The State of the Nation:
New Zealand's Centenary as a Dominion
 
The 14th annual conference of the New Zealand Studies Association
together with the
Centre for New Zealand Studies, Birkbeck, University of London
 
 
University of London and New Zealand House
28 to 30 June 2007
 
This major international event sees NZSA combining with the recently
established Centre for New Zealand Studies (CNZS). 2007 marks the
centenary of New Zealand as a dominion and, over a period of 3 days,
this conference will address a range of issues covering the last 100
years of New Zealand's history. This will include a half- day focus -

Call for Proposals

American Speed: Essays on Motor Sports and North American Culture

Edited by Mark D. Howell and John D. Miller

Popular wisdom says that automobile racing began in America as soon as the second car was produced. Whether or not actually true, auto racing did take hold in the United States at the end of the nineteenth century, shortly after the new invention’s introduction to this country. Since then, it has flourished in many forms: in sport car racing, rallies, dragsters, open wheel racing, and most popularly of late, stock cars.

Representing Self and Other: Gender and Sexuality in the Fantastic
International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts 28
March 14-18, 2007
Wyndham Fort Lauderdale Airport Hotel
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Representing Self and Other: Gender and Sexuality in the Fantastic
International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts 28
March 14-18, 2007
Wyndham Fort Lauderdale Airport Hotel
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

I am looking for members interested in participating in the following panel.

Kevin Poole
Naropa University, Boulder

"Droppin' Knowledge Through Hip-Hop Performance"

Another Way In:
the unseen Influences that change our worlds.

Boston College's graduate community will host a biannual literary conference on Saturday, March 31, 2007 at Boston College's Yawkey Center. This conference builds upon our traditional Colloquium sessions by expanding outward to take advantage of the rich individual and institutional scholarship in the Northeastern U.S. We are looking for papers that touch upon our conference topic, a closer look at unseen influences whose movements across time, space, or community bring change. From viruses, carriers, and contaminants to inspiration and sublimation, these are the intangible forces we invite or dread. We invite you to interpret the topic broadly, but some topics might include:

Another Way In:
the unseen Influences that change our worlds.

Boston College's graduate community will host a biannual literary conference on Saturday, March 31, 2007 at Boston College's Yawkey Center. This conference builds upon our traditional Colloquium sessions by expanding outward to take advantage of the rich individual and institutional scholarship in the Northeastern U.S. We are looking for papers that touch upon our conference topic, a closer look at unseen influences whose movements across time, space, or community bring change. From viruses, carriers, and contaminants to inspiration and sublimation, these are the intangible forces we invite or dread. We invite you to interpret the topic broadly, but some topics might include:

Edward Everett Hale (American Literature Association, 1/15/07;
5/24-5/27/07)

We are soliciting proposals for a session on Edward Everett Hale
(1822-1909), the prolific author, pastor, reformer, amateur historian,
congressional chaplain, and editor, co-founder of the Unitarian Church
of America, and associate of Emerson, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Harriet
Beecher Stowe, Mark Twain, and several U.S. Presidents. Hale?s
writings include ?The Man Without a Country? (one of the most
widely read and reprinted Civil War texts) and its sequel, Philip
Nolan?s Friends, along with dozens of novels and short stories that
appeared in leading periodicals like The Atlantic Monthly and North
American Review.

The Arab World in the US

  (**Since the posting was just sent out October 31st, we would like to extend
the submission deadline to November 30th, 2006)

The Fall 2006 issue of AMERICAN@ welcomes submissions on the possible impact,
reactions, and representations of and by the Arab community in the USA , its
influence on US national identity and sociocultural landscape, and possible
parallelisms with the creation of other historical internal suspects
(religious, political, territorial, ethnic, etc).

The Arab World in the US

  (**Since the posting was just sent out October 31st, we would like to extend
the submission deadline to November 30th, 2006)

The Fall 2006 issue of AMERICAN@ welcomes submissions on the possible impact,
reactions, and representations of and by the Arab community in the USA , its
influence on US national identity and sociocultural landscape, and possible
parallelisms with the creation of other historical internal suspects
(religious, political, territorial, ethnic, etc).

Call for Proposals: Extended Deadline

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The MELUS (Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the
United States) WOCC (Women of Color Caucus) invites proposals for a
panel at the MELUS 21st Annual Conference, from March 22-25, 2007,
hosted by California State University, Fresno. This session engages with
the overall conference theme of "Work, Migration, and Globalization:
Contested Journeys in Multi-Ethnic U.S. Literature."

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Call for Proposals: Extended Deadline

=20

The MELUS (Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the
United States) WOCC (Women of Color Caucus) invites proposals for a
panel at the MELUS 21st Annual Conference, from March 22-25, 2007,
hosted by California State University, Fresno. This session engages with
the overall conference theme of "Work, Migration, and Globalization:
Contested Journeys in Multi-Ethnic U.S. Literature."

=20

LSU EGSA Mardi Gras Conference on Language and Literature.

Feb. 16-17, 2007
Lod Cook Alumni Center
Baton Rouge, LA

Members Only: Gatekeepers and the Future of Literary Studies

Keynote Speaker: Timothy Brennan, Professor of Comparative Literature,
Cultural Studies, and English, The University of Minnesota.
Selected Publications: Wars of Position: Cultural Politics of Left and
Right (2005), Ed. Music in Cuba (2001), At Home in the World:
Cosmopolitanism Now (1997).

ASIA AND THE OTHER
International Conference
Department of English
National Taiwan Normal University
Taipei, TAIWAN
June 23, 2007
(Deadline for Proposals: December 31, 2006)

Confirmed Invited Speakers:
**Sneja Gunew, Professor of English and Women's Studies, University of
British Columbia
**Hugh J. Silverman, Professor of Philosophy and Comparative Literature,
Stony Brook University
**Scott Slovic, Professor of Literature and Environment, University of
Nevada, Reno