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The Detective Fiction area of the Mid-Atlantic Popular/American Culture =
Association seeks proposals for the organization's Annual Conference, =
Oct. 27-29, 2006 in Baltimore Maryland.
Call for Submissions
Untitled Book Project:
Essays and Criticism on Contemporary Great Plains/High Plains Poets
Dear Poetry Reader, Scholar, Lover, Writer,
Greg Kosmicki of The Backwaters Press and I both love good poetry criticism
and would like to put together a book of critical articles about Great
Plains/High Plains poetry. Is there enough good criticism of the poets and
poetry of the Great Plains/High Plains out there in America to make a book?
It never hurts to ask.
Call for Papers
"Don't You Have Anything Better To Do?":
Work, Play, Comedy and Humor in English Studies
The Department of English at Ohio University invites writers,
teachers, and scholars in English Studies to Athens, Ohio, Saturday, October 14,
2006 for a one-day conference on the negotiation between work and play in our
professional and public lives. We are interested in how this space is mediated
in classrooms, literature, theory, and art. We encourage the submission of
papers, presentations, creative writings, and panels from all aspects of the
discipline-- creative writing, critical theory, cultural studies, literature,
rhetoric and composition, linguisitics, etc.
Call for Submissions
Untitled Book Project:
Essays and Criticism on Contemporary Great Plains/High Plains Poets
Dear Poetry Reader, Scholar, Lover, Writer,
Greg Kosmicki of The Backwaters Press and I both love good poetry criticism
and would like to put together a book of critical articles about Great
Plains/High Plains poetry. Is there enough good criticism of the poets and
poetry of the Great Plains/High Plains out there in America to make a book?
It never hurts to ask.
The deadline for submission of abstracts for the 2006 Victorians Institute Conference in Spartanburg, SC, has been extended to June 15. The conference theme is "Gender and Victorian Reform." You may access the call for papers and conference registration form at www.converse.edu/vi
Send paper abstracts to anita.rose_at_converse.edu
Anita R. Rose, Ph. D.
Associate Professor of English
Converse College
580 E. Main St.
Spartanburg, SC 29302
Ph: 864/596-9114
Converse College: The College of Choice for Women
The deadline for submission of abstracts for the 2006 Victorians Institute Conference in Spartanburg, SC, has been extended to June 15. The conference theme is "Gender and Victorian Reform." You may access the call for papers and conference registration form at www.converse.edu/vi
Send paper abstracts to anita.rose_at_converse.edu
Anita R. Rose, Ph. D.
Associate Professor of English
Converse College
580 E. Main St.
Spartanburg, SC 29302
Ph: 864/596-9114
Converse College: The College of Choice for Women
International Interdisciplinary Conference
Literature, Culture, and Tolerance
(Lodz, 28 â€" 30th of May, 2007)
International Interdisciplinary Conference
Literature, Culture, and Tolerance
(Lodz, 28 â€" 30th of May, 2007)
International Interdisciplinary Conference
Literature, Culture, and Tolerance
(Lodz, 28 â€" 30th of May, 2007)
Call for Abstracts: Collection of Critical Essays
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Narratives of Community: Women's Short Story Sequences
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While James Joyce's Dubliners (1926) is often credited as the first short =
story sequence, or collection of linked short stories reading like a =
novel, and while Sherwood Anderson claimed that he had invented the genre =
with Winesburg, Ohio, sequences by Grace King, Grace Sartwell Mason, and =
Sarah Orne Jewett (and likely others) predate them both. Since then, this =
form of narrative has appealed particularly to women writers who often =
use it to negotiate the tensions between individual identity and community.=
Call for Abstracts: Collection of Critical Essays
=20
Narratives of Community: Women's Short Story Sequences
=20
While James Joyce's Dubliners (1926) is often credited as the first short =
story sequence, or collection of linked short stories reading like a =
novel, and while Sherwood Anderson claimed that he had invented the genre =
with Winesburg, Ohio, sequences by Grace King, Grace Sartwell Mason, and =
Sarah Orne Jewett (and likely others) predate them both. Since then, this =
form of narrative has appealed particularly to women writers who often =
use it to negotiate the tensions between individual identity and community.=
Call for Abstracts: Collection of Critical Essays
=20
Narratives of Community: Women's Short Story Sequences
=20
While James Joyce's Dubliners (1926) is often credited as the first short =
story sequence, or collection of linked short stories reading like a =
novel, and while Sherwood Anderson claimed that he had invented the genre =
with Winesburg, Ohio, sequences by Grace King, Grace Sartwell Mason, and =
Sarah Orne Jewett (and likely others) predate them both. Since then, this =
form of narrative has appealed particularly to women writers who often =
use it to negotiate the tensions between individual identity and community.=
THE JULIE MANGO: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Special Issue on Education and Transformative Pedagogy
Submissions are sought for the third issue of The Julie Mango, an
international journal of poetry, prose and visual art, published twice
yearly on the web. We are searching for well-crafted and thought-provoking
politically conscious work from individuals and groups with original
voices and perspectives. Work stemming from and representing unknown,
marginalized and silenced bodies, communities and peoples are welcomed. We
are interested in submissions concerned with issues of colonial relations
of power, systemic racism, social justice, human rights, and all forms of
THE JULIE MANGO: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Special Issue on Education and Transformative Pedagogy
Submissions are sought for the third issue of The Julie Mango, an
international journal of poetry, prose and visual art, published twice
yearly on the web. We are searching for well-crafted and thought-provoking
politically conscious work from individuals and groups with original
voices and perspectives. Work stemming from and representing unknown,
marginalized and silenced bodies, communities and peoples are welcomed. We
are interested in submissions concerned with issues of colonial relations
of power, systemic racism, social justice, human rights, and all forms of
PLEASE NOTE: The deadline for abstract submission has been extended.
