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CFP: Immigration, Transnationalism, Diaspora: Issues for Asian/American Communities (11/3/06; 3/16/07-3/17/07)

updated: 
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 2:58pm
Charlyne Sarmiento

Call for Papers or Panel Proposals

Immigration, Transnationalism, Diaspora: Issues for Asian/American
Communities

University of Illinois at Chicago

March 16-17, 2007

A National Conference

by the UIC chapter of Asian Pacific American Graduate Students Organization

Submission Deadline: November 3, 2006

Building on the success of the 1st APAGSO conference held at University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the 2nd conference will be held at University
of Illinois at Chicago.

CFP: Immigration, Transnationalism, Diaspora: Issues for Asian/American Communities (11/3/06; 3/16/07-3/17/07)

updated: 
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 2:58pm
Charlyne Sarmiento

Call for Papers or Panel Proposals

Immigration, Transnationalism, Diaspora: Issues for Asian/American
Communities

University of Illinois at Chicago

March 16-17, 2007

A National Conference

by the UIC chapter of Asian Pacific American Graduate Students Organization

Submission Deadline: November 3, 2006

Building on the success of the 1st APAGSO conference held at University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the 2nd conference will be held at University
of Illinois at Chicago.

CFP: Immigration, Transnationalism, Diaspora: Issues for Asian/American Communities (11/3/06; 3/16/07-3/17/07)

updated: 
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 2:58pm
Charlyne Sarmiento

Call for Papers or Panel Proposals

Immigration, Transnationalism, Diaspora: Issues for Asian/American
Communities

University of Illinois at Chicago

March 16-17, 2007

A National Conference

by the UIC chapter of Asian Pacific American Graduate Students Organization

Submission Deadline: November 3, 2006

Building on the success of the 1st APAGSO conference held at University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the 2nd conference will be held at University
of Illinois at Chicago.

CFP: Teaching Medieval Literature Conference (12/15/06; 3/2/07-3/3/07)

updated: 
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 2:58pm
Barbara Stevenson

The Seventh Annual Conference on Teaching Medieval Literature: Teaching
the Quest
 
March 2-3, 2007
Georgia Perimeter College--Lawrenceville Campus
(Located in Lawrenceville, GA, in Northeast Metro Atlanta)
 
Deadline for Submission: December 15, 2006
 
Keynote Lecture by Edward Donald Kennedy, Professor of English and
Comparative Literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. Professor Kennedy will be speaking on the Grail Quest motif in
Medieval and 19th and 20th Century literature. The seventh annual
conference on Teaching Medieval Literature is designed for both
medievalists and non-specialists who teach medieval literature to

CFP: Teaching Medieval Literature Conference (12/15/06; 3/2/07-3/3/07)

updated: 
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 2:58pm
Barbara Stevenson

The Seventh Annual Conference on Teaching Medieval Literature: Teaching
the Quest
 
March 2-3, 2007
Georgia Perimeter College--Lawrenceville Campus
(Located in Lawrenceville, GA, in Northeast Metro Atlanta)
 
Deadline for Submission: December 15, 2006
 
Keynote Lecture by Edward Donald Kennedy, Professor of English and
Comparative Literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. Professor Kennedy will be speaking on the Grail Quest motif in
Medieval and 19th and 20th Century literature. The seventh annual
conference on Teaching Medieval Literature is designed for both
medievalists and non-specialists who teach medieval literature to

CFP: Hamlin Garland at ALA (1/1/07; ALA, 5/24/07-5/27/07)

updated: 
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 2:57pm
Newlin, Keith

Hamlin Garland at ALA, 2007

Call For Papers

The Hamlin Garland Society will sponsor one session at the American Literature Association Conference at the Westin Copley Place in Boston on May 24-27, 2007 (Thursday through Sunday of Memorial Day weekend). Papers may be submitted on any topic concerning Garland or his work.

Presentations will be limited to 20 minutes.

Please email abstracts or papers of no more than ten double-spaced pages by 1 January 2007 to the program chair:

Kurt Meyer
Meyer6601_at_aol.com
web: http://www.uncw.edu/garland/

Conference details may be found at the American Literature Association web site:

CFP: The Schuylkill (grad) (12/16/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 2:57pm
Anna Peak

The Editors of the Schuylkill invite contributions for the Spring
issue. Founded by graduate students at Temple University, the
Schuylkill is a graduate journal indexed in the MLA Directory of
Periodicals and the MLA International Bibliography. Due to turnover
issues, the periodical has been defunct for the past several years,
but now has an active and committed editorial staff. The Schuylkill
will be published electronically, and possibly also as a print
journal, if our efforts to secure sufficient funding are successful.

