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CFP: The Arab World in the US (10/31/06; journal issue)

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Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 3:19pm
mirfer_at_us.es

The Arab World in the US =

 =

The Fall 2006 issue of AMERICAN=40 welcomes submissions on the possible =
impact=2C reactions=2C and representations of and by the Arab community =
in the USA =2C its influence on US national identity and sociocultural l=
andscape=2C and possible parallelisms with the creation of other histori=
cal internal suspects (religious=2C political=2C territorial=2C ethnic=2C=
 etc)=2E =

CFP: Travel Writing and the Body (1/15/07; ALA, 5/24/07-5/27/07)

updated: 
Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 3:19pm
Dr. Russ Pottle

Call for Papers: "Bodies of Knowledge/Knowledge of Bodies: Depictions of the
Body in American Travel Writing."

The Society for American Travel Writing. American Literature Association
Annual Conference, 24-27 May 2007, Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA.

CFP: Harry Potter Conference (UK) (1/31/07; 7/19/07-7/22/07)

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Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 3:19pm
Sectus Programming

SECTUS 2007 – A HP FANDOM CONFERENCE

Park Crescent Conference Centre, London, UK.
Thursday 19th July – Sunday 22nd July 2007

CALL FOR PAPERS

Sectus 2007 offers attendees the opportunity to celebrate the tenth
anniversary of J.K. Rowling's series at a major fandom conference to
be held in the heart of London.

The main focus of the conference will be on HP fandom and its many
areas of interest. Suggested topics for presentations include, but are
by no means restricted to:

- Science and technology:
Can science be said to exist in the Wizarding World, and if so, how
far does it reflect our real-world knowledge? Is magic bound by the
laws of physics?

CFP: Harry Potter Conference (UK) (1/31/07; 7/19/07-7/22/07)

updated: 
Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 3:19pm
Sectus Programming

SECTUS 2007 – A HP FANDOM CONFERENCE

Park Crescent Conference Centre, London, UK.
Thursday 19th July – Sunday 22nd July 2007

CALL FOR PAPERS

Sectus 2007 offers attendees the opportunity to celebrate the tenth
anniversary of J.K. Rowling's series at a major fandom conference to
be held in the heart of London.

The main focus of the conference will be on HP fandom and its many
areas of interest. Suggested topics for presentations include, but are
by no means restricted to:

- Science and technology:
Can science be said to exist in the Wizarding World, and if so, how
far does it reflect our real-world knowledge? Is magic bound by the
laws of physics?

UPDATE: From the Front Lines: Is Anybody Listening (10/13/06; 10/27/06; 10/28/06)

updated: 
Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 3:19pm
Chris Brooks

>
> From the Front Lines: Is anybody listening
>October 27-28 2006
>Newman University
>3100 McCormick Avenue, Wichita Kansas 67213
>
>Description
>The focus of this year's festival is the spoken and written word and what
>is it doing to change the consciousness of America. What are our writers,
>filmmakers, and recording artists saying about a world at war, in terror,

UPDATE: From the Front Lines: Is Anybody Listening (10/13/06; 10/27/06; 10/28/06)

updated: 
Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 3:19pm
Chris Brooks

>
> From the Front Lines: Is anybody listening
>October 27-28 2006
>Newman University
>3100 McCormick Avenue, Wichita Kansas 67213
>
>Description
>The focus of this year's festival is the spoken and written word and what
>is it doing to change the consciousness of America. What are our writers,
>filmmakers, and recording artists saying about a world at war, in terror,

CFP: Self and Identity in Fan Communities Panel (11/20/06; ICFA, 3/14/07-3/18/07)

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Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 3:19pm
Eden Lackner

PANEL INFORMATION:

"I Am Legion: Self and Identity in Fan Communities"

Panellists are being sought for a potential session to be submitted to
the 2007 International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA),
March 14-18 at the Wyndham Fort Lauderdale Airport Hotel, Ft.
Lauderdale, Florida.

CFP: Self and Identity in Fan Communities Panel (11/20/06; ICFA, 3/14/07-3/18/07)

updated: 
Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 3:19pm
Eden Lackner

PANEL INFORMATION:

"I Am Legion: Self and Identity in Fan Communities"

Panellists are being sought for a potential session to be submitted to
the 2007 International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA),
March 14-18 at the Wyndham Fort Lauderdale Airport Hotel, Ft.
Lauderdale, Florida.

