Disconnections and missed connections between the spheres of disability, HIV/AIDS and culture. How do the three inform each other? How can they be (and are they) prioritized and with what investments? Which (types of) individuals navigate the three spheres and with what results?

Potential topics of discussion include, but are not limited to:

Representation in literature, music and art

Reception and reception theory

Knowledge production

Activism and histories of activism

Ideologies of "cure"

Politics and body politics

Identity and identity construction

Intersectionality

Disconnections and missed connections between the spheres of disability, HIV/AIDS and culture. How do the three inform each other? How can they be (and are they) prioritized and with what investments? Which (types of) individuals navigate the three spheres and with what results?

Potential topics of discussion include, but are not limited to:

Representation in literature, music and art

Reception and reception theory

Knowledge production

Activism and histories of activism

Ideologies of "cure"

Politics and body politics

Identity and identity construction

Intersectionality

UPDATE: The conference is to be held in *2008*. The email subject line
was previously incorrect. I apologize for the confusion.

The Novel and its Borders

3 day Conference organised by The Centre for The Novel
University of Aberdeen
 8-10 July 2008
www.abdn.ac.uk/novelconference/

The novel is not only a literary form occupying a particular generic or
cultural territory, but also an aesthetic, historical and social
phenomenon that represents, constructs, and transgresses borders. The
conference on The Novel and its Borders
will engage with the novel in all its aspects, material and theoretical,
from the 18th to the 21st century.

UPDATE: The conference is to be held in *2008*. The email subject line
was previously incorrect. I apologize for the confusion.

The Novel and its Borders

3 day Conference organised by The Centre for The Novel
University of Aberdeen
 8-10 July 2008
www.abdn.ac.uk/novelconference/

The novel is not only a literary form occupying a particular generic or
cultural territory, but also an aesthetic, historical and social
phenomenon that represents, constructs, and transgresses borders. The
conference on The Novel and its Borders
will engage with the novel in all its aspects, material and theoretical,
from the 18th to the 21st century.

UPDATE: The conference is to be held in *2008*. The email subject line
was previously incorrect. I apologize for the confusion.

The Novel and its Borders

3 day Conference organised by The Centre for The Novel
University of Aberdeen
 8-10 July 2008
www.abdn.ac.uk/novelconference/

The novel is not only a literary form occupying a particular generic or
cultural territory, but also an aesthetic, historical and social
phenomenon that represents, constructs, and transgresses borders. The
conference on The Novel and its Borders
will engage with the novel in all its aspects, material and theoretical,
from the 18th to the 21st century.

 CFP: "City of Vice: London, 1500-1700"
3/12/07; Collection

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS POSTPONED TO 16 MARCH 2007

=20

ESF-LiU Conference

Literature for Europe: European Identities and European Literature in a =
Globalizing World

Vadstena Klosterhotell, Sweden
12-16 May 2007

Chaired by: Theo L. D'haen (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, BE)

www.esf.org/conferences/07230

=20

=20

Dear Sir or Madam,

=20

We are pleased to inform you that the closing date for application has =
exceptionally been postponed to the 16th of March 2007.=20

=20

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS POSTPONED TO 16 MARCH 2007

=20

ESF-LiU Conference

Literature for Europe: European Identities and European Literature in a =
Globalizing World

Vadstena Klosterhotell, Sweden
12-16 May 2007

Chaired by: Theo L. D'haen (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, BE)

www.esf.org/conferences/07230

=20

=20

Dear Sir or Madam,

=20

We are pleased to inform you that the closing date for application has =
exceptionally been postponed to the 16th of March 2007.=20

=20

CALL FOR PAPERS

ABUSE AND MISUSE OF SOCIAL AGENTS
Special Issue of Interacting with Computers

CFP: Erotica and its Discontents (04/01/07; 07/14/07)

CFP: Erotica and its Discontents (04/01/07; 07/14/07)

CFP: Nancy Mairs (collection)

Abstracts are requested for an edited collection of
new articles on the work of Nancy Mairs, tentatively
titled,

THIS IS WHAT I KNOW IN MY BONES: NEW AND SELECTED
ESSAYS ON NANCY MAIRS

CFP: Nancy Mairs (collection)

Abstracts are requested for an edited collection of
new articles on the work of Nancy Mairs, tentatively
titled,

THIS IS WHAT I KNOW IN MY BONES: NEW AND SELECTED
ESSAYS ON NANCY MAIRS

Please consider submitting a paper proposal for the Seventh Annual
International Research Conference on Service-Learning and Community
Engagement. Proposals are due by March 15. Here's the URL for the
conference website: http://www.floridacompact.org/irsl/proposals.html
.

The conference this year is sponsored by a consortium of Florida
universities, and will take place October 7-9 in Tampa. I'm happy to
answer any
questions you might have--feel free to email me directly. Also,
please pass this call on to your potentially interested colleagues in
other
disciplines. Graduate students are welcome to submit, too, of course.