10/4/07-10/6/07)

updated: 
Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 1:54am
yurika tamura

Call for Papers: Connection & Disconnection (Comparative Literature)
Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA), October 4-6, 2007
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Please submit 200-250 word abstracts
Deadline: March 1
to Yurika Tamura, yurika_at_email.arizona.edu.

We are seeking papers that explore sense of connection, disconnection,
identity and dislocation in literature from interdisciplinary perspective.
Topics suggested (but not limited to):

Transnationalism
Issues such as Gneder, Race and Class
Canonization
Post-colonialism
Forms/genres of literature (Blogs, letters, commercial website, etc.)

CFP: Writing the Caribbean in the U.S. (3/10/07; MLA '07)

updated: 
Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 1:54am
Ashemak_at_aol.com

=E2=80=9CWriting the Caribbean in the U.S.=E2=80=9D: How do writers of Car=
ibbean heritage,=20
who are located in the U.S., reconfigure =E2=80=9CCaribbean=E2=80=9D literat=
ure? Possible=20
topics: diaspora, linguistic crossings, disciplinary boundaries, shifting ra=
cial=20
and ethnic identities, responses to U.S. imperialism, native=20
spaces/informants, Caribbean writers and the U.S. academy. 1-page abstract a=
nd cv by 10 Mar.=20
to A. Shemak (aas004_at_shsu.edu)

CFP: Writing the Caribbean in the U.S. (3/10/07; MLA '07)

updated: 
Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 1:54am
Ashemak_at_aol.com

=E2=80=9CWriting the Caribbean in the U.S.=E2=80=9D: How do writers of Car=
ibbean heritage,=20
who are located in the U.S., reconfigure =E2=80=9CCaribbean=E2=80=9D literat=
ure? Possible=20
topics: diaspora, linguistic crossings, disciplinary boundaries, shifting ra=
cial=20
and ethnic identities, responses to U.S. imperialism, native=20
spaces/informants, Caribbean writers and the U.S. academy. 1-page abstract a=
nd cv by 10 Mar.=20
to A. Shemak (aas004_at_shsu.edu)

CFP: Writing the Caribbean in the U.S. (3/10/07; MLA '07)

updated: 
Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 1:54am
Ashemak_at_aol.com

=E2=80=9CWriting the Caribbean in the U.S.=E2=80=9D: How do writers of Car=
ibbean heritage,=20
who are located in the U.S., reconfigure =E2=80=9CCaribbean=E2=80=9D literat=
ure? Possible=20
topics: diaspora, linguistic crossings, disciplinary boundaries, shifting ra=
cial=20
and ethnic identities, responses to U.S. imperialism, native=20
spaces/informants, Caribbean writers and the U.S. academy. 1-page abstract a=
nd cv by 10 Mar.=20
to A. Shemak (aas004_at_shsu.edu)

UPDATE: Teaching English (3/1/07; RMMLA, 10/4/07-10/6/07)

updated: 
Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 1:54am
Strickler, Breyan

Call for Papers: Teaching English
Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA), October 4-6, 2007
Calgary, Alberta, Canada at the Westin Calgary Hotel
Submit 300 word abstracts by March 1 to Breyan Strickler at bstrickler_at_rockford.edu.

We are now particularly seeking papers that address issues related to teaching with technology and how that helps shape a sense of community.

 
Breyan Strickler, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of English
Rockford College
113 Scarborough Building
5050 E. State Street
Rockford, IL 61108
E-mail: bstrickler_at_rockford.edu <mailto:bstrickler_at_rockford.edu>
Office Phone: (815) 226-4183
Office Fax: (815) 394-5171

CFP: Literature for Children and Young Adults (3/1/07; RMMLA, 10/4/07-10/6/07)

updated: 
Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 1:53am
Grenier-Winther, Joan

PLEASE ANNOUNCE

Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association ~ RMMLA

Annual Convention in the Heart of the Canadian Rockies

Calgary, Alberta ~ October 4-6, 2007

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Call for paper proposals!

SESSION: Literature for Children and Young Adults

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300-word abstracts by email to rmmla_at_wsu.edu <mailto:rmmla_at_wsu.edu>=20

March 1 deadline, but later submissions may be considered.

Membership in RMMLA by April 1.

Convention Registration Fee also applies. =20

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See www.rmmla.org <http://www.rmmla.org/>=20

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RMMLA

CFP: The New Majority Faculty: A Kinetic Workforce (3/1/07; MLA '07)

updated: 
Saturday, February 17, 2007 - 1:53am
Lila Harper

Call for Papers
MLA 2007, Chicago
Part-Time Discussion Group

The New Majority Faculty: A Kinetic Workforce

This panel focuses on recent trends assessing the facts and figures,
realities and myths within the part-time, academic workforce.

One page abstracts by 1 Mar to klombart_at_earthlink.net or
lombart1_at_canisius.edu.

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