"Not that Foucault . . ." American representations of Power from the Virgin to the Dynamo.

The concept of Power changed during the nineteenth century as the sorts of power that humans could control dramatically expanded. Papers investigating changed, innovative, or problematic strategies that early American writers from the colonial periods to 1900 used to represent the relationships between humans and power are welcome.

Please e-mail 500 word abstracts to: Mclamorr_at_mcmurryadm.mcm.edu

Richard McLamore

Department of English

 
Richard V. McLamore
Associate Professor of English
McMurry University
Abilene, TX 79697-0608

New submission deadline: Feb. 15, 2007

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Literature After Literature: 21st Century Re-readings

The English Graduate Student Organization at the University at Albany
(SUNY) seeks papers for its annual graduate student conference that is
being held in April in conjunction with a visit by and conference on
H?l?ne Cixous, the world-renown French feminist scholar, novelist, and
playwright. This year's topic, "What does it mean to read in the 21st
century??, is inspired by Cixous' politically-charged work across various
genres. The conference will explore an array of questions relating to the
reading of literature today.

New submission deadline: Feb. 15, 2007

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Literature After Literature: 21st Century Re-readings

The English Graduate Student Organization at the University at Albany
(SUNY) seeks papers for its annual graduate student conference that is
being held in April in conjunction with a visit by and conference on
H?l?ne Cixous, the world-renown French feminist scholar, novelist, and
playwright. This year's topic, "What does it mean to read in the 21st
century??, is inspired by Cixous' politically-charged work across various
genres. The conference will explore an array of questions relating to the
reading of literature today.

CFP: Narratives of Life: Aging and Identity. Ed. Heike Hartung, Roberta
Maierhofer=20

=20

CFP: Narratives of Life: Aging and Identity. Ed. Heike Hartung, Roberta
Maierhofer=20

=20

The Center for the Study of Languages
The Center for Teaching and Learning
at the University of Chicago

together with

The Council on Language Instruction
The Multimedia Learning Center
The Searle Center for Teaching Excellence
at Northwestern University

invite you to participate in

Language Symposium 2007
The Place of Multimedia in the Language Curriculum
April 27-28, 2007
University of Chicago, Hyde Park Campus

Join us on Friday evening for our opening panel discussion:

“Use or Refuse: Pros and Cons of Multimedia”

On Saturday the Symposium will continue with presentations
and a poster session on topics related to the use of
multimedia.

This call for papers is for a proposed panel to be
held at (dis)junctions 2007: Malappropriation Nation
at the University of California Riverside's 14th
Annual Humanities Graduate Conference on April 6-7,
2007.

(dis)junctions is now proud to welcome our two
speakers. On Friday, April 6th, Dr. Bonnie Zimmerman
of SDSU will be joining us. Dr. Karen Tongson, USC,
will be speaking on Saturday, April 7th.

This panel is concerned with the question of how
science and scientific dialogues have influenced
national rhetoric. Some questions we seek to
examine are:

This call for papers is for a proposed panel to be
held at (dis)junctions 2007: Malappropriation Nation
at the University of California Riverside's 14th
Annual Humanities Graduate Conference on April 6-7,
2007.
 
(dis)junctions is now proud to welcome our two
speakers. On Friday, April 6th, Dr. Bonnie Zimmerman
of SDSU will be joining us. Dr. Karen Tongson, USC,
will be speaking on Saturday, April 7th.

Modern Language Association [Chicago, 27-30 Dec. 2007]
Division of Linguistic Approaches to Literature:

What is Literary Language? Three sessions exploring literature as
linguistic discourse, style, register, speech act, or aspect of
standardization.

Type of submission: 300-500-word abstract by 12 March
2007. Send abstract as email attachment to Julia Karolle-Berg
(jkarolle_at_jcu.edu) and Claiborne Rice (crice_at_louisiana.edu).

6th Global Conference
Environmental Justice and Global Citizenship

Monday 2nd July - Thursday 5th July 2007
Mansfield College, Oxford

Call for Papers
Environments, Sustainability and Technologies

This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference aims to
explore the role of ecology and environmental ideas in the context of
contemporary society and international politics, and assess the
implications for our understandings of fairness, justice and global
citizenship.

6th Global Conference
Environmental Justice and Global Citizenship

Monday 2nd July - Thursday 5th July 2007
Mansfield College, Oxford

Call for Papers
Environments, Sustainability and Technologies

This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference aims to
explore the role of ecology and environmental ideas in the context of
contemporary society and international politics, and assess the
implications for our understandings of fairness, justice and global
citizenship.

CFP Update: Engendering Diversity and Community
            University of La Verne
            La Verne, CA
            March 21-23, 2007
    

CFP Update: Engendering Diversity and Community
            University of La Verne
            La Verne, CA
            March 21-23, 2007
    

Michigan Feminist Studies invites submissions for its 2006-2007 issue
on the theme of "Knowledge." Feminist theory and practice have long
been concerned both with how knowledge is constituted and with what
types of types of knowledge are valued. Moreover, feminist analysis
has reflexively examined its own production and evaluation of
knowledge. This volume of Michigan Feminist Studies seeks to further
engage the concept of knowledge broadly conceived, exploring new areas
of inquiry and revisiting established ones from new angles. We
encourage submissions that draw linkages between gender and other
social identities, including, but not limited to race, sexual