Authors are sought for a few remaining chapters of the Europe volume of the
Encyclopedia of World Popular Culture, a six-volume set under contract with
the Greenwood Publishing Group.

CFP: Rooms at the Top: Attic Spaces in Literature (9/15/05; NEMLA, 3/2/06-3/5/06)

NEMLA conference, Philadelphia, PA, March 2-5, 2006
CFP for approved panel: Rooms at the Top: Attic Spaces in Literature
Queries/proposals by September 15th to panel chair, Rita Bode: rbode_at_trentu.ca (please also see below).

Call for Papers

Special Issue: Mississippi Quarterly

American Indian Literatures and Cultures in the South

Mississippi Quarterly invites submissions for a special issue on
American Indian literatures and cultures in the South to be published
late in 2006. Critical and historical essays on any genre or period will
be considered.

Completed essays of no more than 10,000 words should be submitted by
Jan. 30, 2006.

Email submissions (Microsoft Word or Richtext only) are preferred.
Essays should follow the MLA Handbook (6th ed.).

Please address inquiries, proposals, or submissions to:

Ellen L. Arnold

2145 Bate

Dept. of English

East Carolina University

Call for Papers

Special Issue: Mississippi Quarterly

American Indian Literatures and Cultures in the South

Mississippi Quarterly invites submissions for a special issue on
American Indian literatures and cultures in the South to be published
late in 2006. Critical and historical essays on any genre or period will
be considered.

Completed essays of no more than 10,000 words should be submitted by
Jan. 30, 2006.

Email submissions (Microsoft Word or Richtext only) are preferred.
Essays should follow the MLA Handbook (6th ed.).

Please address inquiries, proposals, or submissions to:

Ellen L. Arnold

2145 Bate

Dept. of English

East Carolina University

Call for papers:
A Journal of the Short Story in English Special Issue:
The short stories of Ernest Hemingway
Deadline for submissions: 31 December, 2006.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

LITERARY STUDIES IN OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING

Ierapetra, Greece, 7-9 April 2006

The research team openLit (http://www.openlit.gr),
which operates under the auspices of the School of
Humanities, The Hellenic Open University, is pleased
to announce an International Conference on
“Literary Studies in Open and Distance Learning
University Programs”.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

LITERARY STUDIES IN OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING

Ierapetra, Greece, 7-9 April 2006

The research team openLit (http://www.openlit.gr),
which operates under the auspices of the School of
Humanities, The Hellenic Open University, is pleased
to announce an International Conference on
“Literary Studies in Open and Distance Learning
University Programs”.

Querying Difference in Theatre History
Theatre History Symposium
2006 Mid-America Theatre Conference
Allerton-Crowne Plaza Hotel, Chicago
March 2-5, 2006

Teaching Umberto Eco's _The Name of the Rose_
Special Session
41st International Congress on Medieval Studies
Kalamazoo, MI
4-7 May 2006

Teaching Umberto Eco's _The Name of the Rose_
Special Session
41st International Congress on Medieval Studies
Kalamazoo, MI
4-7 May 2006

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Call for Papers: Native/Indigenous Studies Area
2006 Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association

February 8-11, 2006

Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Association's
27th Annual Conference in Albuquerque, NM

Proposals for both Panels and Individual Papers are now being accepted for the Native/Indigenous Studies Area. Listed below are some suggestions for possible presentations, but topics not included here are welcome and encouraged.

The deadline for submitting proposals is November 15, 2005.

***PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY***

Call for Papers: Native/Indigenous Studies Area
2006 Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association

February 8-11, 2006

Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Association's
27th Annual Conference in Albuquerque, NM

Proposals for both Panels and Individual Papers are now being accepted for the Native/Indigenous Studies Area. Listed below are some suggestions for possible presentations, but topics not included here are welcome and encouraged.

The deadline for submitting proposals is November 15, 2005.

***PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY***

Call for Papers: Native/Indigenous Studies Area
2006 Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association

February 8-11, 2006

Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Association's
27th Annual Conference in Albuquerque, NM

Proposals for both Panels and Individual Papers are now being accepted for the Native/Indigenous Studies Area. Listed below are some suggestions for possible presentations, but topics not included here are welcome and encouraged.

The deadline for submitting proposals is November 15, 2005.

Call for Papers Proposals:

Northeast Modern Language Association
Philadelphia, PA
2 March to 5 March 2006

Panel Title: Victorian Cityscape Descriptions

        The 2006 NEMLA Victorian Cityscape Descriptions panel invites
abstracts of papers (250 words) that focus on descriptions of the
Victorian city written during the Victorian period. The descriptions
may be of actual or ficitional places, in poetry or prose: works of
science fiction are welcome. Presentations should address one or
more of the period's cultural issues: aesthetics, ethics,
exploration, psychology, religion, science, social and/or political
theory. E-mail abstracts preferred.