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CFP: John Steinbeck Encyclopedia (no deadline; book)

updated: 
Wednesday, March 10, 2004 - 5:42am
Jeff Soloway

CFP: John Steinbeck Encyclopedia (no deadline; book)

Facts On File, a New York publisher of reference books for high school and
college students, is seeking a contributor to write several articles for a
forthcoming encyclopedia on the life and work of John Steinbeck. The ideal
editor will be a Steinbeck scholar with an ability to write clearly for high
school students. If interested please send letter and cv, preferably by
e-mail, to

UPDATE: Women in U. S. Race Riots (3/31/04; collection)

updated: 
Wednesday, March 10, 2004 - 5:42am
Julie Cary Nerad

UPDATE: Call for Papers

Abstracts on women's roles in specific race riots (listed below) are
invited to complete a collection tentatively entitled "Rage, Resistance,
and Representation: Women in U. S. Race Riots."

Springfield, IL (1908); East St. Louis, IL (1917); Chicago, IL (1919);
Detroit, MI (1943)

UPDATE: Women in U. S. Race Riots (3/31/04; collection)

updated: 
Wednesday, March 10, 2004 - 5:42am
Julie Cary Nerad

UPDATE: Call for Papers

Abstracts on women's roles in specific race riots (listed below) are
invited to complete a collection tentatively entitled "Rage, Resistance,
and Representation: Women in U. S. Race Riots."

Springfield, IL (1908); East St. Louis, IL (1917); Chicago, IL (1919);
Detroit, MI (1943)

UPDATE: Women in U. S. Race Riots (3/31/04; collection)

updated: 
Wednesday, March 10, 2004 - 5:42am
Julie Cary Nerad

UPDATE: Call for Papers

Abstracts on women's roles in specific race riots (listed below) are
invited to complete a collection tentatively entitled "Rage, Resistance,
and Representation: Women in U. S. Race Riots."

Springfield, IL (1908); East St. Louis, IL (1917); Chicago, IL (1919);
Detroit, MI (1943)

UPDATE: Women in U. S. Race Riots (3/31/04; collection)

updated: 
Wednesday, March 10, 2004 - 5:42am
Julie Cary Nerad

UPDATE: Call for Papers

Abstracts on women's roles in specific race riots (listed below) are
invited to complete a collection tentatively entitled "Rage, Resistance,
and Representation: Women in U. S. Race Riots."

Springfield, IL (1908); East St. Louis, IL (1917); Chicago, IL (1919);
Detroit, MI (1943)

CFP: John Steinbeck Encyclopedia (no deadline; book)

updated: 
Wednesday, March 10, 2004 - 5:42am
Jeff Soloway

CFP: John Steinbeck Encyclopedia (no deadline; book)

Facts On File, a New York publisher of reference books for high school and
college students, is seeking a contributor to write several articles for a
forthcoming encyclopedia on the life and work of John Steinbeck. The ideal
editor will be a Steinbeck scholar with an ability to write clearly for high
school students. If interested please send letter and cv, preferably by
e-mail, to

CFP: Representations of Death in Nineteenth-Century US Writing (4/5/04; essay collection)

updated: 
Tuesday, March 9, 2004 - 5:16am
Lucy Frank

I am seeking contributions for a volume of critical essays on
representations of death in nineteenth-century US writing. The book is
currently under consideration by Ashgate Press. Essays on the following
topics would be especially welcome:

Representations of death/mourning in postbellum African-American writing or
Native American writing.

Representations of the Civil War in literature and popular culture.
(Suggested topics might include photographic representations of the Civil
War; national mourning and public monuments; the memorialisation of
battle-fields; autobiographical accounts of battle; Civil War fiction and
poetry).

CFP: Representations of Death in Nineteenth-Century US Writing (4/5/04; essay collection)

updated: 
Tuesday, March 9, 2004 - 5:16am
Lucy Frank

I am seeking contributions for a volume of critical essays on
representations of death in nineteenth-century US writing. The book is
currently under consideration by Ashgate Press. Essays on the following
topics would be especially welcome:

Representations of death/mourning in postbellum African-American writing or
Native American writing.

Representations of the Civil War in literature and popular culture.
(Suggested topics might include photographic representations of the Civil
War; national mourning and public monuments; the memorialisation of
battle-fields; autobiographical accounts of battle; Civil War fiction and
poetry).

