Call for Papers:

Essays in Theatre/Ètudes théâtrales invites submissions in for a special issue on the subject of Shakespearean adaptations. Topics may include (but are not limited to): adaptations for the stage—including musical theatre, dance, and performance art—as well as adaptations into other media—including literature, film, and television.

Deadline for Submissions: August 1, 2006.

Adaptation(s) : Transfers and Society
November 15-17, 2006
Montreal, Canada

BILINGUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ORGANIZED BY
Michael Eberle-Sinatra, Danielle Aubry, Celine Lafontaine et Gilles Visy
WITH THE HELP OF
Centre de recherche sur l'intermedialite,
l'Universite de Montreal et
L'Universite de Quebec a Montreal
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
- Prof. George Elliott Clarke (University of Toronto), E.J. Pratt Professor
of Canadian Literature, recipient of numerous awards, including the Governor

Adaptation(s) : Transfers and Society
November 15-17, 2006
Montreal, Canada

BILINGUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ORGANIZED BY
Michael Eberle-Sinatra, Danielle Aubry, Celine Lafontaine et Gilles Visy
WITH THE HELP OF
Centre de recherche sur l'intermedialite,
l'Universite de Montreal et
L'Universite de Quebec a Montreal
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
- Prof. George Elliott Clarke (University of Toronto), E.J. Pratt Professor
of Canadian Literature, recipient of numerous awards, including the Governor

Call for Panel Members: The Works of Gustavo Perez Firmat
   
  International Conference on Caribbean Studies, November 2-5, 2006, University of Texas-Pan American. Website: (http://www.panam.edu/dept/modlang/caribe1.htm)
   
  Keynote Speaker: Gustavo Pérez Firmat
   

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CFP: Fissures and Sutures: Sources of Division and Mutual Aid in Postcolonial
Reflections on History and Literature, United States Association for
Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies

selling trauma: post-apartheid(?) and tourism

Apartheid ended more than ten years ago; regardless, bulletholes in the
stained glass of Regina Mundi remain, long after the June 1976 Soweto school
uprisings, as do the lime mines on Robben Island, the squatter camps in Soweto
and Cape Town, and the to-be-furnished space for representing the Truth and
Reconciliation Commission in the Apartheid Museum on the skirts of
Johannesburg.

CFP: Fissures and Sutures: Sources of Division and Mutual Aid in Postcolonial
Reflections on History and Literature, United States Association for
Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies

selling trauma: post-apartheid(?) and tourism

Apartheid ended more than ten years ago; regardless, bulletholes in the
stained glass of Regina Mundi remain, long after the June 1976 Soweto school
uprisings, as do the lime mines on Robben Island, the squatter camps in Soweto
and Cape Town, and the to-be-furnished space for representing the Truth and
Reconciliation Commission in the Apartheid Museum on the skirts of
Johannesburg.

Sponsored by the Institute of English Literature, Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
October 13-15, 2006

Call for Papers 2006

The Institute of English Literature, Zhejiang University, cordially invites your active
participation in an international symposium on Sinology and Sino-West cultural relations
and exchanges to be held in Hangzhou, October 13-15, 2006.

British Heavy Metal

Essays are sought for a book project that takes a Cultural Studies approach
to British Heavy Metal.

M/MLA Conference
Chicago, IL
November 9-12, 2006

American Literature I: Literature to 1870 Permanent Section

TOPIC: Literacy and Literary Practice

"Beyond Ground Zero": 9/11 and the Futures of Critical Thought

Saturday, October 21, 2006

McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

CFP: Contemporary British and Irish Literary Landscapes: Re-Reading Pat Barker

Call for papers for a one-day conference at University of Hertfordshire,
England

Friday 24th November, 2006

This one-day conference is the first of a series entitled Contemporary
British and Irish Literary Landscapes. The inaugural conference explores
the work of Pat Barker.

CFP for a proposed special session for the 2006 Midwest Modern Language
Association convention in Chicago, November 9-12, 2006:

A Popular Reconstruction: Imagining Reunion in Post-Civil War American
Literature