Call for chapter proposals:

'The Companion to Sound in Film and the Visual Media' (Continuum)

The Editor of this international volume is looking for chapters on key film, TV
and 'other media' composers. . . .

Chapters are likely to be 5,000 words in length, but suggestions for shorter or
longer contributions are welcome.

When complete, the book will be a comprehensive work on sound in film, TV and
multi-media, and will be suitable for researchers and as a general u/graduate
reference work.

This is an already contracted book with a major publisher and chapter authors
will also be given individual contracts.

CFP: Travel and place in literature; submission deadline 1
December 2003

Contributors are needed to write short essays on these topics:

"John Cage" (500 words)
"Martin Espada" (500 words)
"Barbara Guest" (500 words)
"Langston Hughes" (1000-1500 words)
"James Weldon Johnson" (500 words)
"Yusef Komunyakaa" (500 words)
"Al Purdy" (500 words)
"Anne Waldman" (500 words)
"John Wheelwright" (500 words)
"Gunslinger" by Ed Dorn (1000 words).

The essays are for a volume entitled A Companion to Twentieth-Century
American Poetry (to be published by Facts on File, Inc., a publisher that
enjoys very wide distribution in libraries, colleges and high schools, as
well as bookstores).

Contributors are needed to write short essays on these topics:

"John Cage" (500 words)
"Martin Espada" (500 words)
"Barbara Guest" (500 words)
"Langston Hughes" (1000-1500 words)
"James Weldon Johnson" (500 words)
"Yusef Komunyakaa" (500 words)
"Al Purdy" (500 words)
"Anne Waldman" (500 words)
"John Wheelwright" (500 words)
"Gunslinger" by Ed Dorn (1000 words).

The essays are for a volume entitled A Companion to Twentieth-Century
American Poetry (to be published by Facts on File, Inc., a publisher that
enjoys very wide distribution in libraries, colleges and high schools, as
well as bookstores).

SOCIAL SEMIOTICS: Special Symposium: 'What is Media Theory?' - 19/12/03
(for Vol 14 (2) 2004)

General Editor: Professor Terry Threadgold, Cardiff University, Wales, UK

Co-Editor: Dr Radhika Mohanram, Cardiff University, Wales, UK

Associate Editor, Australia: Dr Joseph Pugliese, Macquarie University, NSW,
Australia

Associate Editor, USA: Dr Toby Miller, New York University, USA

Book Review Editors: Dr Karin Wahl-Jorgensen, Cardiff University, Wales, UK
Rebecca Farley, Cardiff University, Wales, UK

Editorial Assistant: Judith Pryor, Cardiff University, Wales, UK

SOCIAL SEMIOTICS: Special Symposium on Sexualities- 20/10/03
(for Vol 14 (2) 2004)

General Editor: Professor Terry Threadgold, Cardiff University, Wales, UK

Co-Editor: Dr Radhika Mohanram, Cardiff University, Wales, UK

Associate Editor, Australia: Dr Joseph Pugliese, Macquarie University, NSW,
Australia

Associate Editor, USA: Dr Toby Miller, New York University, USA

Book Review Editors: Dr Karin Wahl-Jorgensen, Cardiff University, Wales, UK
Rebecca Farley, Cardiff University, Wales, UK

Editorial Assistant: Judith Pryor, Cardiff University, Wales, UK

    The ASSESSING JAMES PURDY Conference will take place October 25, 2003 in
Bartlett Hall of the university of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. All Purdy
enthusiasts are cordially invited, as are all fans of the best late twentieth
century fiction. There will be no registration fee.
    Essays are also solicited for the volume of essays that will follow up
the conference. The editor seeks essays on all aspects of Purdy's work, but is
especially interested in essays on the later stories, the plays and the poetry.
Send proposals for essays to Prof. Joseph T. Skerrett, Jr., Department of
English, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003 or by email to: <
skerrett_at_english.umass.edu>.

CALL FOR PAPERS

ACADEMIC EXCHANGE EXTRA
http://asstudents.unco.edu/students/AE-Extra/index.html
A MONTHLY PEER-REVIEWED ON-LINE FORUM

Submissions are invited from undergraduates, graduates, and educators for
Academic Exchange Extra (Editor-in-Chief, Elizabeth Haller). Extra presents
ideas, research methods, and pedagogical theories leading to effective
instruction and learning regardless of level, subject or context. We also
seek cogent essays, poetry and fiction.

Postcolonial Studies welcomes original and challenging contributions
from all over the world, informed by a variety of theoretical
perspectives, including postmodernism, marxism, feminism and queer
theory. Its aim is to generate a productive dialogue and exchange
between theorists and writers in disparate locations. All work submitted
will be refereed by a range of international readers and editors. In
addition to longer 7000 and 9000 word papers, we welcome photographic
essays, review articles and collaborative essays.

Submissions will be accepted by email as an attachment in Word 6.0 or
later program to: Nicola Nixon (pcs_at_netspace.net.au)

Lore: An E-journal for Teachers of Writing
<http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/lore/> is seeking submission for its next
issue set to appear December 1, 2003. While the "Being Adjuncts" section
has traditionally focused on highlighting the voices of adjuncts
themselves, this upcoming issue will center on the perspectives of
administrators who supervise the teaching and professionalism of adjuncts
in composition. Institutional contexts often support the exploitation of
adjunct labor, and administrators who work directly with adjuncts often try
to protect adjuncts in various ways. However, what specifically are the

Encyclopedia of Ethnic
American Literature

Editor
Emmanuel S. Nelson
Department of English
SUNY-Cortland
Cortland, NY 13045
Ph: 607-753-2078
Fax: 607-753-5978
E-mail: emmanueln_at_hotmail.com

Advisory Board
Ken Cerniglia (Cornish College
   of the Arts)
Guiyou Huang (Kutztown University)
Arnold Krupat (Sarah Lawrence College)
Paul Lauter (Trinity College)
Ann Shapiro (SUNY-Farmingdale)
Loretta Woodard (Marygrove College)

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS

CALL FOR REVIEWS
TRANSFORMATIONS: THE JOURNAL OF INCLUSIVE SCHOLARSHIP AND PEDAGOGY

DEADLINE: October 1, 2003

The editors of Transformations are seeking review essays (books, film,
video, performance, art, music, etc.) for our spring 2004 issue. Review
essays should examine resources for teaching a specific subject. The author
should describe the various resources (books, film, video, performance, art,
music) and offer a rationale for the usefulness and application of the
resources. The review may focus on one medium (e.g., movies) or several
(e.g., movies, websites, novels, and paintings).

cfp: Book Reviews for MULTICULTURAL SHAKESPEARE

CFP: MULTICULTURAL SHAKESPEARE (11/30/2003; annual monograph)
Call for book reviews

cfp: Book Reviews for MULTICULTURAL SHAKESPEARE

CFP: MULTICULTURAL SHAKESPEARE (11/30/2003; annual monograph)
Call for book reviews