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UPDATE: Funkativity in African American Culture (1/15/07; 3/29/07-3/30/07)

updated: 
Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 1:16am
Bolden, Anthony

The English Department at The University of Alabama is inviting
proposals for its biannual symposium to be held March 29-30, 2007.
Entitled "Eruptions of Funk," the symposium will provide a venue in
which scholars and artists can engage issues specifically related to
African American cultural memory. Featured speakers include:

Mark Anthony Neal
Brenda Dixon Gottschild
Aldon Lynn Nielsen
Rickey Vincent
Kalamu ya Salaam
Tracie Morris
Cheryl Keyes

CFP: Sacred, Liminal and Secular Space(s) (UK) (2/2/07; 4/21/07)

updated: 
Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 1:16am
Lorna Ashton-Scott

CALL FOR PAPERS (Including performances, designs, exhibitions,
installations)

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Sacred, Liminal and Secular Space(s).

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Faculty of Creativity and Culture

School of Arts and Media, Annual One Day Interdisciplinary Conference.

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Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, April 21st 2007.

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How have scholars and practitioners interpreted and appropriated space
within their work and research?=20

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UPDATE: Funkativity in African American Culture (1/15/07; 3/29/07-3/30/07)

updated: 
Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 1:16am
Bolden, Anthony

The English Department at The University of Alabama is inviting
proposals for its biannual symposium to be held March 29-30, 2007.
Entitled "Eruptions of Funk," the symposium will provide a venue in
which scholars and artists can engage issues specifically related to
African American cultural memory. Featured speakers include:

Mark Anthony Neal
Brenda Dixon Gottschild
Aldon Lynn Nielsen
Rickey Vincent
Kalamu ya Salaam
Tracie Morris
Cheryl Keyes

CFP: Sacred, Liminal and Secular Space(s) (UK) (2/2/07; 4/21/07)

updated: 
Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 1:16am
Lorna Ashton-Scott

CALL FOR PAPERS (Including performances, designs, exhibitions,
installations)

=20

Sacred, Liminal and Secular Space(s).

=20

=20

Faculty of Creativity and Culture

School of Arts and Media, Annual One Day Interdisciplinary Conference.

=20

Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, April 21st 2007.

=20

=20

How have scholars and practitioners interpreted and appropriated space
within their work and research?=20

=20

CFP: Sacred, Liminal and Secular Space(s) (UK) (2/2/07; 4/21/07)

updated: 
Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 1:16am
Lorna Ashton-Scott

CALL FOR PAPERS (Including performances, designs, exhibitions,
installations)

=20

Sacred, Liminal and Secular Space(s).

=20

=20

Faculty of Creativity and Culture

School of Arts and Media, Annual One Day Interdisciplinary Conference.

=20

Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, April 21st 2007.

=20

=20

How have scholars and practitioners interpreted and appropriated space
within their work and research?=20

=20

CFP: Literature and Religion (3/1/07; RMMLA, 10/4/07-10/6/07)

updated: 
Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 1:16am
aatik

61st Annual Convention of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association
October 4-6, 2007, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Website: rmmla.wsu.edu

Call for papers
Literature and Religion Session
We welcome submission of proposals for individual papers that consider,
but are not limited to, the relationship of literature to the following
issues:

Reproduction of national/religious ideology
Religious archetypes
Religion and gender/sexuality/race
Colonialism/postcolonialism/ neocolonialism and religion
Representations of the messianic or the apocalyptic
Religion and the family/national imaginary

CFP: Literature and Religion (3/1/07; RMMLA, 10/4/07-10/6/07)

updated: 
Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 1:16am
aatik

61st Annual Convention of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association
October 4-6, 2007, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Website: rmmla.wsu.edu

Call for papers
Literature and Religion Session
We welcome submission of proposals for individual papers that consider,
but are not limited to, the relationship of literature to the following
issues:

Reproduction of national/religious ideology
Religious archetypes
Religion and gender/sexuality/race
Colonialism/postcolonialism/ neocolonialism and religion
Representations of the messianic or the apocalyptic
Religion and the family/national imaginary

CFP: Authenticity and the Lyric Voice (UK) (3/2/07; 5/12/07-5/13/07)

updated: 
Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 1:16am
Rachel Buxton

Authenticity and the Lyric Voice

Oxford Brookes Poetry Centre
Oxford Brookes University
May 12-13, 2007

Call for Papers

'Authenticity and the Lyric Voice' is a two-day colloquium taking place =
at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, over the weekend of May 12-13, =
2007.

