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CFP: Varieties of Irishness (Ireland) (1/20/07; IASIL, 7/16/07-7/20/07)

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Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:39am
IASIL Conferences

The 2007 IASIL conference takes place at University College Dublin

Monday 16 July - Friday 20 July

FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline 20 January 2007

Varieties of Irishness
The International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures invites you
to attend the 2007 conference at University College Dublin. The Conference
theme is designed to highlight the diversity which has always been at the
heart of Irish writing and to accommodate the widespread interests of IASIL
delegates.

CFP: Varieties of Irishness (Ireland) (1/20/07; IASIL, 7/16/07-7/20/07)

updated: 
Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:39am
IASIL Conferences

The 2007 IASIL conference takes place at University College Dublin

Monday 16 July - Friday 20 July

FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline 20 January 2007

Varieties of Irishness
The International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures invites you
to attend the 2007 conference at University College Dublin. The Conference
theme is designed to highlight the diversity which has always been at the
heart of Irish writing and to accommodate the widespread interests of IASIL
delegates.

CFP: Empathy and Ethics in Film and Literature (11/30/06; CEA, 4/12/07-4/14/07)

updated: 
Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:39am
Carol Osborne

College English Association National Conference
April 12-14, 2007
New Orleans

We invite papers on Empathy and Ethics in Film and Literature for the 38th
annual meeting of the CEA. The theme may be interpreted broadly, including,
but not limited to, the following: consideration of the portrayal of empathy
and/or ethics in literature and film, examination of the techniques that
elicit empathetic reactions in readers and viewers, and discussion of the
pedagogical uses of film and literature in exploring ethical issues.

Proposals should be submitted via the online database at
http://english.ttu.edu/cea/conftool by November 30.

CFP: Empathy and Ethics in Film and Literature (11/30/06; CEA, 4/12/07-4/14/07)

updated: 
Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:39am
Carol Osborne

College English Association National Conference
April 12-14, 2007
New Orleans

We invite papers on Empathy and Ethics in Film and Literature for the 38th
annual meeting of the CEA. The theme may be interpreted broadly, including,
but not limited to, the following: consideration of the portrayal of empathy
and/or ethics in literature and film, examination of the techniques that
elicit empathetic reactions in readers and viewers, and discussion of the
pedagogical uses of film and literature in exploring ethical issues.

Proposals should be submitted via the online database at
http://english.ttu.edu/cea/conftool by November 30.

CFP: Empathy and Ethics in Film and Literature (11/30/06; CEA, 4/12/07-4/14/07)

updated: 
Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:39am
Carol Osborne

College English Association National Conference
April 12-14, 2007
New Orleans

We invite papers on Empathy and Ethics in Film and Literature for the 38th
annual meeting of the CEA. The theme may be interpreted broadly, including,
but not limited to, the following: consideration of the portrayal of empathy
and/or ethics in literature and film, examination of the techniques that
elicit empathetic reactions in readers and viewers, and discussion of the
pedagogical uses of film and literature in exploring ethical issues.

Proposals should be submitted via the online database at
http://english.ttu.edu/cea/conftool by November 30.

CFP: Empathy and Ethics in Film and Literature (11/30/06; CEA, 4/12/07-4/14/07)

updated: 
Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:39am
Carol Osborne

College English Association National Conference
April 12-14, 2007
New Orleans

We invite papers on Empathy and Ethics in Film and Literature for the 38th
annual meeting of the CEA. The theme may be interpreted broadly, including,
but not limited to, the following: consideration of the portrayal of empathy
and/or ethics in literature and film, examination of the techniques that
elicit empathetic reactions in readers and viewers, and discussion of the
pedagogical uses of film and literature in exploring ethical issues.

Proposals should be submitted via the online database at
http://english.ttu.edu/cea/conftool by November 30.

CFP: U.S. Latino/a Literary Studies (11/30/06; CEA, 4/12/07-4/14/07)

updated: 
Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:39am
Joseph M. Viera, Ph.D.

College English Association National Conference
April 12-14, 2007
New Orleans

We invite papers on U.S. Latino/a Literary Studies for the 38th annual meeting
of the CEA.

