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-

=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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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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                        CFP_at_english.upenn.edu
                         Full Information at
                     http://cfp.english.upenn.edu
         or write Jennifer Higginbotham: higginbj_at_english.upenn.edu
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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

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

The Harold Pinter Society is seeking papers for its panel at the Modern
Language Association in 2007. The topic is an open one. Papers on any
aspect of Harold Pinter's diverse body of work, as well as his influence
and influences are welcome. Send a 100-word abstract with title,
preferred address, phone, and email to Ann C. Hall,
halla_at_ohiodominican.edu, by 3/1/07.

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Thank you.

=20

Ann C. Hall

Ohio Dominican University

1216 Sunbury Rd.

Columbus, OH 43219

614.251.4673

halla_at_ohiodominican.edu

The Lyrica Society for Word-Music Relations is seeking proposals for papers
for the 2007 Modern Language Association Conference in Chicago on December
27-30.

Session 1
W.H. Auden and Music. On the 100th anniversary of his birth, Lyrica
invites submissions on Auden as lyricist and librettist, and on composers
who set his texts. Both formal and historical approaches are welcome.

Session 2
Prima la musica, poi le parole. Which is more important, words or music?
Papers may focus on either or both sides of this age-old aesthetic
argument, in any historical period or geographical context.

*Please Note Extended Deadline

                                    13th Annual

                               Southern Writers,

                               Southern Writing

is a University of Mississippi Graduate Student Conference held in
conjunction with the Annual Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference.

The Graduate Students in the Departments of English and Southern
Studies invite you to submit abstracts exploring Southern culture.
Accepted submissions will be presented in Oxford , Mississippi, July
19th – 21st, 2007.

Topics for papers or panels are not restricted to literature. They may include:

¶ Ecocriticism, travel narratives, nature writing, and the Southern landscape

*Please Note Extended Deadline

                                    13th Annual

                               Southern Writers,

                               Southern Writing

is a University of Mississippi Graduate Student Conference held in
conjunction with the Annual Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference.

The Graduate Students in the Departments of English and Southern
Studies invite you to submit abstracts exploring Southern culture.
Accepted submissions will be presented in Oxford , Mississippi, July
19th – 21st, 2007.

Topics for papers or panels are not restricted to literature. They may include:

¶ Ecocriticism, travel narratives, nature writing, and the Southern landscape

Y/X Undergraduate and Graduate Research Conference
Boundaries and Balance: Globalism and “America”
Call for Papers
The American Studies Program/Wayne State University
Detroit, MI
Friday, March 30, 2007, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Tyrone Williams (Xavier University, OH)

Y/X Undergraduate and Graduate Research Conference
Boundaries and Balance: Globalism and “America”
Call for Papers
The American Studies Program/Wayne State University
Detroit, MI
Friday, March 30, 2007, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Tyrone Williams (Xavier University, OH)