CFP: Children's and Young Adult Literature and Culture (11/15/06; SW/TX PCA/ACA; 2/14/07-2/17/07)

updated: 
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 2:57pm
gypsyscholar_at_rgv.rr.com

CFP: Children's and Young Adult Literature and Culture (11/15/06; SW/TX
PCA/ACA; 2/14/07-2/17/07)=0D
 =0D
Abstract Deadline November 15, 2006=0D
 =0D
Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Associations 28th Annual
Conference=0D
Albuquerque, NM February 14-17, 2007=0D
Hyatt Regency Albuquerque=0D
330 Tijeras=0D
Albuquerque, NM 87102=0D
Phone: 1.505.842.1234=0D
Fax: 1.505.766.6710=0D
 =0D
For further details regarding the conference (listing of all areas, hotel=
,
registration, tours, etc.) please visit the conference website:=0D
 =0D
http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/=0D
 =0D

CFP: Children's and Young Adult Literature and Culture (11/15/06; SW/TX PCA/ACA; 2/14/07-2/17/07)

updated: 
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 2:57pm
gypsyscholar_at_rgv.rr.com

CFP: Children's and Young Adult Literature and Culture (11/15/06; SW/TX
PCA/ACA; 2/14/07-2/17/07)=0D
 =0D
Abstract Deadline November 15, 2006=0D
 =0D
Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Associations 28th Annual
Conference=0D
Albuquerque, NM February 14-17, 2007=0D
Hyatt Regency Albuquerque=0D
330 Tijeras=0D
Albuquerque, NM 87102=0D
Phone: 1.505.842.1234=0D
Fax: 1.505.766.6710=0D
 =0D
For further details regarding the conference (listing of all areas, hotel=
,
registration, tours, etc.) please visit the conference website:=0D
 =0D
http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/=0D
 =0D

CFP: Children's and Young Adult Literature and Culture (11/15/06; SW/TX PCA/ACA; 2/14/07-2/17/07)

updated: 
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 2:57pm
gypsyscholar_at_rgv.rr.com

CFP: Children's and Young Adult Literature and Culture (11/15/06; SW/TX
PCA/ACA; 2/14/07-2/17/07)=0D
 =0D
Abstract Deadline November 15, 2006=0D
 =0D
Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Associations 28th Annual
Conference=0D
Albuquerque, NM February 14-17, 2007=0D
Hyatt Regency Albuquerque=0D
330 Tijeras=0D
Albuquerque, NM 87102=0D
Phone: 1.505.842.1234=0D
Fax: 1.505.766.6710=0D
 =0D
For further details regarding the conference (listing of all areas, hotel=
,
registration, tours, etc.) please visit the conference website:=0D
 =0D
http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/=0D
 =0D

CFP: Chess in the Schools and Communities: International Conference (Scotland) (3/31/07; 8/30/07-9/1/07)

updated: 
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 2:57pm
soc161_at_abdn.ac.uk

Chess in the Schools and Communities: International Conference (CISCCON)

This is a first call for research, policy and practice papers that address
the aims of this conference in the context of the current major themes. We
welcome suggestions for other themes, particularly the exploration of the
cognitive, philosophical and social impact of chess play.

CURRENT MAJOR THEMES:

• THE GAME OF CHESS: HISTORY, EVOLUTION AND ART
• CRITICAL THINKING
• EMOTIONAL AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
• POVERTY AND SOCIAL INCLUSION
• GENDER
• COACHING
• MENTORING
• CULTURAL CAPITAL
• SOCIAL CAPITAL

CFP: Religion, Politics and the Great Pumpkin (10/1/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 2:57pm
Lynda L. Hinkle

MP Feminist International Journal is seeking submissions for its Fall 2006
issue on the theme "Religion, Politics and the Great Pumpkin". In the comic
strip "Peanuts", the character Linus once said "There are three things I
have learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics and the Great
Pumpkin." In this issue, we'd like to talk about the great taboo subjects.
Religion, spirituality, politics, and other taboo subjects, such as women
and money, are welcomed. The most important thing we'll be looking for in
these submissions is that they challenge taboos and explore the subject
intelligently and uniquely. We are primarily seeking academic articles using

CFP: Religion, Politics and the Great Pumpkin (10/1/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 2:57pm
Lynda L. Hinkle

MP Feminist International Journal is seeking submissions for its Fall 2006
issue on the theme "Religion, Politics and the Great Pumpkin". In the comic
strip "Peanuts", the character Linus once said "There are three things I
have learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics and the Great
Pumpkin." In this issue, we'd like to talk about the great taboo subjects.
Religion, spirituality, politics, and other taboo subjects, such as women
and money, are welcomed. The most important thing we'll be looking for in
these submissions is that they challenge taboos and explore the subject
intelligently and uniquely. We are primarily seeking academic articles using

