Proposed special session for the American Literature Association (May =
24-7, 2007; Boston)

Literary Seekers and Religious Communities in Nineteenth-Century =
American Literature

Proposed special session for the American Literature Association (May =
24-7, 2007; Boston)

Literary Seekers and Religious Communities in Nineteenth-Century =
American Literature

Due to an error in the e-mail account for the North Carolina Colloquium
in Medieval and Early Modern Studies, the due date for abstract
submissions has been extended to December 30, 2006. If you e-mailed
your submission prior to Monday, November 27, please re-submit. We
apologize for the confusion.

Due to an error in the e-mail account for the North Carolina Colloquium
in Medieval and Early Modern Studies, the due date for abstract
submissions has been extended to December 30, 2006. If you e-mailed
your submission prior to Monday, November 27, please re-submit. We
apologize for the confusion.

CFP: CAPTIVITY NARRATIVES IN LITERATURE AND FILM

NEW SUBMISSION DEADLINE: DECEMBER 15, 2006

The 28th Annual Meeting of the SW/TX PCA/ACA
February 14â€"17, 2007
Hyatt Regency Albuquerque
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Rowlandson may have set a classroom standard for captivity narratives in
American literature but there are other stories to be considered.

In addition to those captured by Native Americans, slave narratives also
tell stories of life in captivity. And, captivity narratives are not limited to
an American tradition; many folk and fairy tales preceded them in other
cultures.

The deadlines for the 17th Annual EGSA Mardi Gras Conference have been
extended to December 15th. The following cfps are effected by this
change. Please keep in mind that the conference takes place during the
Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, so be prepared to have a great
time.

LSU EGSA Mardi Gras Conference on Language and Literature.
Feb. 16-17, 2007
Lod Cook Alumni Center
Baton Rouge, LA

Keynote Speaker: Timothy Brennan, Professor of Comparative Literature,
Cultural Studies, and English, The University of Minnesota.
Selected Publications: Wars of Position: Cultural Politics of Left and
Right (2005), Ed. Music in Cuba (2001), At Home in the World:
Cosmopolitanism Now (1997).

The deadlines for the 17th Annual EGSA Mardi Gras Conference have been
extended to December 15th. The following cfps are effected by this
change. Please keep in mind that the conference takes place during the
Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans, so be prepared to have a great
time.

LSU EGSA Mardi Gras Conference on Language and Literature.
Feb. 16-17, 2007
Lod Cook Alumni Center
Baton Rouge, LA

Keynote Speaker: Timothy Brennan, Professor of Comparative Literature,
Cultural Studies, and English, The University of Minnesota.
Selected Publications: Wars of Position: Cultural Politics of Left and
Right (2005), Ed. Music in Cuba (2001), At Home in the World:
Cosmopolitanism Now (1997).

LSU EGSA Mardi Gras Conference on Language and Literature.
Feb. 16-17, 2007
Lod Cook Alumni Center
Baton Rouge, LA

Members Only: Gatekeepers and the Future of Literary Studies

Keynote Speaker: Timothy Brennan, Professor of Comparative Literature,
Cultural Studies, and English, The University of Minnesota. Selected
Publications: Wars of Position: Cultural Politics of Left and Right
(2005), Ed. Music in Cuba (2001), At Home in the World:
Cosmopolitanism Now (1997).

CFP: General Literature Panels (EGSA LSU 12/15/06; 2/16/07-2/17/07)

CFP: FILM EXHIBITION AND THEATER PRESERVATION

New Submission Deadlineâ€"December 15, 2006

The 28th Annual Meeting of the SW/TX PCA/ACA
February 14â€"17, 2007
Hyatt Regency Albuquerque
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Join a group that has gathered annually since 2000 to discuss research
accomplishments for the year and to participate in an area that always welcomes
newcomers with fresh ideas on exhibition history and the future of film
exhibition today, as well as the efforts of theatre preservationists who save
history for all us. The focus, then, is the history and future of film exhibition
as well as the good work of those who save movie theatres for all of us to
enjoy.

THE TRUTH ABOUT THE FACT: A Journal of Literary Nonfiction, a journal =
based out of Loyola Marymount University, invites submissions of =
nonfiction literary memoir, essay, commentary, non-fiction narrative =
poetry, black and white art and photography for its 2nd issue. =
Reception of our inaugural was outstanding, in fact, one of our =
author's, Malina Sarah Saval, was picked up for a book deal by Basic =
Books after they heard her read at our publication party in New York. We =
encourage everyone to submit and take part of this ground breaking =
literary experience.=20

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*CALL FOR PAPERS*

*8th Annual Graduate Conference in Comparative Canadian Literature

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*TRANSLATION IN ALL ITS FORMS: LITERARY, CULTURAL AND INTERMEDIAL*

Universit=E9 de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec =96 Friday, March 23, 2007

The deadline for abstracts has now been extended to December 15, 2006. =20
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Delivering the Story: The Canons of Rhetoric ***Open to faculty, graduates,=
 and undergraduates*** The Federation Rhetoric Committee of the Federation =
of North Texas Area Universities Texas A&M University-Commerce February 23,=
 2007=20
The Rhetoric Symposium is now accepting proposals for papers and panels dea=
ling with contemporary issues of the five canons of rhetoric--invention, ar=
rangement, style, memory, delivery--which we define broadly to incorporate =
a wide variety of research interests.=20
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We welcome submissions from all areas including but not limited to: Rhetori=

Submissions are invited for two sessions hosted by the Margaret Fuller Society
at the American Literature Association Meeting, Westin Copley Place in
Boston, MA, 24-27 May 2007.

Call for papers (2 sessions)

1) First session: Open topic
20-minute papers may be on any aspect of Fuller's life and works, including her
relations to other writers, social movements, and cultural contexts.

MEN AND MADNESS: Representing Male Psychopathology and Mental Disorder in
Modern and Contemporary Culture
 
 
English Research Institute, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
28 - 30 June 2007
 
 
Confirmed keynote speakers:
 
Susan Bordo, University of Kentucky
Elisabeth Bronfen, University of Zurich
Richard Collier, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Mark Micale, University of Illnois
Sally Shuttleworth, University of Oxford
 
 
Traditionally it has been women and other social groups marked by an alleged
Œdifference¹ from standards of sanity and reason who have been most
vulnerable to designations of Œmadness¹. The twentieth-century rise of