Calls for papers exploring any aspect of Neal Stephenson's work for
the 20th-Century Literature & Culture Conference at the University of
Louisville (2/23/06-2/25/06).

Of particular interest are responses to the recently published
Baroque Cycle, but the panel will not necessarily be limited to these
works.

Other potential areas of interest:
Virtual worlds
"Virtual" histories
War and violence
Cyberpunk and post-cyberpunk
Digital computers and technology
Stephenson's place in the contemporary canon

Please send a one-page abstract or completed 20 minute paper as a
Word attachment or in-line text to <jon.lewis_at_uncp.edu>

Essays are sought for a special issue of Cultural Studies<=>Critical
Metholodologies on Race and Kids Culture. The special issue will speak to
a set of shared concerns. As corporations increasingly structure and media
almost entirely saturate the lives of children, scholars and social
critics have rightly begun to explore the articulations of power, culture,
and identity. Inspired particularly by the emergent field of cultural
studies and informed by the post-marxist, feminist, and post-structural
frameworks, they have interpreted the ways in which toys, games, movies,
television, music, and literature educate, imprint, and otherwise
interpolate them to embrace normative values and institutions.

Essays are sought for a special issue of Cultural Studies<=>Critical
Metholodologies on Race and Kids Culture. The special issue will speak to
a set of shared concerns. As corporations increasingly structure and media
almost entirely saturate the lives of children, scholars and social
critics have rightly begun to explore the articulations of power, culture,
and identity. Inspired particularly by the emergent field of cultural
studies and informed by the post-marxist, feminist, and post-structural
frameworks, they have interpreted the ways in which toys, games, movies,
television, music, and literature educate, imprint, and otherwise
interpolate them to embrace normative values and institutions.

LEA Special Issue: Wild Nature and the Digital Life

* Worldwide Call for Submissions *

Guest Editors: Sue Thomas and Dene Grigar

digitalwild_at_astn.net

http://mitpress2.mit.edu/e-journals/LEA/LEA2004/authors.htm#digiwild

 The Leonardo Electronic Almanac (ISSN No: 1071-4391) is inviting
papers [and artworks] themed around Wild Nature and the Digital Life.

We would appreciate if you could announce our Call for Papers for the 27th
International Conference for the Portuguese Association for Anglo-American
Studies, "Crossroads of History and Culture", on 27-29 April 2006, in
Carcavelos, Lisbon, Portugal. The web site with all information is:
http://www.fcsh.unl.pt/english/apeaa2006.htm

Sincerely,

Carlos Ceia

Head of the Department of Modern Languages, Cultures and Literatures
Faculty of Human and Social Sciences
New University of Lisbon - Portugal

http://www.fcsh.unl.pt/english/apeaa2006.htm

Electronic journal Culture Machine invites submissions for its special
2006 COMMUNITY issue.

Culture Machine <http://www.culturemachine.net> is an international,
open access, peer-reviewed electronic journal whose aim is to promote
original, exploratory work in the areas of cultural studies and critical
theory. It seeks to generate possibilities for new areas of
interdisciplinary inquiry.

Call for Papers: Interrogating 24

Articles are sought for a collection on the hugely successful television

serial drama 24. With the fourth season due for imminent release in the U.K

on DVD, the time is ripe to revisit the series, to consider the true impact

and significance of 24. It is the aim of the collection that the methods

and approaches of the writers should vary in dynamic ways, with each

equally committed to a guiding principle: that by interrogating 24, we can

gain a greater understanding of the state of contemporary television, both

as an institution and a medium. The collection will be aimed at an educated

Call for papers

Tessera considers only submissions made in response to our calls for papers.
We invite contributions in English and/or French of texts both verbal and
visual. We encourage play along borders, especially crossings of the
boundary between creative and theoretical texts. Please send three hard
copies on which your name does not appear. Include a short summary of the
piece and a separate brief biographical note (with your postal and email
address). Manuscripts will not be returned.

Out of Line: Women Writers of Color Writing the Prose Poem
 
Deadline for abstracts of critical papers for a collection of essays titled Out of Line: Women Writers of Color Writing the Prose Poem has been extended to August 1, 2005.
 

Out of Line: Women Writers of Color Writing the Prose Poem
 
Deadline for abstracts of critical papers for a collection of essays titled Out of Line: Women Writers of Color Writing the Prose Poem has been extended to August 1, 2005.
 

Out of Line: Women Writers of Color Writing the Prose Poem
 
Deadline for abstracts of critical papers for a collection of essays titled Out of Line: Women Writers of Color Writing the Prose Poem has been extended to August 1, 2005.
 

> Call for Papers: Issue on Victorian Crime Fiction, _Clues: A Journal of Detection_
> (deadline: October 14, 2005)
>
> Published quarterly, the peer-reviewed _CLUES: A Journal of Detection_ welcomes scholarly articles on all aspects of mystery and detective material in print, television, and film without limit to period or country covered. The fall 2006 issue will focus on Victorian crime fiction.
>
> Guest editor: Janice Allan, University of Salford (UK)
>

Deadline extended:

Call for Contributors

The Encyclopedia of Africa and the Americas
Publisher: ABC-Clio, Incorporated

Deadline for receipt of all entries: July 1, 2005
Please request specific entries by May 30, 2005

ABC-Clio, Incorporated seeks contributors for its latest installment in a
series of encyclopedias treating Africa and the African diaspora. ABC-Clio
is a well-known and authoritative publisher of educational and reference
products that focus on history and social studies resources for the
student, teacher and librarian in universities and secondary schools.

Call for Papers: Special issue of American Literature, "Global Contexts,
Local Literature: The New Southern Studies"

 American Literature invites submissions for a special issue on
literature and globalization, co-edited by University of Mississippi
professors Kathryn McKee and Annette Trefzer.