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CFP: Inaugural Issue of the Community Literacy Journal (3/15/06; new journal)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 3:37pm
Holly Mandes

Call for Papers: Inaugural issue of the Community Literacy Journal (for Fall
2006)

The peer-reviewed Community Literacy Journal seeks contributions for our
inaugural, Fall 2006 issue. We welcome submissions that address any social,
cultural, rhetorical, or institutional aspects of community literacy; we
particularly welcome co-authored pieces in collaboration with community
partners. Case studies of projects are also welcome.

Possible articles and approaches include, but are not limited to:

What are the broad, disciplinary implications and possibilities for emerging
community literacy initiatives at the programmatic and institutional levels?

CFP: Christopher Marlowe (3/1/06; MLA '06)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 3:37pm
Brandt, Bruce

The Marlowe Society of America solicits papers on any aspect of
Christopher Marlowe's plays or poetry (including performance-based
criticism) for an open-topic session to be held at the MLA Convention
(scheduled for New Orleans) in Dec. 2006. Send detailed abstracts or
papers of 15-minute reading length by e-mail, e-mail attachment, or hard
copy to Bruce Brandt, (Bruce.Brandt_at_sdstate.edu
<mailto:Bruce.Brandt_at_sdstate.edu> ) President, Marlowe Society of
America, English Dept., Box 504, South Dakota State University,
Brookings, SD 57007. Deadline: March 1, 2006.

CFP: Christopher Marlowe (3/1/06; MLA '06)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 3:37pm
Brandt, Bruce

The Marlowe Society of America solicits papers on any aspect of
Christopher Marlowe's plays or poetry (including performance-based
criticism) for an open-topic session to be held at the MLA Convention
(scheduled for New Orleans) in Dec. 2006. Send detailed abstracts or
papers of 15-minute reading length by e-mail, e-mail attachment, or hard
copy to Bruce Brandt, (Bruce.Brandt_at_sdstate.edu
<mailto:Bruce.Brandt_at_sdstate.edu> ) President, Marlowe Society of
America, English Dept., Box 504, South Dakota State University,
Brookings, SD 57007. Deadline: March 1, 2006.

CFP: Christopher Marlowe (3/1/06; MLA '06)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 3:37pm
Brandt, Bruce

The Marlowe Society of America solicits papers on any aspect of
Christopher Marlowe's plays or poetry (including performance-based
criticism) for an open-topic session to be held at the MLA Convention
(scheduled for New Orleans) in Dec. 2006. Send detailed abstracts or
papers of 15-minute reading length by e-mail, e-mail attachment, or hard
copy to Bruce Brandt, (Bruce.Brandt_at_sdstate.edu
<mailto:Bruce.Brandt_at_sdstate.edu> ) President, Marlowe Society of
America, English Dept., Box 504, South Dakota State University,
Brookings, SD 57007. Deadline: March 1, 2006.

UPDATE: Geographies and Genders (11/15/05; Southern ACIS, 2/23/06-2/25/06)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 3:36pm
Marti Lee

********** UPDATE **********

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Updated Schedule for Plenary Speakers:

Eavan Boland (Thursday February 23, 2006 5:30 p.m.)

Vona Groarke (Friday February 24, 2006 4:30 p.m.)

Margot Backus (TBA)

Conor O'Callaghan (TBA)

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DEADLINE FOR CFP: November 15, 2005

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CALL FOR PAPERS

IRISH STUDIES: GEOGRAPHIES AND GENDERS

American Conference for Irish Studies

2006 Southern Regional Conference

University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

February 23-26, 2006

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UPDATE: Geographies and Genders (11/15/05; Southern ACIS, 2/23/06-2/25/06)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 3:36pm
Marti Lee

********** UPDATE **********

=20

Updated Schedule for Plenary Speakers:

Eavan Boland (Thursday February 23, 2006 5:30 p.m.)

Vona Groarke (Friday February 24, 2006 4:30 p.m.)

Margot Backus (TBA)

Conor O'Callaghan (TBA)

=20

DEADLINE FOR CFP: November 15, 2005

=20

CALL FOR PAPERS

IRISH STUDIES: GEOGRAPHIES AND GENDERS

American Conference for Irish Studies

2006 Southern Regional Conference

University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

February 23-26, 2006

=20

UPDATE: Geographies and Genders (11/15/05; Southern ACIS, 2/23/06-2/25/06)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 3:36pm
Marti Lee

********** UPDATE **********

=20

Updated Schedule for Plenary Speakers:

Eavan Boland (Thursday February 23, 2006 5:30 p.m.)

Vona Groarke (Friday February 24, 2006 4:30 p.m.)

Margot Backus (TBA)

Conor O'Callaghan (TBA)

=20

DEADLINE FOR CFP: November 15, 2005

=20

CALL FOR PAPERS

IRISH STUDIES: GEOGRAPHIES AND GENDERS

American Conference for Irish Studies

2006 Southern Regional Conference

University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

February 23-26, 2006

=20

UPDATE: Geographies and Genders (11/15/05; Southern ACIS, 2/23/06-2/25/06)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 3:36pm
Marti Lee

********** UPDATE **********

=20

Updated Schedule for Plenary Speakers:

Eavan Boland (Thursday February 23, 2006 5:30 p.m.)

