American Literature Association, Boston
May 2007
=20
"Williams and Dada." Abstracts should be sent electronically by January =
20, 2007
to kdriscoll_at_sjc.edu.

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Bloodlust and Dust: Essays on HBO's Carnivale

Essays are invited which examine and explore Carnivale, HBO's drama set
during the 1930s in America's Dust Bowl. Any approach is welcome, but some
topics of interest are listed below. Essays will be edited by two editors
and are expected to conform to standard academic format and citation
protocol. The editors are eager to receive creative, dynamic essays on this
unusual show.

Bloodlust and Dust: Essays on HBO's Carnivale

Essays are invited which examine and explore Carnivale, HBO's drama set
during the 1930s in America's Dust Bowl. Any approach is welcome, but some
topics of interest are listed below. Essays will be edited by two editors
and are expected to conform to standard academic format and citation
protocol. The editors are eager to receive creative, dynamic essays on this
unusual show.

American Literature Association, Boston
May 2007
=20
"Williams and Dada." Abstracts should be sent electronically by January =
20, 2007
to kdriscoll_at_sjc.edu.

         ==========================================================
              From the Literary Calls for Papers Mailing List
                        CFP_at_english.upenn.edu
                         Full Information at
                     http://cfp.english.upenn.edu
         or write Jennifer Higginbotham: higginbj_at_english.upenn.edu
         ==========================================================
Received on Sat Jan 06 2007 - 18:55:49 EST

Spring Cleaning:
Rediscovering and Revitalizing the Artifact
University of Calgary Free Exchange Graduate Conference
16-18 March 2007
Calgary, Alberta
For more information, please visit Free Exchange at www.english.ucalgary.ca

The Nomadic Artifact

Nomadism: a kind of critical consciousness that resists settling into
socially coded modes of thought and behaviour...it produces the subversion
of set conventions.
               Rosi Braidotti quoted in Pauline Butling and Susan Rudy's
Writing in Our Time

Call for papers
One-day conference organized by the GRAAT:
Queer readings of television series and serials
Friday March 30, 2007
Université François Rabelais, Tours, France
Contributions will examine television series and
serials (1950s to today); they will be informed
by Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender
Studies and Queer Theory. British, Australian and
American shows will be favored, but
Spanish-speaking telenovelas will also be
considered. Deadlines for proposals January 14,
2007.
Send your proposals to Sebastien Salbayre
(sebastien.salbayre_at_univ-tours.fr)
AND Georges-Claude Guilbert
(georges-claude.guilbert_at_univ-tours.fr)

The Literature and Other Arts Panel of the Rocky Mountain MLA invites the submission of papers/presentations for its session at the 61st annual convention, this year held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on October 4-6, 2007.

Paper/Presentation Topic:
Any aspect of literature as it relates to other arts, in practice or in theory.

Topics may include, but are not limited to:

The Literature and Other Arts Panel of the Rocky Mountain MLA invites the submission of papers/presentations for its session at the 61st annual convention, this year held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on October 4-6, 2007.

Paper/Presentation Topic:
Any aspect of literature as it relates to other arts, in practice or in theory.

Topics may include, but are not limited to:

________________
As an affiliate-organization of the Modern Language
Association, CEA sponsors two panels at the annual MLA
convention. We are now accepting proposals for panel topics
(not completed panels) for the 2007 MLA conference.
Sender: owner-cfp_at_lists.sas.upenn.edu
Precedence: bulk

By submitting a proposal, panel organizers agree to
advertise their topic nationally through the UPenn CFP list
and at least one other specialized listserv.

CEA members are invited to send a proposed topic in the form
of a cfp to Marina Favila at

favilamc_at_jmu.edu or
FAX 1-540-568-2983

 24th Annual New England Medieval Studies Consortium Graduate
 Student Conference
 University of Connecticut
 The Medieval World: From the Secular to the Spiritual
 Saturday, February 24, 2007
 
 Abstracts from first year graduate students are now being accepted
 on all topics concerning late antiquity through the late Middle
 Ages. This is a special session for first year graduate students
 only. We strongly encourage papers from a variety of disciplines,
 including:
 
 Anthropology – Archaeology – Art History – Classical Studies –
 Comparative
 Literature – Disability Studies – Drama – Gerontology – History –
 History of Science

________________
As an affiliate-organization of the Modern Language
Association, CEA sponsors two panels at the annual MLA
convention. We are now accepting proposals for panel topics
(not completed panels) for the 2007 MLA conference.
Sender: owner-cfp_at_lists.sas.upenn.edu
Precedence: bulk

By submitting a proposal, panel organizers agree to
advertise their topic nationally through the UPenn CFP list
and at least one other specialized listserv.

CEA members are invited to send a proposed topic in the form
of a cfp to Marina Favila at

favilamc_at_jmu.edu or
FAX 1-540-568-2983

The Crisis Within: The Challenges of Specializing in African-American Literature in a Traditional
English Department

Call for Papers
Midwest Modern Language Association
8-11 November 2007
Cleveland

The James Agee Society invites proposals for papers for a special session at
the American Literature Association conference in Boston (May 24-27, 2006).

We are especially interested in presentations that engage the recent
publications of Agee's manuscripts (including the University of Tennessee
Press' James Agee Rediscovered), as well as papers that address Agee's
poetry, film criticism, screenplays, and journalism. Papers on Agee's place
in the American canon and problems of gender and race in his work are also
welcome.

Please send a brief abstract of presentation by January 28 to

J.A. Crank
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
jacrank_at_gmail.com

Transverse, a graduate literary journal of the Centre for Comparative
Literature at the University of Toronto, invites submissions of
essays, literary reviews, and creative writing (short stories, poetry,
short plays) for the next issue, to be published in Spring 2007.
Transverse is a paper-based journal with a pdf version available
on-line at www.chass.utoronto.ca/complit/journal.htm