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CFP: Absolutism and the Scientific Revolution, 1600-1720 (no deadline noted; collection)

updated: 
Friday, July 28, 2000 - 8:48pm
christopher baker

Contributors are being sought from among scholars of early modern
studies in all disciplines for the following reference work (edited by
Christopher Baker, series editor Ronald H. Fritze): ABSOLUTISM AND THE
SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION: 1600-1720. This is a Greenwood Press Original
Reference book in the series Interdisciplinary Biographical Dictionaries
of the Western World's Greatest Cultural Eras. The volume will focus on
significant cultural figures in literature, art, music, science, and
technology. It will not be primarily historical or political in focus
but rather broadly cross-disciplinary. If you would like to be
considered for inclusion as a contributor, please send a cover letter

CFP: Absolutism and the Scientific Revolution, 1600-1720 (no deadline noted; collection)

updated: 
Friday, July 28, 2000 - 8:48pm
christopher baker

Contributors are being sought from among scholars of early modern
studies in all disciplines for the following reference work (edited by
Christopher Baker, series editor Ronald H. Fritze): ABSOLUTISM AND THE
SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION: 1600-1720. This is a Greenwood Press Original
Reference book in the series Interdisciplinary Biographical Dictionaries
of the Western World's Greatest Cultural Eras. The volume will focus on
significant cultural figures in literature, art, music, science, and
technology. It will not be primarily historical or political in focus
but rather broadly cross-disciplinary. If you would like to be
considered for inclusion as a contributor, please send a cover letter

CFP: NBC's "West Wing" (no deadline noted; collection)

updated: 
Tuesday, July 25, 2000 - 4:58pm
RollinsPC_at_aol.com

_WEST WING_ ANTHOLOGY PLANNED IN CONNECTION
    WITH PRESIDENCY CONFERENCE, November, 2001
        AT RONALD REAGAN PRES. LIBRARY

Peter Rollins (current Editor of Film & History) and John E. O'Connor
(founder of Film & History) are negotiating a contract for a book on
the soon-to-be-award-winning series WEST WING. (The series
has received 18 Emmy nominations.) The book will be published by a major
university press with special interest in television
and film studies.

CFP: NBC's "West Wing" (no deadline noted; collection)

updated: 
Tuesday, July 25, 2000 - 4:58pm
RollinsPC_at_aol.com

_WEST WING_ ANTHOLOGY PLANNED IN CONNECTION
    WITH PRESIDENCY CONFERENCE, November, 2001
        AT RONALD REAGAN PRES. LIBRARY

Peter Rollins (current Editor of Film & History) and John E. O'Connor
(founder of Film & History) are negotiating a contract for a book on
the soon-to-be-award-winning series WEST WING. (The series
has received 18 Emmy nominations.) The book will be published by a major
university press with special interest in television
and film studies.

UPDATE: Women Writers (no deadline; e-journal)

updated: 
Wednesday, July 19, 2000 - 7:30pm
Kim Wells

********Women Writers********
Seeking Book Reviews & Critical Essays on/about women authors and Fiction &
Poetry *by* women writers for Women Writers: A Zine (an E-Journal).

Women Writers has been "live" for one year, and in that time has received
critical acclaim, and is rated one of the top 100 sites by and for women on
the Internet, as well as receiving over 26,000 visitors, from both U.S. and
international circles. We feature critical debate about women authors, and
provide a forum for publication for new contemporary women writers.

UPDATE: Women Writers (no deadline; e-journal)

updated: 
Wednesday, July 19, 2000 - 7:30pm
Kim Wells

********Women Writers********
Seeking Book Reviews & Critical Essays on/about women authors and Fiction &
Poetry *by* women writers for Women Writers: A Zine (an E-Journal).

Women Writers has been "live" for one year, and in that time has received
critical acclaim, and is rated one of the top 100 sites by and for women on
the Internet, as well as receiving over 26,000 visitors, from both U.S. and
international circles. We feature critical debate about women authors, and
provide a forum for publication for new contemporary women writers.

CFP: Scope: Film Reviews (e-journal)

updated: 
Friday, July 14, 2000 - 8:55pm
LUCA PRONO

Scope, a fully refereed on-line journal of film studies edited by
staff and postgraduate students within the Institute of Film Studies
at the University of Nottingham, is looking for film reviews of about
1000/1500 words to be included in forthcoming issues.

