This is a call for papers to contribute to an article collection on African American and Afro-Caribbean Women Writers.
 
We are soliciting manuscripts that critically examine contemporary works by African American and Afro-Caribbean women writers. Manuscripts should explore factors that shape African American women's identities and trace processes of memory formation as they occur in domestic and public spheres.
 
Specifically, we are looking for submissions which address the following areas of influence:
 
religion
mythologies
magical realism
gender and sexualities
sites of eating and the role of food
historiography
violence
family

   CFP for 3 Panels coordinated by the new MLA Postcolonial Studies
Division:

  Postcolonial Studies: Reflective Assessments
  Inaugurating the MLA's new Postcolonial Studies Division, a panel to
review postcolonialism's transformation of literary studies since 1983.
500-word proposals and 2-page CVs by 15 March to David Chioni Moore.
[mooredc_at_macalester.edu]

  Postcolonial Environments
  How do postcolonial literatures and cultures inscribe nonhuman alterity?
Topics might include ecology, sustainability, human and nonhuman relations,
ecocriticism, ethics, biopolitics, planetarity. 500-word proposals and
2-page CVs by 15 March to Elizabeth DeLoughrey. [emd23_at_cornell.edu]

"American Poets Writing for / Writing about Children"

Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference, November
2007, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA (one hour north of
Seattle)

Paper proposals are sought for an approved special session at PAMLA's
2007 annual conference.

"American Poets Writing for / Writing about Children"

Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference, November
2007, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA (one hour north of
Seattle)

Paper proposals are sought for an approved special session at PAMLA's
2007 annual conference.

This panel invites proposals exploring any African American women writers for the 2007 RMMLA conference in Calgary, October 4-7, 2007. Electronic submission of a 300-word abstract by March 1, 2007 to billiesblues82_at_yahoo.com.
   
  Snail mail may be sent to:
  Erin Mae Clark
  Department of English
  Washington State University
  P.O. Box 645020
  Pullman, WA 99164-5020
   
  Panelists will be notified by March 15, 2007 and must secure or renew RMMLA membership by April 1, 2007. For more information, please see the RMMLA website, http://rmmla.wsu.edu

This panel invites proposals exploring any African American women writers for the 2007 RMMLA conference in Calgary, October 4-7, 2007. Electronic submission of a 300-word abstract by March 1, 2007 to billiesblues82_at_yahoo.com.
   
  Snail mail may be sent to:
  Erin Mae Clark
  Department of English
  Washington State University
  P.O. Box 645020
  Pullman, WA 99164-5020
   
  Panelists will be notified by March 15, 2007 and must secure or renew RMMLA membership by April 1, 2007. For more information, please see the RMMLA website, http://rmmla.wsu.edu

The Pacific Northwest Renaissance Society is extending the deadline for
abstracts for its 50th Anniversary Conference and announcing the release of
additional rooms at the Conference Hotel.

This year's Plenary Speakers are:
Gary Taylor, Florida State University (www.english.fsu.edu/faculty/gtaylor)
Paul Yachnin, McGill University
(www.arts.mcgill.ca/programs/english/people/yachnin)

Sponsored by:

         Call for Papers for SHAW 28: "Shaw and War." SHAW is "The
Annual of Bernard Shaw Studies" and is published in hard bound in the
Fall. Below the Guest Editor for Volume 28 describes the sorts of
papers she is looking for. Deadline May 15, 2007.

SHAW 28
Shaw and War
Lagretta Tallent Lenker, Guest Editor

         Call for Papers for SHAW 28: "Shaw and War." SHAW is "The
Annual of Bernard Shaw Studies" and is published in hard bound in the
Fall. Below the Guest Editor for Volume 28 describes the sorts of
papers she is looking for. Deadline May 15, 2007.

SHAW 28
Shaw and War
Lagretta Tallent Lenker, Guest Editor

CALL FOR PAPERS: ASECS (Atlanta 22-25 March 2007; abstracts due 30
January 2007)

Due to the withdrawal of a panelist, a replacement participant is needed for:

"Gender and the Irish Eighteenth Century"

The MLA Discussion Group in Media and Literature invites proposals
for the approved special session, "Novel History/ Media History."

The history of the novel as media history, and vice versa; the
mediation of novelistic genres, forms, modes. We are interested in
work emerging out of the intersection of novel and media history and
theory, from a range of historical periods and national literatures.

Please submit your proposal (500 words maximum) and a short c.v.
electronically by the deadline of March 1, 2007. (Proposal should be
within the text of the email, not an attachment; c.v. as attachment
is OK)

Send applications by email to:

Ivan Kreilkamp
ikreilka_at_indiana.edu

New deadline:

Contributions of between 500-1000 words are sought for an agented collection
tentatively titled Love Letters to Mom: A Final Goodbye to the Mothers We¹ve
Lost.
 
This set of personal letters will tell the stories of regular women of all
ages who have experienced the profound and perhaps sudden loss of their
mothers. This collection will serve as a testimonial special mother-daughter
bond, and its tone will be poignant and inspirational.
 
Guidelines:
 
--Letters should be from daughters who have lost their mother at any age,
and under any circumstance.
--Address the letter to your mother.
--The letter should present a primarily positive tone.

The MLA Discussion Group in Media and Literature invites proposals
for the approved special session, "Novel History/ Media History."

The history of the novel as media history, and vice versa; the
mediation of novelistic genres, forms, modes. We are interested in
work emerging out of the intersection of novel and media history and
theory, from a range of historical periods and national literatures.

Please submit your proposal (500 words maximum) and a short c.v.
electronically by the deadline of March 1, 2007. (Proposal should be
within the text of the email, not an attachment; c.v. as attachment
is OK)

Send applications by email to:

Ivan Kreilkamp
ikreilka_at_indiana.edu

Deadline extended to 23 February 2007

Atenea, a multidisciplinary bilingual journal on the humanities and
social sciences, features essays, books reviews, and some fiction and
poetry.

URL: http://www.uprm.edu/atenea

The editorial board invites submissions for publication for a special
issue (June 2007) on "(Post) Colonialism and (Trans) Nationalism."
Submissions in either English or Spanish are welcome (see the guidelines
below):