CFP: "Prefixing" - An Interdisciplinary Work-in-Progress Conference (Australia)
(07/07/06; 09/24/06-09/26/06)
NEW ABSTRACT DEADLINE: Friday, July 7
Conference Date: Sunday, September 24 - Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Prefixing: An Interdisciplinary Work-in-Progress (WIP) Conference
Emmanuel College
The University of Queensland
St. Lucia Campus
"Prefixing" is the 10th Annual Work-in-Progress postgraduate
conference organised by the English, Media Studies, and Art History
Postgraduate Society (EMAPS) of the University of Queensland in
Brisbane, Australia.
PLEASE NOTE: The deadline for abstract submission has been extended.
CFP: "Prefixing" - An Interdisciplinary Work-in-Progress Conference (Australia)
(07/07/06; 09/24/06-09/26/06)
NEW ABSTRACT DEADLINE: Friday, July 7
Conference Date: Sunday, September 24 - Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Prefixing: An Interdisciplinary Work-in-Progress (WIP) Conference
Emmanuel College
The University of Queensland
St. Lucia Campus
"Prefixing" is the 10th Annual Work-in-Progress postgraduate
conference organised by the English, Media Studies, and Art History
Postgraduate Society (EMAPS) of the University of Queensland in
Brisbane, Australia.
PLEASE NOTE: The deadline for abstract submission has been extended.
CFP: "Prefixing" - An Interdisciplinary Work-in-Progress Conference (Australia)
(07/07/06; 09/24/06-09/26/06)
NEW ABSTRACT DEADLINE: Friday, July 7
Conference Date: Sunday, September 24 - Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Prefixing: An Interdisciplinary Work-in-Progress (WIP) Conference
Emmanuel College
The University of Queensland
St. Lucia Campus
"Prefixing" is the 10th Annual Work-in-Progress postgraduate
conference organised by the English, Media Studies, and Art History
Postgraduate Society (EMAPS) of the University of Queensland in
Brisbane, Australia.
Call for Papers
"Is this the end of Tony Soprano?: Exploring the on-going cultural
impact of HBO's The Sopranos in the 21st century"
38th Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association (NEMLA)
March 1-4, 2007
Baltimore, Maryland
Approaches to Contemporary American Literature
Series Editors: Aliki Varvogli (University of Dundee, UK); Chris Gair
(University of Birmingham, UK)
The editors invite proposals for e-books to be included in a new series
of approaches to American literature since 1970. We seek typescripts and
proposals for books in any of the following (or similar) areas:
Approaches to Contemporary American Literature
Series Editors: Aliki Varvogli (University of Dundee, UK); Chris Gair
(University of Birmingham, UK)
The editors invite proposals for e-books to be included in a new series
of approaches to American literature since 1970. We seek typescripts and
proposals for books in any of the following (or similar) areas:
The ninth annual Student Success in First-Year Composition conference is
scheduled for February 2, 2007 at Georgia Southern University in
Statesboro, GA. The conference will feature sessions that address theory
and practice in the teaching of composition, as well as topics that
focus on the link between high school and college. The proposal deadline
is October 16, 2006. All submissions must be online, via
http://ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/ssfyc. For more details, contact
seminars_at_georgiasouthern.edu
RELIC - VU CENTRE FOR DUTCH RELIGIOUS HISTORY
call for papers
The Modern Calvin
John Calvin in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-
Century Collective Memory
ReLiC - Centre for Dutch Religious History at the VU University in =
Amsterdam (www.relic-vu.nl) invites contributions to a volume examining =
how John Calvin (1509-1564) served as an icon, saint, (anti)hero and =
role model in nineteenth and twentieth-century collective memory. The =
volume will be published by Brill Academic Publishers (www.brill.nl) in =
their Religious History and Culture Series.
