LISA E-Journal is inviting contributions to an issue on Biography versus
Fiction: the Value of Testimony to be published in June 2004. This theme of
reflection focuses on the value and authenticity of historical testimony
when it is conveyed by any kind of subjective literary form, whether it be
the autobiographical genre stemming from personal experience or the
subjective interpretation of this testimony through fictional literary
works. The field of study discussed is that of American XIXth and XXth
century cultural studies, directly linked with minorities and written
testimonies coming from ethnic groups. In this domain, more than in any

LISA E-Journal is inviting contributions to an issue on Biography versus
Fiction: the Value of Testimony to be published in June 2004. This theme of
reflection focuses on the value and authenticity of historical testimony
when it is conveyed by any kind of subjective literary form, whether it be
the autobiographical genre stemming from personal experience or the
subjective interpretation of this testimony through fictional literary
works. The field of study discussed is that of American XIXth and XXth
century cultural studies, directly linked with minorities and written
testimonies coming from ethnic groups. In this domain, more than in any

MARY AUGUSTA WARD: A COLLECTION OF CRITICAL ESSAYS

Submissions are invited for a collection of critical essays centring upon
the life and work of Mary Augusta Ward (Mrs Humphry Ward) [1851-1920]. The
essays should be in the region of 4000-6000 words, and may treat of any
aspect Ward’s career, but the special emphasis will be upon Ward’s fiction.
Some topics for consideration may include (but are not limited to) the
following:

MARY AUGUSTA WARD: A COLLECTION OF CRITICAL ESSAYS

Submissions are invited for a collection of critical essays centring upon
the life and work of Mary Augusta Ward (Mrs Humphry Ward) [1851-1920]. The
essays should be in the region of 4000-6000 words, and may treat of any
aspect Ward’s career, but the special emphasis will be upon Ward’s fiction.
Some topics for consideration may include (but are not limited to) the
following:

For an anthology on alternative country music, we are seeking critical
essays from the perspective of any discipline--music, literature,
history, communications/media studies, women's studies, philosophy,
linguistics, rhetoric, cultural studies, and others. We invite
discussions of a wide range of subjects, such as:

** Alt.country's relationship to Nashville
** Performance practices
** Alt.country in the marketplace
** Roots (e.g. punk, grunge)
** Fandom
** Media (print and online)
** race
** gender
** class

Please send questions and abstracts of no more than 500 words to the
following address: altcountryanthology_at_yahoo.com

GRAMMA

Journal of Theory and Criticism
Issue Number 13, 2005

CALL FOR PAPERS

Comparative Literature and Global Studies:
Histories and Trajectories

For a reader aimed at college-level composition
students which has been accepted by a nationally
recognized textbook publisher (to be published in
2005), I am looking for papers on American youth
subcultures. I am primarily interested in
contemporary subcultures, especially ones which are
very new (e.g., online fan fiction) but will also
consider essays on historic subcultures like flappers,
hippies, etc.

For a reader aimed at college-level composition
students which has been accepted by a nationally
recognized textbook publisher (to be published in
2005), I am looking for papers on American youth
subcultures. I am primarily interested in
contemporary subcultures, especially ones which are
very new (e.g., online fan fiction) but will also
consider essays on historic subcultures like flappers,
hippies, etc.

The deadline for submitting essays to BOWLES NOTES has been extended to
July 31, 2003.

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The Victorian Studies Bulletin is beginning to collect information and
copy for the September 2003 issue on the following subjects:

 - Book/journal announcements
 - Brief reviews of past conferences/exhibits
 - CFP's
 - Grant/scholarship/fellowship opportunities and awards
 - Requests for information
 - News/information of interest to Victorianists (upcoming exhibits or
conferences, new websites, etc.)

Update CFP
Phoebe: Journal of Feminist Scholarship

Editors seek additional essays for an issue on
Re-Defining/Re-Constructing
the Americas

Deadline: 1st December 2003 (for completed essays)
If interested, please send a 300 word abstract ASAP to the editors at
phoebe_at_oneonta.edu <mailto:phoebe_at_oneonta.edu>

Topics include but are not limited to:
-Gender / Sexuality / Identity
-Comparative cultural/historical/political analysis
-English-language “representations” of literatures and cultures of the
Americas

The editors are open to considering a wide variety of essays from
cross-disciplinary and theoretical perspectives.

Grave Concerns: Critical Approaches to Six Feet Under

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 26 June 2003

                          M/C - Media and Culture
            is calling for contributors to the 'joke' issue of

                                M/C Journal
                   http://journal.media-culture.org.au/

The award-winning M/C Journal is looking for new contributors. M/C is a
crossover journal between the popular and the academic, and a blind- and
peer-reviewed journal.

At the most recent meeting of the American Comparative Literature =
Association in San Marcos, the outgoing president lamented the fact that =
almost 90% of comparative literature sessions in recent years have been =
devoted to relatively modern texts and issues. What has happened to pre- =
and early modern topics in comparative literature?=20