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UPDATE: Humor in Middle English (10/1/06; collection)

updated: 
Monday, May 8, 2006 - 12:43pm
Michael George

Call for Papers
Essay Collection on Humor in Middle English
Deadline for Papers: 10/1/06
Edited by Michael W. George

This update extends the deadline and scope of my collection. I am
seeking essays on any aspect of humor in Middle English texts. Essays on
humor theory and humor in individual texts/writers are welcome.
Publication of the volume should occur approximately one year from
deadline. Complete manuscripts and queries should be sent to the email
address below.

Guidelines:
Length: 5000 words
Style: Chicago, 15th ed.
Submission: MS Word or RTF (rich text) document emailed to
mgeorge_at_millikin.edu)

CFP: Text and Image: The Language of Images (10/1/06; CCSU, 3/29/07-3/30/07)

updated: 
Monday, May 8, 2006 - 12:43pm
Laurence Petit

CFP: Text and Image: The Language of Images (10/01/06;
CCSU, 03/29/07-03/30/07)

Text and Image Conference
Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, CT 06050

The Language of Images, March 29-30, 2007

Central Connecticut State University and the English
Department invite proposals for their international,
interdisciplinary Text and Image Conference on "The
Language of Images" on March 29-30, 2007.

CFP: Text and Image: The Language of Images (10/1/06; CCSU, 3/29/07-3/30/07)

updated: 
Monday, May 8, 2006 - 12:43pm
Laurence Petit

CFP: Text and Image: The Language of Images (10/01/06;
CCSU, 03/29/07-03/30/07)

Text and Image Conference
Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, CT 06050

The Language of Images, March 29-30, 2007

Central Connecticut State University and the English
Department invite proposals for their international,
interdisciplinary Text and Image Conference on "The
Language of Images" on March 29-30, 2007.

CFP: Text and Image: The Language of Images (10/1/06; CCSU, 3/29/07-3/30/07)

updated: 
Monday, May 8, 2006 - 12:43pm
Laurence Petit

CFP: Text and Image: The Language of Images (10/01/06;
CCSU, 03/29/07-03/30/07)

Text and Image Conference
Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, CT 06050

The Language of Images, March 29-30, 2007

Central Connecticut State University and the English
Department invite proposals for their international,
interdisciplinary Text and Image Conference on "The
Language of Images" on March 29-30, 2007.

CFP: Text and Image: The Language of Images (10/1/06; CCSU, 3/29/07-3/30/07)

updated: 
Monday, May 8, 2006 - 12:43pm
Laurence Petit

CFP: Text and Image: The Language of Images (10/01/06;
CCSU, 03/29/07-03/30/07)

Text and Image Conference
Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, CT 06050

The Language of Images, March 29-30, 2007

Central Connecticut State University and the English
Department invite proposals for their international,
interdisciplinary Text and Image Conference on "The
Language of Images" on March 29-30, 2007.

CFP: Text and Image: The Language of Images (10/1/06; CCSU, 3/29/07-3/30/07)

updated: 
Monday, May 8, 2006 - 12:43pm
Laurence Petit

CFP: Text and Image: The Language of Images (10/01/06;
CCSU, 03/29/07-03/30/07)

Text and Image Conference
Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, CT 06050

The Language of Images, March 29-30, 2007

Central Connecticut State University and the English
Department invite proposals for their international,
interdisciplinary Text and Image Conference on "The
Language of Images" on March 29-30, 2007.

CFP: Cultures Across Curriculum Conference (7/14/06; 10/10/06-10/12/06)

updated: 
Monday, May 8, 2006 - 12:43pm
Davies, Diana K

Call for Papers

 

Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum:

Building New Connections

 

October 10-12, 2006

Hosted by Portland State University

In collaboration with Baldwin-Wallace College, Binghamton University,

The University of Iowa & the American Council on Education (ACE) Internationalization Collaborative

 

INVITATION AND OVERVIEW

 

CFP: Cultures Across Curriculum Conference (7/14/06; 10/10/06-10/12/06)

updated: 
Monday, May 8, 2006 - 12:43pm
Davies, Diana K

Call for Papers

 

Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum:

Building New Connections

 

October 10-12, 2006

Hosted by Portland State University

In collaboration with Baldwin-Wallace College, Binghamton University,

The University of Iowa & the American Council on Education (ACE) Internationalization Collaborative

 

INVITATION AND OVERVIEW

 

UPDATE: New Voices Graduate Conference (grad) (6/15/06; 9/28/06-9/30/06)

updated: 
Monday, May 8, 2006 - 12:43pm
kerriallen_at_bellsouth.net

The deadline for submissions for the New Voices Graduate Student Conference in Atlanta, Georgia has been extended. The new deadline is June 15, 2006.

