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CFP: Shakeyfilms: Non-traditional Screen Adaptations of Shakespeare (no deadline, collection)

updated: 
Thursday, October 28, 2004 - 7:00pm
Peter Graham

>From Tromeo and Juliet to Romeo + Juliet, from Throne of Blood to Chimes at
Midnight, this privately funded collection slated for publication early 2006
is seeking articles of 5-10,000 words on non-traditional screen adaptations
of Shakespeare's plays. Articles that situate a film with regard to
adaptation theory are particularly encouraged, should be according to APA
style and sent to Peter Graham, Editor, Shakey Films. Email;
shakeyfilms_at_hotmail.com

CFP: Pics and Bits: Word and Image in Art Forms and Communication Media (12/5/04; e-journal)

updated: 
Thursday, October 28, 2004 - 6:59pm
Kirsten C. Uszkalo

nasty
Call for Papers

Issue #15: Pics and Bits

In the Humanities, we long ago redefined the concept of "text" to=20
include architecture, clothing, furniture, and any other material=20
object, artistic or otherwise, that can be a vessel for narrative. It is =

possible, in fact, that the printed word as we know it is merely a blip=20
in the history of human communication.

CFP: "The Future of Ecocriticism" (2/1/05; journal issue)

updated: 
Thursday, October 28, 2004 - 6:58pm
Mel

Green Letters 7: The Future of Ecocriticism

deadline for submissions: 1 February 2005

Green Letters, the journal of ASLE-UK (the Association for the Study of
Literature and the Environment), explores interdisciplinary interfaces
between humans and the natural and built environment. Articles are invited
for our spring 2005 edition focusing on 'ecocriticism'.

CFP: NEMLA Graduate Caucus Paper Prize (grad) (12/16/04; journal issue)

updated: 
Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 9:05pm
Darcie Rives

NEMLA (Northeast Modern Language Association) awards an annual prize to the best graduate student paper presented at any of the conventions sections. The winning paper, as determined by a committee of peers, is published in the NEMLA journal Modern Language Studies.

 

The submission deadline for the 2005 Graduate Student Caucus Paper Prize is December 16, 2004. Graduate Students who presented papers at the 2004 Convention in Pittsburgh are invited to send 20-25 page versions of those essays to Darcie Rives, preferably by email, rivesdd_at_yahoo.com, or by "snail mail" to Darcie Rives, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 331 Andrews Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0333. Please address questions to rivesdd_at_yahoo.com.

CFP: NEMLA Graduate Caucus Paper Prize (grad) (12/16/04; journal issue)

updated: 
Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 9:05pm
Darcie Rives

NEMLA (Northeast Modern Language Association) awards an annual prize to the best graduate student paper presented at any of the conventions sections. The winning paper, as determined by a committee of peers, is published in the NEMLA journal Modern Language Studies.

 

The submission deadline for the 2005 Graduate Student Caucus Paper Prize is December 16, 2004. Graduate Students who presented papers at the 2004 Convention in Pittsburgh are invited to send 20-25 page versions of those essays to Darcie Rives, preferably by email, rivesdd_at_yahoo.com, or by "snail mail" to Darcie Rives, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 331 Andrews Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0333. Please address questions to rivesdd_at_yahoo.com.

CFP: Approaches to Teaching the One Thousand and One Nights (11/15/04; collection)

updated: 
Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 9:04pm
by way of Angela Vietto

Call for Contributions in Approaches series

For the series Approaches to Teaching World Literature, the MLA
Publications Committee has approved development of

· Bonnie D. Irwin, ed., Approaches to Teaching the One Thousand and
One Nights

If you wish to contribute, please send your name and mailing address to
Jeremy George at the MLA office (jgeorge_at_mla.org; fax: 646-458-0030) or to
Bonnie Irwin at Eastern Illinois University (bdirwin_at_eiu.edu; fax:
217-581-7222) by 15 November 2004.

CFP: Media within Science Fiction (12/15/04; collection)

updated: 
Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 9:04pm
Jowett Lorna

Science Fiction: one universe?
Edited by Nick Heffernan and Lorna Jowett.

Having received preliminary interest from a publisher, we invite chapter
proposals or already completed essays for a collection focusing on the range
of different media within science fiction (film, television, literature,
comics/ graphic novels, computer games).

CFP: Media within Science Fiction (12/15/04; collection)

updated: 
Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 9:04pm
Jowett Lorna

Science Fiction: one universe?
Edited by Nick Heffernan and Lorna Jowett.

Having received preliminary interest from a publisher, we invite chapter
proposals or already completed essays for a collection focusing on the range
of different media within science fiction (film, television, literature,
comics/ graphic novels, computer games).

CFP: Media within Science Fiction (12/15/04; collection)

updated: 
Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 9:04pm
Jowett Lorna

Science Fiction: one universe?
Edited by Nick Heffernan and Lorna Jowett.

Having received preliminary interest from a publisher, we invite chapter
proposals or already completed essays for a collection focusing on the range
of different media within science fiction (film, television, literature,
comics/ graphic novels, computer games).

CFP: Comparative Literature (grad) (1/15/05; journal issue)

updated: 
Monday, October 25, 2004 - 10:27pm
Morgan Lynn

Call for Papers

Portals: A Journal of Comparative Literature is a graduate student
journal published by the Comparative Literature Association of San
Francisco State University.

Portals invites original, critical essay submissions that explore
comparative literary topics across cultural, regional, linguistic, and
temporal boundaries.