CFP: Stirrings Still: Existential Literature: Call for Reviews (1/6/04; journal issue)

updated: 
Tuesday, March 9, 2004 - 5:16am
Erik Grayson

Stirrings Still: The International Journal of Existential Literature seeks
review essays (1250-3000 words) and review notices (500-750 words) of books
published since June 2003. Stirrings Still is a forum for the discussion of
the relationship between existential literature & philosophy and postmodern
literature & theory and welcomes reviews of books in fields related to this
thematic ground.

We are particularly interested in reviews of recent scholarship in French
existential philosophy. Contributors of full-length reviews will receive a
copy of Stirrings Still. The deadline for submissions is the 1st of June
2004.

CFP: Harry Potter Fan Fiction (6/15/04; collection)

updated: 
Tuesday, March 9, 2004 - 5:16am
Jane Glaubman

EDITED VOLUME: HARRY POTTER FAN FICTION

Contributions are sought for a proposed collection of essays about
Harry Potter fan fiction.

Scholars from all disciplines are invited to submit abstracts or
completed essays. Essays on young writers, the transnational fandom,
and fan works from outside the English-speaking world are especially
needed, but all submissions are very welcome.

Paper topics might include, but are by no means limited to:

CFP: Harry Potter Fan Fiction (6/15/04; collection)

updated: 
Tuesday, March 9, 2004 - 5:16am
Jane Glaubman

EDITED VOLUME: HARRY POTTER FAN FICTION

Contributions are sought for a proposed collection of essays about
Harry Potter fan fiction.

Scholars from all disciplines are invited to submit abstracts or
completed essays. Essays on young writers, the transnational fandom,
and fan works from outside the English-speaking world are especially
needed, but all submissions are very welcome.

Paper topics might include, but are by no means limited to:

CFP: Harry Potter Fan Fiction (6/15/04; collection)

updated: 
Tuesday, March 9, 2004 - 5:16am
Jane Glaubman

EDITED VOLUME: HARRY POTTER FAN FICTION

Contributions are sought for a proposed collection of essays about
Harry Potter fan fiction.

Scholars from all disciplines are invited to submit abstracts or
completed essays. Essays on young writers, the transnational fandom,
and fan works from outside the English-speaking world are especially
needed, but all submissions are very welcome.

Paper topics might include, but are by no means limited to:

CFP: Reconstructing Poststructuralism (ongoing; journal issue)

updated: 
Friday, March 5, 2004 - 6:40am
M Wolf-Meyer

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture (ISSN 1547-4348) =
<http://www.reconstruction.ws> is an innovative culture studies journal =
dedicated to fostering an intellectual community composed of scholars =
and their audience, granting them all the opportunity and ability to =
share thoughts and opinions on the most important and influential work =
in contemporary interdisciplinary studies.

CFP: Reconstructing Poststructuralism (ongoing; journal issue)

updated: 
Friday, March 5, 2004 - 6:40am
M Wolf-Meyer

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture (ISSN 1547-4348) =
<http://www.reconstruction.ws> is an innovative culture studies journal =
dedicated to fostering an intellectual community composed of scholars =
and their audience, granting them all the opportunity and ability to =
share thoughts and opinions on the most important and influential work =
in contemporary interdisciplinary studies.

CFP: Reconstructing Poststructuralism (ongoing; journal issue)

updated: 
Friday, March 5, 2004 - 6:40am
M Wolf-Meyer

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture (ISSN 1547-4348) =
<http://www.reconstruction.ws> is an innovative culture studies journal =
dedicated to fostering an intellectual community composed of scholars =
and their audience, granting them all the opportunity and ability to =
share thoughts and opinions on the most important and influential work =
in contemporary interdisciplinary studies.

CFP: Peer English: Open Call for Reviews (3/30/04; journal issue)

updated: 
Friday, March 5, 2004 - 6:39am
Louttit, C.J.

Due to an expansion of format the editors of Peer English (the University of Leicester's annual refereed English Journal) seek additional review essays (1000-3000 words) and review notices (approx 500 words) of books published in the field of English Studies since Jan 2003. Peer English embraces the full range of literatures published in English; theory; film; composition studies; drama and interdisciplinary approaches to the field of English Studies.

UPDATE: The AnaChronisT: all topics (4/14/04; yearbook)

updated: 
Friday, March 5, 2004 - 6:39am
The AnaChronisT

The AnaChronisT,

a peer-reviewed yearbook published by the Department of English Studies,
Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary,

invites research papers, interviews, and book reviews on literatures in
English for its next issue, to be published in December 2004. All topics
acceptable. Papers are to be submitted by Wednesday, 14 April 2004.

