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CFP: Shaw as Playwright at Comparative Drama Conference (11/1/06; 3/29/07-3/31/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 9:41pm
Richard Dietrich

C a l l f o r P a p e r s
for
An ISS-Sponsored Special Session on "Shaw as Playwright"
at
The 31st Annual Comparative Drama Conference,
March 29, 30, and 31, 2007

Deadline for abstracts, c.v., and covering letter: November 1, 2006

Send 300 word abstracts (with title) preferably by email attachment
to <mailto:tstaffor_at_utep.edu>tstaffor_at_utep.edu or
<mailto:tnyorzb_at_sbcglobal.net>tnyorzb_at_sbcglobal.net or by mail to Dr.
Tony Stafford, Department of English, University of Texas at El Paso,
El Paso, TX 79912.

CFP: From Dragonflight to Lost: Women and Science Fiction &amp; Fantasy (8/18/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 9:41pm
Women's Studies

CFP: From Dragonflight to Lost: Women and Science Fiction & Fantasy =
(8/18/06; journal issue)
Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal welcomes the submission =
of essays for an upcoming special issue focused on the topic of Women =
and Science Fiction & Fantasy. From pioneering female SF/Fantasy authors =
such as Anne McCaffrey and Ursula K. Le Guin to female characters on hit =
television shows such as Lost and Battlestar Galactica, women and =
women's roles are intricately tied to Science Fiction and Fantasy.
This issue will explore some of the intersections between Women and =
Science Fiction and Fantasy. Topics could include but are not limited =
to:

CFP: From Dragonflight to Lost: Women and Science Fiction &amp; Fantasy (8/18/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 9:41pm
Women's Studies

CFP: From Dragonflight to Lost: Women and Science Fiction & Fantasy =
(8/18/06; journal issue)
Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal welcomes the submission =
of essays for an upcoming special issue focused on the topic of Women =
and Science Fiction & Fantasy. From pioneering female SF/Fantasy authors =
such as Anne McCaffrey and Ursula K. Le Guin to female characters on hit =
television shows such as Lost and Battlestar Galactica, women and =
women's roles are intricately tied to Science Fiction and Fantasy.
This issue will explore some of the intersections between Women and =
Science Fiction and Fantasy. Topics could include but are not limited =
to:

CFP: From Dragonflight to Lost: Women and Science Fiction &amp; Fantasy (8/18/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 9:41pm
Women's Studies

CFP: From Dragonflight to Lost: Women and Science Fiction & Fantasy =
(8/18/06; journal issue)
Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal welcomes the submission =
of essays for an upcoming special issue focused on the topic of Women =
and Science Fiction & Fantasy. From pioneering female SF/Fantasy authors =
such as Anne McCaffrey and Ursula K. Le Guin to female characters on hit =
television shows such as Lost and Battlestar Galactica, women and =
women's roles are intricately tied to Science Fiction and Fantasy.
This issue will explore some of the intersections between Women and =
Science Fiction and Fantasy. Topics could include but are not limited =
to:

CFP: Jadavpur University Essays and Studies (no deadline; journal issue)

updated: 
Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 9:41pm
Rimi B. Chatterjee

Jadavpur University Essays and Studies
Jadavpur University Essays and Studies is the journal
of the Department of English, Jadavpur University.
Published once a year, the journal is broadly
concerned with scholarship and research in literatures
in English, and their relation to other literatures,
literary theory, literary history, and language. It
does not publish fiction, poetry and plays or their
translations, and does not, as a rule, carry notes,
letters and reviews. The editors may, however, invite
and publish any material deemed appropriate. All
original material published is copyright of the
publishers. All submissions and commercial enquiries

CFP: Student Identity in First Year Writing (8/14/06; SCMLA, 10/26/06-10/28/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 9:41pm
milissa63_at_juno.com

