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Call for Papers
African American Literature Symposium
"Catching the Flavor and Rhythm of Life: The Legacy of Zora Neale =
Hurston in the 21st Century"
Call for Papers
African American Literature Symposium
"Catching the Flavor and Rhythm of Life: The Legacy of Zora Neale =
Hurston in the 21st Century"
Call for Papers
African American Literature Symposium
"Catching the Flavor and Rhythm of Life: The Legacy of Zora Neale =
Hurston in the 21st Century"
South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA) Conference
November 9-11, 2007
Renaissance Atlanta Hotel Downtown
Atlanta, Georgia
SAMLA Literary Criticism Discussion Circle
"The Re-emergence of Aesthetic Approaches in Literary Criticism"
Publish your literary review in Moveable Type, the postgraduate online
journal of the Department of English Language and Literature, University
College London.
Since 2005, Moveable Type has published reviews and scholarly papers by
postgraduate students worldwide. Access past issues at
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/english/graduate/MThome.htm.
We welcome submissions of reviews of literature in all its forms -- print
text, film, theatre, graphic fiction, hypertext.
Submit your review to the 2007 editor, Kim Howey, at k.howey_at_ucl.ac.uk by 20
April 2007.
Call for Papers
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Title: Textuality and Terror
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How may we define this broad term, "terror", beyond the direct =
experience of extreme fear? As a term in itself, how has it evolved to =
contemporary usage, and what are its limits? Is it best defined =
dialectically in relation to a nation or element of authority? Or is it =
characterized by a lack of apparent structure, which threatens the =
possibility of structuration itself? What is the relation of terror to =
political order, or does it necessarily have to be related? How can =
terror change the significance of a place (i.e. "ground zero" and Iraq) =
and what are the implications of this change? =20
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Call for Papers
=20
Title: Textuality and Terror
=20
How may we define this broad term, "terror", beyond the direct =
experience of extreme fear? As a term in itself, how has it evolved to =
contemporary usage, and what are its limits? Is it best defined =
dialectically in relation to a nation or element of authority? Or is it =
characterized by a lack of apparent structure, which threatens the =
possibility of structuration itself? What is the relation of terror to =
political order, or does it necessarily have to be related? How can =
terror change the significance of a place (i.e. "ground zero" and Iraq) =
and what are the implications of this change? =20
=20
Call for Papers
=20
Title: Textuality and Terror
=20
How may we define this broad term, "terror", beyond the direct =
experience of extreme fear? As a term in itself, how has it evolved to =
contemporary usage, and what are its limits? Is it best defined =
dialectically in relation to a nation or element of authority? Or is it =
characterized by a lack of apparent structure, which threatens the =
possibility of structuration itself? What is the relation of terror to =
political order, or does it necessarily have to be related? How can =
terror change the significance of a place (i.e. "ground zero" and Iraq) =
and what are the implications of this change? =20
=20
Call for Papers
=20
Title: Textuality and Terror
=20
How may we define this broad term, "terror", beyond the direct =
experience of extreme fear? As a term in itself, how has it evolved to =
contemporary usage, and what are its limits? Is it best defined =
dialectically in relation to a nation or element of authority? Or is it =
characterized by a lack of apparent structure, which threatens the =
possibility of structuration itself? What is the relation of terror to =
political order, or does it necessarily have to be related? How can =
terror change the significance of a place (i.e. "ground zero" and Iraq) =
and what are the implications of this change? =20
=20
Proposed Session for the 2007 MLA: Sponsored by the Committee on
Teaching as a Profession
Topic: The Undergraduate Student as Scholar
How is research effectively integrated into undergraduate capstone
courses/upper-level seminars? What are ways to envision undergrads
as scholars? How can upper-level courses be structured/reconceived
to create students who are scholars?
Abstracts of 250 words to Laura Behling at lbehling_at_gustavus.edu by
March 9, 2007. Please note that presenters must be current MLA members.
Laura L. Behling, Ph.D.
Department of English
Gustavus Adolphus College
800 W. College Avenue
St. Peter, MN 56082
(507) 933-6090
Fax: 507-933-6066
Proposed Session for the 2007 MLA: Sponsored by the Committee on
Teaching as a Profession
Topic: The Undergraduate Student as Scholar
How is research effectively integrated into undergraduate capstone
courses/upper-level seminars? What are ways to envision undergrads
as scholars? How can upper-level courses be structured/reconceived
to create students who are scholars?
Abstracts of 250 words to Laura Behling at lbehling_at_gustavus.edu by
March 9, 2007. Please note that presenters must be current MLA members.
Laura L. Behling, Ph.D.
Department of English
Gustavus Adolphus College
800 W. College Avenue
St. Peter, MN 56082
(507) 933-6090
Fax: 507-933-6066
CFP: Panel Session Association of Business Communication MLA 2007
ABC will sponsor two panels at MLA on Business, Professional & Technical Communication (Chicago, December 26-30, 2007)
We seek panel session proposals on any aspect of this field, including connection with linguistics, cultural studies, and literature. 1-2 page abstracts and CV should be emailed no later than March 05, 2007 to Katherine Wills (kwills_at_iupui.edu). We are amenable to a wide scope of proposal topics, especially those with interdisciplinary perspectives such as business and literacy, professional writing and pedagogy, training of graduate students in business writing, technology and international business.
