CALL FOR PAPERS

JANUS HEAD 6.2

Janus Head: Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature,
Continental Philosophy, Phenomenological Psychology and the Arts
http://www.janushead.org

OPEN ISSUE

Guidelines for Submissions

Janus Head follows APA guidelines for its review process (peer
review).

In general, Janus Head editors and reviewers look for works which
speak to the Janus Head attitude of "respect and openness to the
various manifestations of truth in human experience and the
fostering of understanding through meditative thinking, narrative
structure, and poetic imagination."

Deadline for submissions: October 31, 2003.

The deadline has been extended to 14 August 2003 for:

Hollywood to Bollywood: Reviewing the Culture of Musicals

An M/C Reviews feature

http://reviews.media-culture.org.au

Edited by Emma Nelms and Kate Douglas

M/C Reviews would like to invite contributions for a reviews feature on
the theatrical, cinematic and televisual significance of musicals.

We will publish a collection of short critiques or thought-pieces (each
submission should be 1000 words or less) on the subject of musicals
(whether film, theatre or television), as well as reviews of particular
musicals.

Possible topics include (but should not be limited to):

Contributions are invited for the next general issue of _Agora_.
(Please distribute)
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Agora (ISSN 1496-9580 <http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/agora/>) is an
internationally refereed online graduate journal that provides a public
forum for dialogue and debate about literary criticism and pedagogy. The
journal is indexed in the MLA Bibliography and the Canadian Literary
Periodical Index; it is also archived in the National Library of Canada
(<http://collection.nlc-bnc.ca/100/201/300/agora/>).

The electronic English Studies Forum publishes innovative critical and creative writing. ESF currently seeks submissions for sites on the following topics:

* "Image, Story, and Conversation" explores the idea that we imagine our world in archtypal patterns, three of which are image, story, and conversation.
* "The Postmodern Imagination and Beyond" asks "what are we imagining, and how?" This site investigates the postmodern imagination and the postmodern understanding of the nature/role of imagination in contemporary literature and culture. This site will also consider what post-postmodernism might look like.
* "PostColonial Literatures" examines postcolonial literatures and the postcolonial imagination.

The electronic English Studies Forum publishes innovative critical and creative writing. ESF currently seeks submissions for sites on the following topics:

* "Image, Story, and Conversation" explores the idea that we imagine our world in archtypal patterns, three of which are image, story, and conversation.
* "The Postmodern Imagination and Beyond" asks "what are we imagining, and how?" This site investigates the postmodern imagination and the postmodern understanding of the nature/role of imagination in contemporary literature and culture. This site will also consider what post-postmodernism might look like.
* "PostColonial Literatures" examines postcolonial literatures and the postcolonial imagination.

The Undying Fire: The Journal of the H.G. Wells Society, the Americas

CALL FOR PAPERS: 2003

_The Undying Fire_ is devoted to the study of H.G. Wells, and critical
essays on any topic relating to Wells's life and work will be considered
for publication.

Interdisciplinary essays welcomed.

Published annually, each volume includes from five to seven
essays ranging from 10-25 pages in length. MLA documentation preferred.
Submit paper copy and the file on disk (in Word format).

Be sure to include your e-mail address on your cover letter.

Call for Papers: pacific REVIEW, a West Coast Arts Review
Annual

submission deadline: 12/05/03

From: Camille Tèrese Tallon (pacificreview_sdsu_at_yahoo.com)
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REWRITING THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAS

The Research Group Cultural and Literary Studies of the Americas invites
original essays for the publication of a volume dedicated to the
rewritings of the history of the Americas (including North America,
Central America, the Caribbean, and South America).

Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society seeks submissions for a
special issue titled "Gender beyond 'Sexual Difference': Rethinking
Feminisms and Visual Culture," slated for publication in spring 2006. The
editors of this special issue seek manuscripts that offer new feminist
strategies for examining visual culture, convincing critiques of earlier
approaches to feminist visual analysis, and/or new models of feminist
visual theory that accommodate the multivalence of women's identities and
experiences. We are interested in essays that revise binary models of
sexual difference by considering the coextensivity of gender and the myriad

CFP: Comparing Literatures through Translation: Theoretical and Practical
Challenges (12/31/03; Gramma: Journal of Theory and Criticism)

Contributions from the following areas are welcome: current translation
theories; comparative literary theory; cultural studies; post-colonial
theory; stylistics; discourse analysis; pragmatics; aesthetics.

Papers should not exceed the length of 5000 words (including footnotes and
bibliography). They should follow the MLA Handbook (5th edition).
Contributions can be submitted in either English or Greek. Papers should be
submitted in double-spaced format (two hard copies and a disk) to the editor
of the issue, Nikos Kontos:

Post Identity, a national, fully-refereed journal of the humanities, publishes
scholarship that problematizes the narratives underlying individual, social, and
cultural identity formations; that investigates the relationship between
identity formations and texts; and that argues how such formations can be
challenged.

LISA E-Journal is inviting contributions to an issue on Biography versus
Fiction: the Value of Testimony to be published in June 2004. This theme of
reflection focuses on the value and authenticity of historical testimony
when it is conveyed by any kind of subjective literary form, whether it be
the autobiographical genre stemming from personal experience or the
subjective interpretation of this testimony through fictional literary
works. The field of study discussed is that of American XIXth and XXth
century cultural studies, directly linked with minorities and written
testimonies coming from ethnic groups. In this domain, more than in any

LISA E-Journal is inviting contributions to an issue on Biography versus
Fiction: the Value of Testimony to be published in June 2004. This theme of
reflection focuses on the value and authenticity of historical testimony
when it is conveyed by any kind of subjective literary form, whether it be
the autobiographical genre stemming from personal experience or the
subjective interpretation of this testimony through fictional literary
works. The field of study discussed is that of American XIXth and XXth
century cultural studies, directly linked with minorities and written
testimonies coming from ethnic groups. In this domain, more than in any

MARY AUGUSTA WARD: A COLLECTION OF CRITICAL ESSAYS

Submissions are invited for a collection of critical essays centring upon
the life and work of Mary Augusta Ward (Mrs Humphry Ward) [1851-1920]. The
essays should be in the region of 4000-6000 words, and may treat of any
aspect Ward’s career, but the special emphasis will be upon Ward’s fiction.
Some topics for consideration may include (but are not limited to) the
following: