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CFP: Contemporary Scottish Fiction (9/15/05; NEMLA, 3/2/06-3/5/06)

updated: 
Sunday, July 3, 2005 - 6:00pm
rmorace_at_daemen.edu

The second "Scottish Renaissance" which is often said to have begun with
the publication of Lanark and which reached a high point with the
publication of Trainspotting appears to have reached a new stage
following devolution and the establishment of Scotland's first parliament
in nearly three hundred years. Scotland's recently changed political
situation suggests a number of questions regarding the present and future
of contemporary Scottish fiction. Has devolution changed the implied role
of the Scottish fiction writer and the reception of and/or market for
contemporary Scottish fiction? What part, if any, does recent Scottish
fiction play in the forming, or questioning, of a national political

CFP: Contemporary Scottish Fiction (9/15/05; NEMLA, 3/2/06-3/5/06)

updated: 
Sunday, July 3, 2005 - 6:00pm
rmorace_at_daemen.edu

The second "Scottish Renaissance" which is often said to have begun with
the publication of Lanark and which reached a high point with the
publication of Trainspotting appears to have reached a new stage
following devolution and the establishment of Scotland's first parliament
in nearly three hundred years. Scotland's recently changed political
situation suggests a number of questions regarding the present and future
of contemporary Scottish fiction. Has devolution changed the implied role
of the Scottish fiction writer and the reception of and/or market for
contemporary Scottish fiction? What part, if any, does recent Scottish
fiction play in the forming, or questioning, of a national political

CFP: Phantom Processions & Runaway Trains: How Narrative Structures are Linked to the Psyche (9/15/06; NEMLA, 3/2/06-3/5/06)

updated: 
Sunday, July 3, 2005 - 6:00pm
Cara Gargano

CALL FOR PAPERS
Northeastern Modern Language Association (NEMLA5 Conference
March 2-5, 2006
Philadelphia, PA.
 
Phantom Processions and Runaway Trains: How Narrative Structures are Linked
to Models of the Psyche
 
 
The metaphor of a ³train of thought² is an old and accepted one. with sanity
as the ability to maintain the train of rational causation, and madness, the
breakdown of that train.
David Hume compares the mind to a theatre, and suggests that thoughts are a
series of phantom performers who pass in procession on the stage of the
mind. Like Hume, Freud sees the psyche as a space; in the ²topographical

CFP: Natural and National Crises (grad) (9/26/05; 5/5/06-5/6/06)

updated: 
Sunday, July 3, 2005 - 6:00pm
Amy Kebe

Graduate Student Conference Natural and National Crises: Re-thinking the Relationship between Literature and Crisis
Date: May 5th, 6th 2006.

Université de Montréal,

Département d'études anglaises.

 

Guest lecturer: Dionne Brand

 

Deadline for submitting panel proposals: September 26th 2005
Deadline for submitting papers: January 15th 2006

 

The contemporary world system of global capitalist expansion that is producing new imperialisms around the globe will remain imperialist throughout the visible future, unless we learn how to "cross borders" from a dominating and imperialising past and present to a more "democratic" and just future society.

CFP: True Crime in Television, Film, and History (11/15/05; SW/TX PCA/ACA, 2/8/06-2/11/06)

updated: 
Sunday, July 3, 2005 - 6:00pm
Yates, Jim

Call for Papers: True Crime in Television, Film, and History
2006 Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association

27th Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico

February 8-11, 2006

The 2006 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/> http://www.swtexaspca.org.

CFP: True Crime in Television, Film, and History (11/15/05; SW/TX PCA/ACA, 2/8/06-2/11/06)

updated: 
Sunday, July 3, 2005 - 6:00pm
Yates, Jim

Call for Papers: True Crime in Television, Film, and History
2006 Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association

27th Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico

February 8-11, 2006

The 2006 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/> http://www.swtexaspca.org.

CFP: Natural and National Crises (grad) (9/26/05; 5/5/06-5/6/06)

updated: 
Sunday, July 3, 2005 - 6:00pm
Amy Kebe

Graduate Student Conference Natural and National Crises: Re-thinking the Relationship between Literature and Crisis
Date: May 5th, 6th 2006.

