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UPDATE: Digital Games (11/3/06; PCA/ACA, 4/4/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 4:51pm
Leslie Fife

CFP: Digital Games
   
  PCA/ACA National Conference
   
  April 4-7, 2007
  Boston Marriott Copley Place
  Boston, Massachusetts
   
  UPDATED Abstract Submission Deadline: November 3, 2006
   
  The Digital Games area of the Popular Culture Association
  invites papers/panels on digital games (video games, computer
  games, arcade games, etc.) and digital game studies for the Popular
  Culture Association/American Culture Association National
  Conference to be held April 4-7, 2007, at the Boston Marriott
  Copley Place in Boston, Massachusetts. All topics related to
  digital games and digital game studies will be considered.
   

UPDATE: Heinlein Studies (10/17/06; PCA/ACA, 4/4/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 4:51pm
Leslie Fife

Robert A. Heinlein Studies
  An Area of the Popular Culture Association
  National PCA/ACA Conference
   
  Boston Marriott Copley Place
  April 4-7, 2007
  Boston, Massachusetts
   
  UPDATED SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 17 October 2006
   
  2007 marks the 100th anniversary of Robert A. Heinlein's birth. Centennial events and celebrations will take place throughout the year. Select papers presented at the 2007 PCA/ACA conference will be published in special Centennial issues of the Heinlein Journal.
   

UPDATE: Heinlein Studies (10/17/06; PCA/ACA, 4/4/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 4:51pm
Leslie Fife

Robert A. Heinlein Studies
  An Area of the Popular Culture Association
  National PCA/ACA Conference
   
  Boston Marriott Copley Place
  April 4-7, 2007
  Boston, Massachusetts
   
  UPDATED SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 17 October 2006
   
  2007 marks the 100th anniversary of Robert A. Heinlein's birth. Centennial events and celebrations will take place throughout the year. Select papers presented at the 2007 PCA/ACA conference will be published in special Centennial issues of the Heinlein Journal.
   

CFP: Modern Language Studies Reviews (ongoing; journal issue)

updated: 
Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 3:22pm
Roth, Laurence

Modern Language Studies (MLS) would like to solicit reviews of significant,
intriguing, or unusual primary source materials for upcoming issues.
Reviewers must be members of the Northeast Modern Language Association
(www.nemla.org) by the time of publication.

Reviews of scholarly editions, hypertext/internet literatures, visual
culture, popular culture, and, of course, novels, short stories, poetry,
plays, films, and creative non-fiction are all welcome. We also welcome
reviews that emphasize interdisciplinary approaches or primary sources that
cross disciplinary boundaries.

Reviews should range from 1000-3000 words.

CFP: Walsingham (12/31/06; collection)

updated: 
Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 3:22pm
Waller, Gary

CFP: Walsingham (12/31/06, Collection).=20
Essays are sought for a collection on the historical, literary and =
broader cultural significance of Walsingham, the medieval pilgrimage =
site to the Virgin Mary, which was been revived in the Twentieth =
Century. Modern accounts have generally focused on historical origins, =
theology, or personal devotion: while these approaches will not be =
ignored, essays are especially sought on artistic, anthropological, =
architectural, poetical (e g Ballads, Ralegh=92s poem, Hamlet, T S =
Eliot, Robert Lowell), and broader cultural impact and significance =
including pilgrimage, cultural nostalgia, magic, goddess religion. Poems =

CFP: Walsingham (12/31/06; collection)

updated: 
Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 3:22pm
Waller, Gary

CFP: Walsingham (12/31/06, Collection).=20
Essays are sought for a collection on the historical, literary and =
broader cultural significance of Walsingham, the medieval pilgrimage =
site to the Virgin Mary, which was been revived in the Twentieth =
Century. Modern accounts have generally focused on historical origins, =
theology, or personal devotion: while these approaches will not be =
ignored, essays are especially sought on artistic, anthropological, =
architectural, poetical (e g Ballads, Ralegh=92s poem, Hamlet, T S =
Eliot, Robert Lowell), and broader cultural impact and significance =
including pilgrimage, cultural nostalgia, magic, goddess religion. Poems =

CFP: Literature and the Obscure (11/1/06; CEA, 4/12/07-4/14/07)

updated: 
Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 3:22pm
Joe Pestino

Call for Papers for an NYCEA sponsored Special Topics Panel on
"Literature of the Obscure" at the 2007 College English Association
(CEA) Conference New Orleans—April 12 to April 14, 2007

We welcome submissions of NYCEA papers presented previously on the
following NYCEA Conference theme, OR new submissions on the topic of
this special session call: "Literature of the Obscure"

We also welcome full panel proposals fitting the above panel topic.