CFP: 5th Annual Conference on Comics: World-Building: Seriality and History (1/1/07; 3/3/07-3/4/07)

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Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 3:19pm
Philip Sandifer

The University of Florida's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and =20
the Department of English are pleased to announce the 2007 UF =20
Conference on Comics: "World Building: Seriality and History which =20
will be held in Gainesville, Florida, on March 3-4, 2007, in =20
conjunction with the annual Game and Digital Media Studies =20
Conference, which will be March 1-2.

This fifth annual conference on comics will focus on the construction =20=

CFP: Graduate Journal (12/15/06; journal issue)

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Monday, October 9, 2006 - 3:49pm
Daniel Kempton

<>The Shawangunk Review is the journal of the English graduate program
at SUNY New Paltz.<> The Editors welcome submissions from Master's level
students in any area of literary studies: essays (criticism; theory;
historical, cultural, biographical studies), book reviews, scholarly notes.
Manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with MLA style (with notes
as endnotes) and should be submitted as a Word or RTF electronic file.
Essays should not exceed 3500 words (10-12 pages) and book reviews 1250
words. With your submission please include a brief biographical
statement. Submit material as an e-mail attachment to
<kemptond_at_newpaltz.edu>; the deadline for Volume XVIII of the Review is

CFP: Chicana/o Literature, Film, Culture (11/15/06; SW/TX PCA/ACA, 2/14/07-2/17/07)

updated: 
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 3:49pm
Jeanette M Sanchez

CALL FOR PANEL AND PAPER PROPOSALS

Chicana/o Literature, Film, Culture

The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Associations will hold their 28th annual meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 14 through 17, 2007. The organizations have met there for several years, and members wanted to return because of the great location, the fine hotels, food, sights, museums, and more. Albuquerque is the home of the National Hispanic Cultural Center, which promises research and entertainment possibilities.

CFP: Chicana/o Literature, Film, Culture (11/15/06; SW/TX PCA/ACA, 2/14/07-2/17/07)

updated: 
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 3:49pm
Jeanette M Sanchez

CALL FOR PANEL AND PAPER PROPOSALS

Chicana/o Literature, Film, Culture

The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Associations will hold their 28th annual meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 14 through 17, 2007. The organizations have met there for several years, and members wanted to return because of the great location, the fine hotels, food, sights, museums, and more. Albuquerque is the home of the National Hispanic Cultural Center, which promises research and entertainment possibilities.

CFP: Art Objects and Women's Words: Women's Ekphrastic Writing (12/15/06; collection)

updated: 
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 3:49pm
Jill Ehnenn

CFP: Art Objects and Women's Words: Women's Ekphrastic Writing
(12/15/06; collection)

Call For Papers for a collection of scholarly essays:

ART OBJECTS AND WOMEN'S WORDS: WOMEN'S EKPHRASTIC WRITING

A major university press has expressed serious interest in an edited
collection of scholarly essays that explore how female authors produce
verbal representations of visual representations. Publication is
projected for 2008.

CFP: Art Objects and Women's Words: Women's Ekphrastic Writing (12/15/06; collection)

updated: 
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 3:49pm
Jill Ehnenn

CFP: Art Objects and Women's Words: Women's Ekphrastic Writing
(12/15/06; collection)

Call For Papers for a collection of scholarly essays:

ART OBJECTS AND WOMEN'S WORDS: WOMEN'S EKPHRASTIC WRITING

A major university press has expressed serious interest in an edited
collection of scholarly essays that explore how female authors produce
verbal representations of visual representations. Publication is
projected for 2008.

CFP: Art Objects and Women's Words: Women's Ekphrastic Writing (12/15/06; collection)

updated: 
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 3:49pm
Jill Ehnenn

CFP: Art Objects and Women's Words: Women's Ekphrastic Writing
(12/15/06; collection)

Call For Papers for a collection of scholarly essays:

ART OBJECTS AND WOMEN'S WORDS: WOMEN'S EKPHRASTIC WRITING

A major university press has expressed serious interest in an edited
collection of scholarly essays that explore how female authors produce
verbal representations of visual representations. Publication is
projected for 2008.