Papers should be in English. All citations in foreign languages must
be clearly translated in the body of the text and properly cited.
Papers should be no longer than 25 pages in 12 point font, and should
include be properly formatted and documented in MLA style.

CFP: Liberatory Poetics in Caribbean Writing: Gender and Nation Re-configurations (1/15/05; journal issue)

updated: 
Monday, October 25, 2004 - 9:19pm
MaComere2_at_aol.com

CALL FOR PAPERS

JOURNAL: Macomere - Journal of the Association of Caribbean Women
         Writers and Scholars (ACWWS)
Vol. 7, 2004-2005

Submission Deadline: January 15, 2005

Manuscript submissions are being sought for Volume 7 (2004-2005) of Macomere. This issue will be devoted to critical and creative writing on the topic "Liberatory Poetics in Caribbean Writing: Gender and Nation Re-configurations," which was also the topic of the most recent ACWWS conference held in the Dominican Republic in 2004. As at the conference, submissions for this volume will address topics including but not limited to the following:

CFP: Liberatory Poetics in Caribbean Writing: Gender and Nation Re-configurations (1/15/05; journal issue)

updated: 
Monday, October 25, 2004 - 9:19pm
MaComere2_at_aol.com

CALL FOR PAPERS

JOURNAL: Macomere - Journal of the Association of Caribbean Women
         Writers and Scholars (ACWWS)
Vol. 7, 2004-2005

Submission Deadline: January 15, 2005

Manuscript submissions are being sought for Volume 7 (2004-2005) of Macomere. This issue will be devoted to critical and creative writing on the topic "Liberatory Poetics in Caribbean Writing: Gender and Nation Re-configurations," which was also the topic of the most recent ACWWS conference held in the Dominican Republic in 2004. As at the conference, submissions for this volume will address topics including but not limited to the following:

UPDATE: Toni Morrison's Fiction and Prose: Assignments, Lesson Plans and Related Essays (1/15/05; collection)

updated: 
Monday, October 25, 2004 - 9:19pm
Jami Carlacio

Revised October 15, 2004

Call For Papers: Collection of assignments and lesson plans with related
essays written in response to these, on Toni Morrison's prose and fiction

'The Fiction of Toni Morrison: Teaching and Writing on Race, Culture, and
Identity

I am currently soliciting contributions from university instructors
(professors and graduate students/teaching assistants) for a collection of
materials -- teaching strategies and assignments as well as essays -- on
the work of Toni Morrison. Contributions may come from a variety of
disciplines, including history, Africana Studies, American Studies,
English, Rhetoric, and Women's Studies.

UPDATE: Toni Morrison's Fiction and Prose: Assignments, Lesson Plans and Related Essays (1/15/05; collection)

updated: 
Monday, October 25, 2004 - 9:19pm
Jami Carlacio

Revised October 15, 2004

Call For Papers: Collection of assignments and lesson plans with related
essays written in response to these, on Toni Morrison's prose and fiction

'The Fiction of Toni Morrison: Teaching and Writing on Race, Culture, and
Identity

I am currently soliciting contributions from university instructors
(professors and graduate students/teaching assistants) for a collection of
materials -- teaching strategies and assignments as well as essays -- on
the work of Toni Morrison. Contributions may come from a variety of
disciplines, including history, Africana Studies, American Studies,
English, Rhetoric, and Women's Studies.

UPDATE: Toni Morrison's Fiction and Prose: Assignments, Lesson Plans and Related Essays (1/15/05; collection)

updated: 
Monday, October 25, 2004 - 9:19pm
Jami Carlacio

Revised October 15, 2004

Call For Papers: Collection of assignments and lesson plans with related
essays written in response to these, on Toni Morrison's prose and fiction

'The Fiction of Toni Morrison: Teaching and Writing on Race, Culture, and
Identity

I am currently soliciting contributions from university instructors
(professors and graduate students/teaching assistants) for a collection of
materials -- teaching strategies and assignments as well as essays -- on
the work of Toni Morrison. Contributions may come from a variety of
disciplines, including history, Africana Studies, American Studies,
English, Rhetoric, and Women's Studies.

CFP: Women, Modernism, and Mexico: Literature, Art, Architecture (12/05/04; journal issue)

updated: 
Monday, October 25, 2004 - 1:11am
Ellen Scheible

CFP: _Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal_
Deadline: December 5, 2004
PLEASE DIRECT INQUIRIES TO: womstudj_at_cgu.edu

A special issue: Women, Modernism, and Mexico: Literature, Art,
                  Architecture

_Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal_ is currently accepting
manuscripts for publication concerning the topic of women, Modernism
and Mexico. Women's Studies provides a forum for the presentation of
scholarship and criticism about women in the fields of literature,
history, art, sociology, law, political science, economics,
anthropology and the sciences. It also publishes poetry, film and book
reviews.

CFP: Women, Modernism, and Mexico: Literature, Art, Architecture (12/05/04; journal issue)

updated: 
Monday, October 25, 2004 - 1:11am
Ellen Scheible

CFP: _Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal_
Deadline: December 5, 2004
PLEASE DIRECT INQUIRIES TO: womstudj_at_cgu.edu

A special issue: Women, Modernism, and Mexico: Literature, Art,
                  Architecture

_Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal_ is currently accepting
manuscripts for publication concerning the topic of women, Modernism
and Mexico. Women's Studies provides a forum for the presentation of
scholarship and criticism about women in the fields of literature,
history, art, sociology, law, political science, economics,
anthropology and the sciences. It also publishes poetry, film and book
reviews.

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