It is our desire to be able to field at the CEA conference a number of
panels on the above NYCEA conference theme; it is our intent to create a
subset of scholarly communities, arising out of the NYCEA affiliate,
within the larger CEA conference community.

CFP: Literature and the Obscure (11/1/06; CEA, 4/12/07-4/14/07)

updated: 
Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 3:22pm
Joe Pestino

Call for Papers for an NYCEA sponsored Special Topics Panel on
"Literature of the Obscure" at the 2007 College English Association
(CEA) Conference New Orleans—April 12 to April 14, 2007

We welcome submissions of NYCEA papers presented previously on the
following NYCEA Conference theme, OR new submissions on the topic of
this special session call: "Literature of the Obscure"

We also welcome full panel proposals fitting the above panel topic.

It is our desire to be able to field at the CEA conference a number of
panels on the above NYCEA conference theme; it is our intent to create a
subset of scholarly communities, arising out of the NYCEA affiliate,
within the larger CEA conference community.

CFP: Human Rights and Literature (11/1/06: CEA, 4/12/07-4/14/07)

updated: 
Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 3:22pm
Joe Pestino

Call for Papers for an NYCEA sponsored Special Topics Panel on "Human
Rights and Literature: Representing the Struggle" at the 2007 College
English Association (CEA) Conference New Orleans—April 12 to April 14, 2007

We welcome submissions of NYCEA papers presented previously on the
following NYCEA Conference theme, OR new submissions on the topic of
this special session call: "Human Rights and Literature: Representing
the Struggle"

We also welcome full panel proposals fitting the above panel topic.

CFP: Human Rights and Literature (11/1/06: CEA, 4/12/07-4/14/07)

updated: 
Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 3:22pm
Joe Pestino

Call for Papers for an NYCEA sponsored Special Topics Panel on "Human
Rights and Literature: Representing the Struggle" at the 2007 College
English Association (CEA) Conference New Orleans—April 12 to April 14, 2007

We welcome submissions of NYCEA papers presented previously on the
following NYCEA Conference theme, OR new submissions on the topic of
this special session call: "Human Rights and Literature: Representing
the Struggle"

We also welcome full panel proposals fitting the above panel topic.

CFP: 'I' of the Beholder in Lit (11/1/06; CEA, 4/12/07-4/14/07)

updated: 
Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 3:22pm
Joe Pestino

Call for Papers for an NYCEA sponsored Special Topics Panel on "The 'I'
of the Beholder: Vision, Imagination, and Reaction in/to Literature" at
the 2007 College English Association (CEA) Conference New Orleans—April
12 to April 14, 2007

We welcome submissions of NYCEA papers presented previously on the
following NYCEA Conference theme, OR new submissions on the topic of
this special session call: ""The 'I' of the Beholder: Vision,
Imagination, and Reaction in/to Literature"

We also welcome full panel proposals fitting the above panel topic.

CFP: Teaching Anglophone Caribbean Literature (12/1/06; collection)

updated: 
Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 3:21pm
Supriya Nair

Call for Essay Proposals for MLA Volume on Teaching Anglophone Caribbean
Literature
 
 
For the MLA Options for Teaching Series, the Publications Committee has
approved development of the volume Teaching Anglophone Caribbean Literature,
edited by Supriya M. Nair. Essay proposals are invited for the following
projected sections of the volume:

CFP: Teaching Anglophone Caribbean Literature (12/1/06; collection)

updated: 
Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 3:21pm
Supriya Nair

Call for Essay Proposals for MLA Volume on Teaching Anglophone Caribbean
Literature
 
 
For the MLA Options for Teaching Series, the Publications Committee has
approved development of the volume Teaching Anglophone Caribbean Literature,
edited by Supriya M. Nair. Essay proposals are invited for the following
projected sections of the volume:

CFP: Teaching Anglophone Caribbean Literature (12/1/06; collection)

updated: 
Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 3:21pm
Supriya Nair

Call for Essay Proposals for MLA Volume on Teaching Anglophone Caribbean
Literature
 
 
For the MLA Options for Teaching Series, the Publications Committee has
approved development of the volume Teaching Anglophone Caribbean Literature,
edited by Supriya M. Nair. Essay proposals are invited for the following
projected sections of the volume:

CFP: Teaching Anglophone Caribbean Literature (12/1/06; collection)

updated: 
Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 3:21pm
Supriya Nair