The composition classroom is a place where the vast diversity of today=92=
s college students meet in one location. And it is the duty of compositi=
on instructors to assist these ethnically and culturally diverse student=
s in constructing an academic identity. In the twenty years since David =
Bartholomae=92s "Inventing the University" was published, the debate con=
cerning how best to help students construct this academic identity in th=
e contact zones of first year writing is still debated. While much of th=
e conversation has centered on pedagogy, it is also important to see wha=
t diverse student writers are actually doing in their writing as they st=

CFP: Conference on Western Popular Literature (India) (9/15/06; 12/18/06-12/19/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 9:40pm
Prodosh Bhattacharya

CALL FOR PAPERS
  International Conference
  on
  WESTERN POPULAR LITERATURE AND ITS RECEPTION IN INDIA
  Department of English, Jadavpur University,
  Kolkata 700032 India Phone 91 33 24146681 Fax 91 33 24137903
  The Centre for Advanced Studies, Department of English, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, invites papers for an International Conference on Western Popular Literature and Its Reception in India on 18-19 December 2006.
        The Conference will address historical issues such as the following:
    
   How western literature reached India.

CFP: Conference on Western Popular Literature (India) (9/15/06; 12/18/06-12/19/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 9:40pm
Prodosh Bhattacharya

CALL FOR PAPERS
  International Conference
  on
  WESTERN POPULAR LITERATURE AND ITS RECEPTION IN INDIA
  Department of English, Jadavpur University,
  Kolkata 700032 India Phone 91 33 24146681 Fax 91 33 24137903
  The Centre for Advanced Studies, Department of English, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, invites papers for an International Conference on Western Popular Literature and Its Reception in India on 18-19 December 2006.
        The Conference will address historical issues such as the following:
    
   How western literature reached India.

CFP: True Crime in Television, Film, and History (11/1/06; SW/TX PCA/ACA, 2/14/07-2/17/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 9:40pm
Jim Yates

Call for Papers: True Crime in Television, Film, and History
2007 Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association
  28th Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico
  February 14-17, 2007
  The 2007 SW/TX PCA/ACA Conference will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the Hyatt Regency downtown. Join us this year, as a returning or first-time participant, as we celebrate a new future on Route 66 at this regional popular culture conference. Further details regarding the conference (listing of all areas, hotel, registration, tours, etc.) can be found at http://www.swtexaspca.org.

CFP: True Crime in Television, Film, and History (11/1/06; SW/TX PCA/ACA, 2/14/07-2/17/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 9:40pm
Jim Yates

Call for Papers: True Crime in Television, Film, and History
2007 Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association
  28th Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico
  February 14-17, 2007
  The 2007 SW/TX PCA/ACA Conference will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the Hyatt Regency downtown. Join us this year, as a returning or first-time participant, as we celebrate a new future on Route 66 at this regional popular culture conference. Further details regarding the conference (listing of all areas, hotel, registration, tours, etc.) can be found at http://www.swtexaspca.org.

CFP: Conference on Western Popular Literature (India) (9/15/06; 12/18/06-12/19/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 9:40pm
Prodosh Bhattacharya

CALL FOR PAPERS
  International Conference
  on
  WESTERN POPULAR LITERATURE AND ITS RECEPTION IN INDIA
  Department of English, Jadavpur University,
  Kolkata 700032 India Phone 91 33 24146681 Fax 91 33 24137903
  The Centre for Advanced Studies, Department of English, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, invites papers for an International Conference on Western Popular Literature and Its Reception in India on 18-19 December 2006.
        The Conference will address historical issues such as the following:
    
   How western literature reached India.

CFP: True Crime in Television, Film, and History (11/1/06; SW/TX PCA/ACA, 2/14/07-2/17/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, July 18, 2006 - 9:40pm
Jim Yates

Call for Papers: True Crime in Television, Film, and History
2007 Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association
  28th Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico
  February 14-17, 2007
  The 2007 SW/TX PCA/ACA Conference will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the Hyatt Regency downtown. Join us this year, as a returning or first-time participant, as we celebrate a new future on Route 66 at this regional popular culture conference. Further details regarding the conference (listing of all areas, hotel, registration, tours, etc.) can be found at http://www.swtexaspca.org.

