Students and Faculty:

I am writing to remind everyone of the upcoming Pacific Rim Conference
on Literature and Rhetoric in Anchorage, Alaska, which is fast
approaching: Feb. 23-25. The original deadline for submission of
12.15.05 has been extended to 02.11.06; as such, I am still accepting
submissions from students and faculty interested in presenting.

Addressing this year's conference are Dr. Cynthia Selfe, Humanities
Distinguished Professor at The Ohio State University, and Dr. Patti
White, Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of
Alabama.

A special session at the 2006 meeting of NAVSA
(North American Victorian Studies Association)
Purdue University, Lafayette, IN
 31 August - 3 September 2006
The aim of this special session is to explore the relationship between
contemporary trauma theory and Victorian studies. Particularly welcome
are papers that offer interventions in current conceptions of the
genealogy of trauma and consider the implications of a more widely
historicized conception of trauma, as well as papers that reflect on the
usefulness and applicability of trauma theory to Victorian literature.
Proposals may also address the relationship between Victorian literary

"Erotic ritual in literature and film/Literature and film as erotic ritual"
The God & Sexuality Conference on Religion and Issues of Sexuality and Gender
Theme: Ritual Practice and Sexual Expression
April 9th-10th, 2006
13th St. Gay and Lesbian Center, New York City
http://www.godandsexuality.org/

"Erotic ritual in literature and film/Literature and film as erotic ritual"
The God & Sexuality Conference on Religion and Issues of Sexuality and Gender
Theme: Ritual Practice and Sexual Expression
April 9th-10th, 2006
13th St. Gay and Lesbian Center, New York City
http://www.godandsexuality.org/

Please send abstracts by Feb. 1, 2006.

DIS-UNITED EMPIRES

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

Please send abstracts by Feb. 1, 2006.

DIS-UNITED EMPIRES

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

Please send abstracts by Feb. 1, 2006.

DIS-UNITED EMPIRES

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

Anthropology as Literature. Papers that address questions of
genre, aesthetics, rhetoric, narrative, figurative language,
and other "literary" matters in anthropological discourse
broadly definedâ€"from travel narratives and theories of culture
to ethnography proper. 300-word abstracts by 15 March. Cannon
Schmitt (cschmitt_at_wayne.edu).

Program to be arranged by the MLA Division on Anthropological
Approaches to Literature.

South Central Modern Language Association

Call for Papers for 2006 Conference

October 26-28

Fort Worth, Texas

Radisson Plaza Hotel

Theme: "Cultural Roundup"

The Creative Nonfiction Special Session is accepting papers considering CNF
as a frontier of gender, religion, race, ethnicity, and/or sexuality, a
landscape where popular/canonical cultures intersect as vision and culture.
Email abstracts or papers by February 15 to stella_thompson_at_pvamu.edu and
copy to jthompson39_at_houston.rr.com.

Folklore and dramatic literature
 
The American Folklore Society sponsors a special session at the annual
meeting of the MLA. In 2006, we invite papers that consider the relationship
between folklore and dramatic literature, including how folklore is employed
by playwrights.
 
Contemporary theatre practice has reached out to incorporate traditional
elements in playwrights¹ search for something new or fresh. Recent examples
include Mary Zimmerman¹s conceptualization of Greek myth in Metamorphoses
and the adoption of puppets in Avenue Q. The inclusion of elements of
tradition goes farther than just subject matter or a gimmick: folklore makes

CALL FOR PAPERS

Theology and Religious Studies or Theology vs Religious Studies?
St Anne's College, University of Oxford, 6-7 July 2006-01-18

Call for papers deadline: 31 January 2006

Keynote speakers: David Ford (Cambridge), Kim Knott (Leeds), Gavin
D'Costa (Bristol), James Cox (Edinburgh)

Papers are welcome on a range of topics including (but not limited to):
the Relationship between Theology and Religious Studies; the Future of
Theology; the Future of Religious Studies; the Place of Theology /
Religious Studies in the University; Teaching Theology (trends and
methods); Teaching Religious Studies (trends and methods).

CALL FOR PAPERS
 "VICTORIAN SYMPTOMS":
A special session at the 2006 meeting of the
North American Victorian Studies Association
Purdue University, Lafayette, IN
 31 August - 3 September 2006

CALL FOR PAPERS
 "VICTORIAN SYMPTOMS":
A special session at the 2006 meeting of the
North American Victorian Studies Association
Purdue University, Lafayette, IN
 31 August - 3 September 2006

The Ritual and Rhetoric of Queenship, 1250-1650

Canterbury Christ Church University
(Kent)

Thursday 24 August 2006

This interdisciplinary conference aims to explore the ritual and rhetoric of
queenship in late medieval and early modern England.

We hope to encourage debate on the image and representation of queens, and on
the cultural and political narratives of queenship. Possible themes might
include:

the ritual construction of queenship;

queenship, identity and power;

holy and sainted queens;

royal motherhood;

queens as intercessors and patrons;

queens in translation.