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UPDATE: Flaherty and the Documentary Tradition (7/30/06; Film & History, 11/8/06-11/12/06)

updated: 
Saturday, May 20, 2006 - 2:08pm
Jared Green

CALL FOR PAPERS
2006 Film and History League Conference: "The Documentary Tradition"
8-12 November, 2006
Dolce Conference Center
Dallas, TX

AREA: Robert J. Flaherty

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Robert J. Flaherty=92s Nanook of the North (1922) has both an iconic =
and=A0
problematic status in contemporary studies of non-fiction film.=A0=A0=20
Flaherty himself has been a figure similarly revered and reviled in=20
equal measure for his genre-defying mixture of observational=20
documentation and romantic reconstruction. As a flashpoint for debates=20=

about documentary film ethics and ethnographic representation, as well=20=

CFP: The Body in Medical Culture (6/15/06; collection)

updated: 
Saturday, May 20, 2006 - 2:08pm
Elizabeth Klaver

For a book collection of essays, The Body in Medical Culture, please
send the abstract of completed essays of about 25 pages on any aspect of
the medicalized body in the 18th or 19th centuries. Europe, Britain or
North America considered. 250 word abstract due by June 15. Send to
etklaver_at_siu.edu.

CFP: The Australian Journal of Jewish Studies (no deadline noted; journal issue)

updated: 
Saturday, May 20, 2006 - 2:08pm
Dr Dvir Abramovich

Call for Journal Submissions

The Australian Journal of Jewish Studies, 2006 edition.

The Australian Journal of Jewish Studies is a peer-reviewed publication
devoted to the study of Jewish culture, history, politics, literature,
religion, philopshy and thought in all aspects and periods. It is published
annually.

The editors are inviting additional submissions for its 2006 edition.

*The AJJS normally will accept contributions of 15,000 words (including
quotations).

*Please include a short bio and an abstract of 150 words.

*Submissions should be sent as email attachments in a PC-readable format
(preferably MS Word, HTML or RTF).

All submission and enquires to:

CFP: The Body in Medical Culture (6/15/06; collection)

updated: 
Saturday, May 20, 2006 - 2:08pm
Elizabeth Klaver

For a book collection of essays, The Body in Medical Culture, please
send the abstract of completed essays of about 25 pages on any aspect of
the medicalized body in the 18th or 19th centuries. Europe, Britain or
North America considered. 250 word abstract due by June 15. Send to
etklaver_at_siu.edu.

CFP: The Body in Medical Culture (6/15/06; collection)

updated: 
Saturday, May 20, 2006 - 2:08pm
Elizabeth Klaver

For a book collection of essays, The Body in Medical Culture, please
send the abstract of completed essays of about 25 pages on any aspect of
the medicalized body in the 18th or 19th centuries. Europe, Britain or
North America considered. 250 word abstract due by June 15. Send to
etklaver_at_siu.edu.

CFP: The Body in Medical Culture (6/15/06; collection)

updated: 
Saturday, May 20, 2006 - 2:08pm
Elizabeth Klaver

For a book collection of essays, The Body in Medical Culture, please
send the abstract of completed essays of about 25 pages on any aspect of
the medicalized body in the 18th or 19th centuries. Europe, Britain or
North America considered. 250 word abstract due by June 15. Send to
etklaver_at_siu.edu.

CFP: The Australian Journal of Jewish Studies (no deadline noted; journal issue)

updated: 
Saturday, May 20, 2006 - 2:08pm
Dr Dvir Abramovich

Call for Journal Submissions

The Australian Journal of Jewish Studies, 2006 edition.

The Australian Journal of Jewish Studies is a peer-reviewed publication
devoted to the study of Jewish culture, history, politics, literature,
religion, philopshy and thought in all aspects and periods. It is published
annually.

The editors are inviting additional submissions for its 2006 edition.

*The AJJS normally will accept contributions of 15,000 words (including
quotations).

*Please include a short bio and an abstract of 150 words.

