First Annual Graduate Conference on Transantlantic and Cultural
Studies Georgia State University October 20-21, 2006

Keynote speaker
Dr. Ana del Sarto (Ohio State University)

Proposals are especially encouraged on (but not limited to) any aspect
of Literature, Linguistics, Culture, History,and Women Studies.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

Send a 300-word proposal by email to espaga_at_gmail.com (subject line:
Emerging Paradigms) by July 14, 2006.
A cover letter listing the following:
Name, title of the paper, telephone number,
mailing and email address, and a one-page CV.
Papers should be submitted in Spanish or English.

NORDIC IRISH STUDIES NETWORK
Symposium and Conference

THE CONSTRUCTION AND DECONSTRUCTION OF IRISH MEMORY
November 3 – 4, 2006
University of Aarhus, DENMARK

Call for Papers
The conference will be held in conjunction with a Beckett symposium. The
conference will be open to all members of NISN and EFACIS.

Deadline for proposals and abstracts (200 words for 20-minute papers)
1 July 2006.

November 3: World Theatre: Samuel Beckett and the Theatre

NORDIC IRISH STUDIES NETWORK
Symposium and Conference

THE CONSTRUCTION AND DECONSTRUCTION OF IRISH MEMORY
November 3 – 4, 2006
University of Aarhus, DENMARK

Call for Papers
The conference will be held in conjunction with a Beckett symposium. The
conference will be open to all members of NISN and EFACIS.

Deadline for proposals and abstracts (200 words for 20-minute papers)
1 July 2006.

November 3: World Theatre: Samuel Beckett and the Theatre

We are looking for a few papers in particular areas to fill out the
program for the Society for the Study of American Women Writers
Conference in Philadelphia from November 8-11, 2006. If you are
interested in any of these topics, please contact me--Dawn Keetley
(dek7_at_lehigh.edu). A draft of the conference program can be found on
the organization's website: www.ssaww.org.

1. Frances E. Watkins Harper as a Philadelphia writer

2. Late seventeenth and eighteenth century American women writers

3. Louise Erdrich

4. Eighteenth or nineteenth century women writers in a
transnational/global context

5. Contemporary Chicana writing

We are looking for a few papers in particular areas to fill out the
program for the Society for the Study of American Women Writers
Conference in Philadelphia from November 8-11, 2006. If you are
interested in any of these topics, please contact me--Dawn Keetley
(dek7_at_lehigh.edu). A draft of the conference program can be found on
the organization's website: www.ssaww.org.

1. Frances E. Watkins Harper as a Philadelphia writer

2. Late seventeenth and eighteenth century American women writers

3. Louise Erdrich

4. Eighteenth or nineteenth century women writers in a
transnational/global context

5. Contemporary Chicana writing

2006 Film & History Conference
“The Documentary Tradition”
8-12 November 2006
Dolce Conference Center â€" Dallas, TX
www.filmandhistory.org
Deadline: August 15, 2006

AREA: Nature and the Environment in Film and Television Documentaries

Early filmmakers often traveled the globe to introduce audiences to views of
far away places. Niagara Falls and scenes of the Holy Land shared the
screen with the dancing Carmencita and boxers Corbett and Fitzsimmons. Later, the
filmic exploration of the natural world added support to the argument that
movies were educational tools.

38th Convention

NEMLA

Baltimore,MD March 1- March 4, 2007

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CALL FOR PAPERS

The Undead
A conference at the University of California at Berkeley

October 19-20, 2006
Hosted by the Department of Comparative Literature

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>From age-old whisperings of spirits and ghosts to the contemporary
explosion of cultural interest in zombies, the concept of the undead
is one that refuses to die.

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CALL FOR PAPERS

The Undead
A conference at the University of California at Berkeley

October 19-20, 2006
Hosted by the Department of Comparative Literature

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>From age-old whisperings of spirits and ghosts to the contemporary
explosion of cultural interest in zombies, the concept of the undead
is one that refuses to die.

Madwoman in the (American) Attic : Theoretical Approaches to Mental Illness

LIMINA: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies
www.limina.arts.uwa.edu.au

Call for Papers, Volume 13

Submissions Deadline 30 September 2006

Limina is a refereed academic journal of historical and cultural studies,
based at The University of Western Australia. The journal operates with a
special commitment to publishing the work of research postgraduates and
emerging scholars. Limina promotes resistance to traditional disciplinary
boundaries, and at the same time demands a rigorous approach to issues of
research, context and theoretical debates, providing a lively environment in
which diverse work can be published.

LIMINA: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies
www.limina.arts.uwa.edu.au

Call for Papers, Volume 13

Submissions Deadline 30 September 2006

Limina is a refereed academic journal of historical and cultural studies,
based at The University of Western Australia. The journal operates with a
special commitment to publishing the work of research postgraduates and
emerging scholars. Limina promotes resistance to traditional disciplinary
boundaries, and at the same time demands a rigorous approach to issues of
research, context and theoretical debates, providing a lively environment in
which diverse work can be published.

The 2007 Virginia Humanities Conference meets at Christopher Newport
University in Newport News, VA on Friday-Saturday, March 30-31, 2007.
The theme is "Jamestown 2007 and the Invention of America: Reality and
Fiction." VHC invites scholars and artists from all disciplines to
propose papers, panels or similar sessions by mailing, faxing, or
emailing a one-to-two-page abstract to George Hillow, President of the
Virginia Humanities Conference, Theater Department, Christopher Newport
University, One University Place, Newport News, VA 23606; FAX
757-594-7389; hillow_at_cnu.edu. The deadline for abstracts is December
15, 2006.

The 2007 Virginia Humanities Conference meets at Christopher Newport
University in Newport News, VA on Friday-Saturday, March 30-31, 2007.
The theme is "Jamestown 2007 and the Invention of America: Reality and
Fiction." VHC invites scholars and artists from all disciplines to
propose papers, panels or similar sessions by mailing, faxing, or
emailing a one-to-two-page abstract to George Hillow, President of the
Virginia Humanities Conference, Theater Department, Christopher Newport
University, One University Place, Newport News, VA 23606; FAX
757-594-7389; hillow_at_cnu.edu. The deadline for abstracts is December
15, 2006.