The Ritual and Rhetoric of Queenship, 1250-1650

Canterbury Christ Church University
(Kent)

Thursday 24 August 2006

This interdisciplinary conference aims to explore the ritual and rhetoric of
queenship in late medieval and early modern England.

We hope to encourage debate on the image and representation of queens, and on
the cultural and political narratives of queenship. Possible themes might
include:

the ritual construction of queenship;

queenship, identity and power;

holy and sainted queens;

royal motherhood;

queens as intercessors and patrons;

queens in translation.

The Prose Fiction Division of the MLA calls for papers for panels at the
2006 convention in Philadelphia, PA, on the topic of narrative and
community: narrative practices and reading modes that solicit, create,
represent, deny, evade, or reject sociability. 500-word proposals by 7
March to Laura Green (Department of English, Northeastern
University),la.green_at_neu.edu. Email submissions only, please; no
attachments.

"Actually Existing Colonialisms" – Special Issue, Journal of Contemporary
Thought (Baroda, India). Guest Editor, Gaurav Desai, Tulane University.

"Actually Existing Colonialisms" – Special Issue, Journal of Contemporary
Thought (Baroda, India). Guest Editor, Gaurav Desai, Tulane University.

CFP: Life Writing, Marginalization, Resistance
(3/15/06; MLA '06, 12/27/06-12/30/06)

Call For Papers for a proposed Special Session

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Annual meeting December 27-30, 2006, in Philadelphia

I am requesting submissions for a proposed
panel/special session entitled Life Writing,
Marginalization, Resistance for MLA 2006 in
Philadelphia, PA. Participants must be members by
April 7th and the complete panel with proposals must
be determined and submitted to the MLA program
committee for evaluation by April 1.

CFP: DoubleTake/Points of Entry call for book reviews on narrative/literary journalism and documentary
 

The recently merged journal DoubleTake/Points of Entry seeks book reviews on an ongoing basis.

Submission guidelines:

Mobility/Stasis/Modernity in the Space Between, 1914-1945

Submissions are invited for the eighth annual conference of The Space
Between: Literature and Culture, 1914-1945, at Bucknell University,
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, June 8-11, 2006.

Big Tex[t], an on-line journal, is accepting ongoing submissions of:
  
. Literary Criticism
. Creative Nonfiction
. Fiction
. Poetry
. Visual Art
. Audio/Spoken Word
 
While Big Tex[t] is not a regional publication, our editorial stance is
derived from our connection to the cultural and geographic shatterbelt
of Texas-
the complex mingling of races, ethnicities, cultures, and environments
that we observe each day.
Sixty-some years ago, folklorist J. Frank Dobie looked forward to a
day when the mesquite tree had as much poetic resonance as the English
yew. At

Paper proposals are invited for a volume of essays on medieval lament and elegy, specifically laments for dead sons. The deadline for proposals is March 30, 2006. Proposals may be from any area of medieval studies and should be one page in length. Please send your work to: Dr. Jane Tolmie, Department of English, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 3K7, Canada. Email is acceptable also at jtolmie2_at_uwo.ca. Please send any attachments as .rtf documents.

Call for Panels and Papers: Deadline 3/1/06
   
The English Graduate Student Organization (EGSO) of
the University at Albany, SUNY announces its annual
graduate student conference Saturday April 22 and
Sunday April 23, 2006:

Changing the Subject: Poesis, Praxis, and Theoria in
the Humanities

Robert Scholes is the Keynote Speaker, presenting a
paper titled "Changing the Subject: Periodical
Studies"
   
Call for Papers and Panels: What Is Called Theory?

Contretemps: An Online Journal of Philosophy

http://www.usyd.edu.au/contretemps

Call for Papers for Issue 7 on 'Sedition'.

Sedition: =8CConduct or language inciting to rebellion against the constitute=
d
authority in a state=B9.

Contretemps: An Online Journal of Philosophy

http://www.usyd.edu.au/contretemps

Call for Papers for Issue 7 on 'Sedition'.

Sedition: =8CConduct or language inciting to rebellion against the constitute=
d
authority in a state=B9.

Please forgive cross-posting.

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Call for Papers:

Folklore in post-colonial or ethnic literature

The American Folklore Society sponsors a special session at the annual
meeting of the MLA. For 2006, we seek papers that consider how works of
literature define, maintain, or defend ethnic or group identity through the
incorporation of folklore.
 
In life, folklore is often used to maintain, create, or defend culture. As
we know, sometimes it is even ³invented² to fulfill this purpose.
Post-colonial populations and ethnic minorities in particular may employ
folklore for political ends.