CFP: Caribbean Panels (9/15/06; NEMLA, 3/1/07-3/4/07)

updated: 
Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 8:32pm
Elizabeth Abele

*CALL FOR PAPERS*

*Caribbean Panels*

38th Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)

March 1-4, 2007

Baltimore, Maryland

* *

NeMLA members have proposed the following panels and invite abstracts that
examine authors and texts from the Caribbean:

* *

*From Negritude to Creolization * Board-Sponsored Panel. This panel invites
papers that explore theories of identity in the French Caribbean. Send
abstracts to Carinne Mardorossian, SUNY-Buffalo: cm27_at_buffalo.edu

* *

CFP: Caribbean Panels (9/15/06; NEMLA, 3/1/07-3/4/07)

updated: 
Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 8:32pm
Elizabeth Abele

*CALL FOR PAPERS*

*Caribbean Panels*

38th Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)

March 1-4, 2007

Baltimore, Maryland

* *

NeMLA members have proposed the following panels and invite abstracts that
examine authors and texts from the Caribbean:

* *

*From Negritude to Creolization * Board-Sponsored Panel. This panel invites
papers that explore theories of identity in the French Caribbean. Send
abstracts to Carinne Mardorossian, SUNY-Buffalo: cm27_at_buffalo.edu

* *

CFP: Documentaries vs. Features (8/1/06; Film &amp; History, 11/8/06-11/12/06)

updated: 
Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 8:32pm
keith wheelock

Call for Papers

2006 Film & History Conference on

THE DOCUMENTARY TRADITION

8-12 November, 2006

Dolce Conference Center-Dallas, Texas

www.filmandhistory.org

AREA: Documentary vs. Feature Interpretations

DEADLINE: August 1, 2006

The objective of a documentary differs greatly from that of a feature
film intended

for a cinema audience. We are soliciting proposals that select
documentaries and

feature films that permit a scholarly assessment of the purposes of both
and of how

well they achieve their historical and/or mass audience objectives.

CFP: International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts Scholarship Award (11/30/06; online publication)

updated: 
Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 8:31pm
Christine Mains

The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts Announces its

**1st Annual Award for the Best Non-English Language Scholarly Essay on the Fantastic**

We define the fantastic to include science fiction, folklore, and related genres in literature, drama, film, art and graphic design, and related disciplines.

Prize: $250 U.S. and one year's free membership in the IAFA to be awarded at the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts in March 2007
Winning essay to be published online at the IAFA website

Deadline: November 30, 2006

CFP: International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts Scholarship Award (11/30/06; online publication)

updated: 
Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 8:31pm
Christine Mains

The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts Announces its

**1st Annual Award for the Best Non-English Language Scholarly Essay on the Fantastic**

We define the fantastic to include science fiction, folklore, and related genres in literature, drama, film, art and graphic design, and related disciplines.

Prize: $250 U.S. and one year's free membership in the IAFA to be awarded at the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts in March 2007
Winning essay to be published online at the IAFA website

Deadline: November 30, 2006

UPDATE: Diversity and Change in Early Canadian Women's Writing (9/15/06; collection)

updated: 
Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 8:31pm
Jen Chambers

*** Please note the updated deadline for papers***

CALL FOR PAPERS

"Diversity and Change in Early Canadian Women's
Writing" (collection)
UPDATED DEADLINE: September 15, 2006

This spring's Congress conference call for papers on
"Diversity and Change: Early Canadian Women Writers"
yielded the attention of Cambridge Scholars Press
(http://www.cambridgescholarspress.com), who is
interested in publishing an edited collection of
essays on the subject. This is a call for complete,
developed, critical essays on diversity and change in
early Canadian women's writing for this collection of
essays.

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