*Submissions should be sent as email attachments in a PC-readable format
(preferably MS Word, HTML or RTF).

All submission and enquires to:

CFP: The Australian Journal of Jewish Studies (no deadline noted; journal issue)

updated: 
Saturday, May 20, 2006 - 2:08pm
Dr Dvir Abramovich

Call for Journal Submissions

The Australian Journal of Jewish Studies, 2006 edition.

The Australian Journal of Jewish Studies is a peer-reviewed publication
devoted to the study of Jewish culture, history, politics, literature,
religion, philopshy and thought in all aspects and periods. It is published
annually.

The editors are inviting additional submissions for its 2006 edition.

*The AJJS normally will accept contributions of 15,000 words (including
quotations).

*Please include a short bio and an abstract of 150 words.

*Submissions should be sent as email attachments in a PC-readable format
(preferably MS Word, HTML or RTF).

All submission and enquires to:

CFP: The Body in Medical Culture (6/15/06; collection)

updated: 
Saturday, May 20, 2006 - 2:08pm
Elizabeth Klaver

For a book collection of essays, The Body in Medical Culture, please
send the abstract of completed essays of about 25 pages on any aspect of
the medicalized body in the 18th or 19th centuries. Europe, Britain or
North America considered. 250 word abstract due by June 15. Send to
etklaver_at_siu.edu.

CFP: The Body in Medical Culture (6/15/06; collection)

updated: 
Saturday, May 20, 2006 - 2:08pm
Elizabeth Klaver

For a book collection of essays, The Body in Medical Culture, please
send the abstract of completed essays of about 25 pages on any aspect of
the medicalized body in the 18th or 19th centuries. Europe, Britain or
North America considered. 250 word abstract due by June 15. Send to
etklaver_at_siu.edu.

CFP: Reconstruction: Threatening Bodies: Nationalism, Sexuality, and Race (8/1/06; e-journal issue)

updated: 
Saturday, May 20, 2006 - 2:08pm
Jennifer Musial

Please forward widely...

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Call for Papers: Special theme issue of 'Reconstruction'

'Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture' is an open access,
electronic,
peer-reviewed journal devoted to publishing cultural studies work from
emerging
and established scholars worldwide.

We now invite submissions for our special-theme issue tentatively titled,
'Threatening Bodies: Nationalism, Sexuality, and Race.'

CFP: Reconstruction: Threatening Bodies: Nationalism, Sexuality, and Race (8/1/06; e-journal issue)

updated: 
Saturday, May 20, 2006 - 2:08pm
Jennifer Musial

Please forward widely...

****
Call for Papers: Special theme issue of 'Reconstruction'

'Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture' is an open access,
electronic,
peer-reviewed journal devoted to publishing cultural studies work from
emerging
and established scholars worldwide.

We now invite submissions for our special-theme issue tentatively titled,
'Threatening Bodies: Nationalism, Sexuality, and Race.'

CFP: Reconstruction: Threatening Bodies: Nationalism, Sexuality, and Race (8/1/06; e-journal issue)

updated: 
Saturday, May 20, 2006 - 2:08pm
Jennifer Musial

Please forward widely...

****
Call for Papers: Special theme issue of 'Reconstruction'

'Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture' is an open access,
electronic,
peer-reviewed journal devoted to publishing cultural studies work from
emerging
and established scholars worldwide.

We now invite submissions for our special-theme issue tentatively titled,
'Threatening Bodies: Nationalism, Sexuality, and Race.'

