The 38th Annual Mythopoeic Conference
Mythcon XXXVIII

Theme: "Becoming Adept: The Journey to Mastery"
Clark Kerr Conference Center
Berkeley, California
August 3-6, 2007

Guests of Honor: Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman

Call for Papers

W/Righting History: The Problem of Literary Historic Sites
American Studies Association Annual Meeting, October 11-14, Philadelphia

A Proposed Special Session for the 2007 Annual Convention of the Modern Language Association

Papers are solicited which consider innovative, interdisciplinary approaches to war and the military in the humanities. Emphasis will be on the intersections of ethics, representation, and historiography. While the panel lends itself to pedagogical essays, presentations that provide innovative, suggestive readings of texts about war and the military will be considered favorably as well.

Papers are invited for the Mary Shelley session held every year at RMMLA
(to be in Calgary, Alberta in 2007). All submissions will be
considered, but papers addressing Mary Shelley and the Arts (music,
literature, painting, etc)will be especially welcome.

Please submit one-page abstracts along with a one-page CV or brief
biographical statement no later than 1st March, 2007; please indicate
whether AV equipment will be needed too. Accepted presenters will need
to be current in their RMMLA dues by 4/1/2007.

Updated Call for Papers: The Association for the Study of American Indian LIteratures. American Literature Association Annual Conference, 24-27 May, Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA
 

Updated Call for Papers: The Association for the Study of American Indian LIteratures. American Literature Association Annual Conference, 24-27 May, Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA
 

Proposed essay collection, "Erasmus Darwin and the Life Sciences"

Update: Please note the change of conference dates:

The 'Don't Look Now?' British Cinema in the 1970s Conference, to be hosted
by the University of Exeter, will now take place on Wednesday 4 July and
Thursday 5 July 2007 (NOT on Friday 6 July) at the Phoenix Arts Centre,
Exeter, UK.

See http://www.sall.ex.ac.uk/conferences/dont-look-now.html

Papers are invited on (but are by no means limited to) the following topics:

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Update: abstract due date has been extended to 2.24.07.

21st Century Literature: Now through History

Madison Conference -- March 24, 2007

James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA

These imponderables are what I am finally concerned with =96 our sense
of the ground under and around us, our=85 sense of where is it in time
we find ourselves=85 [O]ur relation =96 individually and collectively =96=
to the idea of past, present, and future has been radically
modified. A great many people now live with the feeling that both
the historical and the personal past exist on the other side of a
widening gulf, while the future seems to press down with a palpable
urgency.

Update: abstract due date has been extended to 2.24.07.

21st Century Literature: Now through History

Madison Conference -- March 24, 2007

James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA

These imponderables are what I am finally concerned with =96 our sense
of the ground under and around us, our=85 sense of where is it in time
we find ourselves=85 [O]ur relation =96 individually and collectively =96=
to the idea of past, present, and future has been radically
modified. A great many people now live with the feeling that both
the historical and the personal past exist on the other side of a
widening gulf, while the future seems to press down with a palpable
urgency.

"The Triumph of Religion": Lacanian perspectives on (a)theology
Radboud University Nijmegen (The Netherlands)
19-20 September 2007

At a press conference in Rome, 1974, when asked for his opinion about the
relation between psychoanalysis and religion, Lacan promptly replies: "In
the end, it is either the one, or the other." But he hesitates answering the
next question - 'who, then, will win the battle?' - and finally states that
"religion will never go down." Religion, so he adds, will "triumph." And
after a moment of doubt, he feels compelled to say the opposite about
psychoanalysis: it will certainly not triumph, at the best it will succeed
in 'surviving.'

"The Triumph of Religion": Lacanian perspectives on (a)theology
Radboud University Nijmegen (The Netherlands)
19-20 September 2007

At a press conference in Rome, 1974, when asked for his opinion about the
relation between psychoanalysis and religion, Lacan promptly replies: "In
the end, it is either the one, or the other." But he hesitates answering the
next question - 'who, then, will win the battle?' - and finally states that
"religion will never go down." Religion, so he adds, will "triumph." And
after a moment of doubt, he feels compelled to say the opposite about
psychoanalysis: it will certainly not triumph, at the best it will succeed
in 'surviving.'

We are seeking contributors for a work entitled The Long Civil Rights =
Movement, 1945-1980, in the Conflicts in American History series. The =
work is under contract with Bruccoli Clark Layman/Manly, Inc, and =
contributors will receive $250 for essay chapters that will consist of =
the following elements: 1. 2000-3000 word background essay introducing =
the conflict, the people involved, the nature of the conflict and its =
resolution. 2. A specific chronology of the conflict. 3. 10 historical =
documents both in facsimile and in reprinted text form, each with an =
objective head note (150-300 words) that introduces the source. 4. A =
list of recommended readings with a brief annotation. 5. Two =