CFP: 2007 Midwest Modern Language Association Convention
Cleveland, Ohio, November 8-11, 2007
Poetry & Popular Culture
CFP: 2007 Midwest Modern Language Association Convention
Cleveland, Ohio, November 8-11, 2007
Poetry & Popular Culture
CFP: 2007 Midwest Modern Language Association Convention
Cleveland, Ohio, November 8-11, 2007
Poetry & Popular Culture
First call for papers
Feast! An interdisciplinary conference on food in text and image
To be held by the National Institute for Excellence in the Creative
Industries, University of Wales, Bangor, 24-25 November 2007
Proposals are welcome for papers which focus on the use of food in both
text and image, whether that be in manuscript, book, film or media/new
media form.
Please send titles and abstracts of no more than 500 words by 1st June
2007 to Dr. Samantha Rayner, NIECI, University of Wales, Bangor,
Gwynedd, LL57 2DG, UK. Email: s.rayner_at_bangor.ac.uk.
First call for papers
Feast! An interdisciplinary conference on food in text and image
To be held by the National Institute for Excellence in the Creative
Industries, University of Wales, Bangor, 24-25 November 2007
Proposals are welcome for papers which focus on the use of food in both
text and image, whether that be in manuscript, book, film or media/new
media form.
Please send titles and abstracts of no more than 500 words by 1st June
2007 to Dr. Samantha Rayner, NIECI, University of Wales, Bangor,
Gwynedd, LL57 2DG, UK. Email: s.rayner_at_bangor.ac.uk.
First call for papers
Feast! An interdisciplinary conference on food in text and image
To be held by the National Institute for Excellence in the Creative
Industries, University of Wales, Bangor, 24-25 November 2007
Proposals are welcome for papers which focus on the use of food in both
text and image, whether that be in manuscript, book, film or media/new
media form.
Please send titles and abstracts of no more than 500 words by 1st June
2007 to Dr. Samantha Rayner, NIECI, University of Wales, Bangor,
Gwynedd, LL57 2DG, UK. Email: s.rayner_at_bangor.ac.uk.
Division on Ethnic Studies in Language and Literature
Call for Papers
2007 MLA
Ethnic Studies-Is it postcolonial? Presentations on the confluences,
contradictions, and conflicts between U.S. ethnic studies and postcolonial
studies, especially regarding "internal colonization"; decolonization; and
the problem of "post." Abstracts by March 20 to Jesse Alemán (jman_at_unm.edu).
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Dr. Jesse Alemán
Director of Graduate Studies
Department of English
MSC 03 2170
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
(505) 277-3103 (office)
(505) 277-0021 (fax)
MLA 2007
December 27-30, Chicago
Atwood as a Poet
Please submit 400-500 word abstracts for papers that discuss Margaret
Atwood's poetic voice, exclusively or in comparison to her non-poetic
works, to Karma Waltonen (kjwaltonen_at_ucdavis.edu) and Debby Rosenthal
(debbyrosenthal_at_comcast.net) by March 15, 2007.
Division on Ethnic Studies in Language and Literature
Call for Papers
2007 MLA
Ethnic Studies-Is it postcolonial? Presentations on the confluences,
contradictions, and conflicts between U.S. ethnic studies and postcolonial
studies, especially regarding "internal colonization"; decolonization; and
the problem of "post." Abstracts by March 20 to Jesse Alemán (jman_at_unm.edu).
*********************
Dr. Jesse Alemán
Director of Graduate Studies
Department of English
MSC 03 2170
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
(505) 277-3103 (office)
(505) 277-0021 (fax)
MLA 2007
December 27-30, Chicago
Atwood as a Poet
Please submit 400-500 word abstracts for papers that discuss Margaret
Atwood's poetic voice, exclusively or in comparison to her non-poetic
works, to Karma Waltonen (kjwaltonen_at_ucdavis.edu) and Debby Rosenthal
(debbyrosenthal_at_comcast.net) by March 15, 2007.
Division on Ethnic Studies in Language and Literature
Call for Papers
2007 MLA
Ethnic Studies-Is it postcolonial? Presentations on the confluences,
contradictions, and conflicts between U.S. ethnic studies and postcolonial
studies, especially regarding "internal colonization"; decolonization; and
the problem of "post." Abstracts by March 20 to Jesse Alemán (jman_at_unm.edu).
*********************
Dr. Jesse Alemán
Director of Graduate Studies
Department of English
MSC 03 2170
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
(505) 277-3103 (office)
(505) 277-0021 (fax)
Please note that the CFP deadline for this conference has been extended
to March 31st 2007.
Call for Papers
Please note that the CFP deadline for this conference has been extended
to March 31st 2007.
Call for Papers
Please note that the CFP deadline for this conference has been extended
to March 31st 2007.
Call for Papers
Please note that the CFP deadline for this conference has been extended
to March 31st 2007.
Call for Papers
Please note that the CFP deadline for this conference has been extended
to March 31st 2007.
Call for Papers
The Division on Asian American Literature is sponsoring 3 panels for the
2007 MLA convention in Chicago. Please contact panel organizers listed
below with submission or queries.
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"Racial Allegory"
Narratives about Asian Americans that do not explicitly reference
racializedbodies/subjects. How does "Asianness" circulate symbolically? To
what end? Theorizing implications of invoking race metaphorically in
American literature and culture. 1-page abstract, c.v., 15 March; Leslie
Bow lbow_at_wisc.edu
The Division on Asian American Literature is sponsoring 3 panels for the
2007 MLA convention in Chicago. Please contact panel organizers listed
below with submission or queries.
----------------
"Racial Allegory"
Narratives about Asian Americans that do not explicitly reference
racializedbodies/subjects. How does "Asianness" circulate symbolically? To
what end? Theorizing implications of invoking race metaphorically in
American literature and culture. 1-page abstract, c.v., 15 March; Leslie
Bow lbow_at_wisc.edu