Please note that the keynote speakers for the Byron and Modernity=20
conference will be Professor Jerome McGann (John Stewart Bryan=20
Professor at the University of Virginia), Professor Tilottama Rajan=20
(Canada Research Chair in Theory and English at the University of=20
Western Ontario), and Professor Christopher Ricks (Warren Professor of=20=

the Humanities at Boston University). Below is the previously posted=20
call for papers.

Submissions are invited for =93Byron and Modernity=94 an international=20=

conference, sponsored by the University of British Columbia, to be held=20=

in Vancouver at the Coast Plaza Hotel and Suites October 25-28, 2007 . =20=

MEDIASCAPE, UCLA's online Critical Studies journal, has extended its
submission deadline for the Spring issue to February 1, 2007.

Submission guidelines and section-specific calls for the Features,
Reviews, Columns and Meta sections can be found on the submissions
page of the Mediascape website:
http://www.tft.ucla.edu/mediascape/about/submissions06.html

Any other questions can be directed to Erin Hill (erinhill_at_ucla.edu)

Alternatives Within the Mainstream II: Queer Theatre in Postwar Britain=20
Critics had been invited to write chapters for a critical study of=20
contemporary British post-war queer theatre. The focus is on bi, trans, gay=
, lesbian=20
identities as represented on the British stage. Keeping in mind that queer=20
identities are fluid and always in a state of flux, defying definitions and=
=20
binary oppositions, articles were invited which examine these identities as=
=20
represented in British drama since 1950.=20
A few of the topics which have been covered:=20
Lesbian theatre=20
Black lesbian theatre [Black in this anthology includes Asian]=20
Gay theatre=20

Alternatives Within the Mainstream II: Queer Theatre in Postwar Britain=20
Critics had been invited to write chapters for a critical study of=20
contemporary British post-war queer theatre. The focus is on bi, trans, gay=
, lesbian=20
identities as represented on the British stage. Keeping in mind that queer=20
identities are fluid and always in a state of flux, defying definitions and=
=20
binary oppositions, articles were invited which examine these identities as=
=20
represented in British drama since 1950.=20
A few of the topics which have been covered:=20
Lesbian theatre=20
Black lesbian theatre [Black in this anthology includes Asian]=20
Gay theatre=20

Edith Wharton and Illness
MLA 2007, Chicago (12-27-30, 2007) Deadline 3-10-07
This panel, sponsored by the Edith Wharton Society, wants to explore the significant role illness (and health) played in Wharton's life, context, and works. All approaches to this topic are welcome. Please send abstracts (about 500 words) and short CV's by March 10th to Hildegard Hoeller (hilhllr_at_aol.com) or at 29 Gail Court, Staten Island NY 10306.
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American Literature Association 18th Annual Conference (May 24-27, 2007)
=20
Proposals are sought for an open session on multi-ethnic literature. As =
a MELUS-sponsored event, this panel welcomes submissions from anyone =
interested in the study of multi-ethnic literature but requires those =
whose proposals are accepted to be members of the society. Please email =
a 250-word abstract with a 1-page c.v. by January 26, 2007 to =
liw_at_sunysuffolk.edu <mailto:liw_at_sunysuffolk.edu> .=20
=20
The American Literature Association's 18th annual conference will meet =
at the Westin Copley Place in Boston on May 24-27, 2007 (Thursday =

CFP: Teaching Literature through Travel/Study Abroad (UPDATE: 2/15/07; RMMLA 10/4-6/07)

 Teaching Literature through Travel or Study Abroad Courses

*2007 RMMLA Conference in beautiful Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 4-6, 2007.
*As of January 1, 2007, Americans will need a passport for all air and sea travel to and from Canada.

Panel proposals for "New Reading Interfaces," an MLA session sponsored
by the Association for Computers and the Humanities (Chicago, December
2007).

Description: This panel will address reading in the context of networked
and multimedia communication environments. Possible topics include text
visualizations, alternative interfaces, immersive or VR environments for
text. Proposals welcome from both practical (design, coding) and
theoretical perspectives.

Type of submission wanted: abstracts + 1-2 pp. CV
Deadline: March 16
Contact: Rita Raley <raley at english.ucsb.edu>

=93New Worlds, Lost Worlds=94: Discovery, Change, and Loss in Literature
McGill University, Montr=E9al
13th Annual Graduate Conference on Language and Literature
March 10-11, 2007

*please note the extended deadline*

Panel:=20
New Worlds, Lost Worlds, Lost Words, New Words:=20
Imagining Diaspora in Canadian Literature

If to live in diaspora is to live the experience of leaving one world =
for another world, of being away, of being broken up and split apart, =
then perhaps it is through words, new and old, that we can attempt to =
piece ourselves back together again and lead ourselves, if not home, =
then somewhere else, elsewhere-

Call for Submissions =20
The Aroostook Review, an online journal at the University of Maine at =
Fort Kent, is seeking quality submissions of Art/Photography, Poetry, =
Fiction, Non-fiction and Creative Non-fiction for possible publication =
in the Summer 2007 issue.
=20
Theme: "Heroes and Legends."
=20
Submission Guidelines
Please make sure your submissions are in a =A9Microsoft Word Format =
(.doc) or a rich text file (.rtf). Any digital artwork or photography =
needs to be sent in standard image extension (.gif or .jpg). Higher =
resolutions will be adjusted to 72 dpi. =20

=93New Worlds, Lost Worlds=94: Discovery, Change, and Loss in Literature
McGill University, Montr=E9al
13th Annual Graduate Conference on Language and Literature
March 10-11, 2007

*please note the extended deadline*

Panel:=20
New Worlds, Lost Worlds, Lost Words, New Words:=20
Imagining Diaspora in Canadian Literature

If to live in diaspora is to live the experience of leaving one world =
for another world, of being away, of being broken up and split apart, =
then perhaps it is through words, new and old, that we can attempt to =
piece ourselves back together again and lead ourselves, if not home, =
then somewhere else, elsewhere-

CFP: Woman In Mind (Feminist Journal, deadline January 21, 2007) submit
to Christan Moran, christanstar_at_aol.com, or Womaninmind_at_gmail.com.

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Call for Papers=20
Nancy Mairs Society=20
American Literature Association Conference=20
Deadline: 1/20/07=20
Conference Date: May 24-27th 2007=20

UPDATE: The deadline for submissions has been extended until the 28th of
February 2007.

PLEASE NOTES the conference dates also changed slightly. The conference will
now be hosted from 20-21 June 2007.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Taking a hard look: Gender and visual culture

CONFERENCE HOSTED BY THE
INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES,
UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA

20-21 June 2007

Keynote speaker: Prof Amelia Jones

Professor and Pilkington Chair in the History of Art

Art History and Visual Studies