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CFP: Early Middle English Society (9/1/06; Kalamazoo, 5/10/07-5/13/07)

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Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 11:57pm
Sharon Goetz

Sponsored Sessions (2) of the 42nd International Congress on Medieval
Studies
10-13 May 2007
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

Early Middle English Society I: Women and Devotion
Coordinator: Dorothy Kim (dorothyk_at_humnet.ucla.edu)

CFP: Early Middle English Society (9/1/06; Kalamazoo, 5/10/07-5/13/07)

updated: 
Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 11:57pm
Sharon Goetz

Sponsored Sessions (2) of the 42nd International Congress on Medieval
Studies
10-13 May 2007
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

Early Middle English Society I: Women and Devotion
Coordinator: Dorothy Kim (dorothyk_at_humnet.ucla.edu)

CFP: Theorizing Occupation (10/1/06; 2/16/07-2/17/07)

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Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 11:57pm
Laura Wright

The 16th Annual British Commonwealth and Postcolonial Studies Conference
Coastal Georgia Center, Savannah, GA
Conference website: http://ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/bcps
<http://ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/bcps>
 
>From the OED:
 
Occupation, n.
I. Senses relating to space.
 
1. a. The action of taking or maintaining possession or control of a
country, building, land, etc., esp. by (military) force; an instance of
this; the period of such action; (also) the state of being subject to such
action.

CFP: Gender Technologies and Utopias (grad) (UK) (9/12/06; 11/25/06)

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Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 11:57pm
Anne Kastner

Gender Technologies and Utopias

Papers are invited for this special panel at ‘Return to Gender’, the forthcoming graduate conference at the University of Glasgow on 25th November, 2006. The panel will address how technological, scientific and medical advancements have affected perceptions of gender both culturally and socially. Are traditional notions of masculinity and femininity becoming irrelevant given the present diversity of possible alternative identities? How might we envisage gender utopias/dystopias in the later 21st century? How has technological/scientific research opposed or contributed to the existence of gendered power structures? Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

CFP: Gender Technologies and Utopias (grad) (UK) (9/12/06; 11/25/06)

updated: 
Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 11:57pm
Anne Kastner

Gender Technologies and Utopias

Papers are invited for this special panel at ‘Return to Gender’, the forthcoming graduate conference at the University of Glasgow on 25th November, 2006. The panel will address how technological, scientific and medical advancements have affected perceptions of gender both culturally and socially. Are traditional notions of masculinity and femininity becoming irrelevant given the present diversity of possible alternative identities? How might we envisage gender utopias/dystopias in the later 21st century? How has technological/scientific research opposed or contributed to the existence of gendered power structures? Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

CFP: Gender Technologies and Utopias (grad) (UK) (9/12/06; 11/25/06)

updated: 
Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 11:57pm
Anne Kastner

Gender Technologies and Utopias

Papers are invited for this special panel at ‘Return to Gender’, the forthcoming graduate conference at the University of Glasgow on 25th November, 2006. The panel will address how technological, scientific and medical advancements have affected perceptions of gender both culturally and socially. Are traditional notions of masculinity and femininity becoming irrelevant given the present diversity of possible alternative identities? How might we envisage gender utopias/dystopias in the later 21st century? How has technological/scientific research opposed or contributed to the existence of gendered power structures? Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

CFP: Gender Technologies and Utopias (grad) (UK) (9/12/06; 11/25/06)

updated: 
Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 11:57pm
Anne Kastner

Gender Technologies and Utopias

Papers are invited for this special panel at ‘Return to Gender’, the forthcoming graduate conference at the University of Glasgow on 25th November, 2006. The panel will address how technological, scientific and medical advancements have affected perceptions of gender both culturally and socially. Are traditional notions of masculinity and femininity becoming irrelevant given the present diversity of possible alternative identities? How might we envisage gender utopias/dystopias in the later 21st century? How has technological/scientific research opposed or contributed to the existence of gendered power structures? Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

CFP: Gender Technologies and Utopias (grad) (UK) (9/12/06; 11/25/06)

updated: 
Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 11:57pm
Anne Kastner

Gender Technologies and Utopias

Papers are invited for this special panel at ‘Return to Gender’, the forthcoming graduate conference at the University of Glasgow on 25th November, 2006. The panel will address how technological, scientific and medical advancements have affected perceptions of gender both culturally and socially. Are traditional notions of masculinity and femininity becoming irrelevant given the present diversity of possible alternative identities? How might we envisage gender utopias/dystopias in the later 21st century? How has technological/scientific research opposed or contributed to the existence of gendered power structures? Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

CFP: Gender Technologies and Utopias (grad) (UK) (9/12/06; 11/25/06)

updated: 
Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 11:57pm
Anne Kastner

Gender Technologies and Utopias

Papers are invited for this special panel at ‘Return to Gender’, the forthcoming graduate conference at the University of Glasgow on 25th November, 2006. The panel will address how technological, scientific and medical advancements have affected perceptions of gender both culturally and socially. Are traditional notions of masculinity and femininity becoming irrelevant given the present diversity of possible alternative identities? How might we envisage gender utopias/dystopias in the later 21st century? How has technological/scientific research opposed or contributed to the existence of gendered power structures? Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

UPDATE: W.G. Sebald and the European Tradition (UK) (postponed)

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Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 11:57pm
Jeannette Baxter

*********** POSTPONED 'W.G. Sebald and the European Tradition' **********

Due to unforeseen organisational difficulties we have had to postpone the
conference at the University of East Anglia, Norwich. We will publish
revised conference dates at the beginning of September.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

The Organisational Team.
"W.G. Sebald and the European Tradition"
School of Literature and Creative Writing
University of East Anglia
Norwich NR4 7TJ
England

CFP: The Ethics of Photography (grad) (9/30/06; 2/11/07)

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Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 11:57pm
Morna O'Neill

CALL FOR PAPERS
The Ethics of Photography
A one-day graduate student symposium
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT

This one-day graduate student symposium will address the ethics of making and
viewing photographs and the changing conceptions of the ethical concerns
inherent in those practices throughout the history of the medium.