Vona Groarke (Friday February 24, 2006 4:30 p.m.)

Margot Backus (TBA)

Conor O'Callaghan (TBA)

=20

DEADLINE FOR CFP: November 15, 2005

=20

CALL FOR PAPERS

IRISH STUDIES: GEOGRAPHIES AND GENDERS

American Conference for Irish Studies

2006 Southern Regional Conference

University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

February 23-26, 2006

=20

UPDATE: Angel, Buffy, Firefly, Serenity (11/17/05; SW/TX PCA/ACA, 2/8/06-2/11/06)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 3:30pm
Alyson Buckman

Update: the submission deadline for the Whedonverse (Angel, Buffy, and
Serenity) panel at the SW/TX PCA/ACA conference has been extended to
November 17, 2005.

Special Call for Papers: Buffy, Angel, Firefly and/or Serenity (AKA
Whedonverse), Science Fiction and Fantasy Area, SW/TX PCA/ACA

2006 Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association 27th
Annual Conference. The Hyatt Regency Conference Hotel, Albuquerque, NM,
February 8-11, 2006.

The Area Chairs of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Area would like to
invite paper and panel proposals on the special topic of Joss Whedon's
work, including Buffy: TVS, Angel, Firefly, and Serenity.

UPDATE: Ecology &amp; Culture (11/20/05; PCA/ACA, 4/12/06-4/15/06)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 3:27pm
Leslie Fife

ECOLOGY AND CULTURE: CFP UPDATE

SUBMISSION DEADLINE UPDATE: NOVEMBER 20, 2005

 

NATIONAL POPULAR CULTURE & AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATIONS

2005 JOINT CONFERENCE

 

April 12 – 15, 2006

Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel

 

For more information on the PCA/ACA, please go to http://www.h-net.org/~pcaaca.

 

SUBMISSION DEADLINE UPDATE: NOVEMBER 20, 2005

 

We are considering proposals for sessions organized around a theme, special panels, and/or individual papers. Sessions are scheduled in 1½ hour slots, ideally with four papers or speakers per standard session.

 

UPDATE: Ecology &amp; Culture (11/20/05; PCA/ACA, 4/12/06-4/15/06)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 3:27pm
Leslie Fife

ECOLOGY AND CULTURE: CFP UPDATE

SUBMISSION DEADLINE UPDATE: NOVEMBER 20, 2005

 

NATIONAL POPULAR CULTURE & AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATIONS

2005 JOINT CONFERENCE

 

April 12 – 15, 2006

Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel

 

For more information on the PCA/ACA, please go to http://www.h-net.org/~pcaaca.

 

SUBMISSION DEADLINE UPDATE: NOVEMBER 20, 2005

 

We are considering proposals for sessions organized around a theme, special panels, and/or individual papers. Sessions are scheduled in 1½ hour slots, ideally with four papers or speakers per standard session.

 

UPDATE: Henry James and Jane Austen (11/20/05; ACCUTE, 5/27/06)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 3:27pm
Sarah Emsley

New deadline:

"The Unconscious Master: Henry James and Jane Austen=94
2006 ACCUTE CONFERENCE AT YORK UNIVERSITY, TORONTO

(27 May - 4 June 2006 at 75th Congress of Humanities and Social=20
Sciences; the ACCUTE conference will take place over 3-4 days within=20
that timeframe)

Henry James, himself known as the Master, praised Jane Austen for her=20
"little
master-strokes of imagination," suggesting that the reason for her high=20=

UPDATE: Henry James and Jane Austen (11/20/05; ACCUTE, 5/27/06)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 3:27pm
Sarah Emsley

New deadline:

"The Unconscious Master: Henry James and Jane Austen=94
2006 ACCUTE CONFERENCE AT YORK UNIVERSITY, TORONTO

(27 May - 4 June 2006 at 75th Congress of Humanities and Social=20
Sciences; the ACCUTE conference will take place over 3-4 days within=20
that timeframe)

Henry James, himself known as the Master, praised Jane Austen for her=20
"little
master-strokes of imagination," suggesting that the reason for her high=20=

CFP: Slash Fiction Study Day (UK) (1/15/06; 3/1/06)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 3:27pm
Ian Hunter

CALL FOR PAPERS
SLASH FICTION STUDY DAY

Faculty of Humanities, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK.

Wednesday March 1, 2006

This Study Day will be a slash-friendly forum for discussion of one of the
most vibrant sub-genres of fanfic. Proposals are invited for papers for
panel sessions on slash-related topics and controversies, including, but not
limited to, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Harry Potter and real person
slash.

The Study Day will take place as part of Cultural eXchanges, a week long
series of events at the Faculty of Humanities, De Montfort University.

CFP: Slash Fiction Study Day (UK) (1/15/06; 3/1/06)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 3:27pm
Ian Hunter

CALL FOR PAPERS
SLASH FICTION STUDY DAY

Faculty of Humanities, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK.

Wednesday March 1, 2006

This Study Day will be a slash-friendly forum for discussion of one of the
most vibrant sub-genres of fanfic. Proposals are invited for papers for
panel sessions on slash-related topics and controversies, including, but not
limited to, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Harry Potter and real person
slash.

The Study Day will take place as part of Cultural eXchanges, a week long
series of events at the Faculty of Humanities, De Montfort University.

CFP: Religion and Nation (1/15/06; 4/7/06-4/8/06)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 3:27pm
echilds

CALL FOR PAPERS

RELIGION AND NATION

A NEXUS Interdisciplinary Conference

University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Friday April 7 - Saturday April 8, 2006
Keynote Speaker: John Caputo (Syracuse)
"Beyond Sovereignty: The Weakness of God and the Postmodern Situation"
Reading by Diane Glancy (Macalester College)
Website: http://web.utk.edu/~nexus/
Deadline for Submissions: January 15, 2006

CFP: Religion and Nation (1/15/06; 4/7/06-4/8/06)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 3:27pm
echilds

CALL FOR PAPERS

RELIGION AND NATION

A NEXUS Interdisciplinary Conference

University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Friday April 7 - Saturday April 8, 2006
Keynote Speaker: John Caputo (Syracuse)
"Beyond Sovereignty: The Weakness of God and the Postmodern Situation"
Reading by Diane Glancy (Macalester College)
Website: http://web.utk.edu/~nexus/
Deadline for Submissions: January 15, 2006

CFP: Religion and Nation (1/15/06; 4/7/06-4/8/06)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 3:27pm
echilds

CALL FOR PAPERS

RELIGION AND NATION

A NEXUS Interdisciplinary Conference

University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Friday April 7 - Saturday April 8, 2006
Keynote Speaker: John Caputo (Syracuse)
"Beyond Sovereignty: The Weakness of God and the Postmodern Situation"
Reading by Diane Glancy (Macalester College)
Website: http://web.utk.edu/~nexus/
Deadline for Submissions: January 15, 2006

CFP: Religion and Nation (1/15/06; 4/7/06-4/8/06)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 3:27pm
echilds

CALL FOR PAPERS

RELIGION AND NATION

A NEXUS Interdisciplinary Conference

University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Friday April 7 - Saturday April 8, 2006
Keynote Speaker: John Caputo (Syracuse)
"Beyond Sovereignty: The Weakness of God and the Postmodern Situation"
Reading by Diane Glancy (Macalester College)
Website: http://web.utk.edu/~nexus/
Deadline for Submissions: January 15, 2006

CFP: Raymond Carver Sessions (1/10/06; ALA, 5/25/06-5/28/06)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 3:26pm
Sandra Lee Kleppe

INTERNATIONAL RAYMOND CARVER SOCIETY
CALL FOR PAPERS
American Literature Association
17th Annual Conference, May 25-28, 2006
San Francisco, CA
Sender: owner-cfp_at_lists.sas.upenn.edu
Precedence: bulk

THE INTERNATIONAL RAYMOND CARVER SOCIETY is hosting two sessions at the
2006 ALA conference, 25-28th May in San Francisco.

1) A panel of three 20-minute papers on Raymond Carver's fiction and poetry
careers. Papers that address cross-overs between the two are encouraged.

2) A roundtable session of multiple 8-minute presentations on teaching
Raymond Carver's poetry and fiction.

CFP: Writing Death in Nineteenth-Century Literature (grad) (1/5/06; McGill, 3/11/06-3/12/06)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 3:26pm
Tara MacDonald

12th Annual Graduate Conference on Language and Literature
McGill University, Montreal
Theme: Permeability and Selfhood
March 11-12, 2006

This call for papers is for a panel to be held at Permeability and Selfhood, the
McGill Graduate Conference on Language and Literature, which will take place
March 11-12 at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Writing Death in Nineteenth-Century Literature

CFP: Writing Death in Nineteenth-Century Literature (grad) (1/5/06; McGill, 3/11/06-3/12/06)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 3:26pm
Tara MacDonald

12th Annual Graduate Conference on Language and Literature
McGill University, Montreal
Theme: Permeability and Selfhood
March 11-12, 2006

This call for papers is for a panel to be held at Permeability and Selfhood, the
McGill Graduate Conference on Language and Literature, which will take place
March 11-12 at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Writing Death in Nineteenth-Century Literature

CFP: Writing Death in Nineteenth-Century Literature (grad) (1/5/06; McGill, 3/11/06-3/12/06)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 3:26pm
Tara MacDonald

12th Annual Graduate Conference on Language and Literature
McGill University, Montreal
Theme: Permeability and Selfhood
March 11-12, 2006

This call for papers is for a panel to be held at Permeability and Selfhood, the
McGill Graduate Conference on Language and Literature, which will take place
March 11-12 at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Writing Death in Nineteenth-Century Literature

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