CFP: Form, Formalizing, The Formulaic (11/30/05; ACLA, 3/23/06-3/26/06)
ACLA Seminar: Form, Formalizing, The Formulaic
Seminar Organizer: Soelve Curdts, Princeton University
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ACLA Seminar: Form, Formalizing, The Formulaic
Seminar Organizer: Soelve Curdts, Princeton University
*CALL FOR PAPERS*
The Lie of the Land: Scottish Landscape and Culture
Presented by
The Centre for Scottish Studies at the University of Stirling
27-30 July 2006
Plenary speakers include:
Neal Ascherson, author of Stone Voices: the Search for Scotland
Prof Lawrence Buell (Harvard), author of The Environmental Imagination
Prof Steve Duguid (Simon Fraser), on John Muir
Prof Murdo Macdonald (Dundee), on revisualising the Highlands in art
James Robertson (novelist and poet) on history and place
*CALL FOR PAPERS*
The Lie of the Land: Scottish Landscape and Culture
Presented by
The Centre for Scottish Studies at the University of Stirling
27-30 July 2006
Plenary speakers include:
Neal Ascherson, author of Stone Voices: the Search for Scotland
Prof Lawrence Buell (Harvard), author of The Environmental Imagination
Prof Steve Duguid (Simon Fraser), on John Muir
Prof Murdo Macdonald (Dundee), on revisualising the Highlands in art
James Robertson (novelist and poet) on history and place
*CALL FOR PAPERS*
The Lie of the Land: Scottish Landscape and Culture
Presented by
The Centre for Scottish Studies at the University of Stirling
27-30 July 2006
Plenary speakers include:
Neal Ascherson, author of Stone Voices: the Search for Scotland
Prof Lawrence Buell (Harvard), author of The Environmental Imagination
Prof Steve Duguid (Simon Fraser), on John Muir
Prof Murdo Macdonald (Dundee), on revisualising the Highlands in art
James Robertson (novelist and poet) on history and place
Acacia Group's 2006 Conference: Politicizing texts
The Acacia Group of California State University, Fullerton is seeking papers
for our 2006 conference to be held February 17 and 18, 2006. We are
interested in papers/presentations for the following suggested panel:
Motion and Money in Literature
How have economic structures/strictures put pressure on groups and/or
individuals to become rooted in a place, or disperse across regions, countries, and
continents? Have some groups/individuals become newly rooted elsewhere? Have
some individuals/groups found the capability/desire/need/pressure to move
often? To stay? How do writings reflect/interrogate the effect/affect of such
movement or stasis?
*CALL FOR PAPERS*
The Lie of the Land: Scottish Landscape and Culture
Presented by
The Centre for Scottish Studies at the University of Stirling
27-30 July 2006
Plenary speakers include:
Neal Ascherson, author of Stone Voices: the Search for Scotland
Prof Lawrence Buell (Harvard), author of The Environmental Imagination
Prof Steve Duguid (Simon Fraser), on John Muir
Prof Murdo Macdonald (Dundee), on revisualising the Highlands in art
James Robertson (novelist and poet) on history and place
'Filthy Types': Technology, Reproduction, and Monstrosity in the Romantic Period
ACLA 2006, Princeton University
Seminar Organizer(s): Alexandra Neel, Princeton University; Dermot Ryan, Columbia University
Acacia Group's 2006 Conference: Politicizing texts
The Acacia Group of California State University, Fullerton is seeking papers
for our 2006 conference to be held February 17 and 18, 2006. We are
interested in papers/presentations for the following suggested panel:
Motion and Money in Literature
How have economic structures/strictures put pressure on groups and/or
individuals to become rooted in a place, or disperse across regions, countries, and
continents? Have some groups/individuals become newly rooted elsewhere? Have
some individuals/groups found the capability/desire/need/pressure to move
often? To stay? How do writings reflect/interrogate the effect/affect of such
movement or stasis?
*CALL FOR PAPERS*
The Lie of the Land: Scottish Landscape and Culture
Presented by
The Centre for Scottish Studies at the University of Stirling
27-30 July 2006
Plenary speakers include:
Neal Ascherson, author of Stone Voices: the Search for Scotland
Prof Lawrence Buell (Harvard), author of The Environmental Imagination
Prof Steve Duguid (Simon Fraser), on John Muir
Prof Murdo Macdonald (Dundee), on revisualising the Highlands in art
James Robertson (novelist and poet) on history and place
'Filthy Types': Technology, Reproduction, and Monstrosity in the Romantic Period
ACLA 2006, Princeton University
Seminar Organizer(s): Alexandra Neel, Princeton University; Dermot Ryan, Columbia University
*CALL FOR PAPERS*
The Lie of the Land: Scottish Landscape and Culture
Presented by
The Centre for Scottish Studies at the University of Stirling
27-30 July 2006
Plenary speakers include:
Neal Ascherson, author of Stone Voices: the Search for Scotland
Prof Lawrence Buell (Harvard), author of The Environmental Imagination
Prof Steve Duguid (Simon Fraser), on John Muir
Prof Murdo Macdonald (Dundee), on revisualising the Highlands in art
James Robertson (novelist and poet) on history and place
The _Journal of Narrative Theory_ (JNT) seeks submissions for an upcoming
special issue, "Realism in Retrospect."
