Deadline extended:

The First International Making Books, Shaping Readers Conference
University College, Cork, April 18th - 20th 2007
http://www.ucc.ie/en/mbsr

Theme: "Making an Audience (Medieval)"

We have had a fantastic response to our conference CFP, but to complete our
programme we are looking for a panel of medievalists, with papers focused on
the theme of the conference. We are also delighted to confirm that Prof John
Thompson (QUB) and Prof Bill Bell (Edinburgh) will be our plenary speakers.

UPDATE: The deadline for submissions has been extended until the 25th of January 2007.

1st call for papers.

17th New Zealand Asian Studies Society (NZASIA) International Conference,
University of Otago, 22-25 November 2007. This will be an open,
multidisciplinary conference. Participants are invited to submit panel or
paper proposals presenting original research on any Asian-related topic.
Proposals for panels are welcome. Paper abstracts, single-spaced and no
longer than 200 words, must be submitted before 1 June 2007 to
<nzasia.conference_at_stonebow.otago.ac.nz>. Full conference details can be
found at <http://www.nzasia.org.nz> (conference website will be updated in
February 2007, and followed by 2nd call for papers).

1st call for papers.

17th New Zealand Asian Studies Society (NZASIA) International Conference,
University of Otago, 22-25 November 2007. This will be an open,
multidisciplinary conference. Participants are invited to submit panel or
paper proposals presenting original research on any Asian-related topic.
Proposals for panels are welcome. Paper abstracts, single-spaced and no
longer than 200 words, must be submitted before 1 June 2007 to
<nzasia.conference_at_stonebow.otago.ac.nz>. Full conference details can be
found at <http://www.nzasia.org.nz> (conference website will be updated in
February 2007, and followed by 2nd call for papers).

Sarah M.B. Piatt

This call for papers is for a proposed panel to be
held at (dis)junctions 2007: Malappropriation Nation
at the University of California Riverside's 14th
Annual Humanities Graduate Conference on April 6-7,
2007.

Contributors are invited to submit critical works on
the 19th C American poet, Sarah M.B. Piatt. These
papers can examine any aspect of Piatt scholarship.

Possible paper topics may include

a close focus on her poetry
Piatt's life/biographies of the poet
a look at critical texts on the poet
Piatt and politics
Piatt and the literary cannon
reviving Piatt's work in the academy
teaching Piatt

Call for Papers: The Stories of Flannery and Faulkner
Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, GA
Deadline for 500-word abstracts: 1 August 2007
Conference Dates: 2 Apr.-5 Apr. 2008

Please send abstracts of up to 500 words concerning the short stories
of Flannery O'Connor, the short stories of William Faulkner, or the
short stories of both O'Connor and Faulkner. All approaches are welcome.

May 27, 28 and 29, 2006
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Panel: Literature and Social Activism

Collaboration, communication, and the language of debate used in
social activism are crucial to the success of any politicized movement
that attempts to shape public opinion. Social activism can be
expressed in a wide variety of forms; writing to newspapers, political
pressure on elected officials, demonstrations, rallies, street
marches, essays, proletarian novels, protest poetry, testimonials,
graffiti, and more radical guerilla tactics which aim to disrupt the
social, political, or economic status quo of the nation.

CALL FOR PAPERS, PRESENTATIONS, PANELS AND PARTICIPANTS

THE JOINT JOURNALISM HISTORIANS CONFERENCE
(The American Journalism Historians Association and the AEJMC History Division joint spring meeting)

When: SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 2007
Time: 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM
Place: Kimball Hall, New York University, 246 Greene Street, New York, NY
Cost: $40

Call for papers for ASA panel on the histories of race and pragmatism
American Studies Association Annual Meeting, October 11-14, 2007,
Philadelphia, PA

Call for papers for ASA panel on the histories of race and pragmatism
American Studies Association Annual Meeting, October 11-14, 2007,
Philadelphia, PA

Deadline Extended to January 15, 2007!

What's Avant-Garde About the Avant-Garde?

The Fourth Annual Interdisciplinary Jazz Studies Colloquium

University of Kansas

March 30-31, 2007

Deadline Extended to January 15, 2007!

What's Avant-Garde About the Avant-Garde?

The Fourth Annual Interdisciplinary Jazz Studies Colloquium

University of Kansas

March 30-31, 2007

CFP: Gothic Science Fiction (graduate) (UK) (1/31/07; 4/28/07)

Organised by the School of Creative Industries, Napier University, Edinburgh, UK.

This one-day conference looks to bring together graduate students and early career researchers to discuss science fiction with a gothic slant. We invite short (20 minute) paper proposals focusing on identifying, untangling, or savouring gothic elements in science fiction, both past and present, and across a range of media - written texts, film, graphic novels, and visual media are all invited.

CFP: Gothic Science Fiction (graduate) (UK) (1/31/07; 4/28/07)

Organised by the School of Creative Industries, Napier University, Edinburgh, UK.

This one-day conference looks to bring together graduate students and early career researchers to discuss science fiction with a gothic slant. We invite short (20 minute) paper proposals focusing on identifying, untangling, or savouring gothic elements in science fiction, both past and present, and across a range of media - written texts, film, graphic novels, and visual media are all invited.