The colloquium is hosted by the Oxford Brookes Poetry Centre and is open =
to anyone with an interest in modern and contemporary poetry, regardless =
of whether or not they have any academic affiliation. Graduate students =
are also welcome to submit proposals.

We welcome papers which engage with any aspect of this topic, but the =
focus should be on twentieth- and/or twenty-first-century poetry.

CFP: Authenticity and the Lyric Voice (UK) (3/2/07; 5/12/07-5/13/07)

updated: 
Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 1:16am
Rachel Buxton

Authenticity and the Lyric Voice

Oxford Brookes Poetry Centre
Oxford Brookes University
May 12-13, 2007

Call for Papers

'Authenticity and the Lyric Voice' is a two-day colloquium taking place =
at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, over the weekend of May 12-13, =
2007.

The colloquium is hosted by the Oxford Brookes Poetry Centre and is open =
to anyone with an interest in modern and contemporary poetry, regardless =
of whether or not they have any academic affiliation. Graduate students =
are also welcome to submit proposals.

We welcome papers which engage with any aspect of this topic, but the =
focus should be on twentieth- and/or twenty-first-century poetry.

CFP: Authenticity and the Lyric Voice (UK) (3/2/07; 5/12/07-5/13/07)

updated: 
Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 1:16am
Rachel Buxton

Authenticity and the Lyric Voice

Oxford Brookes Poetry Centre
Oxford Brookes University
May 12-13, 2007

Call for Papers

'Authenticity and the Lyric Voice' is a two-day colloquium taking place =
at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, over the weekend of May 12-13, =
2007.

The colloquium is hosted by the Oxford Brookes Poetry Centre and is open =
to anyone with an interest in modern and contemporary poetry, regardless =
of whether or not they have any academic affiliation. Graduate students =
are also welcome to submit proposals.

We welcome papers which engage with any aspect of this topic, but the =
focus should be on twentieth- and/or twenty-first-century poetry.

CFP: Me, Myself & Eye: Mediating Identity (grad) (2/28/07; 5/4/07)

updated: 
Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 1:16am
gayle allan

Me, Myself & Eye: Mediating Identity (Graduate
Conference)

4 May 2007, La Trobe University

Spend a day at an interdisciplinary conference
organised by postgraduates from the English Department
at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.

We are interested in:

CFP: Disturbing Differences: Feminist Readings of Identity, Location and Power (Finland) (1/31/07; 5/18/07-5/19/07)

updated: 
Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 1:16am
Sari Miettinen

Apologizes for cross posting.
**

Call for papers:

Disturbing Differences. Feminist Readings of Identity, Location and
Power - conference
Centre for Women's Studies, University of Turku, Finland
May 18-19, 2007

Confirmed keynote speakers:

Professor Elizabeth Grosz, Rutgers University
Professor Sara Ahmed, Goldsmiths College
Dr Leena-Maija Rossi, University of Helsinki
Dr Susanna Paasonen, University of Jyväskylä

CFP: Me, Myself & Eye: Mediating Identity (grad) (2/28/07; 5/4/07)

updated: 
Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 1:16am
gayle allan

Me, Myself & Eye: Mediating Identity (Graduate
Conference)

4 May 2007, La Trobe University

Spend a day at an interdisciplinary conference
organised by postgraduates from the English Department
at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.

We are interested in:

CFP: Disturbing Differences: Feminist Readings of Identity, Location and Power (Finland) (1/31/07; 5/18/07-5/19/07)

updated: 
Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 1:16am
Sari Miettinen

Apologizes for cross posting.
**

Call for papers:

Disturbing Differences. Feminist Readings of Identity, Location and
Power - conference
Centre for Women's Studies, University of Turku, Finland
May 18-19, 2007

Confirmed keynote speakers:

Professor Elizabeth Grosz, Rutgers University
Professor Sara Ahmed, Goldsmiths College
Dr Leena-Maija Rossi, University of Helsinki
Dr Susanna Paasonen, University of Jyväskylä

CFP: Disturbing Differences: Feminist Readings of Identity, Location and Power (Finland) (1/31/07; 5/18/07-5/19/07)

updated: 
Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 1:16am
Sari Miettinen

Apologizes for cross posting.
**

Call for papers:

Disturbing Differences. Feminist Readings of Identity, Location and
Power - conference
Centre for Women's Studies, University of Turku, Finland
May 18-19, 2007

Confirmed keynote speakers:

Professor Elizabeth Grosz, Rutgers University
Professor Sara Ahmed, Goldsmiths College
Dr Leena-Maija Rossi, University of Helsinki
Dr Susanna Paasonen, University of Jyväskylä

CFP: "History" and Its Discontents: Tenth Annual History and Theory Graduate Conference (grad) (1/15/07; 4/13/07-4/14/

updated: 
Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 1:16am
hcarnie_at_uci.edu

Please distribute the following CFP to interested parties...