The _Journal of Narrative Theory_ (JNT) seeks submissions for an upcoming
special issue, "Realism in Retrospect."
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Acacia Group's 2006 Conference: Politicizing texts
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for our 2006 conference to be held February 17 and 18, 2006. We are =20
interested in papers/presentations for the following suggested panel:
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Uses of Misrecognition in Fiction=20
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Acacia Group's 2006 Conference: Politicizing texts
The Acacia Group of California State University, Fullerton is seeking paper=
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for our 2006 conference to be held February 17 and 18, 2006. We are =20
interested in papers/presentations for the following suggested panel:
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Uses of Misrecognition in Fiction=20
Detective stories often function by providing =E2=80=9Cred herrings,=E2=80=
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descriptions of character and events that are designed to keep the reader=20
from knowing the plot until it is ultimately revealed by the author. Such a=
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stratagem may give an author some control over readers, although many reade=
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<>The following call for papers is for a pre-approved special topic
session to be included as part of the RMMLA annual conference to be held
in Tucson, Arizona, October 12-14, 2006. Presenters must be current in
2006 RMMLA dues by April 1. Presenters also are required to pay the
applicable convention registration fee. Information may be found at
rmmla.wsu.edu.
<>The following call for papers is for a pre-approved special topic
session to be included as part of the RMMLA annual conference to be held
in Tucson, Arizona, October 12-14, 2006. Presenters must be current in
2006 RMMLA dues by April 1. Presenters also are required to pay the
applicable convention registration fee. Information may be found at
rmmla.wsu.edu.
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Acacia Group's 2006 Conference: Politicizing texts
The Acacia Group of California State University, Fullerton is seeking paper=
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for our 2006 conference to be held February 17 and 18, 2006. We are =20
interested in papers/presentations for the following suggested panel:
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Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries=20
Much of the literary theory we study derives from areas of study other than=
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literature. For instance, Jacques Derrida was a philosopher. How can using=20
different perspectives/approaches to understanding from separate discipline=
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enhance each other? Can you present two thinkers from separate disciplines=20
Acacia Group's 2006 Conference: Politicizing texts
The Acacia Group of California State University, Fullerton is seeking paper=
s=20
for our 2006 conference to be held February 17 and 18, 2006. We are =20
interested in papers/presentations for the following suggested panel:
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Value in Art
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of man=E2=80=99
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art be purely expressive? How important is =E2=80=9Caudience=E2=80=9D respo=
nse to the=20
Acacia Group's 2006 Conference: Politicizing texts
The Acacia Group of California State University, Fullerton is seeking paper=
s=20
for our 2006 conference to be held February 17 and 18, 2006. We are =20
interested in papers/presentations for the following suggested panel:
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Value in Art
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If art (any=E2=80=94literature, plastic, dance, film, visual) may be though=
of man=E2=80=99
s attempt to understand himself, does the free market create/deny art? How=20=
do=20
other economies create/deny art? Must art be a reaction to oppression? Coul=
d=20
art be purely expressive? How important is =E2=80=9Caudience=E2=80=9D respo=
nse to the=20
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Acacia Group's 2006 Conference: Politicizing texts
The Acacia Group of California State University, Fullerton is seeking paper=
s=20
for our 2006 conference to be held February 17 and 18, 2006. We are =20
interested in papers/presentations for the following suggested panel:
=20
=20
Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries=20
Much of the literary theory we study derives from areas of study other than=
=20
literature. For instance, Jacques Derrida was a philosopher. How can using=20
different perspectives/approaches to understanding from separate discipline=
s=20
enhance each other? Can you present two thinkers from separate disciplines=20
Acacia Group's 2006 Conference: Politicizing texts
The Acacia Group of California State University, Fullerton is seeking paper=
s=20
for our 2006 conference to be held February 17 and 18, 2006. We are =20
interested in papers/presentations for the following suggested panel:
=20
Value in Art
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If art (any=E2=80=94literature, plastic, dance, film, visual) may be though=