RELIC - VU CENTRE FOR DUTCH RELIGIOUS HISTORY
call for papers
The Modern Calvin
John Calvin in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-
Century Collective Memory
ReLiC - Centre for Dutch Religious History at the VU University in =
Amsterdam (www.relic-vu.nl) invites contributions to a volume examining =
how John Calvin (1509-1564) served as an icon, saint, (anti)hero and =
role model in nineteenth and twentieth-century collective memory. The =
volume will be published by Brill Academic Publishers (www.brill.nl) in =
their Religious History and Culture Series.
RELIC - VU CENTRE FOR DUTCH RELIGIOUS HISTORY
call for papers
The Modern Calvin
John Calvin in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-
Century Collective Memory
ReLiC - Centre for Dutch Religious History at the VU University in =
Amsterdam (www.relic-vu.nl) invites contributions to a volume examining =
how John Calvin (1509-1564) served as an icon, saint, (anti)hero and =
role model in nineteenth and twentieth-century collective memory. The =
volume will be published by Brill Academic Publishers (www.brill.nl) in =
their Religious History and Culture Series.
Deadline extended to 06/12/2006 submit to: jtdawson_at_andrew.cmu.edu
The English Department at Carnegie Mellon University and Unseam'd
Shakespeare Company (Pittsburgh, Pa) with the participation of the August
Wilson Center for African American Culture invite academics, artists and
graduate students to participate in a day-long symposium:
Bridges or Fences: Diversity on the American Stage
(Re-engaging the Wilson-Brustein Debates)
June 24, 2006
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pa
Deadline extended to 06/12/2006 submit to: jtdawson_at_andrew.cmu.edu
The English Department at Carnegie Mellon University and Unseam'd
Shakespeare Company (Pittsburgh, Pa) with the participation of the August
Wilson Center for African American Culture invite academics, artists and
graduate students to participate in a day-long symposium:
Bridges or Fences: Diversity on the American Stage
(Re-engaging the Wilson-Brustein Debates)
June 24, 2006
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pa
Deadline extended to 06/12/2006 submit to: jtdawson_at_andrew.cmu.edu
The English Department at Carnegie Mellon University and Unseam'd
Shakespeare Company (Pittsburgh, Pa) with the participation of the August
Wilson Center for African American Culture invite academics, artists and
graduate students to participate in a day-long symposium:
Bridges or Fences: Diversity on the American Stage
(Re-engaging the Wilson-Brustein Debates)
June 24, 2006
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pa
CALL FOR POSTERS=20
Digital Textual Studies: Past, Present and Future
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
October 19-21, 2006=20
The Digital Textual Studies: Past, Present and Future Symposium Planning =
Committee is issuing a call for posters that highlight digital =
humanities projects, tools or techniques or work in progress. We also =
encourage any college or university digital humanities program, center =
or group to present a poster that overviews their program. Posters may =
include a demonstration, traditional printed poster, or a combination of =
both. Wireless internet access will be available at the poster venue.
CALL FOR POSTERS=20
Digital Textual Studies: Past, Present and Future
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
October 19-21, 2006=20
The Digital Textual Studies: Past, Present and Future Symposium Planning =
Committee is issuing a call for posters that highlight digital =
humanities projects, tools or techniques or work in progress. We also =
encourage any college or university digital humanities program, center =
or group to present a poster that overviews their program. Posters may =
include a demonstration, traditional printed poster, or a combination of =
both. Wireless internet access will be available at the poster venue.
CALL FOR POSTERS=20
Digital Textual Studies: Past, Present and Future
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
October 19-21, 2006=20
The Digital Textual Studies: Past, Present and Future Symposium Planning =
Committee is issuing a call for posters that highlight digital =
humanities projects, tools or techniques or work in progress. We also =
encourage any college or university digital humanities program, center =
or group to present a poster that overviews their program. Posters may =
include a demonstration, traditional printed poster, or a combination of =
both. Wireless internet access will be available at the poster venue.