Call for proposals for an essay collection tentatively entitled
"Consuming Youth"

Call for proposals for an essay collection tentatively entitled
"Consuming Youth"

This call is particularly for pedagogy focused material, for poetry
chapbooks and for stories relevant to the mission of Writing Macao.

Deadline for submissions extended to April 30th 2005.

Writing Macao:
creative text and teaching

CFP: Reinventing the Nation: The Great American Makeover (open deadline;
collection)

CFP: Reinventing the Nation: The Great American Makeover (open deadline;
collection)

qui parle, the University of California at Berkeley's journal of critical theory and
interdisciplinary studies, currently seeks submissions for its late 2005 issue. Twice a year qui
parle publishes provocative articles covering a range of new outstanding theoretical and critical
work in the humanities. Founded in 1986 by an editorial board from the University of California at
Berkeley, qui parle is dedicated to expanding the dialogues that take place between the
disciplines, and that challenge received notions about reading and scholarship in the university.
Past contributors have included Giorgio Agamben, Benedict Anderson, Joan Copjec, and Judith
Butler. A list of back issues are available at our website,

CFP: Gender and Migration (9/01/05; journal issue)

GENDER AND PLACES:
A CRITICAL LOOK AT MIGRATION

We are seeking first person narratives detailing experiences with and
perceptions of part time teaching at the university level. We do not
have any limitations in terms of word count; all we ask is that you be
as candid, passionate, opinionated as you can be in your contribution.
We plan to read through all of the submissions, compile the ones we like
the best into an anthology, and then submit it to a publisher for
consideration. Please send your submissions as Word attachments or
pasted into the text of an email with the subject line "adjunct
submission."
Include a 25 word bio and contact information (name, phone number,
email).
Leslie Wolter SLAIDAN_at_msn.com and Nicole Hancock

INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE ON BRITISH AND UNITED STATES IMPERIALISM
IN AFRICA, THE CARIBBEAN, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE MIDDLE EAST

QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY, KINGSTON, ONTARIO, CANADA

MAY 15-18, 2006

Call for Papers:

INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE ON BRITISH AND UNITED STATES IMPERIALISM
IN AFRICA, THE CARIBBEAN, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE MIDDLE EAST

QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY, KINGSTON, ONTARIO, CANADA

MAY 15-18, 2006

Call for Papers:

Asian American Subgenres, 1853-1941
Special issue of Genre: Forms of Discourse and Culture

CFP: Mark Twain reference book (no deadline; book)

Facts On File, a New York publisher of reference works for schools and
libraries, is seeking a contributor to write essays on 30 of the most
important works of Mark Twain. These essays should be critical introductions
appropriate for both high school and college students. The essays must be
completed within at least 3 months; this deadline is extremely important.
The ideal contributor will be an expert on a wide range of Mark Twain's
works and have the ability to write clearly for students and general
readers. If interested, please send letter and cv to Jeff Soloway at
jsoloway_at_factsonfile.com.

Jeff Soloway

Contributors sought to write entries on poets and topics for the
forthcoming Companion to Twentieth Century British Poetry, a reference
book for high school and college students. The book involves about 400
entries, varying in length from 300-2000 words per entry, to be done
over the next year and a half. All entries will carry the author's
name.If you are interested in writing for this book or would like to see
the list of available entries, please contact Rob Watson, Associate
Professor of English at Grand Valley State University, at
watsonr_at_gvsu.edu, or Jim Persoon, Professor of English at Grand Valley
State University, at persoonj_at_gvsu.edu.

Native Shakespeares (Book collection; 7/15/05)

Eds. Craig Dionne, Parmita Kapadia