of man=E2=80=99
s attempt to understand himself, does the free market create/deny art? How=20=
do=20
other economies create/deny art? Must art be a reaction to oppression? Coul=
d=20
art be purely expressive? How important is =E2=80=9Caudience=E2=80=9D respo=
nse to the=20
Acacia Group's 2006 Conference: Politicizing texts
The Acacia Group of California State University, Fullerton is seeking papers
for our 2006 conference to be held February 17 and 18, 2006. We are
interested in papers/presentations for the following suggested panel:
Critical Thinking/Complacent Writing
Some writers, activists, and literary critics feel that after or apropos
Derrida and the philosophy of deconstruction, effective political action is
impossible. Is there really an impasse? How might a deconstructive theoretical
approach obstruct effective action in praxis? How might a deconstructive
theoretical approach occlude or bring to light overlooked/new voices and
Acacia Group's 2006 Conference: Politicizing texts
The Acacia Group of California State University, Fullerton is seeking papers
for our 2006 conference to be held February 17 and 18, 2006. We are
interested in papers/presentations for the following suggested panel:
Critical Thinking/Complacent Writing
Some writers, activists, and literary critics feel that after or apropos
Derrida and the philosophy of deconstruction, effective political action is
impossible. Is there really an impasse? How might a deconstructive theoretical
approach obstruct effective action in praxis? How might a deconstructive
theoretical approach occlude or bring to light overlooked/new voices and
Acacia Group's 2006 Conference: Politicizing texts
The Acacia Group of California State University, Fullerton is seeking papers
for our 2006 conference to be held February 17 and 18, 2006. We are
interested in papers/presentations for the following suggested panel:
Critical Thinking/Complacent Writing
Some writers, activists, and literary critics feel that after or apropos
Derrida and the philosophy of deconstruction, effective political action is
impossible. Is there really an impasse? How might a deconstructive theoretical
approach obstruct effective action in praxis? How might a deconstructive
theoretical approach occlude or bring to light overlooked/new voices and
Acacia Group's 2006 Conference: Politicizing texts
The Acacia Group of California State University, Fullerton is seeking papers
for our 2006 conference to be held February 17 and 18, 2006. We are
interested in papers/presentations for the following suggested panel:
Expressions of Mourning
How is mourning, as dealt with in literature and art, an expression of
individual loss/desire/power/identity and community loss/desire/power/identity?
How do the two aspects of individual and community conflict and/or engage with
each other?
We are accepting completed paper submissions only, no abstracts, please.
Acacia Group's 2006 Conference: Politicizing texts
The Acacia Group of California State University, Fullerton is seeking papers
for our 2006 conference to be held February 17 and 18, 2006. We are
interested in papers/presentations for the following suggested panel:
Expressions of Mourning
How is mourning, as dealt with in literature and art, an expression of
individual loss/desire/power/identity and community loss/desire/power/identity?
How do the two aspects of individual and community conflict and/or engage with
each other?
We are accepting completed paper submissions only, no abstracts, please.
Acacia Group's 2006 Conference: Politicizing texts
The Acacia Group of California State University, Fullerton is seeking paper=
s=20
for our 2006 conference to be held February 17 and 18, 2006. We are =20
interested in papers/presentations for the following suggested panel:
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Tethering the Imagination=20
How is art/literature =E2=80=9Ccreative=E2=80=9D? When is it imaginative? W=
hen is it=20
realistic? When is it fantasy? How can we know? Must there always be, even=20=
the most=20
fantastic art/literature, a tether to the mundane and understandable? Who i=
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supposed to be capable of such =E2=80=9Cunderstanding=E2=80=9D? If so, why=20=
and how is that=20
Acacia Group's 2006 Conference: Politicizing texts
The Acacia Group of California State University, Fullerton is seeking paper=
s=20
for our 2006 conference to be held February 17 and 18, 2006. We are =20
interested in papers/presentations for the following suggested panel:
=20
=20
Tethering the Imagination=20
How is art/literature =E2=80=9Ccreative=E2=80=9D? When is it imaginative? W=
hen is it=20
realistic? When is it fantasy? How can we know? Must there always be, even=20=
the most=20
fantastic art/literature, a tether to the mundane and understandable? Who i=
s=20
supposed to be capable of such =E2=80=9Cunderstanding=E2=80=9D? If so, why=20=
and how is that=20
Announcing A Call for Papers for
Kindred Spirits: the Relationship Between Human and NonHuman Animals,
An Interdisciplinary Conference
Law, Race, Speciesism, Sexuality, Feminism, Ethics, Rights Movements,
Literature, Religion, Gender Studies, History, Science, Creative Writing,
Philosophy, the Visual and Performing Arts, Veterinary Medicine, etc.
Please visit the Kindred Spirits Website for information updates:
http://www.indiana.edu/~kspirits/
Dates: September 7-9, 2006
Place: Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana