CALL FOR PAPERS

"Abusing the Muse: Inspiration and Exploitation in 19th and 20th
Century Literature and Culture"

Edited by Alex Gil Fuentes, Sandy Alexandre and A.C. Geoghan

Abstracts are invited for a new collection that explores the various
ways in which authors exploit their sources of artistic or intellectual
inspiration whether it be for profit, fame or other such unseemly
motivations.

Potential topics include but are not limited to:

Popular Nineteenth-Century Women Writers and the Literary Marketplace

We invite papers on any aspect of popular nineteenth-century women
writers and the literary marketplace for a round-table discussion for
the Society for the Study of American Women Writers third conference to
be held in Philadelphia from November 8-11, 2006. Of particular
interest though, is how the marketplace influenced women writers'
creations (writer/editor relationship, author/audience, author/other
writers). Please send 200 word abstracts to Earl Yarington
(eyaringt_at_bcc.edu) within an email message by 1/15/06.

Popular Nineteenth-Century Women Writers and the Literary Marketplace

We invite papers on any aspect of popular nineteenth-century women
writers and the literary marketplace for a round-table discussion for
the Society for the Study of American Women Writers third conference to
be held in Philadelphia from November 8-11, 2006. Of particular
interest though, is how the marketplace influenced women writers'
creations (writer/editor relationship, author/audience, author/other
writers). Please send 200 word abstracts to Earl Yarington
(eyaringt_at_bcc.edu) within an email message by 1/15/06.

"1UP: Perspectives from Scholar/Practioners of Video Games"

This is a call for participants for an informal special
interest group to meet at CCCC (Conference on College
Composition and Communication) in Chicago, March 2006. This
group will meet to present short papers and have a
roundtable discussion on the position(s) of video games in
the composition conversation. This panel is specifically
intended to solicit perspectives from active gamers, to
develop perspectives on gaming from the inside out. Topics
of interest include, but are hardly limited to:

Radical History Review invites submissions of abstracts for a forthcoming thematic issue exploring the subject of religion and its historical relations to politics, culture and society. We especially encourage proposals for articles with interdisciplinary and transnational perspectives.

Call for Journal Submissions

RiLUNe - Revue of Literatures of the European Union

Radical History Review invites submissions of abstracts for a forthcoming thematic issue exploring the subject of religion and its historical relations to politics, culture and society. We especially encourage proposals for articles with interdisciplinary and transnational perspectives.

CALL FOR PAPERS

_genre: An International Journal of Literature and the
Arts_

_genre_ is the annual scholarly journal of the CSULB
Comparative Literature and Classics Department. It has
published 24 issues since the first volume in 1967. The
theme for this year's journal is

THE GLOBAL EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

Essays might deal with any aspect of eighteenth-century
studies, but we are particularly interested in essays
which utilize an interdisciplinary methodology, use
critical theory to analyze traditional texts, or work
outside the traditional European nexus.

We welcome graduate student submissions.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Sirena: Poetry, Art, and Criticism

Dickinson College and the Johns Hopkins University Press

Published biannually in March and October by Johns Hopkins University Press for Dickinson College, Sirena is an international and multilingual journal of poetry, art and criticism, publishing the original work of poets and artists from around the globe. In the case of poetry, each work appears in its original language as well as in translation into Spanish and English. Poets such as Günter Grass, Günter Kunert, Robert Creeley, Eleanor Wilner, Pablo García Baena, Adrian Mitchell, Sujata Bhatt and others, are contributors to this journal.

3.21.05

The investigative period that usually accompanies initial
CFP's has been quick and fruitful. Thanks to all who sent
in queries that led to the below update. Note the addition
of a deadline and other suggestions.

Sincerely,
James "Bucky" Carter,
General Editor

Title: "Comparatively Queer: Crossing Time, Crossing Cultures"

This collection seeks to queer the field of comparative studies as well as
demonstrate how a comparative component might be considered central to
"queering queer studies" itself. Papers are therefore sought that take a
comparative approach to queer projects by interrogating the usual national
limits of study as well as the nexus of comparison where traditional boundaries
break down. Especially welcome will be work that crosses historical periods,
cultures, and linguistic contexts.

CFP: 49th Parallel: An Interdisciplinary Journal of
North American Studies (6/30/05; journal issue)

Call for journal submissions

Summer 2005: Open Issue

49th Parallel is an interdisciplinary e-journal of the
University of Birmingham (UK) devoted to American and
Canadian studies that looks to promote innovative and
challenging academic work. The journal takes its name
from the 1,270 mile border separating USA and Canada,
and in this sense is keen to encourage dialogues and
debates which transcend the boundaries of customary
theoretical approaches to the culture, history, and
politics of the North American continent.

CFP. Anglophone Arab Literature. 05/ 15/2005 (collection)

Contributions are invited for a collection of scholarly articles on Anglophone Arab literature (Literature written in English by writers of Arab origin, no translations) which address various aspects of Anglo-Arab writing. Questions pertaining to (though not limited to) issues of identity, ethnicity, hybridity, gender, reception, etc. are encouraged. Creative writing by Anglophone authors (short stories, excerpts from novels, poems, scenes or acts from plays, autobiography) are also most welcome.
Editor: Layla Al Maleh, Associate Professor of English Literature.
visiting scholar, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, USA
Email address: lalmaleh_at_yahoo.com

CFP. Anglophone Arab Literature. 05/ 15/2005 (collection)

Contributions are invited for a collection of scholarly articles on Anglophone Arab literature (Literature written in English by writers of Arab origin, no translations) which address various aspects of Anglo-Arab writing. Questions pertaining to (though not limited to) issues of identity, ethnicity, hybridity, gender, reception, etc. are encouraged. Creative writing by Anglophone authors (short stories, excerpts from novels, poems, scenes or acts from plays, autobiography) are also most welcome.
Editor: Layla Al Maleh, Associate Professor of English Literature.
visiting scholar, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, USA
Email address: lalmaleh_at_yahoo.com