Please consider this message a preliminary "call for papers" to the
Fifth Fifteenth-Century Conference (sponsored by the Richard III
Society and the Program in Medieval Studies and the English Department
of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign).

This tri-annual conference will be held 6 May 2007, just before the
annual International Medieval Congress at Western Michigan University
(10-13 May).

The Fifteenth-Century Conference will once again be held at scenic
Allerton Park in Montecello, Illinois. It will feature Prof. Barrie
Dobson, Cambridge University (retired), and Prof. Pamela King,
University of Bristol, as plenary and keynote speakers.

The Journal of Men, Masculinities and Spirituality (JMMS) is a new
online, scholarly, peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal. JMMS is
currently seeking papers and reviews: submissions received by EARLY
OCTOBER will be considered for the first issue, scheduled to go online
in January 2007.

The Journal of Men, Masculinities and Spirituality (JMMS) is a new
online, scholarly, peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal. JMMS is
currently seeking papers and reviews: submissions received by EARLY
OCTOBER will be considered for the first issue, scheduled to go online
in January 2007.

PMC: Postmodern Culture
Call for Reviews
Deadline 1 Sept. 2006.

REPLY TO: pmc_at_jefferson.village.virginia.edu

Postmodern Culture is looking for reviews of recent books, films, CDs,
plays, TV shows, concerts, sporting events, performances, exhibitions,
conferences and conventions, happenings, and so forth, for our next issue.
Reviews should be approximately 2000-3500 words long and should follow the
journal's format guidelines below. Submissions should be sent as email
attachments, preferably in Word format. Rich text (.rtf) or .pdf files are
also acceptable.

CALL FOR PAPERS: ON DIFFICULTY

18th Annual Tufts University English Graduate Organization Conference
Friday, October 20, 2006

Keynote Speaker: Lisa Lowe
Professor of Comparative Literature University of California, San Diego

EXTENDED DEADLINE: July 31, 2006

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO AUG. 11

Peer Seminars on T. S. Eliot

1. Eliot and the London Scene, 1914-1939
2. Eliot in the Theatre

The 27th Annual Meeting of The T. S. Eliot Society
St. Louis, MO
September 22-24, 2006

2007 NATIONAL CONFERENCE
  OF THE POPULAR CULTURE ASSOCIATION
  and AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION
   
  April 4-7, 2007
   
  Boston Marriott Copley Place
  Boston, Massachusetts
   
  The "Stephen King" Area Chair of the Popular Culture
  Association invites interested scholars to submit papers
  on any aspect of Stephen King's work. Possible topics
  include—but are not limited to—Stephen King's literature,
  short stories, prison stories, films, television miniseries,
  and his place in or influence on popular culture.
   
  INDIVIDUAL: please send a 100- to 250-word abstract,
  including title, via email to the address listed below. Completed

Call for reviews:
 
Cultural Critique¹s commitment to cultural and intellectual debate and
discussion is bolstered by the regular inclusion of book reviews of
both new and not-so-new books. Generally, books reviewed will have
appeared within the past three years, although reviews of older books
that are emerging or re-emerging in intellectual debates are also welcome.
Moreover, Cultural Critique sees itself as having the responsibility to
devote space to authors that may not otherwise be reviewed in an
academic context. We especially encourage reviews of two or three
related academic book publications. For Cultural Critique¹s special issues,

Panel Title: Writing for Hire: The Politics Surrounding the Publication of
Current News and Literature

Conference: Northeast Modern Language Association, Baltimore, Maryland, March
1-4, 2007
  
I am accepting paper proposals until September 10, 2005 for the panel mentioned
above. Before submitting your proposal, please consider the following short
panel description.
  

Panel Title: Writing for Hire: The Politics Surrounding the Publication of
Current News and Literature

Conference: Northeast Modern Language Association, Baltimore, Maryland, March
1-4, 2007
  
I am accepting paper proposals until September 10, 2005 for the panel mentioned
above. Before submitting your proposal, please consider the following short
panel description.
  

Veronica Mars Collection
Editors Rhonda V. Wilcox and Sue Turnbull

Teaching London
a two-day conference
Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th November 2006
Centre for Metropolitan History, Senate House, Malet Street, London=20
(Friday)
University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London (Saturday)

Call for Papers

The conference will consist of papers, group presentations and panel=20
discussions =96 one of which will deal with museum and gallery issues=20
with contributions from the Tate, the National Portrait Gallery and the=20=

Museum of London, and another with community issues based around the=20
teaching of London - others will deal with the role of London in=20
literary studies, history and geography.

Teaching London
a two-day conference
Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th November 2006
Centre for Metropolitan History, Senate House, Malet Street, London=20
(Friday)
University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London (Saturday)

Call for Papers

The conference will consist of papers, group presentations and panel=20
discussions =96 one of which will deal with museum and gallery issues=20
with contributions from the Tate, the National Portrait Gallery and the=20=

Museum of London, and another with community issues based around the=20
teaching of London - others will deal with the role of London in=20
literary studies, history and geography.

Joe Orton and the New Queer Historicism

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