CFP: The Frankfurt School (1/15/07; collection)

updated: 
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 3:49pm
Alfred J. Drake

CFP: The Frankfurt School (01/15/07; collection)

I welcome abstracts for essays to be included in a proposed volume on
any area of study pertaining directly or indirectly to the Frankfurt
School, for the publication of which I am in talks with Cambridge
Scholars Press.

Abstracts should be approximately two pages long, while full articles
will probably run 15-25 pages in the volume itself.

CFP: The Frankfurt School (1/15/07; collection)

updated: 
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 3:49pm
Alfred J. Drake

CFP: The Frankfurt School (01/15/07; collection)

I welcome abstracts for essays to be included in a proposed volume on
any area of study pertaining directly or indirectly to the Frankfurt
School, for the publication of which I am in talks with Cambridge
Scholars Press.

Abstracts should be approximately two pages long, while full articles
will probably run 15-25 pages in the volume itself.

CFP: Literature and Science (11/1/06; PCA/ACA, 4/4/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 3:48pm
Ian Roberts

The Literature and Science Area of the American Culture Association
invites submissions for the 2007 PCA/ACA National Conference, to be held
in beautiful Boston, Massachusetts from April 4-7, 2007.

Interpretive papers focusing on the representation or integration of
science in specific literary texts are especially encouraged. However,
proposals dealing with any aspect of the interdisciplinary field of
literature and science are welcome. Topics related to the interrelations
of the humanities and sciences include:

CFP: Nebula: Generalist/All Topics (12/1/06; online publication)

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Monday, October 9, 2006 - 3:48pm
nebula_at_nobleworld.biz

The Super Issue of Nebula is now online with unrestricted access at http:=
//www.nobleworld.bizYou might also like to view our archives as well as t=
he Special Project CFP, both of which are available through the website.T=
he journal is now accepting submissions for its 10th issue, Nebula 3.4. P=
lease visit our website to learn more information about the journal, our =
submission guidelines and policies (www.nobleworld.biz/pages/2/index.htm)=
.

CFP: Nebula: Generalist/All Topics (12/1/06; online publication)

updated: 
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 3:48pm
nebula_at_nobleworld.biz

The Super Issue of Nebula is now online with unrestricted access at http:=
//www.nobleworld.bizYou might also like to view our archives as well as t=
he Special Project CFP, both of which are available through the website.T=
he journal is now accepting submissions for its 10th issue, Nebula 3.4. P=
lease visit our website to learn more information about the journal, our =
submission guidelines and policies (www.nobleworld.biz/pages/2/index.htm)=
.

CFP: Revolutions (11/6/06; journal issue)

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Monday, October 9, 2006 - 3:48pm
Equinoxes

Please forward to your graduate students.
Thank you!
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EQUINOXES

 

Call For Papers Number 8 (Fall/Winter) 2006

 

                                                                                                            

« Revolutions »

 
 
We shall not cease from exploration

And the end of all our exploring

Will be to arrive where we started

And know the place for the first time.

-TS Eliot, Four Quartets

CFP: Revolutions (11/6/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 3:48pm
Equinoxes

Please forward to your graduate students.
Thank you!
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EQUINOXES

 

Call For Papers Number 8 (Fall/Winter) 2006

 

                                                                                                            

« Revolutions »

 
 
We shall not cease from exploration

And the end of all our exploring

Will be to arrive where we started

And know the place for the first time.

-TS Eliot, Four Quartets

UPDATE: Edith Wharton Essay Prize (10/30/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 3:48pm
Donna Campbell

The deadline for submissions for the Edith Wharton Essay Prize has been
extended to 30 October 2006.

The Edith Wharton Essay Prize is awarded annually for the best unpublished
essay on Edith Wharton by a beginning scholar. Graduate students,
independent scholars, and faculty members who have not held a tenure-track
or full-time appointment for more than four years are eligible to submit
their work.

The winning essay will be published in _The Edith Wharton Review_, a
peer-reviewed journal, and the writer will receive an award of $250.

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