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UPDATE: Roles of Creative Writing in Society and Academy (grad) (2/9/07; 3/16/07-3/18/07)

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Thursday, February 1, 2007 - 11:58pm
UdeM Leviathan

CFP: THE DECAYING SENSE OF LEVIATHAN:
A CRITICALLY CREATIVE CONFERENCE
Departement d'etudes anglaises,
Universite de Montreal, Quebec, Canada
March 16-18, 2007

This graduate student conference from March 16-18, 2007, is an attempt to reunite the creative and the critical work that defines our field. Besides critical panels presented by graduate students, we are also uniquely hosting three six-hour creative writing workshops facilitated by eminent professional writers: Montreal experimental cross-genre novelist Gail Scott, San Francisco Bay area visual poet and poetics journal editor Yedda Morrison, and British Columbian poet, editor and critic Fred Wah, who will also deliver our keynote address.

CFP: 19th Century American Lit (no deadline noted; SCMLA, 11/1/07-11/3/07)

updated: 
Thursday, February 1, 2007 - 11:21pm
Richard McLamore

"Not that Foucault . . ." American representations of Power from the Virgin to the Dynamo.

 

The concept of Power changed during the nineteenth century as the sorts of power that humans could control dramatically expanded. Papers investigating changed, innovative, or problematic strategies that early American writers from the colonial periods to 1900 used to represent the relationships between humans and power are welcome.

 

Please e-mail 500 word abstracts to: Mclamorr_at_mcmurryadm.mcm.edu

Richard McLamore

Department of English

 
Richard V. McLamore
Associate Professor of English
McMurry University
Abilene, TX 79697-0608

UPDATE: Literature After Literature: 21st Century Re-readings (2/15/07; 4/22/07)

updated: 
Thursday, February 1, 2007 - 11:09pm
jc647951_at_albany.edu

New submission deadline: Feb. 15, 2007

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Literature After Literature: 21st Century Re-readings

The English Graduate Student Organization at the University at Albany
(SUNY) seeks papers for its annual graduate student conference that is
being held in April in conjunction with a visit by and conference on
H?l?ne Cixous, the world-renown French feminist scholar, novelist, and
playwright. This year's topic, "What does it mean to read in the 21st
century??, is inspired by Cixous' politically-charged work across various
genres. The conference will explore an array of questions relating to the
reading of literature today.

UPDATE: Literature After Literature: 21st Century Re-readings (2/15/07; 4/22/07)

updated: 
Thursday, February 1, 2007 - 11:09pm
jc647951_at_albany.edu

New submission deadline: Feb. 15, 2007

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Literature After Literature: 21st Century Re-readings

The English Graduate Student Organization at the University at Albany
(SUNY) seeks papers for its annual graduate student conference that is
being held in April in conjunction with a visit by and conference on
H?l?ne Cixous, the world-renown French feminist scholar, novelist, and
playwright. This year's topic, "What does it mean to read in the 21st
century??, is inspired by Cixous' politically-charged work across various
genres. The conference will explore an array of questions relating to the
reading of literature today.

UPDATE: Literature After Literature: 21st Century Re-readings (2/15/07; 4/22/07)

updated: 
Thursday, February 1, 2007 - 11:09pm
jc647951_at_albany.edu

New submission deadline: Feb. 15, 2007

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Literature After Literature: 21st Century Re-readings

The English Graduate Student Organization at the University at Albany
(SUNY) seeks papers for its annual graduate student conference that is
being held in April in conjunction with a visit by and conference on
H?l?ne Cixous, the world-renown French feminist scholar, novelist, and
playwright. This year's topic, "What does it mean to read in the 21st
century??, is inspired by Cixous' politically-charged work across various
genres. The conference will explore an array of questions relating to the
reading of literature today.

UPDATE: Literature After Literature: 21st Century Re-readings (2/15/07; 4/22/07)

updated: 
Thursday, February 1, 2007 - 11:09pm
jc647951_at_albany.edu

New submission deadline: Feb. 15, 2007

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Literature After Literature: 21st Century Re-readings

The English Graduate Student Organization at the University at Albany
(SUNY) seeks papers for its annual graduate student conference that is
being held in April in conjunction with a visit by and conference on
H?l?ne Cixous, the world-renown French feminist scholar, novelist, and
playwright. This year's topic, "What does it mean to read in the 21st
century??, is inspired by Cixous' politically-charged work across various
genres. The conference will explore an array of questions relating to the
reading of literature today.

UPDATE: Literature After Literature: 21st Century Re-readings (2/15/07; 4/22/07)

updated: 
Thursday, February 1, 2007 - 11:09pm
jc647951_at_albany.edu

New submission deadline: Feb. 15, 2007

---------

Literature After Literature: 21st Century Re-readings

The English Graduate Student Organization at the University at Albany
(SUNY) seeks papers for its annual graduate student conference that is
being held in April in conjunction with a visit by and conference on
H?l?ne Cixous, the world-renown French feminist scholar, novelist, and
playwright. This year's topic, "What does it mean to read in the 21st
century??, is inspired by Cixous' politically-charged work across various
genres. The conference will explore an array of questions relating to the
reading of literature today.