The University of California, Irvine history graduate students are proud
to sponsor the Tenth Annual History and Theory Graduate Conference to be
held 13-14 April 2007. Graduate students in the humanities and the social
sciences who are interested in current practices and uses of "history" are
invited to submit paper proposals and/or proposals for panels.

Tenth Annual History and Theory Graduate Conference, Steering Committee

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Call For Papers:
"History" and Its Discontents: Tenth Annual History and Theory Graduate
Conference
University of California, Irvine
April 13-14, 2007

CFP: The Uses of the "Former Age" in Middle English Literature (grad) (1/5/07; New Worlds, Lost Worlds, 10/10/07-10/1

updated: 
Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 1:16am
Meredith Donaldson Clark

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=93New Worlds, Lost Worlds=94: Discovery, Change, and Loss in Literature
McGill University, Montr=E9al
13th Annual Graduate Conference on Language and Literature
March 10-11, 2007

The Uses of the "Former Age" in Middle English Literature

"A blisful lyf, a paisible and a swete, / Ledden the peples in the =
former age..."

UPDATE: Tenth Red River Conference on World Literature (1/22/07; 4/20/06-4/22/06)

updated: 
Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 1:16am
Carol Pearson

Extended deadline:

THE TENTH ANNUAL RED RIVER CONFERENCE ON WORLD LITERATURE
APRIL 20 22, 2007

NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY
FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA

Canonical Texts / Textuality of Canons

We invite papers and panel proposals on topics that investigate any
of the following topics. While we are particularly interested in
proposals that focus on the conference theme, papers and panels on
all aspects of world literature will be considered.

Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

CFP: The Uses of the "Former Age" in Middle English Literature (grad) (1/5/07; New Worlds, Lost Worlds, 10/10/07-10/1

updated: 
Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 1:16am
Meredith Donaldson Clark

=20
=93New Worlds, Lost Worlds=94: Discovery, Change, and Loss in Literature
McGill University, Montr=E9al
13th Annual Graduate Conference on Language and Literature
March 10-11, 2007

The Uses of the "Former Age" in Middle English Literature

"A blisful lyf, a paisible and a swete, / Ledden the peples in the =
former age..."

CFP: "History" and Its Discontents: Tenth Annual History and Theory Graduate Conference (grad) (1/15/07; 4/13/07-4/14/

updated: 
Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 1:16am
hcarnie_at_uci.edu

Please distribute the following CFP to interested parties...

The University of California, Irvine history graduate students are proud
to sponsor the Tenth Annual History and Theory Graduate Conference to be
held 13-14 April 2007. Graduate students in the humanities and the social
sciences who are interested in current practices and uses of "history" are
invited to submit paper proposals and/or proposals for panels.

Tenth Annual History and Theory Graduate Conference, Steering Committee

***********************************************
Call For Papers:
"History" and Its Discontents: Tenth Annual History and Theory Graduate
Conference
University of California, Irvine
April 13-14, 2007

CFP: "History" and Its Discontents: Tenth Annual History and Theory Graduate Conference (grad) (1/15/07; 4/13/07-4/14/

updated: 
Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 1:16am
hcarnie_at_uci.edu

Please distribute the following CFP to interested parties...

The University of California, Irvine history graduate students are proud
to sponsor the Tenth Annual History and Theory Graduate Conference to be
held 13-14 April 2007. Graduate students in the humanities and the social
sciences who are interested in current practices and uses of "history" are
invited to submit paper proposals and/or proposals for panels.

Tenth Annual History and Theory Graduate Conference, Steering Committee

***********************************************
Call For Papers:
"History" and Its Discontents: Tenth Annual History and Theory Graduate
Conference
University of California, Irvine
April 13-14, 2007

UPDATE: Tenth Red River Conference on World Literature (1/22/07; 4/20/06-4/22/06)

updated: 
Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 1:16am
Carol Pearson

Extended deadline:

THE TENTH ANNUAL RED RIVER CONFERENCE ON WORLD LITERATURE
APRIL 20 22, 2007

NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY
FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA

Canonical Texts / Textuality of Canons

We invite papers and panel proposals on topics that investigate any
of the following topics. While we are particularly interested in
proposals that focus on the conference theme, papers and panels on
all aspects of world literature will be considered.

Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

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