You are invited to submit papers for a panel on "Food and Literary
Imagination" at the 38th annual meeting of the CEA in New Orleans Suggested
topics for this panel should discuss aspects of food imagery, symbol, and
metaphor in fiction, non- fiction, poetry, drama, or film. Contact is
Walter Levy, wlevy129_at_gmail.com.

   Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings J o u r n a l o f F l o r i d a L i t
e r a t u r e

"PUSHing Boundaries, PUSHing Art: A Symposium on the Works of Sapphire."
February 28, 2007. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

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CFP: Charles Olson: The End of the Maximus and the Late Prose

American Literature Association, Boston, May 24-27, 2007

The Charles Olson Society invites proposals that focus on any aspect of the
end of "The Maximus Poems" or Olson's late prose (published or unpublished).

250-word proposals should be sent to Don Byrd at dbyrd_at_nycap.rr.com by
December 15, 2006. Please include your name, institutional affiliation (if
any), e-mail address, and AV needs (if any).

Animals and Society II: Considering Animals
3-6 July 2007
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
http://www.cdesign.com.au/AS2007

Following on the success of the inaugural Animals and Society
Conference held at the University of Western Australia in 2005, the
Animals and Society Study Group (Australia) and the University of
Tasmania are pleased to be hosting Animals and Society II:
Considering Animals.

Animals and Society II: Considering Animals
3-6 July 2007
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
http://www.cdesign.com.au/AS2007

Following on the success of the inaugural Animals and Society
Conference held at the University of Western Australia in 2005, the
Animals and Society Study Group (Australia) and the University of
Tasmania are pleased to be hosting Animals and Society II:
Considering Animals.

College English Association National Conference

April 12-14, 2007

New Orleans

We invite personal essays and memoir concerning Ethics and Empathy for the 38th annual meeting of the CEA. I am open to essays that do not necessarily fit into a discussion on ethics and empathy. Feel free to contact me before you submit your proposal if you have any questions.

Proposals should be submitted via the online database at
http://english.ttu.edu/cea/conftool <http://english.ttu.edu/cea/conftool>
by November 30th.

CALL FOR PAPERS

PEACE PANEL at CEA:

Morality, Militarism and Ante-Modernity

38th Annual College English Association Conference

New Orleans, Louisiana, April 12-14, 2007

One of the key features of conservative politics is that it insistently
evokes a nostalgic, sentimental past as the norm. In other words, its
strategy in dealing with the modern is to hate it and prefer the pre-modern
(the ante-modern).

Rural Representations and Kate Chopin

Panel sponsored by The Kate Chopin International Society for the American=20
Literature Association 18th Annual Conference (May 24-27, 2007; Boston)

Kate Chopin?s The Awakening (1899) takes place mostly in the urban setting =

of New Orleans. Since the novel?s publication and the subsequent scholarly =

Chopin and the City

Panel sponsored by The Kate Chopin International Society for the American=20
Literature Association 18th Annual Conference, May 24-27, 2007, Boston,=20
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SAIT's (artistic and literary intertextuality) annual conference :
Writings on Art/ Ecrits sur l’art
To be held at the Université de Paris III-Sorbonne Nouvelle, March 16-17 2007
 
In Louis Marin’s work To Destroy Painting, about the different representational styles of Poussin and Caravaggio’s paintings, the author asks a fundamental question: “[…] why
does one even need to comment on a painting if the end envisaged by the painter’s action can be achieved simply by experiencing pleasure or jouissance?” His answer, too, is
formulated as a question, suggesting that no answer could be definitive: “[…] in commenting on a painting, does one not somehow […] transform the pleasure of painting or

The 2007 IASIL conference takes place at University College Dublin

Monday 16 July - Friday 20 July

FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline 20 January 2007

Varieties of Irishness
The International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures invites you
to attend the 2007 conference at University College Dublin. The Conference
theme is designed to highlight the diversity which has always been at the
heart of Irish writing and to accommodate the widespread interests of IASIL
delegates.

The 2007 IASIL conference takes place at University College Dublin

Monday 16 July - Friday 20 July

FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline 20 January 2007

Varieties of Irishness
The International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures invites you
to attend the 2007 conference at University College Dublin. The Conference
theme is designed to highlight the diversity which has always been at the
heart of Irish writing and to accommodate the widespread interests of IASIL
delegates.

The 2007 IASIL conference takes place at University College Dublin

Monday 16 July - Friday 20 July

FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline 20 January 2007

Varieties of Irishness
The International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures invites you
to attend the 2007 conference at University College Dublin. The Conference
theme is designed to highlight the diversity which has always been at the
heart of Irish writing and to accommodate the widespread interests of IASIL
delegates.