I am seeking proposals for 10-minute presentations on the topic of women
in August Wilson's cycle of plays. I hope to put together a roundtable
for ALA in Boston (May 24-27, 2007) on the often-unappreciated role
women play in Wilson's depiction of twentieth-century African American
experience.

Please send abstracts of approximately 200 words to
beaulieea_at_appstate.edu by December 1, 2006. I would like to include
short papers on 6 or 7 of Wilson's plays, as well as time for discussion
among panelists and audience members.

The Social History of Alcohol and Drugs: An Interdisciplinary Journal is a
specialized journal dealing with the history of alcohol and drugs (defined
broadly) throughout the world. We frequently consider representations of
drugs and alcohol in literature and with the use of drugs and alcohol by
literary figures. Our journal appears both in print and on our website at
http://www.historyofalcoholanddrugs.typepad.com.

If you might be interested in reviewing books for us, please send an email
with a description of your area of specialization and a copy of your CV to
our book review editor, Elaine Parsons, at parsonse_at_duq.edu.

Notice:

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Second Annual Conference=20

and Call For Papers

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Brewton-Parker College, Mount Vernon, Georgia, will host the Second
Annual Conference of the Georgia Philological Association on Friday,
March 16, 2007, beginning at 9:00AM and concluding at noon on Saturday,
March 17, 2007. For specific information and printable forms, please
view our website at:
www.bpc.edu/georgia_phillogical_association/index.htm

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A refereed journal, The Journal Of The Georgia Philological Association,
will publish selected essays from the conference.

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Notice:

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Second Annual Conference=20

and Call For Papers

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Brewton-Parker College, Mount Vernon, Georgia, will host the Second
Annual Conference of the Georgia Philological Association on Friday,
March 16, 2007, beginning at 9:00AM and concluding at noon on Saturday,
March 17, 2007. For specific information and printable forms, please
view our website at:
www.bpc.edu/georgia_phillogical_association/index.htm

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A refereed journal, The Journal Of The Georgia Philological Association,
will publish selected essays from the conference.

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The Continuum Companion to Sound in Film and the Visual Media
http://www.continuumbooks.com/

Opportunities for Chapters on Television/Media Sound and/or Music

Deadline: January 15th 2007

The "Continuum Companion to Sound in Film and the Visual Media", aims to be the
most comprehensive companion available to sound and music in film, media and
new media. It will eventually consist of around 300,000 words by expert
contributors from around the world.

The Continuum Companion to Sound in Film and the Visual Media
http://www.continuumbooks.com/

Opportunities for Chapters on Television/Media Sound and/or Music

Deadline: January 15th 2007

The "Continuum Companion to Sound in Film and the Visual Media", aims to be the
most comprehensive companion available to sound and music in film, media and
new media. It will eventually consist of around 300,000 words by expert
contributors from around the world.

CALL FOR PAPERS

DECADENCE: EXCESS, EROSION, AND TRANSGRESSION
The 2007 UC Irvine Visual Studies Graduate Student Association Conference
March 2-3, 2007

SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: DECEMBER 1, 2006

The 2007 Texas Tech Comparative Literature Symposium on "America's Asia,
Asia's America"=20

April 13-14, 2007 at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas

Texas Tech University houses the largest Vietnam Archive in the United
States, and West Texas has been home to thousands of Vietnamese/Asian
Americans. Late spring in Lubbock is usually mild and sunny.

Keynote Speakers:

Sheldon Xiao-peng Lu, Comparative Literature Program, UC-Davis;

Rob Wilson, Department of Literature, UC-Santa Cruz;

Sau-ling Cynthia Wong, Asian American Studies Program, UC-Berkeley

Proposal Submission Deadline: January 12, 2007

The 2007 Texas Tech Comparative Literature Symposium on "America's Asia,
Asia's America"=20

April 13-14, 2007 at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas

Texas Tech University houses the largest Vietnam Archive in the United
States, and West Texas has been home to thousands of Vietnamese/Asian
Americans. Late spring in Lubbock is usually mild and sunny.

Keynote Speakers:

Sheldon Xiao-peng Lu, Comparative Literature Program, UC-Davis;

Rob Wilson, Department of Literature, UC-Santa Cruz;

Sau-ling Cynthia Wong, Asian American Studies Program, UC-Berkeley

Proposal Submission Deadline: January 12, 2007

CALL FOR PAPERS

Jamesian Forms

CALL FOR PAPERS

Jamesian Forms

Deadline extended:

Hollywood and the Culture Wars: A Study Day
1 March 2007, De Montfort University, UK.=20
Call For Papers.

For a collection of essays on the topic of 'Intermediality,' we are still
looking for essays, in particular on theoretical explorations of the concept
of 'Intermediality' itself, and on the intermedial aspects of comics/graphic
novels.
Some publishers have already expressed interest in this collection, so, if
you would like to be on board, please contact brundlefly_at_web.de -
abstracts and finished papers [or drafts] welcome!
The deadline for finished papers is Jan 30.

THE MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S STUDIES PROGRAM announces its twelfth annual conference will be held March 22-24, 2007 in Milwaukee. The theme for the conference will be "WOMEN and CREATIVITY." Suitable topics for twenty-minute presentations that could involve a multitude of disciplinary perspectives (e.g.