As you can see from our website (www.nottingham.ac.uk/film/journal),
Scope aims at providing a forum for discussion of all aspects relating
to Film Studies and we welcome a wide range of critical approaches
and methodologies.

CFP: Asian American Poets (no deadline noted; collection)

updated: 
Friday, July 14, 2000 - 8:49pm
Guiyou Huang

> >>Call for Contributions to _Asian American Poets_, ed. Guiyou Huang
> >
> >This is a call for qualified contributors to write for _Asian American
> >Poets: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook_ to be published by
> >Greenwood Press. I have compiled a list of 120 names of Asian American
> >poets from which interested contributors may choose from. For details,
> >please email me at hguiyou_at_hotmail.com or huang_at_kutztown.edu and I will

CFP: Asian American Poets (no deadline noted; collection)

updated: 
Friday, July 14, 2000 - 8:49pm
Guiyou Huang

> >>Call for Contributions to _Asian American Poets_, ed. Guiyou Huang
> >
> >This is a call for qualified contributors to write for _Asian American
> >Poets: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook_ to be published by
> >Greenwood Press. I have compiled a list of 120 names of Asian American
> >poets from which interested contributors may choose from. For details,
> >please email me at hguiyou_at_hotmail.com or huang_at_kutztown.edu and I will

CFP: Asian American Poets (no deadline noted; collection)

updated: 
Friday, July 14, 2000 - 8:49pm
Guiyou Huang

> >>Call for Contributions to _Asian American Poets_, ed. Guiyou Huang
> >
> >This is a call for qualified contributors to write for _Asian American
> >Poets: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook_ to be published by
> >Greenwood Press. I have compiled a list of 120 names of Asian American
> >poets from which interested contributors may choose from. For details,
> >please email me at hguiyou_at_hotmail.com or huang_at_kutztown.edu and I will

CFP: nasty.cx: All Topics, esp. C20 (no deadline; e-journal)

updated: 
Friday, July 14, 2000 - 8:41pm
Nasty.cx Submissions

nasty.cx - the brattiest academics on the web.

nasty is looking for some partnes in crime. We're an online academic
publication, showcasing a community of academics on the web. Through
cutting, controversial articles and online discussion forums, we hope to
stimulate the minds of netizens around the world. You can help us.

nasty is currently on the lookout for English language conference-length
papers from academics in all realms of the humanities. We are
particularly interested in sociopolitical and literary papers, with a
focus on the modern/post-modern period.

CFP: Popular Fiction (no deadline; collection)

updated: 
Friday, July 14, 2000 - 8:41pm
Judith Pyko

Seeking contributors for Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction, an
ongoing print reference series recently acquired by the Gale Group that
offers analytical essays on the popular works of more than four hundred
authors, including John Grisham, Stephen King, Mary Higgins Clark, Poul
Anderson, John Updike, and Andre Norton.

CFP: nasty.cx: All Topics, esp. C20 (no deadline; e-journal)

updated: 
Friday, July 14, 2000 - 8:41pm
Nasty.cx Submissions

nasty.cx - the brattiest academics on the web.

nasty is looking for some partnes in crime. We're an online academic
publication, showcasing a community of academics on the web. Through
cutting, controversial articles and online discussion forums, we hope to
stimulate the minds of netizens around the world. You can help us.

nasty is currently on the lookout for English language conference-length
papers from academics in all realms of the humanities. We are
particularly interested in sociopolitical and literary papers, with a
focus on the modern/post-modern period.

CFP: nasty.cx: All Topics, esp. C20 (no deadline; e-journal)

updated: 
Friday, July 14, 2000 - 8:41pm
Nasty.cx Submissions

nasty.cx - the brattiest academics on the web.

nasty is looking for some partnes in crime. We're an online academic
publication, showcasing a community of academics on the web. Through
cutting, controversial articles and online discussion forums, we hope to
stimulate the minds of netizens around the world. You can help us.

nasty is currently on the lookout for English language conference-length
papers from academics in all realms of the humanities. We are
particularly interested in sociopolitical and literary papers, with a
focus on the modern/post-modern period.

CFP: Film, TV, Multi-media: Music/Voice/Sound (no deadline; collection)

updated: 
Tuesday, July 11, 2000 - 8:29pm
soundmovingimage_at_netscape.net

  "SOUND AND THE MOVING IMAGE: VOICE, MUSIC, EFFECTS"

A three year international research and development project, which will
produce a comprehensive text on the use and history of music, voice and
sound in film, TV, multi-media etc has recently commenced.

