"Currents" is the theme for the 2007 meeting of the South Central Modern Language Association, to be held in Memphis, Tennessee, November 1-3, 2007. In keeping with this theme, the Flannery O'Connor Society seeks proposals for papers that focus on emerging strains of critical thought in O'Connor studies, including but not limited to those that explore O'Connor's life and work in light of cultural studies, post-colonial studies, disabilities studies, and history-of-the-book studies. Final presentations should last no longer than 20 minutes.

Please send proposals of 250 words or fewer by March 16, 2007, to Mark S. Graybill at Widener University, One University Place, Chester, PA, 19013 or by email at msgraybill_at_mail.widener.edu.

CFP: Russian Language and Literature panel. Comparative literature
topics and literature in the English translation topics are welcome.

(3/01/07; RMMLA, 10/6/07-10/08/07) Calgary, Canada
contact MMikolchak_at_stcloudstate.edu

Panel for the 2007 Midwest Popular Culture Association / Midwest
American Culture Association Conference in Kansas City, MO, October
12-14

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Panel Title: "The Postmodern Comic Book Hero"

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Deadline for submissions: April 30, 2007

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Romantic Objects

The 2007 International Conference on Romanticism
October 18-21, 2007
Baltimore, MD

*General Call for Papers*

This year's International Conference on Romanticism invites
participants to consider the objects of Romantic study. "Romantic
objects" may include the goals of our own academic inquiry, the pursuits
(literary, philosophical, political, theological, ecological, aesthetic,
and so on) of Romantic period authors, and the material things that
provoke these goals and pursuits.

Preliminary topics for papers include, but are not limited to, the
following:

Communities and Collectivities in Victorian Britain (5/1/07; collection)

UPDATE: Extended deadline for submissions: March 30,
2007.

Me, Myself & Eye: Mediating Identity (Graduate
Conference)

4 May 2007, La Trobe University
 
Spend a day at an interdisciplinary conference
organised by postgraduates from the English Department
at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.

We are interested in:

The Journal of Employability and The Humanities is for everyone in the
Humanities. As a bi-annual, refereed journal produced in collaboration
with the Centre for Employability Through the Humanities (ceth), at the
University of Central Lancashire, its intention is to create space for a
dialogue between Humanities and employability. We want to hear your
experiences of teaching, developing and researching employability and
stress that prior knowledge of employability literature and models is
not necessary. We do, however, also encourage contributions from the
experienced practitioner or theorist. We also welcome contributions from
students (undergraduate, postgraduate and mature) about their work and

Call for Papers: South Central Modern Language Association, 64th Annual
Convention, Nov. 1-3, 2007, Memphis, Tennessee
AMERICAN LITERATURE II: LITERATURE AFTER 1900: Musical Currents in American
Literature. This session welcomes papers that consider the rich interplay
between music and literary texts.
Chair: Doris Davis, Texas A&M University-Texarkana, Dept. of English,
Texarkana, TX 75505; <mailto:doris.davis_at_tamut.edu>doris.davis_at_tamut.edu
Secretary: Scott Peller, Wayne State U

Doris Davis
Professor of English
Texas A&M University-Texarkana
P.O. Box 5518
Texarkana, TX 75505

Papers sought for a special MLA session in Chicago 2007, addressing historical in contemporary American fiction.

Call For Contributors ? The Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Literature

Contributors are sought for a reference work that will be published by
Greenwood Press in 2008.

The work, tentatively titled, The Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Literature,
will consist of approximately 200 entries. Each entry will vary in
length from 500-3000 words. The entire volume will be approximately
180,000 words or 400 pages and will be illustrated.

Call For Contributors ? The Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Literature

Contributors are sought for a reference work that will be published by
Greenwood Press in 2008.

The work, tentatively titled, The Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Literature,
will consist of approximately 200 entries. Each entry will vary in
length from 500-3000 words. The entire volume will be approximately
180,000 words or 400 pages and will be illustrated.

ESF-LiU Conference

Literature for Europe: European Identities and European Literature in a =
Globalizing World

Vadstena Klosterhotell, Sweden
12-16 May 2007

Chaired by: Theo L. D'haen (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, BE)

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Working Papers on the Web

Poetry and Translation Issue

Call for Papers, Reviews and Creative Work

Abstracts of circa 300 words are invited on the theme of 'Poetry and
Translation' for a special issue of Working Papers on the Web,
scheduled to be published in June 2008.

GENDER, TIME, GEOGRAPHY:
THE WRITER'S REPUTATION

(3-8 June 2007)
Corfu, Greece

DEADLINE EXTENSION: March 1, 2007

http://www.durrell-school-corfu.org

For its June seminar, "The Writer's Reputation," the Durrell School of Corfu
is extending its deadline for general submissions and invites proposals that
address the following topics in particular:

  -- the role of Translation in developing reputation

  -- the relationship between reputation and the literary canon

  -- case studies focusing on 'forgotten' writers, especially with regard to
nationalism, sexualities, and gender