Current Writing: Text and Reception in Southern Africa 17(2), October 2007

Special issue on Antjie Krog

Editors: Judith Lutge Coullie and Andries Visagie (University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa).

The deadline has been extended, and the program extended by another day
- see below:

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International Conference

Sustainability and the Literary Imagination:
Transdisciplinary and Intercultural Perspectives

November 17th-18th, 2006
Department of English
National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan

Call for papers

The submissions deadline for the Sixth Annual English Graduate Organization (EGO) Interdisciplinary Conference "Contours of Captivity: Resignifying Expressions of Power" at the University of Florida has been extended to September 10, 2006.

The Sixth Annual English Graduate Organization (EGO) Interdisciplinary
Conference
*Contours of Captivity: Resignifying Expressions of Power*
November 2-3, 2006, at the University of Florida in Gainesville
Keynote Speaker: Marianne Hirsch, Columbia University

Call for Panelists: Spike Lee's Requiem for New Orleans: A
Message-Driven Protest Documentary Rountable
Moderators: Jim Welsh, Salisbury University emeritus
             Ken Nolley, Willamette University

Abstracts/proposals due by SEPTEMBER 10

2006 Film and History League Conference
"The Documentary Tradition"
November 8-12, 2006
Dolce Conference Center
Dallas, Texas

The Literary History of Sexuality (panel)

This panel addresses the relationship between sexuality and literature in the long eighteenth
century. Critics and
historians, from a variety of perspectives, have suggested that "something happened" to
conceptualizations (and
practices) of the sexual and the literary in and around the eighteenth century--although what
that "something"
was remains an open question. Accordingly, this panel will explore the mutually shaping
relations between
sexuality and literature, from Restoration to Romanticism. Engagements with Foucault
(critical and/or
sympathetic) are welcome but not essential.

Extended Call for Papers
 
The deadline for submission of proposals has been extended to September 10,
2006.
 
2006 Film and History League Conference
³The Documentary Tradition² Dallas 8-12 November, 2006
www.filmandhistory.org
 
AREA: Industrial/Corporate/Educational Film
 
Industrial/corporate/educational films, a category of non-fiction film, have
been a marginalized area of film study. Industrial/corporate/educational
films are viewed by thousands in schools, in corporations and in sales
meetings, yet the film companies, the filmmakers and the films themselves
receive little attention. This area seeks to explore the

PLEASE NOTE: There are several open slots for presentations at our
conference due to last-minute cancellations.

CFP: "Prefixing" - An Interdisciplinary Work-in-Progress Conference
(Australia)
(09/17/06; 09/24/06-09/26/06)

LATE ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Sunday, September 17 2006
Conference Date: Sunday, September 24 - Tuesday, September 26, 2006

For consideration, please send a 200 to 300-word abstract as well as
a 50-word bio (on the same page in Times New Roman font/size 12, please)
to our conference organisers immediately at wipconf_at_uq.edu.au.

Centre for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies
2006 POSTGRADUATE COLLOQUIUM

Call for Papers

PARALLAX: BENDING BOUNDARIES, BLENDING THEORIES

Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 November 9.00am-5.00pm
Rooms SG01 and SGO3, Manton Rooms, Ground Floor, Menzies Building
Monash University, Clayton Campus.

Centre for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies
2006 POSTGRADUATE COLLOQUIUM

Call for Papers

PARALLAX: BENDING BOUNDARIES, BLENDING THEORIES

Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 November 9.00am-5.00pm
Rooms SG01 and SGO3, Manton Rooms, Ground Floor, Menzies Building
Monash University, Clayton Campus.

Centre for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies
2006 POSTGRADUATE COLLOQUIUM

Call for Papers

PARALLAX: BENDING BOUNDARIES, BLENDING THEORIES

Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 November 9.00am-5.00pm
Rooms SG01 and SGO3, Manton Rooms, Ground Floor, Menzies Building
Monash University, Clayton Campus.

EXTENDED DEADLINE: CFP: Rethinking the Theory Course (9/15/06; NEMLA;
3/1-4/07 in Baltimore)

The Northeast Modern Language Association's 38th annual convention will be
held in Baltimore, Maryland from March 1-4, 2007.

This panel will explore innovative ways to teach critical theory at the
undergraduate level. How can instructors present difficult theory in a way
that is accessible to students? What supplementary texts can instructors use
to complement the theory? What writing assignments can help students
practice applying theory without encouraging them to think formulaically?

      The Southern American Studies Association (SASA) is
inviting paper or complete panel proposals for its biannual
meeting to be hosted by the University of Mississippi,
February 14-18, 2007 in conjunction with the annual Living
Blues Symposium. The theme of the conference is "Blues
Tunes / Blues Texts: Music, Cultures and Literature in the
Global South." This truly interdisciplinary meeting that
brings together scholars of literature, culture and music
with musicians, radio industry insiders and fans of the
blues will consider ways in which literature and music shape
the living cultures of the global, post-regional South.
 Possible paper topics relating to the conference theme

      The Southern American Studies Association (SASA) is
inviting paper or complete panel proposals for its biannual
meeting to be hosted by the University of Mississippi,
February 14-18, 2007 in conjunction with the annual Living
Blues Symposium. The theme of the conference is "Blues
Tunes / Blues Texts: Music, Cultures and Literature in the
Global South." This truly interdisciplinary meeting that
brings together scholars of literature, culture and music
with musicians, radio industry insiders and fans of the
blues will consider ways in which literature and music shape
the living cultures of the global, post-regional South.
 Possible paper topics relating to the conference theme

Call for Papers: Science Fiction and Fantasy Area, SW/TX PCA/ACA
   
  2007 Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association 28th Annual Conference, The Hyatt Regency Conference Hotel, Albuquerque, NM, February 14-17, 2007.
   
  The Area Chairs of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Area would like to invite paper and panel proposals on any aspect of science fiction and fantasy.
   
  Please send queries, 250 word paper proposals, and 500 word panel proposals, including full contact info for all participants, to
   
  Ximena Gallardo
  xgallardo_at_lagcc.cuny.edu
   
  Deadline for proposal submissions: November 15, 2006.