CFP: Religion, Politics and the Great Pumpkin (10/1/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 2:57pm
Lynda L. Hinkle

MP Feminist International Journal is seeking submissions for its Fall 2006
issue on the theme "Religion, Politics and the Great Pumpkin". In the comic
strip "Peanuts", the character Linus once said "There are three things I
have learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics and the Great
Pumpkin." In this issue, we'd like to talk about the great taboo subjects.
Religion, spirituality, politics, and other taboo subjects, such as women
and money, are welcomed. The most important thing we'll be looking for in
these submissions is that they challenge taboos and explore the subject
intelligently and uniquely. We are primarily seeking academic articles using

CFP: Journal of Humanities East-West (ongoing; journal)

updated: 
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 2:57pm
Daniel Fried

The Journal of Humanities East-West (Chinese title: =
=A4H=A4=E5=BE=C7=B3=F8) is a scholarly journal devoted to =
interdisciplinary and comparative investigations of the literature, art, =
philosophy, intellectual history, and critical theory of any and all =
national/cultural/linguistic traditions. We welcome submissions from =
all theoretical perspectives, including post-theoretical, eclectic, or =
otherwise idiosyncratic scholarly approaches, including those which =
reject the notions of "Humanities" or "East-West" as valid analytical =
categories. Articles devoted to obscure historical and textual =
expositions are encouraged, though such submissions should address =

CFP: The Gothic in Literature, Film and Culture (11/1/06; PCA/ACA, 4/4/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 2:57pm
Louis Palmer

The Gothic in Literature, Film and Culture (11/1/06; PCA/ACA,
4/4/07-4/7/07)
 
NATIONAL POPULAR & AMERICAN CULTURE
ASSOCIATIONS 2007 JOINT CONFERENCE
 
 April 4-7, 2007

 Boston Marriott Copley Place
110 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02116
  
 SUBMISSION DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 1, 2006
 
 We welcome papers and presentations on any aspect of the Gothic in
film, literature, or other forms of cultural expression. All critical
approaches are welcome.
 
You can propose an individual paper or a session of three or four
presenters.

CFP: The Gothic in Literature, Film and Culture (11/1/06; PCA/ACA, 4/4/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 2:57pm
Louis Palmer

The Gothic in Literature, Film and Culture (11/1/06; PCA/ACA,
4/4/07-4/7/07)
 
NATIONAL POPULAR & AMERICAN CULTURE
ASSOCIATIONS 2007 JOINT CONFERENCE
 
 April 4-7, 2007

 Boston Marriott Copley Place
110 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02116
  
 SUBMISSION DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 1, 2006
 
 We welcome papers and presentations on any aspect of the Gothic in
film, literature, or other forms of cultural expression. All critical
approaches are welcome.
 
You can propose an individual paper or a session of three or four
presenters.

CFP: Melissa Scott (11/26/06; ICFA, 3/14/07-3/18/07)

updated: 
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 2:57pm
Robin Reid

CFP: Melissa Scott (11-26-06; ICFA 3-14-18-07)

 

Proposals are sought for a paper session or sessions (2-3 papers per
session) on any aspect of Melissa Scott's work. I am especially interested
in proposals that are related to the themes of gender and sexuality in any
of her published works (listed below).

 

After assembling the proposal(s), I will submit the session proposal to the
appropriate Division Heads (International Association of the Fantastic in
the Arts) for the 28th ICFA Conference (March 14-18, 2007).

 

CFP: Performing Literatures (UK) (1/8/07; 6/29/07-7/1/07)

updated: 
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 2:57pm
Stephen Bottoms

CALL FOR PAPERS

=20

=20

Performing Literatures

=20

29 June - 1 July 2007

=20

=20

What are the current relationships and faultlines between text and
performance, in the study and practice of theatre and the theatrical?

=20

=20

The University of Leeds's new Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in
Theatre and Theatricalities (CIRTT) invites paper and panel proposals
for its first international conference.

=20

CFP: Performing Literatures (UK) (1/8/07; 6/29/07-7/1/07)

updated: 
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 2:57pm
Stephen Bottoms

CALL FOR PAPERS

=20

=20

Performing Literatures

=20

29 June - 1 July 2007

=20

=20

What are the current relationships and faultlines between text and
performance, in the study and practice of theatre and the theatrical?

=20

=20

The University of Leeds's new Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in
Theatre and Theatricalities (CIRTT) invites paper and panel proposals
for its first international conference.

=20

CFP: Performing Literatures (UK) (1/8/07; 6/29/07-7/1/07)

updated: 
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 2:57pm
Stephen Bottoms

CALL FOR PAPERS

=20

=20

Performing Literatures

=20

29 June - 1 July 2007

=20

=20

What are the current relationships and faultlines between text and
performance, in the study and practice of theatre and the theatrical?

