We are seeking essays for an edited collection on "Asian American
Literature and Postcolonial Theory," which should be both an exploration
and a mapping of the debates around these two terms and their corollaries.
Such corollary debates have erupted over the use of terms such as diaspora,
cultural memory, racial melancholy and trauma, nationalism, ethnicity, and
hybridity in Asian American cultural critique. Essays that consider these
genealogies and/or question the usefulness of theories derived from
colonial and postcolonial discourse are especially welcome. Also of
interest would be specific author, period, regional, national, and textual

We are seeking essays for an edited collection on "Asian American
Literature and Postcolonial Theory," which should be both an exploration
and a mapping of the debates around these two terms and their corollaries.
Such corollary debates have erupted over the use of terms such as diaspora,
cultural memory, racial melancholy and trauma, nationalism, ethnicity, and
hybridity in Asian American cultural critique. Essays that consider these
genealogies and/or question the usefulness of theories derived from
colonial and postcolonial discourse are especially welcome. Also of
interest would be specific author, period, regional, national, and textual

CFP: The Historical Novel
Calls for Panels and papers (15 minutes reading time) on the Historical
Novel at the 27th Annual Southwest/Texas Popular and American Culture
Associations Conference in Albuquerque, NM, Feb. 8-11, 2006. See
<www.h-net.org/~swpca> for more conference information. Some questions to
consider: how can the genre of historical novel be defined? Where does
one draw the lines between truth, fiction, and history? How does the "fog
of war" affect historical fiction? What noteworthy international
historical novels are being produced? Treatments of individual authors

CFP: Post-Humanism and the Politics of Animal Representation

2006 Northeastern Modern Language Association (NEMLA) Convention
Philadelphia, PA
2 - 5 March 2006

CFP:Mystery/detective fiction
Southwest/Texas Popular and American Culture Associations
27th Annual Conference in Albuquerqu<new Mexico 02/08-111/06.
Please send abstracts and curriculum vita by 11/15/05 to
linda.strahan_at_ucr.edu or to Linda Strahan, English dept-40,
University of CA, Riverside, CA 92521.

Call for Papers
Ruskinian Theatre: The Victorian Theatre and the Visual Arts (Lancaster
University, 13-15 July 2006)

Proposals are invited for papers and respondents for a 2 day colloquium
sponsored by the History Department and the Ruskin Programme at
Lancaster University, and the Department of Drama and Theatre Arts,
University of Birmingham.

Call for Papers
Ruskinian Theatre: The Victorian Theatre and the Visual Arts (Lancaster
University, 13-15 July 2006)

Proposals are invited for papers and respondents for a 2 day colloquium
sponsored by the History Department and the Ruskin Programme at
Lancaster University, and the Department of Drama and Theatre Arts,
University of Birmingham.

Sponsored Session at International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, May 4-7, 2006
 
The John Donne Society welcomes 15-20 minute papers on any aspect of John Donne studies. Scholars who would like to contribute may send 300-word abstracts/proposals and Abstract Cover Sheet

< http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/41cfp/forms/Abstract_Cover_Sheet.pdf >

to the session chair:

        Dr. Scott D. Vander Ploeg < scott.vanderploeg_at_kctcs.edu <mailto:scott.vanderploeg_at_kctcs.edu> >.

BY SEPTEMBER 15

Deadline extended:

The University of Durham's Online Journal
POSTGRADUATE ENGLISH:
A Journal and Forum for Postgraduates in English in the UK and Europe

Invites postgraduates studying in the UK and Europe to submit papers of not
more than 7000 words on a topic of YOUR CHOICE in the broad range of English
Studies for issue 12 (September 2005) of our refereed online journal. Papers
must conform to the MLA guidelines for presentation and be received no later
than

EXTENDED DEADLINE: AUGUST 7, 2005.

PANEL PROPOSAL: SCMS conference, Vancouver BC March 2006
Tony Jackson, Associate Prof of English, Grad Coordinator
University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Out of time: fiction film and the non-chronological plot

This panel will explore the nature and implications of fiction films
that feature non-chronological plots. In recent years we have had
interesting new additions to this mode of filmic storytelling: in the
US, Pulp Fiction, 21 Grams, and Memento for example. What can we learn
about filmic storytelling, temporality in film, and therefore
storytelling and temporality in general by studying such films? All
theoretical orientations welcome.

CFP: Forum on Mark Twain's "The War Prayer" in Mark Twain Studies #2
To be published January 2007

The English Department at Mohamed I University in
Oujda, Morocco is delighted to announce its 2nd
International Symposium on Minorities and Minor
Literatures to be held 11-12 March 06. This year we
welcome interdisciplinary paper proposals on topics
related to "The Ethics and Politics of de/constructing
identity in literature, art, and the humanities".
We are particularly interested in the following:
The ways in which literary texts uphold or dismantle
the identity categories of race, nation, class,
gender, etc.; the strategies through which literary
texts or art works acknowledge and negotiate cultural
difference; and the ways in which they contribute to

The English Department at Mohamed I University in
Oujda, Morocco is delighted to announce its 2nd
International Symposium on Minorities and Minor
Literatures to be held 11-12 March 06. This year we
welcome interdisciplinary paper proposals on topics
related to "The Ethics and Politics of de/constructing
identity in literature, art, and the humanities".
We are particularly interested in the following:
The ways in which literary texts uphold or dismantle
the identity categories of race, nation, class,
gender, etc.; the strategies through which literary
texts or art works acknowledge and negotiate cultural
difference; and the ways in which they contribute to

 Filming the Ethnic City

We're looking for papers that consider films that portray ethnic communities
in urban environments. Papers could look at one film or a number of films.
We are particularly interested in analysis concerned with the movement of
ethnic populations since the mid-1970s, as the international economy is
becoming increasingly globalized.=

Please send a 200-300 word abstract and a brief cv to either
Stan Corkin Stanley.corkin_at_uc.edu
or
Jana Braziel Jana.Braziel_at_uc.edu

Deadline is August 15.