This is an alert call for all persons with an interest in suggesting topic
areas, who might be interested in writing on specific subjects, and/or who
have a strong research and/or practice based interest in this field. You
are invited to email the soundmovingimage_at_netscape.net site to register
your interests.

CFP: Film, TV, Multi-media: Music/Voice/Sound (no deadline; collection)

updated: 
Tuesday, July 11, 2000 - 8:29pm
soundmovingimage_at_netscape.net

  "SOUND AND THE MOVING IMAGE: VOICE, MUSIC, EFFECTS"

A three year international research and development project, which will
produce a comprehensive text on the use and history of music, voice and
sound in film, TV, multi-media etc has recently commenced.

This is an alert call for all persons with an interest in suggesting topic
areas, who might be interested in writing on specific subjects, and/or who
have a strong research and/or practice based interest in this field. You
are invited to email the soundmovingimage_at_netscape.net site to register
your interests.

CFP: Film, TV, Multi-media: Music/Voice/Sound (no deadline; collection)

updated: 
Tuesday, July 11, 2000 - 8:29pm
soundmovingimage_at_netscape.net

  "SOUND AND THE MOVING IMAGE: VOICE, MUSIC, EFFECTS"

A three year international research and development project, which will
produce a comprehensive text on the use and history of music, voice and
sound in film, TV, multi-media etc has recently commenced.

This is an alert call for all persons with an interest in suggesting topic
areas, who might be interested in writing on specific subjects, and/or who
have a strong research and/or practice based interest in this field. You
are invited to email the soundmovingimage_at_netscape.net site to register
your interests.

UPDATE: Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa (no deadline noted; journal)

updated: 
Monday, July 3, 2000 - 9:37pm
L De Kock

This CFP, almost identical to one sent earlier, is has been slightly
edited to make it more user-friendly for US scholars. The changes occur in
the final sentence under category 1 below and in the penultinmate
paragraph overall.

CALL FOR PAPERS

*scrutiny2: issues in english studies in southern africa* wishes to invite
papers on the following topics for its forthcoming issues:

1. The end of theory?

UPDATE: Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa (no deadline noted; journal)

updated: 
Monday, July 3, 2000 - 9:37pm
L De Kock

This CFP, almost identical to one sent earlier, is has been slightly
edited to make it more user-friendly for US scholars. The changes occur in
the final sentence under category 1 below and in the penultinmate
paragraph overall.

CALL FOR PAPERS

*scrutiny2: issues in english studies in southern africa* wishes to invite
papers on the following topics for its forthcoming issues:

1. The end of theory?

UPDATE: Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa (no deadline noted; journal)

updated: 
Monday, July 3, 2000 - 9:37pm
L De Kock

This CFP, almost identical to one sent earlier, is has been slightly
edited to make it more user-friendly for US scholars. The changes occur in
the final sentence under category 1 below and in the penultinmate
paragraph overall.

CALL FOR PAPERS

*scrutiny2: issues in english studies in southern africa* wishes to invite
papers on the following topics for its forthcoming issues:

1. The end of theory?

UPDATE: Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa (no deadline noted; journal)

updated: 
Monday, July 3, 2000 - 9:37pm
L De Kock

This CFP, almost identical to one sent earlier, is has been slightly
edited to make it more user-friendly for US scholars. The changes occur in
the final sentence under category 1 below and in the penultinmate
paragraph overall.

CALL FOR PAPERS

*scrutiny2: issues in english studies in southern africa* wishes to invite
papers on the following topics for its forthcoming issues:

1. The end of theory?

CFP: Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa (no deadline noted; journal)

updated: 
Tuesday, June 27, 2000 - 7:13pm
L De Kock

Call for papers

scrutiny2: issues in english studies in southern africa wishes to invite
papers on the following topics for its forthcoming issues:

1. The end of theory?

The editors invite contributions which address the seeming exhaustion with
successive waves of theory to legitimate and strengthen the practices of
literary and cultural criticism. We are more than happy here to consider
contemporary contexts other than southern Africa.

2. The semiotics of sports narratives

CFP: Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa (no deadline noted; journal)

updated: 
Tuesday, June 27, 2000 - 7:13pm
L De Kock

Call for papers

scrutiny2: issues in english studies in southern africa wishes to invite
papers on the following topics for its forthcoming issues:

1. The end of theory?

The editors invite contributions which address the seeming exhaustion with
successive waves of theory to legitimate and strengthen the practices of
literary and cultural criticism. We are more than happy here to consider
contemporary contexts other than southern Africa.

