The editors of the Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction, forthcoming from Facts
on File, are seeking contributors. Please consult our website for further
information on available entries and how to apply:
http://www.geoffhamilton.com/encyclopedia/home.html
Yours,
Geoff Hamilton, popularfiction_at_gmail.com

CFP: Collection of reviews of 19th-century literature (no deadline;
book)

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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.

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.

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

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:

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)=0D
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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
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For further details regarding the conference (listing of all areas, hotel=
,
registration, tours, etc.) please visit the conference website:=0D
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http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/=0D
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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

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

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

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 3-14-18-07)

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).

CALL FOR PAPERS

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Performing Literatures

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29 June - 1 July 2007

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

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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.

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