CFP: The Ethics of Photography (grad) (9/30/06; 2/11/07)

updated: 
Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 11:57pm
Morna O'Neill

CALL FOR PAPERS
The Ethics of Photography
A one-day graduate student symposium
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT

This one-day graduate student symposium will address the ethics of making and
viewing photographs and the changing conceptions of the ethical concerns
inherent in those practices throughout the history of the medium.

CFP: The Ethics of Photography (grad) (9/30/06; 2/11/07)

updated: 
Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 11:57pm
Morna O'Neill

CALL FOR PAPERS
The Ethics of Photography
A one-day graduate student symposium
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT

This one-day graduate student symposium will address the ethics of making and
viewing photographs and the changing conceptions of the ethical concerns
inherent in those practices throughout the history of the medium.

CFP: The Shield (10/30/06; collection)

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Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 11:57pm
Nicholas Ray

Papers are invited for a collection of essays on Shawn Ryan's award-winning and controversial TV series The Shield. We are seeking critically sophisticated but accessible essays, written from a variety of perspectives, which will stimulate serious debate around this remarkable show.

 

Contributions may seek to address (but are certainly not limited to) the following topics:

 

--Racial identity and racial conflict

--Testimony and confession

--Masculinities

--Homosociality and homosexuality

--Familial and symbolic paternities

--Collective identity (gangs, teams, mobs etc) and collective violence

--Bodily inscriptions of violence (wounds, brandings, tattoos etc)

CFP: The Shield (10/30/06; collection)

updated: 
Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 11:57pm
Nicholas Ray

Papers are invited for a collection of essays on Shawn Ryan's award-winning and controversial TV series The Shield. We are seeking critically sophisticated but accessible essays, written from a variety of perspectives, which will stimulate serious debate around this remarkable show.

 

Contributions may seek to address (but are certainly not limited to) the following topics:

 

--Racial identity and racial conflict

--Testimony and confession

--Masculinities

--Homosociality and homosexuality

--Familial and symbolic paternities

--Collective identity (gangs, teams, mobs etc) and collective violence

--Bodily inscriptions of violence (wounds, brandings, tattoos etc)

CFP: Turn to Religion in Literary Studies (3/15/07; MLA '07)

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Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 11:56pm
Susan Felch

Seminar papers are invited that explore ways in which Christian scholars can participate in the "turn to religion" by strengthening a critical sensibility that weighs the delicate registers of belief and unbelief; by developing more vigorous theoretical paradigms that take religion seriously; and by demonstrating that Christian commitments can lead to greater interpretive clarity.

500 word abstracts to Susan M. Felch (felch_at_calvin.edu) by March 15, 2007.

CFP: Turn to Religion in Literary Studies (3/15/07; MLA '07)

updated: 
Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 11:56pm
Susan Felch

Seminar papers are invited that explore ways in which Christian scholars can participate in the "turn to religion" by strengthening a critical sensibility that weighs the delicate registers of belief and unbelief; by developing more vigorous theoretical paradigms that take religion seriously; and by demonstrating that Christian commitments can lead to greater interpretive clarity.

500 word abstracts to Susan M. Felch (felch_at_calvin.edu) by March 15, 2007.

CFP: Cauda Pavonis: Studies in Hermeticism (no deadline noted; journal issue)

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Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 11:56pm
Kate Frost

Cauda Pavonis: Studies in Hermeticism solicits scholarly articles on
all aspects of Hermetic studies for upcoming issues.
Interdisciplinary work is especially welcome from fields such as
history, music, art history, philosophy, history of science,
religious studies, and literature. In addition, we welcome book/
journal announcements and books for review, announcements of
forthcoming conferences, and relevant notices of interest (such as
informative Web sites). Inquiries should be sent to
editor_at_caudapavonis.net.

CFP: Cauda Pavonis: Studies in Hermeticism (no deadline noted; journal issue)

updated: 
Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 11:56pm
Kate Frost

Cauda Pavonis: Studies in Hermeticism solicits scholarly articles on
all aspects of Hermetic studies for upcoming issues.
Interdisciplinary work is especially welcome from fields such as
history, music, art history, philosophy, history of science,
religious studies, and literature. In addition, we welcome book/
journal announcements and books for review, announcements of
forthcoming conferences, and relevant notices of interest (such as
informative Web sites). Inquiries should be sent to
editor_at_caudapavonis.net.

CFP: Anthropology Review Database (no deadline; journal issue)

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Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 11:56pm
Aaron Ogletree

Call for Book Reviewers
   
  If there is a book that you are interested in reviewing contact the Anthropology Review Database (ARD). The ARD is an academic journal dedicated to promoting anthropological literature, and is innovative in adopting a totally electronic mode of publication. The purpose of the ARD is to improve the level of access of anthropologists to recent scholarship by making them more aware of what is being published and helping them to evaluate its relevance to their own interests. We welcome writers from diverse backgrounds that can and are willing to provide fresh insight into recently published books. Please, note that the ARD welcome reviews on anthropology, politics, ethics, sociology, archaeology, and economics.

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