CFP: Place of Multimedia in the Language Curriculum (3/5/07; 4/27/07-4/28/07)

updated: 
Thursday, February 1, 2007 - 10:35pm
Darren Ilett

The Center for the Study of Languages
The Center for Teaching and Learning
at the University of Chicago

together with

The Council on Language Instruction
The Multimedia Learning Center
The Searle Center for Teaching Excellence
at Northwestern University

invite you to participate in

Language Symposium 2007
The Place of Multimedia in the Language Curriculum
April 27-28, 2007
University of Chicago, Hyde Park Campus

Join us on Friday evening for our opening panel discussion:

“Use or Refuse: Pros and Cons of Multimedia”

On Saturday the Symposium will continue with presentations
and a poster session on topics related to the use of
multimedia.

CFP: Place of Multimedia in the Language Curriculum (3/5/07; 4/27/07-4/28/07)

updated: 
Thursday, February 1, 2007 - 10:35pm
Darren Ilett

The Center for the Study of Languages
The Center for Teaching and Learning
at the University of Chicago

together with

The Council on Language Instruction
The Multimedia Learning Center
The Searle Center for Teaching Excellence
at Northwestern University

invite you to participate in

Language Symposium 2007
The Place of Multimedia in the Language Curriculum
April 27-28, 2007
University of Chicago, Hyde Park Campus

Join us on Friday evening for our opening panel discussion:

“Use or Refuse: Pros and Cons of Multimedia”

On Saturday the Symposium will continue with presentations
and a poster session on topics related to the use of
multimedia.

CFP: Rhetoric and Science (grad) (2/16/07; (dis)junctions, 4/6/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Thursday, February 1, 2007 - 10:35pm
HELEN LOVEJOY

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.

(dis)junctions is now proud to welcome our two
speakers. On Friday, April 6th, Dr. Bonnie Zimmerman
of SDSU will be joining us. Dr. Karen Tongson, USC,
will be speaking on Saturday, April 7th.

This panel is concerned with the question of how
science and scientific dialogues have influenced
national rhetoric. Some questions we seek to
examine are:

CFP: Rhetoric and Science (grad) (2/16/07; (dis)junctions, 4/6/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Thursday, February 1, 2007 - 10:35pm
HELEN LOVEJOY

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.

(dis)junctions is now proud to welcome our two
speakers. On Friday, April 6th, Dr. Bonnie Zimmerman
of SDSU will be joining us. Dr. Karen Tongson, USC,
will be speaking on Saturday, April 7th.

This panel is concerned with the question of how
science and scientific dialogues have influenced
national rhetoric. Some questions we seek to
examine are:

CFP: Sylvia Plath (grad) (2/16/07; (dis)junctions, 4/6/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Thursday, February 1, 2007 - 10:35pm
HELEN LOVEJOY

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.
 
(dis)junctions is now proud to welcome our two
speakers. On Friday, April 6th, Dr. Bonnie Zimmerman
of SDSU will be joining us. Dr. Karen Tongson, USC,
will be speaking on Saturday, April 7th.

CFP: Sylvia Plath (grad) (2/16/07; (dis)junctions, 4/6/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Thursday, February 1, 2007 - 10:35pm
HELEN LOVEJOY

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.
 
(dis)junctions is now proud to welcome our two
speakers. On Friday, April 6th, Dr. Bonnie Zimmerman
of SDSU will be joining us. Dr. Karen Tongson, USC,
will be speaking on Saturday, April 7th.

CFP: Sylvia Plath (grad) (2/16/07; (dis)junctions, 4/6/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Thursday, February 1, 2007 - 10:35pm
HELEN LOVEJOY

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.
 
(dis)junctions is now proud to welcome our two
speakers. On Friday, April 6th, Dr. Bonnie Zimmerman
of SDSU will be joining us. Dr. Karen Tongson, USC,
will be speaking on Saturday, April 7th.

CFP: Linguistic Approaches to Literature. What is Literary Language? (3/12/07; MLA '07)

updated: 
Thursday, February 1, 2007 - 10:35pm
Clai Rice

Modern Language Association [Chicago, 27-30 Dec. 2007]
Division of Linguistic Approaches to Literature:

What is Literary Language? Three sessions exploring literature as
linguistic discourse, style, register, speech act, or aspect of
standardization.

Type of submission: 300-500-word abstract by 12 March
2007. Send abstract as email attachment to Julia Karolle-Berg
(jkarolle_at_jcu.edu) and Claiborne Rice (crice_at_louisiana.edu).

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