CFP: *Macbeth* (5/23; abstracts for proposed volume of essays in est. series)

11 May 2004

I am seeking abstracts to include in an initial proposal for an edited volume on *Macbeth.* Should my proposal be accepted, the book will constitute part of an established series of critical essays on individual works by Shakespeare, several of which have already been published and enjoy wide distribution. I have the backing of the general editor of the series for this proposal. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 23 May.

CFP: Companion to the American Essay (no deadline; book)

New Series Announcement

CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN AND CANADIAN WRITERS

Call for Proposals for a new series of academic monographs

Manchester University Press is proud to announce the launch of a new
series dedicated to the critical appraisal of contemporary North American
writers. The series will reflect the breadth and diversity of writing in
America over the last thirty years, and will provide critical evaluations
of established, emerging and critically neglected novelists. This series
offers an exciting opportunity for authors to explore notions of the
contemporary, and to analyze current and developing modes of
representation with a focus on individual writers and their works.

CALL FOR PAPERS: Life Writing, vol 2, no 1.

Volume 1, number 1 of Life Writing is now available (see
http://www.lifewriting.humanities.curtin.edu.au), and number 2 is in
preparation on the theme of life writing and the public sphere.

Submissions (max 8,000 words) are now welcome for volume 2, number 1
(deadline 1 August 2004), on any aspect of life writing.

Creative and personal writing on the theme of life narrative is also
accepted for publication.

Reviews of life writing publications may also be submitted (c. 2000 words).

CFP:General Papers and New Material on a Market Economy in Higher Education (30/06/04; journal issue 10)

The University of Durham's Online Journal
POSTGRADUATE ENGLISH:
A Journal and Forum for Postgraduates in English in the UK and Europe

Invites postgraduates studying in the UK and Europe to submit papers of not
more than 7000 words on a topic of YOUR CHOICE in the broad range of English
Studies for issue 10 (September 2004) of our refereed online journal. Papers
must conform to the MLA guidelines for presentation and be received no later
than

June 30, 2004.

New Series Announcement

CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN AND CANADIAN WRITERS

Call for Proposals for a new series of academic monographs

Manchester University Press is proud to announce the launch of a new
series dedicated to the critical appraisal of contemporary North American
writers. The series will reflect the breadth and diversity of writing in
America over the last thirty years, and will provide critical evaluations
of established, emerging and critically neglected novelists. This series
offers an exciting opportunity for authors to explore notions of the
contemporary, and to analyze current and developing modes of
representation with a focus on individual writers and their works.

CALL FOR PAPERS

CULTURE, LANGUAGE AND REPRESENTATION
Cultural Studies Journal of Universitat Jaume I

Culture, Language and Representation seeks contributions for volume 2 on
the topic:
"Cultural representations of violence".

Culture, Language and Representation is a yearly scholarly publication on
the discipline of Cultural Studies. Each issue deals monographically with a
relevant aspect of the representation of culture in its various
manifestations (social, political, educational, artistic, historical,
linguistic, etc.), encouraging interdisciplinary and innovative approaches
in the field of cultural research.

The Journal of Commonwealth and Postcolonial Studies

seeks submissions for a special issue devoted to the

Intellectual and Political Legacy of Edward Said

Papers may engage any aspect of Edward Said's work in relation to
Commonwealth and postcolonial studies, taking up theoretical, literary,
pedagogical, or other topics.

Preferred length is 4,000-5,000 words. MLA format.

The author should not identify him/herself in the essay.

Submission deadline is February 1, 2005.

E-mail submissions to Patrick Hogan, guest editor of the issue, at
hogan_at_uconnvm.uconn.edu.

CFP: Book Proposal for Japanese Animation: Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and Studio Ghibli
Deadline for proposals: June 15, 2004

CFP: Book Proposal for Japanese Animation: Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and Studio Ghibli
Deadline for proposals: June 15, 2004

The Faulkner Journal
Call for Papers: Faulkner and Whiteness
Deadline: 9/24/05

Guest Editor: Jay Watson, University of Mississippi

Faulkner lived and wrote at a time when models of normative and deviant
identity were increasingly racialized, even as models of racial identity
were increasingly biologized. This is one among many reasons why whiteness
in Faulkner--and the whiteness of Faulkner--deserve our critical attention.
This special double issue of The Faulkner Journal welcomes submissions that
problematize the ostensibly unremarkable phenomenon of whiteness in
Faulkner's life and career. Topics could include, but are by no means
limited to, the following:

CALL FOR PAPERS

CALL FOR PAPERS

CALL FOR PAPERS: "Arab-American Feminisms," a special journal issue
to be published in the Spring 2005 edition of the MIT Electronic
Journal for Middle East Studies. http://web.mit.edu/cis/www/mitejmes/