September 28-30, 2006
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA

 Deadline for submissions: June 15, 2006

New Voices on the Human Condition
Call for papers and special sessions

CFP: X-Files and Literature (6/4/06; collection)

updated: 
Monday, May 8, 2006 - 12:43pm
Yang, Sharon

I am putting together a book collection of essays on The X-Files and Literature. I am looking for essays of 20-40 pages that explore The X-Files' revision and adaptation of literature and literary conventions, literary works or forms that anticipate the major traits that make The X-Files what it is, and the television program's reflexive influence on other forms of literature or 20/21st-century adaptations of literature. Please submit an abstract of 250-500 words by 6/04/06 to:
Sharon R. Yang, Ph. D.
Associate Professor
Languages and Literature
Worcester State College
486 Chandler Street
Worcester, MA 01602

CFP: X-Files and Literature (6/4/06; collection)

updated: 
Monday, May 8, 2006 - 12:43pm
Yang, Sharon

I am putting together a book collection of essays on The X-Files and Literature. I am looking for essays of 20-40 pages that explore The X-Files' revision and adaptation of literature and literary conventions, literary works or forms that anticipate the major traits that make The X-Files what it is, and the television program's reflexive influence on other forms of literature or 20/21st-century adaptations of literature. Please submit an abstract of 250-500 words by 6/04/06 to:
Sharon R. Yang, Ph. D.
Associate Professor
Languages and Literature
Worcester State College
486 Chandler Street
Worcester, MA 01602

UPDATE: New Voices Graduate Conference (grad) (6/15/06; 9/28/06-9/30/06)

updated: 
Monday, May 8, 2006 - 12:43pm
kerriallen_at_bellsouth.net

The deadline for submissions for the New Voices Graduate Student Conference in Atlanta, Georgia has been extended. The new deadline is June 15, 2006.

September 28-30, 2006
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA

 Deadline for submissions: June 15, 2006

New Voices on the Human Condition
Call for papers and special sessions

CFP: X-Files and Literature (6/4/06; collection)

updated: 
Monday, May 8, 2006 - 12:43pm
Yang, Sharon

I am putting together a book collection of essays on The X-Files and Literature. I am looking for essays of 20-40 pages that explore The X-Files' revision and adaptation of literature and literary conventions, literary works or forms that anticipate the major traits that make The X-Files what it is, and the television program's reflexive influence on other forms of literature or 20/21st-century adaptations of literature. Please submit an abstract of 250-500 words by 6/04/06 to:
Sharon R. Yang, Ph. D.
Associate Professor
Languages and Literature
Worcester State College
486 Chandler Street
Worcester, MA 01602

CFP: Accidental Environments (6/16/06; e-journal issue)

updated: 
Monday, May 8, 2006 - 12:43pm
Grayson Cooke

Transformations
Refereed electronic journal in regional media and cultural studies
http://transformations.cqu.edu.au

Call for abstracts: "Accidental Environments"

"The Accident is not an exception or a sickness of our apolitical
regimes; nor it is a correctable defect of our civilization: it is the
natural consequence of our science, our politics, and our morality." -
Octavio Paz, _Conjunctions and Disjunctions_.

CFP: Accidental Environments (6/16/06; e-journal issue)

updated: 
Monday, May 8, 2006 - 12:43pm
Grayson Cooke

Transformations
Refereed electronic journal in regional media and cultural studies
http://transformations.cqu.edu.au

Call for abstracts: "Accidental Environments"

"The Accident is not an exception or a sickness of our apolitical
regimes; nor it is a correctable defect of our civilization: it is the
natural consequence of our science, our politics, and our morality." -
Octavio Paz, _Conjunctions and Disjunctions_.

CFP: Accidental Environments (6/16/06; e-journal issue)

updated: 
Monday, May 8, 2006 - 12:43pm
Grayson Cooke

Transformations
Refereed electronic journal in regional media and cultural studies
http://transformations.cqu.edu.au

Call for abstracts: "Accidental Environments"

"The Accident is not an exception or a sickness of our apolitical
regimes; nor it is a correctable defect of our civilization: it is the
natural consequence of our science, our politics, and our morality." -
Octavio Paz, _Conjunctions and Disjunctions_.

