CFP: SMFS at Twenty: Teaching (Kzoo 9/15/05; 5/4/06-5/7/06)

CFP: SMFS at Twenty: Teaching (Kzoo 9/15/05; 5/4/06-5/7/06)

Call for 250 word proposals for essays to go into a book entitled
*Fabricating the Body.* Contributors are asked to examine the way the
body is fabricated through methods such as tatooing, clothing, scarring,
surgery, medicine, computer imaging, forensic science, and so on. The
topic is open to any text, genre, media, nation, theoretical approach,
historical time period. Submit proposal and cv by September 1, 2005 to
etklaver_at_siu.edu.

creative/critical/translation call

CFP: Mantis: Poetry and Discipline (07/29/05; journal)

We are seeking:
-previously unpublished critical original poetry, -previously unpublished
critical essays, and -previously unpublished poetry translations for Mantis
5, under the broad theme of "Poetry and Discipline."

Mantis is a journal of contemporary poetry, poetry translation and poetry
criticism. A forum for writers coming from a broad spectrum of intellectual
and aesthetic positions, Mantis is dedicated to publishing new work that
interrogates the relationships among critical writing, creative writing, and
translation.

The Medieval Romance Society invites abstracts on the subject of Health and
Healing in Medieval Romance for presentation at the Forty-first
International Congress on Medieval Studies in May 2006. In the past decade,
scholarship has made significant contributions to the study of medieval
health and medicine. What has yet to be fully explored, however, is how
these concepts are manifested in popular literary works. Where does the
medical concept of the disease of love come into play in the literature?
What is the scientific explanation of "magical healing"? This session seeks
to explore how notions of health and healing inform, or are informed by,

CFP: Politics in a Mediated World

2006 National Popular Culture/American Culture Associations' Annual Conference

Atlanta Marriott Marquis

Atlanta, Georgia

April 12-15, 2006

Submission Deadline: November 1, 2005

The Politics in a Mediated World section of the American Culture

Association is seeking individual papers and/or panels for the

Joint meeting of the American Culture Association and the Popular

Culture Association at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel in Atlanta,

Georgia on April 12-15, 2006.

ACA/PCA is committed to an interdisciplinary approach.

Pathways 2006: Cultural Intersections in Native North America

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CALL FOR PAPERS: Collection of critical articles on Walter Mosley

DEADLINE: 500-word abstracts or complete manuscripts by 11/1/05
EDITORS: Owen Brady (Clarkson University) and Derek Maus (SUNY Potsdam)

Misericords, the carvings on choir stalls in medieval and renaissance
cathedrals, range in subject from spiritual to epic to fabliaux. This
session will explore recent scholarship on medieval misericords, addressing
not only the literary sources for their imagery but the iconographic
complexities of individual scenes and complete programs. The organizers
seek scholars working on literary, liturgical, and art historical approaches
to foster an interdisciplinary dialogue about these objects. Subjects might
include the analysis of particular types of scenes and their sources, the
evolution of particular kinds of subjects, or the relation of misericords to

Could you please forward this to you graduate students? Many Thanks!

FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS

3rd UK Kant Society Annual Graduate Conference on Kant
at the University of Hertfordshire (U.K) de Havilland Campus on
Thursday 6th- Friday 7th July 2006

Keynote Speakers: Karl Ameriks and Marcia Baron

Deadline for submissions: Tuesday 3rd January 2006

Further details: http://www.herts.ac.uk/humanities/philosophy/Kant05.html

CFP: ARTHURIAN LEGEND

POPULAR CULTURE ASSOCIATION

THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING

APRIL 12-15, 2006

MARRIOTT MARQUIS HOTEL

ATLANTA, GA

Papers and panel proposals on all popular treatments of Arthurian Legend from any period and in any medium—print, visual, musical, commercial, electronic—are welcome.

Abstracts should be 250 words max. Panel proposals must include abstracts from all session participants. E-mail submissions are acceptable. Please submit abstracts and proposals in duplicate.

Electronic submissions to

e.sklar_at_wayne.edu and DHof635094_at_aol.com

CFP: ARTHURIAN LEGEND

POPULAR CULTURE ASSOCIATION

THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING

APRIL 12-15, 2006

MARRIOTT MARQUIS HOTEL

ATLANTA, GA

Papers and panel proposals on all popular treatments of Arthurian Legend from any period and in any medium—print, visual, musical, commercial, electronic—are welcome.

Abstracts should be 250 words max. Panel proposals must include abstracts from all session participants. E-mail submissions are acceptable. Please submit abstracts and proposals in duplicate.

Electronic submissions to

e.sklar_at_wayne.edu and DHof635094_at_aol.com

Call for Papers:
Robert A. Heinlein and Human Identity

Robert A. Heinlein Studies
An Area of the Popular Culture Association
National PCA/ACA Conference
Atlanta Marriott Marquis
April 12-16, 2006
Atlanta, Georgia

The Heinlein Studies Area invites papers, panels,
artwork, and multimedia presentations related to
Robert A. Heinlein, his works, and his influences.
Presentations from a variety of academic and critical
perspectives and disciplines are welcome and should be
suitable for a 15 to 20-minute reading/presentation
time limit.

Gothic Confinement

Northeast Modern Language Association Convention
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 2-5, 2006