*Please note that our new, extended deadline for submissions is January =
15, 2007.*

Mester, the graduate student academic journal of the Department of =
Spanish and Portuguese at UCLA, invites scholarly articles for its =
Special Issue XXXVI (2007) devoted to:

        Memory and History: Remembering, Forgetting and Forgiving

We welcome all submissions that address questions or ideas related but =
not limited to the following concepts in language, literature and visual =
expressions of the Luso-Hispanic world:

CFP: Hemingway's Sense of the Sacred

(ALA in Boston, MA, May 24-27, 2007; Proposals by January 5, 2007)

Literature After Literature: 21st Century Re-readings

The English Graduate Student Organization at the University at Albany
(SUNY) seeks papers for its annual graduate student conference that is
being held in April in conjunction with a visit by and conference on
Hélène Cixous, the world-renown French feminist scholar, novelist, and
playwright. This year's topic, "What does it mean to read in the 21st
century?", is inspired by Cixous' politically-charged work across various
genres. The conference will explore an array of questions relating to the
reading of literature today.

Literature After Literature: 21st Century Re-readings

The English Graduate Student Organization at the University at Albany
(SUNY) seeks papers for its annual graduate student conference that is
being held in April in conjunction with a visit by and conference on
Hélène Cixous, the world-renown French feminist scholar, novelist, and
playwright. This year's topic, "What does it mean to read in the 21st
century?", is inspired by Cixous' politically-charged work across various
genres. The conference will explore an array of questions relating to the
reading of literature today.

Association of University English Teachers of South
Africa/SAACLALS/SAVAL CONFERENCE 2007.
 
8 - 11 July 2007
 
UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL, HOWARD COLLEGE, DURBAN
 
WORLDS, TEXTS, CRITICS

Association of University English Teachers of South
Africa/SAACLALS/SAVAL CONFERENCE 2007.
 
8 - 11 July 2007
 
UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL, HOWARD COLLEGE, DURBAN
 
WORLDS, TEXTS, CRITICS

Association of University English Teachers of South
Africa/SAACLALS/SAVAL CONFERENCE 2007.
 
8 - 11 July 2007
 
UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL, HOWARD COLLEGE, DURBAN
 
WORLDS, TEXTS, CRITICS

The Short Stories of John McGahern

Journal of the Short Story in English

Deadline for submission : 31 December 2007

  UPDATE: The Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies

  (NEW SUBMISSION DEADLINE:14th January 2007)

(De/Re)Constructed Identities in Iberian and Luso-Hispanic Literatures

The Spanish Graduate Students Committee of the Department of Romance
Languages and Literatures at the University of Chicago welcomes abstracts
for its forthcoming conference that will take place on October 5-6, 2007.
The conference focuses on the (de/re)construction of identities in the
literature produced in Spain, Portugal and Latin America (including Brazil)
from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. Its aim is to cover a wide variety
of topics including transatlantic studies and modern theoretical
perspectives.

Please note the extended deadline JANUARY 15, 2007:

I invite proposals for a panel "Reconsidering Waldo Frank" for the 2007 Conference of the American Literature Association in Boston May 24-27. Please send 250 word proposals to me at pfeiffer_at_oakland.edu by JANUARY 15, and include your name, institutional affiliation (if any), e-mail address, and AV needs (if any).

Thank you,

Kathleen Pfeiffer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English
Oakland University
Rochester, MI 48309
(248) 370-2255

Call for papers

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Special issue of the Journal of the Short Story in English.
Les Cahiers de la Nouvelle

on the Short Stories of Virginia Woolf

to appear at Presses Universitaires d'Angers in 2008

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Papers (15-20 minutes) are invited for the Interdisciplinary
19th-century studies session of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language
Association (the west coast MLA) conference, meeting Nov 2-3, 2007 at
Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA. Send a 1-2 page
(double-spaced) proposal to Prof. Victoria Myers by March 1, 2007:
victoria.myers_at_pepperdine.edu. Inquiries are welcome.

The Lillian Hellman Society seeks papers for a panel to be proposed
for the American Literature Association Conference May 24-27, 2007 in
Boston. Papers addressing any aspect of Hellman's writing or life are
welcome.

Submit abstracts of 250-500 words by January 20 to Kelly Reames @
kelly.reames_at_wku.edu

Kelly Reames
Assistant Professor
English Department
Western Kentucky University
1906 College Heights Blvd., #11086
Bowling Green, KY 42101-1086
270-745-5779