Université de Montréal,

Département d'études anglaises.

 

Guest lecturer: Dionne Brand

 

Deadline for submitting panel proposals: September 26th 2005
Deadline for submitting papers: January 15th 2006

 

The contemporary world system of global capitalist expansion that is producing new imperialisms around the globe will remain imperialist throughout the visible future, unless we learn how to "cross borders" from a dominating and imperialising past and present to a more "democratic" and just future society.

CFP: Natural and National Crises (grad) (9/26/05; 5/5/06-5/6/06)

updated: 
Sunday, July 3, 2005 - 6:00pm
Amy Kebe

Graduate Student Conference Natural and National Crises: Re-thinking the Relationship between Literature and Crisis
Date: May 5th, 6th 2006.

Université de Montréal,

Département d'études anglaises.

 

Guest lecturer: Dionne Brand

 

Deadline for submitting panel proposals: September 26th 2005
Deadline for submitting papers: January 15th 2006

 

The contemporary world system of global capitalist expansion that is producing new imperialisms around the globe will remain imperialist throughout the visible future, unless we learn how to "cross borders" from a dominating and imperialising past and present to a more "democratic" and just future society.

CFP: 37th Annual NEMLA Convention (9/15/05; 3/2/06-3/5/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - 4:45pm
Josie McQuail

CFP: 37th Annual NEMLA Convention (Sept. 15, 2005; Philadelphia, March 2-5, 2006). Paper proposals are being accepted for the 37th Annual Northeast Modern Language Association Convention, to be held in Philadelphia, PA, March 2-5, 2006. Papers are being sought on various topics in English, the Modern Languages, drama and film, Cultural Studies, pedagogy, and related fields. Papers or abstracts must be submitted to individual panel chairs. See http://www.nemla.org/cfp.html or look on the NEMLA web page at www.nemla.org for specific topics and other information regarding the organization and the upcoming convention.

CFP: 37th Annual NEMLA Convention (9/15/05; 3/2/06-3/5/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - 4:45pm
Josie McQuail

CFP: 37th Annual NEMLA Convention (Sept. 15, 2005; Philadelphia, March 2-5, 2006). Paper proposals are being accepted for the 37th Annual Northeast Modern Language Association Convention, to be held in Philadelphia, PA, March 2-5, 2006. Papers are being sought on various topics in English, the Modern Languages, drama and film, Cultural Studies, pedagogy, and related fields. Papers or abstracts must be submitted to individual panel chairs. See http://www.nemla.org/cfp.html or look on the NEMLA web page at www.nemla.org for specific topics and other information regarding the organization and the upcoming convention.

CFP: Drama and/after Postmodernism (Germany) (12/31/05; 5/25/06-5/28/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - 4:45pm
Heiko Stahl

Call for Papers: "Drama and/after Postmodernism"

The German Society for Contemporary Theatre and Drama in English
(CDE) announces its 15th Annual Conference (May 25-28, 2006): "Drama
and/after Postmodernism". It will be organized by the Chair of
English Literature at the University of Augsburg and held at a
conference venue in the town centre of Augsburg, Germany.

CFP: Drama and/after Postmodernism (Germany) (12/31/05; 5/25/06-5/28/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - 4:45pm
Heiko Stahl

Call for Papers: "Drama and/after Postmodernism"

The German Society for Contemporary Theatre and Drama in English
(CDE) announces its 15th Annual Conference (May 25-28, 2006): "Drama
and/after Postmodernism". It will be organized by the Chair of
English Literature at the University of Augsburg and held at a
conference venue in the town centre of Augsburg, Germany.

CFP: Drama and/after Postmodernism (Germany) (12/31/05; 5/25/06-5/28/06)

updated: 
Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - 4:45pm
Heiko Stahl

Call for Papers: "Drama and/after Postmodernism"

The German Society for Contemporary Theatre and Drama in English
(CDE) announces its 15th Annual Conference (May 25-28, 2006): "Drama
and/after Postmodernism". It will be organized by the Chair of
English Literature at the University of Augsburg and held at a
conference venue in the town centre of Augsburg, Germany.

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