CFP: (In)fusion theory, Interdisciplinarity and Salman Rushdie (6/30/06; collection)

updated: 
Saturday, May 20, 2006 - 2:08pm
infusiontheory_at_rediffmail.com

The book, provisionally titled (In)fusion Approach,
Interdisciplinarity and Salman Rushdie, is nearly
complete. It focuses on what I propose as (In)fusion
theory. The first section has several essays that
critique (In)fusion theory in relation to aesthetics,
postmodernism, translation theories, environmental
ethics, communication theory among other theoretical
paradigms.
The second section of the book focuses on the use of
this theory and the reading of the fictional works of
Salman Rushdie. It is for this section that I would
like to consider abstracts on Rushdie's novels Fury
and Shalimar the Clown.
The abstracts need to focus on the following things:

CFP: (In)fusion theory, Interdisciplinarity and Salman Rushdie (6/30/06; collection)

updated: 
Saturday, May 20, 2006 - 2:08pm
infusiontheory_at_rediffmail.com

The book, provisionally titled (In)fusion Approach,
Interdisciplinarity and Salman Rushdie, is nearly
complete. It focuses on what I propose as (In)fusion
theory. The first section has several essays that
critique (In)fusion theory in relation to aesthetics,
postmodernism, translation theories, environmental
ethics, communication theory among other theoretical
paradigms.
The second section of the book focuses on the use of
this theory and the reading of the fictional works of
Salman Rushdie. It is for this section that I would
like to consider abstracts on Rushdie's novels Fury
and Shalimar the Clown.
The abstracts need to focus on the following things:

CFP: (In)fusion theory, Interdisciplinarity and Salman Rushdie (6/30/06; collection)

updated: 
Saturday, May 20, 2006 - 2:08pm
infusiontheory_at_rediffmail.com

The book, provisionally titled (In)fusion Approach,
Interdisciplinarity and Salman Rushdie, is nearly
complete. It focuses on what I propose as (In)fusion
theory. The first section has several essays that
critique (In)fusion theory in relation to aesthetics,
postmodernism, translation theories, environmental
ethics, communication theory among other theoretical
paradigms.
The second section of the book focuses on the use of
this theory and the reading of the fictional works of
Salman Rushdie. It is for this section that I would
like to consider abstracts on Rushdie's novels Fury
and Shalimar the Clown.
The abstracts need to focus on the following things:

CFP: Television and Documentary (7/30/06; Film & History, 11/8/06-11/12/06)

updated: 
Saturday, May 20, 2006 - 2:08pm
Stacy Takacs

Call for Papers and Sessions
THE DOCUMENTARY TRADITION
November 8-12, 2006 (Dallas, TX)
www.filmandhistory.org
 
CFP: The Documentary Tradition on Television
 
The cable, satellite, and digital delivery revolutions have fundamentally
altered the landscape of television and of television documentary. The new
multichannel environment has created a boom in TV documentary not seen since
the heady days of the Cold War and the so-called "Golden Age" of television.
Boutique informational networks like Discovery and The Learning Channel have
enabled a wealth of new original documentary production while other such

CFP: The Male as a Source of Gothic Horror (6/20/06; collection)

updated: 
Saturday, May 20, 2006 - 2:08pm
Ruth Anolik

For a collection on the fear of sexual difference/otherness in the
Gothic, under contract. The essay should consider moments in which
Gothic horror is generated by a frightening male figure, rather than by
the supernatural. Essays that consider non-canonical texts are welcome.

Please submit 500 word abstract by June 20 to:
ruth.anolik_at_villanova.edu

CFP: The Male as a Source of Gothic Horror (6/20/06; collection)

updated: 
Saturday, May 20, 2006 - 2:08pm
Ruth Anolik

For a collection on the fear of sexual difference/otherness in the
Gothic, under contract. The essay should consider moments in which
Gothic horror is generated by a frightening male figure, rather than by
the supernatural. Essays that consider non-canonical texts are welcome.

Please submit 500 word abstract by June 20 to:
ruth.anolik_at_villanova.edu

CFP: The Male as a Source of Gothic Horror (6/20/06; collection)

updated: 
Saturday, May 20, 2006 - 2:08pm
Ruth Anolik

For a collection on the fear of sexual difference/otherness in the
Gothic, under contract. The essay should consider moments in which
Gothic horror is generated by a frightening male figure, rather than by
the supernatural. Essays that consider non-canonical texts are welcome.

Please submit 500 word abstract by June 20 to:
ruth.anolik_at_villanova.edu

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