Call for Papers: Frost's Ascent to Poet Laureate (MLA Chicago, Dec. 27-30,
2007; proposals by March 9, 2007) The Robert Frost Society invites
proposals that address Frost's reputation, politics, and cultural
positionings as well as relations with other writers before he became poet
laureate in 1958. Send inquiries to Camille Roman at Washington State
University at roman_at_wsu.edu by March 9, 2007

The Baylor Journal of Theatre and Performance seeks book and performance
reviews for its upcoming issue regarding indigenous communities of the
Americas, including North, Central, and South America. The following titles
are now available for review:

Hawai'I Nei: Island Plays by Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl

Keepers of the Morning Star: An Anthology of Native Women's Theater Eds.
Stephanie Fitzgerald and Jaye T. Darby

American Indian Theater in Performance: A Reader Edited by Hanay Geiogamah
and Jaye T. Darby

Evening at the Warbonnet and Other Plays by Bruce King

Staging Coyote's Dream by Monique Mojica and Ric Knowles

Call for Papers
Annual meeting of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association,
Calgary,Alberta, Canada, October 3-6, 2007.

Session: Australian Film and Literature
Call for theoretically informed papers focusing on any aspect of
Australian film, literature, or popular culture.

Please send a one-page abstract or 12 page paper and vita to:

Professor Liahna Armstrong
Central Washington University
lotus_at_cwu.edu

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Professor Liahna Armstrong
Department of English
Central Washington University
400 E. University Way
Ellensburg, WA 98926-7558
Office phone: 509-963-1738
Dept. phone: 509-963-1546
Fax: 509-963-1561

Call for Papers
Annual meeting of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association,
Calgary,Alberta, Canada, October 3-6, 2007.

Session: Australian Film and Literature
Call for theoretically informed papers focusing on any aspect of
Australian film, literature, or popular culture.

Please send a one-page abstract or 12 page paper and vita to:

Professor Liahna Armstrong
Central Washington University
lotus_at_cwu.edu

**************
Professor Liahna Armstrong
Department of English
Central Washington University
400 E. University Way
Ellensburg, WA 98926-7558
Office phone: 509-963-1738
Dept. phone: 509-963-1546
Fax: 509-963-1561

Tolkien Seminar
The Tolkien Society & Tol Harndor
Saturday, 25th August 2007
Sydney, Australia

Tolkien Down Under - The Art and Science of Magic in Middle-earth

Call for Papers

This significant annual event in the Tolkien calendar is being held overseas
for the first time in Sydney, Australia. With attendees travelling from
around the world this will have an international festive feel.

The magic of Middle-earth is wide-ranging in scope and can cover not only
all aspects of magic in the works of Tolkien but also the enchantment that
Tolkien's writings have instilled in Tolkien fans far and wide.

Some potential topics for consideration might be:

UPDATE: "Music and Politics" at SW/TX-PCA/ACA 14-17 Feb 2007 (Dec 1)

The 28th Annual Meeting of the SW/TX PCA/ACA

February 14-17, 2007

Hyatt Regency Albuquerque

Albuquerque, New Mexico

The SW/TEX PCA/ACA annual conference represents one of the nation's largest gatherings of interdisciplinary scholars, with a particular interest in critical examinations of non-traditional or cross-disciplinary topics. The deadline for proposals has been extended to December 1.

UPDATE: Fact & Fiction: An Anthology of Critical Articles on Australian Literary Studies (25/02/2007, Anthology)

Contributions are invited for an anthology of critical articles on Australian Literature aimed at B.A./M.A./M.Phil students and research scholars in India working in the field of Australian literature. The articles should be of 3000-5000 words and should engage with any one of the areas given below. The articles can be interdisciplinary in nature addressing these themes but keeping in mind that it is a literary anthology.

1. Australian Literary Studies in India
Overview
Challenges
Opportunities

UPDATE: Fact & Fiction: An Anthology of Critical Articles on Australian Literary Studies (25/02/2007, Anthology)

Contributions are invited for an anthology of critical articles on Australian Literature aimed at B.A./M.A./M.Phil students and research scholars in India working in the field of Australian literature. The articles should be of 3000-5000 words and should engage with any one of the areas given below. The articles can be interdisciplinary in nature addressing these themes but keeping in mind that it is a literary anthology.

1. Australian Literary Studies in India
Overview
Challenges
Opportunities

CALL FOR PAPERS

JIM HARRISON SOCIETY

The Society invites proposals for presentations on all facets of Harrison's
canon and life. Papers will be presented at:

American Literature Association
18th Annual Conference
Westin-Copley Place
Boston, Massachusetts
May 24-27, 2007

Submit abstracts (500 word max.) to:

Michael C. Ryan, Ohio University
mr317400_at_ohio.edu

Deadline for Proposals:
15 January 2007

We welcome proposals dealing with English-language representations of
Korean and Japanese environmental issues and literature. Proposals
dealing with the writings of Gary Snyder, especially in regard to his
activities in Asia, are also particularly welcome. Translation services
will be provided to make papers and presentations available in English,
Japanese, and Korean.

Below is the material we would like posted.

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Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE)
Japan-Korea Joint Symposium
August 19-21, Kanazawa, Japan

Call For Papers:
    MOTORCYCLING CULTURE
     
    Annual Meeting of the PCA/ACA Southwest/Texas
    February 14-17, 2007 Hyatt Regency, Albuquerque, New Mexico
     
    The Popular Culture Association and American Culture
    Associations are holding a series of panels at the next
    annual meeting of these groups to be held April 4-7, 2007
    in Boston, Massachusetts at the beautiful Boston Marriott
    Copley Place.
     
    Papers and presentations are requested on motorcycling
    and its impact on American and other societies and cultures.
   
   Suggested topics include:
     
    * Riders' narratives or descriptions of the ride

CFP - Domestic Violence in the Long Eighteenth Century (02/15/07; =
collection)

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I am currently soliciting proposals for contributions to a collection of =
essays on domestic violence-physical, emotional, sexual-during the long =
eighteenth century. Interdisciplinary treatments are especially =
encouraged, as are examinations of domestic violence in all countries =
and cultures during the long eighteenth century. Deadline for completed =
essays of 20-25 pp. is 31 May 2007. Electronic submissions preferred. =
Please send 250-word proposals by 02/15/07 to Judith Broome at =
broomej1_at_wpunj.edu <mailto:broomej1_at_wpunj.edu> =20

=20

Judith Broome

Assistant Professor

CFP - Domestic Violence in the Long Eighteenth Century (02/15/07; =
collection)

=20

I am currently soliciting proposals for contributions to a collection of =
essays on domestic violence-physical, emotional, sexual-during the long =
eighteenth century. Interdisciplinary treatments are especially =
encouraged, as are examinations of domestic violence in all countries =
and cultures during the long eighteenth century. Deadline for completed =
essays of 20-25 pp. is 31 May 2007. Electronic submissions preferred. =
Please send 250-word proposals by 02/15/07 to Judith Broome at =
broomej1_at_wpunj.edu <mailto:broomej1_at_wpunj.edu> =20

=20

Judith Broome

Assistant Professor

  Southwest Graduate English Symposium
  Arizona State University
  February 16 - 18 2007
   
  The Violent (Re)turn to Ethics?: Implications, Complications, and Situations
   
   
  The Politics of (Post) Counter Cultural Visual Rhetoric