The Transforming Body in popular culture

University of Southampton, UK, 2007

There has recently been an intensification of interest in the changing body
in popular culture, from films and writing focusing on the makeover
phenomenon or gender reassignment, to reality TV programmes detailing surgical
alteration, to health-, celebrity- and horror-focused narratives presenting
transformation sentimentally or monstrously. These contemporary perspectives are
embedded in a longer history of transformation stories in
classical/post-classical cinema, literature, photography, art and performance.

The Transforming Body in popular culture

University of Southampton, UK, 2007

There has recently been an intensification of interest in the changing body
in popular culture, from films and writing focusing on the makeover
phenomenon or gender reassignment, to reality TV programmes detailing surgical
alteration, to health-, celebrity- and horror-focused narratives presenting
transformation sentimentally or monstrously. These contemporary perspectives are
embedded in a longer history of transformation stories in
classical/post-classical cinema, literature, photography, art and performance.

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.

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

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.

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.=
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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

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

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CFP: Parrhesia: A Journal of Critical Philosophy - Submissions for volume 3 now
being taken

The editors of Parrhesia are now pleased to advise that volume 2 is online and
submissions for volume 3 are now being considered. www.parrhesiajournal.org.

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.

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.

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.

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)

Call for Papers

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REROUTING THE POSTCOLONIAL

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

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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

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Simon Gikandi =20

Patrick Williams=20

Elleke Boehmer=20

Alastair Niven