The AnaChronisT welcomes submissions by graduate and doctoral students as
well as academics. The requirements of application are as follows:

- the text in Word or RTF document format sent to the following e-mail
address: anachronist_at_freemail.hu (your paper should not exceed 10,000 words,
including footnotes);

UPDATE: The AnaChronisT: all topics (4/14/04; yearbook)

updated: 
Friday, March 5, 2004 - 6:39am
The AnaChronisT

The AnaChronisT,

a peer-reviewed yearbook published by the Department of English Studies,
Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary,

invites research papers, interviews, and book reviews on literatures in
English for its next issue, to be published in December 2004. All topics
acceptable. Papers are to be submitted by Wednesday, 14 April 2004.

The AnaChronisT welcomes submissions by graduate and doctoral students as
well as academics. The requirements of application are as follows:

- the text in Word or RTF document format sent to the following e-mail
address: anachronist_at_freemail.hu (your paper should not exceed 10,000 words,
including footnotes);

CFP: Peter Pan Centenary Book (ASAP; collection)

updated: 
Friday, March 5, 2004 - 6:39am
Donna White

Call for Papers-Peter Pan

In honor of Peter Pan's centenary, the Children's Literature Association in
conjunction with Scarecrow Press is interested in publishing a collection of
scholarly articles about Peter Pan. The editors are looking for a few good
men and women who are eager to analyze James Barrie's seminal work as well
as its continued cultural and literary impact and its stage and screen
adaptations.

Please send 500-word abstracts to Donna R. White at donna.white_at_mail.atu.edu
or Anita Tarr at catarr_at_ilstu.edu. If you prefer paper submission, mail to
Donna R. White, Department of English, Arkansas Tech University,
Russellville, AR 72811. The editors also welcome queries.

CFP: Renaissance Drama in Performance (5/31/04; journal)

updated: 
Thursday, March 4, 2004 - 6:59am
sbeditor

Shakespeare Bulletin, the newly refashioned journal of performance criticism
and scholarship, is seeking articles of 3,000-7,500 words on all aspects of
Renaissance drama on stage. Essays should show awareness of current
theoretical debate on matters of performance and should not, ideally, be
simply readings of productions, except in so far as the arguments presented
point beyond the given production. Articles may be historicist or
contemporary. Please send queries to Andrew Hartley at sbeditor_at_westga.edu, to
whom papers should also be sent as WORD attachments.

end

Editor
Shakespeare Bulletin
English Dept.
University of West Georgia
Carrollton, GA 30118

CFP: Renaissance Drama in Performance (5/31/04; journal)

updated: 
Thursday, March 4, 2004 - 6:59am
sbeditor

Shakespeare Bulletin, the newly refashioned journal of performance criticism
and scholarship, is seeking articles of 3,000-7,500 words on all aspects of
Renaissance drama on stage. Essays should show awareness of current
theoretical debate on matters of performance and should not, ideally, be
simply readings of productions, except in so far as the arguments presented
point beyond the given production. Articles may be historicist or
contemporary. Please send queries to Andrew Hartley at sbeditor_at_westga.edu, to
whom papers should also be sent as WORD attachments.

end

Editor
Shakespeare Bulletin
English Dept.
University of West Georgia
Carrollton, GA 30118

CFP: Renaissance Drama in Performance (5/31/04; journal)

updated: 
Thursday, March 4, 2004 - 6:59am
sbeditor

Shakespeare Bulletin, the newly refashioned journal of performance criticism
and scholarship, is seeking articles of 3,000-7,500 words on all aspects of
Renaissance drama on stage. Essays should show awareness of current
theoretical debate on matters of performance and should not, ideally, be
simply readings of productions, except in so far as the arguments presented
point beyond the given production. Articles may be historicist or
contemporary. Please send queries to Andrew Hartley at sbeditor_at_westga.edu, to
whom papers should also be sent as WORD attachments.

end

Editor
Shakespeare Bulletin
English Dept.
University of West Georgia
Carrollton, GA 30118

UPDATE: Religion and Identity (3/31/04; journal issue)

updated: 
Thursday, March 4, 2004 - 6:59am
Sean M. Dummitt

UPDATE: _disClosure_ specifically seeking New Fiction and Poetry
submissions on the topic of "Religion and Identity" -- deadline 3/29 --
University of Kentucky

Call for Art/Fiction/Poetry

disClosure

a journal of social theory

Issue #14: Religion and Identity

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