Call for Papers

Ethnoscapes: An Interdisciplinary Journal on Race and Ethnicity in the
Global Context

Issue One, Fall 2007
"Race and Coalition"

The editorial staff of the new peer-reviewed journal Ethnoscapes: An
Interdisciplinary Journal on Race and Ethnicity in the Global Context
invites submissions for its inaugural issue on the subject of "Race and
Coalition." Ethnoscapes maps the development of important themes in the
field of race and ethnic studies by using a "classic" piece as a point of
departure for a reconsideration of critical issues within the contemporary
economic, political, and cultural terrain.

 
CALL FOR PAPERS
Romance Fiction: Rumpled Sheets
Romance Writers & Writing
Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association
Annual Regional Conference
February 14-17, 2007
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Conference Hotel:
Hyatt Regency Albuquerque
330 Tijeras
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Phone: 1-505-842-1234
Fax: 1-505-766-6710
Individual presenters and panelists are invited to examine the popular
culture of romance writers & romance writing for the association's annual regional
conference. This conference will provide you with a wonderful opportunity to
share scholarly interests and to gain insights into romance fiction with

Deadline extended: December 1, 2006.

2007 Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association 28th Annual Conference, The Hyatt Regency Conference Hotel, Albuquerque, NM, February 14-17, 2007.

The Area Co-Chairs of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Area would like to invite paper and panel proposals on any aspect of the Star Trek franchise. Topics could include, but are not limited to the following:

• Core Films
• Novelizations (including graphic novels)
• Fan Fiction
• Slash Fiction
• Video Games (as narrative)
• Miniature Games (as narrative)
• Card Games (as narrative)

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

University Press of North Georgia(Mission Statement below)

North Georgia College & State University

The University Press of North Georgia is devoting its second publication
to topics exploring transformation of communities and community members
in the Southern Appalachia region and is seeking submissions for
publication. We invite you to submit scholarly articles and essays,
poetry, artwork, or interviews for scholarly review. Recognizing the
work of native Georgian, Don West, the editors of this book will pay
tribute to his life work, developing it as a metaphor for transformation
of the Southern Appalachian community.

Call for Papers:
The Raymond Carver Review (journal, deadline 3/15/07)

The Raymond Carver Review, a new, peer-reviewed, electronic annual,
hosted by Kent State University and published in cooperation with The
International Raymond Carver Society, seeks to publish the best
critical work both from established and emerging Carver scholars world-
wide.

Deadline Extended for Proposals for American Indians Today to December
1, 2006

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Call for Papers: American Indians Today

Abstract/Proposals by 01 December 2006

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Southwest/Texas Popular & American Popular Culture Associations 28th
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Albuquerque, NM. February 14-17, 2007

Hyatt Regency Albuquerque

330 Tijeras

Albuquerque, NM 87102

Phone: 1.505.842.1234

Fax: 1.505.766.6710

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Australian Research Council
Network for Early European Research

Inaugural International Conference
3-8 July, 2007, The University of Western Australia

Networks, Communities, Continuities: Europe 400-1850

Call for Proposals

The Australian Research Council Network for Early European Research
is a national framework for enhancing Australian research into the
culture and history of Europe between the fifth and early nineteenth
centuries. The Network aims to foster innovative research and new
connections between researchers, with a special interest in promoting
interdisciplinary and international contacts and collaborations.

Australian Research Council
Network for Early European Research

Inaugural International Conference
3-8 July, 2007, The University of Western Australia

Networks, Communities, Continuities: Europe 400-1850

Call for Proposals

The Australian Research Council Network for Early European Research
is a national framework for enhancing Australian research into the
culture and history of Europe between the fifth and early nineteenth
centuries. The Network aims to foster innovative research and new
connections between researchers, with a special interest in promoting
interdisciplinary and international contacts and collaborations.

Australian Research Council
Network for Early European Research

Inaugural International Conference
3-8 July, 2007, The University of Western Australia

Networks, Communities, Continuities: Europe 400-1850

Call for Proposals

The Australian Research Council Network for Early European Research
is a national framework for enhancing Australian research into the
culture and history of Europe between the fifth and early nineteenth
centuries. The Network aims to foster innovative research and new
connections between researchers, with a special interest in promoting
interdisciplinary and international contacts and collaborations.

DEADLINE EXTENDED until NOVEMBER 30.

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SPECIAL PANEL ANNOUNCEMENT Teacher Education and Pedagogy

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Please consider joining our discussions of teaching and learning at the
COLLEGE ENGLISH ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING in New Orleans this April
12-14.

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Our conference theme this year--so appropriate to our location--is
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You might consider in terms of the following broad issues:

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How do we respond, as teachers or teacher-educators, to difficult
circumstances? Do we prepare our students always to act in right
ways-according to some ethical imperative or ideal? Do we care if we do?

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The Ethics of Passing
   
  The concept of "passing" is not new to the American landscape. While racial/ethnic passing may be the most widely recognized form of passing, recent acceptance of queer and transgender studies reveals passing as more than a matter of skin color. The most general question, what are the ethics involved and undermined in participating in passing, opens the door to many other questions surrounding this issue. Does the actor always have control over her/his own ability to pass? What does it mean that someone can be passed without desiring such recognition? What kind of responsibility is involved in revealing ethnic, sexual, or gender "authenticity" if even the notion of the authentic has become problematic?

The Ethics of Passing
   
  The concept of "passing" is not new to the American landscape. While racial/ethnic passing may be the most widely recognized form of passing, recent acceptance of queer and transgender studies reveals passing as more than a matter of skin color. The most general question, what are the ethics involved and undermined in participating in passing, opens the door to many other questions surrounding this issue. Does the actor always have control over her/his own ability to pass? What does it mean that someone can be passed without desiring such recognition? What kind of responsibility is involved in revealing ethnic, sexual, or gender "authenticity" if even the notion of the authentic has become problematic?

The Ethics of Passing
   
  The concept of "passing" is not new to the American landscape. While racial/ethnic passing may be the most widely recognized form of passing, recent acceptance of queer and transgender studies reveals passing as more than a matter of skin color. The most general question, what are the ethics involved and undermined in participating in passing, opens the door to many other questions surrounding this issue. Does the actor always have control over her/his own ability to pass? What does it mean that someone can be passed without desiring such recognition? What kind of responsibility is involved in revealing ethnic, sexual, or gender "authenticity" if even the notion of the authentic has become problematic?

We are seeking a third participant for a special session that will be taking
place at the MLA convention this year, on Wednesday, December 27, at 5:15
pm, in Philadelphia. The title of the special session is "Postirony in
Theory and Fiction."

One of our participants is no longer able to take part in this panel, which
means we have an open slot that we'd like to fill. We're especially
interested in papers that discuss the concept of postirony in the essays
and fiction of David Foster Wallace. Papers on related topics are also
welcome.