=20

=20

The University of Leeds's new Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in
Theatre and Theatricalities (CIRTT) invites paper and panel proposals
for its first international conference.

=20

CFP: "Regenerations" in Black Drama, Theatre, and Performance: Black Theatre Association/Association for Theatre in Hi

updated: 
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 2:57pm
Melinda Wilson

CALL FOR PAPERS: ATHE 2007

July 26-29, 2007

New Orleans, Louisiana

The Black Theatre Association (BTA), a Focus Group of the Association
for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE), invites complete panel or
individual paper proposals for ATHE's 2007 conference. In light of the
conference locale and theme, "REGENERATIONS," BTA is particularly
interested in panels/papers that consider the roots, growth, and
continuous resurgence of Black theatre and performance. Possible
panel/paper topics include, but are not limited to the following:

Performing Black America From Congo Square to Canada

Black Performances on the Rise

Black Theatre: A New Generation Speaks

CFP: "Regenerations" in Black Drama, Theatre, and Performance: Black Theatre Association/Association for Theatre in Hi

updated: 
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 2:57pm
Melinda Wilson

CALL FOR PAPERS: ATHE 2007

July 26-29, 2007

New Orleans, Louisiana

The Black Theatre Association (BTA), a Focus Group of the Association
for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE), invites complete panel or
individual paper proposals for ATHE's 2007 conference. In light of the
conference locale and theme, "REGENERATIONS," BTA is particularly
interested in panels/papers that consider the roots, growth, and
continuous resurgence of Black theatre and performance. Possible
panel/paper topics include, but are not limited to the following:

Performing Black America From Congo Square to Canada

Black Performances on the Rise

Black Theatre: A New Generation Speaks

CFP: "Regenerations" in Black Drama, Theatre, and Performance: Black Theatre Association/Association for Theatre in Hi

updated: 
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 2:57pm
Melinda Wilson

CALL FOR PAPERS: ATHE 2007

July 26-29, 2007

New Orleans, Louisiana

The Black Theatre Association (BTA), a Focus Group of the Association
for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE), invites complete panel or
individual paper proposals for ATHE's 2007 conference. In light of the
conference locale and theme, "REGENERATIONS," BTA is particularly
interested in panels/papers that consider the roots, growth, and
continuous resurgence of Black theatre and performance. Possible
panel/paper topics include, but are not limited to the following:

Performing Black America From Congo Square to Canada

Black Performances on the Rise

Black Theatre: A New Generation Speaks

CFP: Dreiser at ALA (1/12/07; ALA, 5/24/07-5/27/07)

updated: 
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 2:57pm
mulligan

Call for Papers

 

The International Theodore Dreiser Society will sponsor two sessions at the
American Literature Association's 18th Annual Conference, May 24-27, 2007,
in Boston.

 

Papers on all aspects of Dreiser's writing and life are welcome.

 

Please submit proposals or papers via e-mail before January 12, 2007, to the
vice president of the Dreiser Society:

 

Roark Mulligan

International Dreiser Society

105 N. Sulgrave Ct.

Williamsburg, VA 23185

757-229-3697

mulligan_at_cnu.edu

http://www.uncw.edu/dreiser/

 

CFP: Gender and Visual Culture (RSA) (1/15/07; 7/21/07/-7/22/07)

updated: 
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 2:57pm
Amanda du Preez

CALL FOR PAPERS

Taking a hard look: Gender and visual culture

CONFERENCE HOSTED BY THE
INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES,
UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA

21-22 June 2007

 

Keynote speaker: Prof Amelia Jones

 

Gender has functioned as an interdisciplinary approach and critical tool to
analyse and investigate several subject fields. As such, gender has
contributed to establishing a much-needed theoretical and practical platform
spanning across many fields of enquiry from where gender practices can
effectively be critiqued and ideally changed.

 

CFP: Gender and Visual Culture (RSA) (1/15/07; 7/21/07/-7/22/07)

updated: 
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 2:57pm
Amanda du Preez

CALL FOR PAPERS

Taking a hard look: Gender and visual culture

CONFERENCE HOSTED BY THE
INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES,
UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA

21-22 June 2007

 

Keynote speaker: Prof Amelia Jones

 

Gender has functioned as an interdisciplinary approach and critical tool to
analyse and investigate several subject fields. As such, gender has
contributed to establishing a much-needed theoretical and practical platform
spanning across many fields of enquiry from where gender practices can
effectively be critiqued and ideally changed.

 

CFP: Queer Eurovision (12/1/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 2:57pm
Mikko Tuhkanen

Call for papers: "Queer Eurovision"
Editors: Mikko Tuhkanen and Annamari Vänskä
Special Fall 2007 Issue of SQS Journal
Abstract deadline December 1st, 2006

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