CFP: Atenea: (Post) Colonialism and (Trans) Nationalism (10/10/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Monday, May 8, 2006 - 12:43pm
Editor-Atenea

Atenea, a multidisciplinary bilingual journal on the humanities and=20
social sciences, features essays, books reviews, and some fiction and=20
poetry.=20
URL: http://www.uprm.edu/atenea=20

The editorial board invites submissions for publication for a special=20
issue (June 2007) on "(Post) Colonialism and (Trans) Nationalism."=20

Submissions in either English or Spanish are welcome (see the guidelines =

below):=20

CFP: Why Melville Matters Now: A Trans-Disciplinary Symposium (no deadline noted; 11/17/06-11/18/06)

updated: 
Monday, May 8, 2006 - 12:43pm
Pachya1_at_aol.com

Why Melville Matters Now: A Trans-Disciplinary Symposium on Herman Mel
ville, Albany, NY
=20
Keynote Speaker: Andrew Delbanco
=20
This celebratory symposium to be held November 17 and 18th 2006 at the =20
Albany Academy
campus and its environs where Melville lived and attended school from=20
1830-31, will
consider the enduring relevance of the author=E2=80=99s life, work, and inf=
luence=20
from the
perspectives of the humanities, arts, the sciences, and new technologies.=20
Herman Melville=E2=80=99s
work lives on to =E2=80=9Cto tell the tale,=E2=80=9D because the questions=20=
he posed are the=20
same issues

CFP: Atenea: (Post) Colonialism and (Trans) Nationalism (10/10/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Monday, May 8, 2006 - 12:43pm
Editor-Atenea

Atenea, a multidisciplinary bilingual journal on the humanities and=20
social sciences, features essays, books reviews, and some fiction and=20
poetry.=20
URL: http://www.uprm.edu/atenea=20

The editorial board invites submissions for publication for a special=20
issue (June 2007) on "(Post) Colonialism and (Trans) Nationalism."=20

Submissions in either English or Spanish are welcome (see the guidelines =

below):=20

CFP: Atenea: (Post) Colonialism and (Trans) Nationalism (10/10/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Monday, May 8, 2006 - 12:43pm
Editor-Atenea

Atenea, a multidisciplinary bilingual journal on the humanities and=20
social sciences, features essays, books reviews, and some fiction and=20
poetry.=20
URL: http://www.uprm.edu/atenea=20

The editorial board invites submissions for publication for a special=20
issue (June 2007) on "(Post) Colonialism and (Trans) Nationalism."=20

Submissions in either English or Spanish are welcome (see the guidelines =

below):=20

CFP: Atenea: (Post) Colonialism and (Trans) Nationalism (10/10/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Monday, May 8, 2006 - 12:43pm
Editor-Atenea

Atenea, a multidisciplinary bilingual journal on the humanities and=20
social sciences, features essays, books reviews, and some fiction and=20
poetry.=20
URL: http://www.uprm.edu/atenea=20

The editorial board invites submissions for publication for a special=20
issue (June 2007) on "(Post) Colonialism and (Trans) Nationalism."=20

Submissions in either English or Spanish are welcome (see the guidelines =

below):=20

CFP: Leon Edel Prize: Henry James Review (grad and jr faculty) (11/1/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Monday, May 8, 2006 - 12:43pm
Service Account hjamesr

LEON EDEL PRIZE

The Leon Edel Prize is awarded annually for the best essay on Henry
James by a beginning scholar. The prize carries with it an award of
$150, and the prize-winning essay will be published in HJR.

The competition is open to applicants who have not held a full-time
academic appointment for more than four years. Independent scholars and
graduate students are encouraged to apply.

Essays should be 20-30 pages (including notes), original, and not under
submission elsewhere or previously published.

Send submissions (in duplicate, produced according to current MLA
style, and with return postage enclosed) to

CFP: Leon Edel Prize: Henry James Review (grad and jr faculty) (11/1/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Monday, May 8, 2006 - 12:43pm
Service Account hjamesr

LEON EDEL PRIZE

The Leon Edel Prize is awarded annually for the best essay on Henry
James by a beginning scholar. The prize carries with it an award of
$150, and the prize-winning essay will be published in HJR.

The competition is open to applicants who have not held a full-time
academic appointment for more than four years. Independent scholars and
graduate students are encouraged to apply.

Essays should be 20-30 pages (including notes), original, and not under
submission elsewhere or previously published.

Send submissions (in duplicate, produced according to current MLA
style, and with return postage enclosed) to

CFP: Leon Edel Prize: Henry James Review (grad and jr faculty) (11/1/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Monday, May 8, 2006 - 12:43pm
Service Account hjamesr

LEON EDEL PRIZE

The Leon Edel Prize is awarded annually for the best essay on Henry
James by a beginning scholar. The prize carries with it an award of
$150, and the prize-winning essay will be published in HJR.

The competition is open to applicants who have not held a full-time
academic appointment for more than four years. Independent scholars and
graduate students are encouraged to apply.

Essays should be 20-30 pages (including notes), original, and not under
submission elsewhere or previously published.

Send submissions (in duplicate, produced according to current MLA
style, and with return postage enclosed) to

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