Call for Essay Proposals for MLA Volume on Teaching Anglophone Caribbean
Literature
 
 
For the MLA Options for Teaching Series, the Publications Committee has
approved development of the volume Teaching Anglophone Caribbean Literature,
edited by Supriya M. Nair. Essay proposals are invited for the following
projected sections of the volume:

CFP: Conference on Baseball in Literature and Culture (1/26/07; 3/30/07)

updated: 
Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 3:21pm
Ron Kates

The Twelfth Conference on Baseball in Literature and Culture, held at
Middle Tennessee State University, is soliciting 1-2 page proposals for
presentations to be given at the conference on Friday, March 30, 2007.
Presenters will have 20 minutes. Proposals should summarize the talk as
clearly as possible. The conference theme defines "culture" loosely: in
addition to baseball literature, topics could include aspects of
baseball history, baseball and urban development, ballpark design,
baseball and economics, baseball and media, baseball in painting or
music, readings of creative works (fiction, non-fiction essays, poems,
plays), and so on. All presentations must follow the 20 minute format.

CFP: Black Diaspora in the South and the Caribbean (11/20/06; 3/16/07-3/17/07)

updated: 
Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 3:21pm
Anthony Hoefer

CALL FOR PAPERS
 
Fourth Annual Conference of the Program in Louisiana and Caribbean Studies at Louisiana State University.
 
"Black Diaspora in the South and the Caribbean."
 
Mar 16-17, 2007
 
1 page proposal/abstract and a CV of not more than 3 pages should be sent by Nov. 20, 2006, to Dr. Paul E. Hoffman, Acting Director, Program for Louisiana and Caribbean Studies, hyhoff@lsu.edu. Proposals for 3-4 person panels welcomed.  For more information, please visit our website, http://www.lsu.edu/lacsp.
 

CFP: Black Diaspora in the South and the Caribbean (11/20/06; 3/16/07-3/17/07)

updated: 
Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 3:21pm
Anthony Hoefer

CALL FOR PAPERS
 
Fourth Annual Conference of the Program in Louisiana and Caribbean Studies at Louisiana State University.
 
"Black Diaspora in the South and the Caribbean."
 
Mar 16-17, 2007
 
1 page proposal/abstract and a CV of not more than 3 pages should be sent by Nov. 20, 2006, to Dr. Paul E. Hoffman, Acting Director, Program for Louisiana and Caribbean Studies, hyhoff@lsu.edu. Proposals for 3-4 person panels welcomed.  For more information, please visit our website, http://www.lsu.edu/lacsp.
 

CFP: Black Diaspora in the South and the Caribbean (11/20/06; 3/16/07-3/17/07)

updated: 
Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 3:21pm
Anthony Hoefer

CALL FOR PAPERS
 
Fourth Annual Conference of the Program in Louisiana and Caribbean Studies at Louisiana State University.
 
"Black Diaspora in the South and the Caribbean."
 
Mar 16-17, 2007
 
1 page proposal/abstract and a CV of not more than 3 pages should be sent by Nov. 20, 2006, to Dr. Paul E. Hoffman, Acting Director, Program for Louisiana and Caribbean Studies, hyhoff@lsu.edu. Proposals for 3-4 person panels welcomed.  For more information, please visit our website, http://www.lsu.edu/lacsp.
 

CFP: Literature and Criminal Justice (11/1/06; CEA, 4/12/07-4/14/07)

updated: 
Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 3:21pm
Joe Pestino

Call for Papers for an NYCEA sponsored Special Topics Panel on
"Literature and Criminal Justice" at the 2007 College English
Association (CEA) Conference New Orleans—April 12 to April 14, 2007

We welcome submissions of NYCEA papers presented previously on the
following NYCEA Conference theme, OR new submissions on the topic of
this special session call: "Literature and Criminal Justice."

We also welcome full panel proposals fitting the above panel topic.

CFP: Literature and Criminal Justice (11/1/06; CEA, 4/12/07-4/14/07)

updated: 
Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 3:21pm
Joe Pestino

Call for Papers for an NYCEA sponsored Special Topics Panel on
"Literature and Criminal Justice" at the 2007 College English
Association (CEA) Conference New Orleans—April 12 to April 14, 2007

We welcome submissions of NYCEA papers presented previously on the
following NYCEA Conference theme, OR new submissions on the topic of
this special session call: "Literature and Criminal Justice."

We also welcome full panel proposals fitting the above panel topic.

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