The Graduate Film Studies Journal (GFSJ) is a new online film journal tha=
t is devoted solely to the publication of film essays written by exceptio=
nal graduate students from around the globe. Currently, we are looking f=
or intelligent essays on any subject of film for our inaugural issue. Pl=
ease send your essays to dm8600_at_albany.edu. All works should be sent as =
MSWord attachments, should be seven to ten pages in length, and should fo=
llow proper MLA format. Our goal is to, in a small and concentrated way,=
 prove that graduate work is an integral part in what has become a vast c=
olligate whole; that the work of graduate students can, in fact, shape or=

Border Crossings and Boundary Definitions
Postgraduate Conference, University of New Hampshire
Sponsored by the English Graduate Organization
March 31-April 1, 2006

Featured Speakers:
Donald E. Pease Jr., Professor of English, and Avalon Chair of the Humanities at
Dartmouth College
J. Hillis Miller, Distinguished Professor, English & Comparative Literature at
the University of California, Irvine
Janet Aikins Yount, Professor and Chair of the Department of English, University
of New Hampshire

Border Crossings and Boundary Definitions
Postgraduate Conference, University of New Hampshire
Sponsored by the English Graduate Organization
March 31-April 1, 2006

Featured Speakers:
Donald E. Pease Jr., Professor of English, and Avalon Chair of the Humanities at
Dartmouth College
J. Hillis Miller, Distinguished Professor, English & Comparative Literature at
the University of California, Irvine
Janet Aikins Yount, Professor and Chair of the Department of English, University
of New Hampshire

Call for Papers for a Special Issue on Iranian American Literature
We are inviting proposals for a special issue on IranianAmerican
Literature, projected for publication in 2008.

Chester, Grace, and Dreiser: The Birth of An American Tragedy
A Special 100th Anniversary Conference in Herkimer, NY

June 22-24, 2006

Call for Papers

The Expatriate Indian Writing in English : A Call for Papers

We have just concluded a National Seminar on Expatriate Indian Writing in English (Sep 22-23) at the Department of English, Kakatiya University, A.P., India. Some of the key participants were Prof. Jasbir Jain (Jaipur), Prof. Manju Jaidka (Punjab), Dr. Somdatta Mandal (Santiniketan), Prof. Vijayasree (Osmania), Prof. Gopal Rao (Osmania), and Prof. Vinoda (Kakatiya).

CALL FOR PAPERS

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GLOBAL ETHICS

"What is Global Ethics and how to research it?"

27-29 April, 2006 - Ghent, Belgium (deadline for submissions: 1 December
2005)

The conference is hosted by the Center for Ethics & Value Inquiry (CEVI) at
Ghent University, Belgium.

AIM OF THE CONFERENCE

The conference brings together scholars in various disciplines (philosophy,
ethics, sociology, geography, international relations, anthropology,
political science, .) on the theme of 'global ethics'. The aim of the
conference is to create a forum where various approaches and issues in
researching 'Global Ethics' are discussed.

CONFERENCE THEMES

CRASH CINEMA 5
BRADFORD FILM FESTIVAL
NATIONAL MUSEUM of PHOTOGRAPHY, FILM and TELEVISION (UK)

Weds 15 March 2006, Cubby Broccoli Cinema

CALL FOR PAPERS
Proposals are invited for papers that engage with issues of
representation within film and videographic media: the mainstream
(Hollywood / Bollywood), fine art, cult or the edges of popular culture.

200 words synopses should be sent by 30 November 2005 to:

Jill Good, MA Visual Culture, Bradford School of Art
Bradford College, Great Horton Road, Bradford BD7 1AY
Tel: (+0044)1274 431660; email: j.good_at_bradfordcollege.ac.uk

Ask for details of Vols. 1-4, Crash Cinema: The Proceedings (ISSN 1743-4459)

Call for Papers
Eudora Welty Society at the American Literature Association
May 25-28, 2006
San Francisco, CA
Hyatt Regency, Embarcadero Center

"They are fearless": Women Writers Cross the Color Line
Eudora Welty and Other Others

Call for Papers
Eudora Welty Society at the American Literature Association
May 25-28, 2006
San Francisco, CA
Hyatt Regency, Embarcadero Center

"They are fearless": Women Writers Cross the Color Line
Eudora Welty and Other Others

Ossi Wessi

Paper proposals are being accepted for the 14th Annual Interdisciplinary
German Studies Conference, March 17-19, 2006 at the University of
California, Berkeley. The conference theme is Ossi Wessi: 1989 and beyond.

Call for Papers
Mennonite/s Writing: Beyond Borders
Bluffton University
Oct. 26-29, 2006
Keynote: Kathleen Norris=20
Featured writers and critics: Rudy Wiebe, Jean Janzen, John Ruth, Di
Brandt, Julia Kasdorf, Hildi Froese Tiessen, Jeff Gundy, Ann Hostetler,
G. C. Waldrep, Keith Ratzlaff, and many others.=20
Proposals for scholarly papers, creative writing presentations, and
panels are sought for the fourth in a series of conferences on Mennonite
writing in the U.S. and Canada. Building on that tradition and the
burgeoning of both creative work by and about Mennonites and critical
studies of that literature, the conference will both celebrate and

CALL FOR PAPERS: AEEA 2006
The Asociación de Escritoras de España y las Américas (1300-1800) (AEEA)
invites abstracts for its 2006 Conference held in conjunction with the
Association for Hispanic Classical Theater (AHCT) in Washington, D.C., on
September 21-23, 2006. The keynote speaker will be Christopher Wilson, an
expert on Carmelite iconography and professorial lecturer of Art History at
George Washington University. Karen Berman, of Georgetown University, and
Hugo Medrano, of Gala Theater in Washington, D.C.
(http://www.galatheatre.org/), will direct plays by early modern Spanish
women. A theater workshop will be held at Gala Theater following the

CALL FOR PAPERS: AEEA 2006
The Asociación de Escritoras de España y las Américas (1300-1800) (AEEA)
invites abstracts for its 2006 Conference held in conjunction with the
Association for Hispanic Classical Theater (AHCT) in Washington, D.C., on
September 21-23, 2006. The keynote speaker will be Christopher Wilson, an
expert on Carmelite iconography and professorial lecturer of Art History at
George Washington University. Karen Berman, of Georgetown University, and
Hugo Medrano, of Gala Theater in Washington, D.C.
(http://www.galatheatre.org/), will direct plays by early modern Spanish
women. A theater workshop will be held at Gala Theater following the