CFP: Academic Autobiography and/in the Discourses of History

Call for papers

Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference--2007
November 2-3, 2007
Western Washington University
Bellingham, Washington

Special Session:

Nineteenth-Century Nature Writing

Paper proposals sought for a panel on 19th-century nature writing.
Proposals are encouraged that address this topic within a literary,
philosophical, theological, ecological, or scientific framework. All
submissions acknowledged by email.

Submit to this special session by emailing ecampbell_at_oregonstate.edu.
Proposals should be two-pages (500 words) and should be submitted
electronically in the body of an email or as an attachment in .doc or
.pdf format by March 1.

CFP: Academic Autobiography and/in the Discourses of History

O Memory, who holds the thread that links
My modern mind to those of ancient days.
                   (A. S. Byatt. Possession)

The ongoing Greek myth panel of the 61st annual Rocky Mountain MLA
meeting in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 4-6, 2007, at the Westin
Calgary Hotel, invites submissions on the relationship between memory
and myth within ancient culture and on the impact of Greek myth on
newer art works, especially literature in English. Suggested
approaches include but are not limited to close readings of the role
of memory in representations of specific myths, social contexts and
needs for myth as an aid to memory, and formal reception of myth.

CFP: Academic Autobiography and/in the Discourses of History

O Memory, who holds the thread that links
My modern mind to those of ancient days.
                   (A. S. Byatt. Possession)

The ongoing Greek myth panel of the 61st annual Rocky Mountain MLA
meeting in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 4-6, 2007, at the Westin
Calgary Hotel, invites submissions on the relationship between memory
and myth within ancient culture and on the impact of Greek myth on
newer art works, especially literature in English. Suggested
approaches include but are not limited to close readings of the role
of memory in representations of specific myths, social contexts and
needs for myth as an aid to memory, and formal reception of myth.

Gender and Space in the Theater

This call for papers is for a proposed panel to be held at (dis)junctions:
Malappropriation Nation, the University of California, Riverside's
fourteenth annual graduate humanities conference on April 6-7, 2007.

CFP: American West and Geopolitical Imaginary (March 15; MLA 07)

American West and Geopolitical Imaginary =20
For this proposed MLA Special Session I seek abstracts of about 500 =
words. Papers should consider representations of the American West as =
space of national imaginary dramatizing contemporary issues including =
immigration and security; American empire; U.S. military action; =
terrorism and trauma. Due on or by March 15; Alex Hunt =
(ahunt_at_mail.wtamu.edu).=20

Alex Hunt
Assistant Professor of American Literature
Department of English and Modern Languages
West Texas A&M University
Box 60908
Canyon, TX 79016
806-651-2457
ahunt_at_mail.wtamu.edu

CFP: American West and Geopolitical Imaginary (March 15; MLA 07)

American West and Geopolitical Imaginary =20
For this proposed MLA Special Session I seek abstracts of about 500 =
words. Papers should consider representations of the American West as =
space of national imaginary dramatizing contemporary issues including =
immigration and security; American empire; U.S. military action; =
terrorism and trauma. Due on or by March 15; Alex Hunt =
(ahunt_at_mail.wtamu.edu).=20

Alex Hunt
Assistant Professor of American Literature
Department of English and Modern Languages
West Texas A&M University
Box 60908
Canyon, TX 79016
806-651-2457
ahunt_at_mail.wtamu.edu

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Call for Papers

Title of conference: "Stories of Empire: Narratological Directions in =
Postcolonial Theory and Practice"
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Time: 13-15 September 2007

Venue: University of Vienna

Deadline for the submission of abstracts: 15 April 2007

=20

Convenors: A/Prof. Christa Knellwolf and Prof Margarete Rubik

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Call for Papers

Title of conference: "Stories of Empire: Narratological Directions in =
Postcolonial Theory and Practice"
=20

Time: 13-15 September 2007

Venue: University of Vienna

Deadline for the submission of abstracts: 15 April 2007

=20

Convenors: A/Prof. Christa Knellwolf and Prof Margarete Rubik

=20

=20

Feminism and Psychoanalysis in 20th Century Literature

This call for papers is for a proposed panel to be held at (dis)junctions:
Malappropriation Nation, the University of California, Riverside's
fourteenth annual graduate humanities conference on April 6-7, 2007.

Feminism and Psychoanalysis in 20th Century Literature

This call for papers is for a proposed panel to be held at (dis)junctions:
Malappropriation Nation, the University of California, Riverside's
fourteenth annual graduate humanities conference on April 6-7, 2007.

Call for Panel Submission: "Literature & Fashion" Panel
RMMLA Conference, Calgary Alberta, October 4-6, 2007.
 
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The focus of the 2007 RMMLA panel on "Literature & Fashion" is open regarding genre and period; however, we are specifically interested in papers that explore the "materiality" of clothing in shaping the context of identity and in shaping the practices that continually [trans]form identity--or, adversely, impede its transformation or essentialize it--for either/both wearer and observer.
 
* performance (in any of its many [dis]guises)