The Caribbean Chapter of the College English Association (CEA-CC) plans
to
publish the proceedings of its Fall 2006 conference on "Our Watery
World: Humans and the Sea."
We are seeking an additional 5-7 papers to supplement this volume.
We are particularly interested in papers that address the following
topics:
a.. The Sea in History
a.. The Life Aquatic: Amphibian and Aquatic Animals
a.. Monsters and Monstrosities of the Sea
a.. Ecocriticism: The Endangered Sea
a.. The Sea as Frontier
a.. Empire and the Sea

"From Shanghai to Shepperton": An International Conference on J.G. Ballard.

University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom, Saturday 5th May 2007

Guest Speakers Include:

Toby Litt
Dr Roger Luckhurst (Birkbeck)
Professor Philip Tew (Brunel)
David Pringle
Professor Jon Cook
Professor Mark Currie
Professor Vic Sage

Deadline Extended: 1 December 2006

2007 Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association 28th Annual Conference, The Hyatt Regency Conference Hotel, Albuquerque, NM,
February 14-17, 2007.

The Area Co-Chairs of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Area would like to invite paper and panel proposals on any aspect of the Star Wars franchise. Topics could include, but are not limited to the following:

• Core Films
• Novelizations (including graphic novels)
• Fan Fiction
• Slash Fiction
• Video Games (as narrative)
• Miniature Games (as narrative)
• Card Games (as narrative)

Second Annual EGSA Colloquium: Intersecting Identities
  February 15th, 16th 2007
  Texas A&M University
  

CFP Deadline Extended to December 1, 2006

Reality Television

Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Associations 28th Annual
Conference
February 14-17, 2007

Albuquerque, NM =20
Hyatt Regency Albuquerque
330 Tijeras
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Phone: 1.505.842.1234
Fax: 1.505.766.6710

The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Associations
will hold their annual meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico, February
14-17, 2007. Proposals are now being accepted for panels on Reality
Television.=20

SPECIAL PANEL ANNOUNCEMENT CHILDREN'S AND ADOLESCENT LITERATURE

=20

Please consider joining us at the COLLEGE ENGLISH ASSOCIATION ANNUAL
MEETING in New Orleans this April 12-14.

=20

Our conference theme this year--so appropriate to our location--is
"Empathy and Ethics."=20

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You might consider in terms of the following broad issues:

How do we respond to difficult circumstances? Do we always act in right
ways-according to some ethical imperative or ideal? Do we care if we do?

We encourage consideration of these and other questions related to the
conference theme:

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The CFP deadline has been extended to 12/8/06.

The Center for the Study of Citizenship at Wayne State University announces its
fourth annual Conference in Citizenship Studies. The conference will be held on
March 1-4, 2007 and will focus on the Center’s theme for this academic year:
Race and Citizenship.

This year’s conference is divided into three different formats. Conference
attendees will attend all formats.

I. Plenary Addresses
In selecting plenary speakers we paid particular attention to scholars whose
work places them on the cutting edge of Citizenship Studies and as authors of
path breaking work on race and citizenship. We are extremely proud of our
line-up of speakers:

The CFP deadline has been extended to 12/8/06.

The Center for the Study of Citizenship at Wayne State University announces its
fourth annual Conference in Citizenship Studies. The conference will be held on
March 1-4, 2007 and will focus on the Center’s theme for this academic year:
Race and Citizenship.

This year’s conference is divided into three different formats. Conference
attendees will attend all formats.

I. Plenary Addresses
In selecting plenary speakers we paid particular attention to scholars whose
work places them on the cutting edge of Citizenship Studies and as authors of
path breaking work on race and citizenship. We are extremely proud of our
line-up of speakers:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 20 November 2006

                          M/C - Media and Culture
                     http://www.media-culture.org.au/
            is calling for contributors to the 2007 issues of

                                M/C Journal
                   http://journal.media-culture.org.au/

M/C Journal is looking for new contributors. M/C is a crossover journal
between the popular and the academic, and a blind- and peer-reviewed
journal. In 2007, M/C Journal celebrates its tenth year in publication.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 20 November 2006

                          M/C - Media and Culture
                     http://www.media-culture.org.au/
            is calling for contributors to the 2007 issues of

                                M/C Journal
                   http://journal.media-culture.org.au/

M/C Journal is looking for new contributors. M/C is a crossover journal
between the popular and the academic, and a blind- and peer-reviewed
journal. In 2007, M/C Journal celebrates its tenth year in publication.

2007 American Studies Association Annual Meeting

América Aquí: Transhemispheric Visions and Community Connections
October 11 - 14, 2007
Philadelphia, PA

Proposed panel on:

Call for Papers

Ethnoscapes: An Interdisciplinary Journal on Race and Ethnicity in the
Global Context

Issue One, Fall 2007
"Race and Coalition"

The editorial staff of the new peer-reviewed journal Ethnoscapes: An
Interdisciplinary Journal on Race and Ethnicity in the Global Context
invites submissions for its inaugural issue on the subject of "Race and
Coalition." Ethnoscapes maps the development of important themes in the
field of race and ethnic studies by using a "classic" piece as a point of
departure for a reconsideration of critical issues within the contemporary
economic, political, and cultural terrain.

Call for Papers

Ethnoscapes: An Interdisciplinary Journal on Race and Ethnicity in the
Global Context

Issue One, Fall 2007
"Race and Coalition"

The editorial staff of the new peer-reviewed journal Ethnoscapes: An
Interdisciplinary Journal on Race and Ethnicity in the Global Context
invites submissions for its inaugural issue on the subject of "Race and
Coalition." Ethnoscapes maps the development of important themes in the
field of race and ethnic studies by using a "classic" piece as a point of
departure for a reconsideration of critical issues within the contemporary
economic, political, and cultural terrain.

 
CALL FOR PAPERS
Romance Fiction: Rumpled Sheets
Romance Writers & Writing
Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association
Annual Regional Conference
February 14-17, 2007
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Conference Hotel:
Hyatt Regency Albuquerque
330 Tijeras
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Phone: 1-505-842-1234
Fax: 1-505-766-6710
Individual presenters and panelists are invited to examine the popular
culture of romance writers & romance writing for the association's annual regional
conference. This conference will provide you with a wonderful opportunity to
share scholarly interests and to gain insights into romance fiction with