2. The semiotics of sports narratives

CFP: Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa (no deadline noted; journal)

updated: 
Tuesday, June 27, 2000 - 7:13pm
L De Kock

Call for papers

scrutiny2: issues in english studies in southern africa wishes to invite
papers on the following topics for its forthcoming issues:

1. The end of theory?

The editors invite contributions which address the seeming exhaustion with
successive waves of theory to legitimate and strengthen the practices of
literary and cultural criticism. We are more than happy here to consider
contemporary contexts other than southern Africa.

2. The semiotics of sports narratives

CFP: Issues in English Studies in Southern Africa (no deadline noted; journal)

updated: 
Tuesday, June 27, 2000 - 7:13pm
L De Kock

Call for papers

scrutiny2: issues in english studies in southern africa wishes to invite
papers on the following topics for its forthcoming issues:

1. The end of theory?

The editors invite contributions which address the seeming exhaustion with
successive waves of theory to legitimate and strengthen the practices of
literary and cultural criticism. We are more than happy here to consider
contemporary contexts other than southern Africa.

2. The semiotics of sports narratives

CFP: Cinema & Medicine (no deadline; collection)

updated: 
Tuesday, June 20, 2000 - 9:29pm
Film Medicine

Chapters and appropriate chapter suggestions are sought for:

"Signs of Life: Medicine and the Cinema"

"Signs of Life: Medicine and the Cinema" will consider how medicine,
the medical profession and medical science have been presented in
the cinema. The book will offer an historical, cultural and textual
study of the filmic representation of medicine and will appeal to both the
film studies and a wider film readership.

This book development project already includes a foreword by a major name in
medicine and the medical humanities and is receiving extremely enthusiastic
responses internationally. We intend for this to be an exceptional book.

The book is divided into three sections:

CFP: Cinema & Medicine (no deadline; collection)

updated: 
Tuesday, June 20, 2000 - 9:29pm
Film Medicine

Chapters and appropriate chapter suggestions are sought for:

"Signs of Life: Medicine and the Cinema"

"Signs of Life: Medicine and the Cinema" will consider how medicine,
the medical profession and medical science have been presented in
the cinema. The book will offer an historical, cultural and textual
study of the filmic representation of medicine and will appeal to both the
film studies and a wider film readership.

This book development project already includes a foreword by a major name in
medicine and the medical humanities and is receiving extremely enthusiastic
responses internationally. We intend for this to be an exceptional book.

The book is divided into three sections:

CFP: Cinema & Medicine (no deadline; collection)

updated: 
Tuesday, June 20, 2000 - 9:29pm
Film Medicine

Chapters and appropriate chapter suggestions are sought for:

"Signs of Life: Medicine and the Cinema"

"Signs of Life: Medicine and the Cinema" will consider how medicine,
the medical profession and medical science have been presented in
the cinema. The book will offer an historical, cultural and textual
study of the filmic representation of medicine and will appeal to both the
film studies and a wider film readership.

This book development project already includes a foreword by a major name in
medicine and the medical humanities and is receiving extremely enthusiastic
responses internationally. We intend for this to be an exceptional book.

The book is divided into three sections:

CFP: Biographies of 18th C. Intellectuals and Artists (no deadline noted; collection)

updated: 
Friday, June 9, 2000 - 7:10pm
Kevin Dodson

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS

I am looking for scholars how are interested in contributing short
biographies (250-1250 words) to the Biographical Dictionary of
Enlightenment and Revolution, 1690-1815. In terms of topics, I am most
in need of entries in art, archtitecture, music, mathematics, and
science. In terms of countries, I need coverage on Germany and Italy.
Contact Kevin Dodson at dodsonke_at_hal.lamar.edu. Thank You.

CFP: Humanities Research Sources (no deadline noted; website)

updated: 
Friday, June 9, 2000 - 7:10pm
Andrew Offenburger

Fields of Knowledge, publisher of the Infography
(http://www.infography.com), is seeking accomplished scholars in all areas
of the humanities to submit citations to recommended research sources about
their subject specialties. In return, scholars receive royalties and other
benefits, if their submissions are accepted for publication.

Scholars must cite exactly "six superlative sources" of information, from
any type of media, and may optionally cite any number of "other excellent
sources." College professors can easily submit citations from course syllabi
or citations chosen from the bibliographies of books or articles they have
written.

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