Proposals should be submitted via the online database at
<http://english.ttu.edu/cea/conftool> by November 30th.

When you submit your proposal, you may use a pull-down menu to indicate your
topic. Indicate at that pull-down menu that your submission should be directed
to me, Joseph M. Viera, chair of the Hispanic, Latino/a, Chicano Literature
panels.

To preserve time for discussion, CEA limits presentations to 15 minutes.

CFP: U.S. Latino/a Literary Studies (11/30/06; CEA, 4/12/07-4/14/07)

updated: 
Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:39am
Joseph M. Viera, Ph.D.

College English Association National Conference
April 12-14, 2007
New Orleans

We invite papers on U.S. Latino/a Literary Studies for the 38th annual meeting
of the CEA.

Proposals should be submitted via the online database at
<http://english.ttu.edu/cea/conftool> by November 30th.

When you submit your proposal, you may use a pull-down menu to indicate your
topic. Indicate at that pull-down menu that your submission should be directed
to me, Joseph M. Viera, chair of the Hispanic, Latino/a, Chicano Literature
panels.

To preserve time for discussion, CEA limits presentations to 15 minutes.

CFP: 20th-Century British Literature (11/30/06; CEA, 4/12/07-4/14/07)

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Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:39am
janine utell

College English Association National Conference
April 12-14, 2007
New Orleans

We invite papers on 20th-Century British Literature for the 38th annual
meeting of the CEA. This year's conference theme is "Empathy and Ethics";
for our 2007 meeting, CEA invites papers that consider how we construct and
understand empathy or ethical responsibilities and how those understandings
inform what we write, read, and teach.

Papers may address this topic in the field of 20th-century British
literature, culture, and film. Submissions are also welcome on any general
topic in the field of 20th-century British literary studies as well.

CFP: Hawthorne Sessions at ALA (1/15/07; ALA, 5/24/07-5/27/07)

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Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:38am
Rosemary Fisk

Submissions are invited for two sessions hosted by the Nathaniel
Hawthorne Society at the American Literature Association Conference,
Westin Copley Place in Boston, MA, 24-27 May 2007.

1. Rewriting Hawthorne: James, Morrison, Faulkner, etc.

2. Transatlantic Tribulations: Hawthorne in Transit

 All approaches to these topics are welcome. Deadline for proposals is
15 January, 2007. Please send 1-2 page abstracts for 20-minute papers
to Brenda Wineapple, 176 West 87th Street/ New York, NY 10024 or
bwineapple_at_earthlink.net

Rosemary M. Fisk
Associate Dean/ Assoc. Professor of English
Howard College of Arts & Sciences
Samford University
Birmingham, AL 35229

UPDATE: Interactions: Literature and Culture (12/1/06; journal issue)

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Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:38am
sebnem.toplu_at_ege.edu.tr

DEADLINE: December 1, 2006 (vol.16.1 Spring 2007)

"Interactions"  is an international journal on British
and American
Literature and Culture, published twice a year in Fall
and Spring by Ege University
Depts. of British and American Studies
(Izmir/Turkey).

It is internationally refereed and indexed in
MLA International
Bibliography, featuring essays, film
and book
reviews (ISSN 1300-574-X).

General submission deadlines are
July 1 for the Fall Issue and December 1
for the Spring Issue.

Articles (4000-7000 words) and reviews (2000-4000 words) should
follow MLA
paranthetical citation format.

Submissions
should be sent via email attachments to:

UPDATE: Interactions: Literature and Culture (12/1/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:38am
sebnem.toplu_at_ege.edu.tr

DEADLINE: December 1, 2006 (vol.16.1 Spring 2007)

"Interactions"  is an international journal on British
and American
Literature and Culture, published twice a year in Fall
and Spring by Ege University
Depts. of British and American Studies
(Izmir/Turkey).

It is internationally refereed and indexed in
MLA International
Bibliography, featuring essays, film
and book
reviews (ISSN 1300-574-X).

General submission deadlines are
July 1 for the Fall Issue and December 1
for the Spring Issue.

Articles (4000-7000 words) and reviews (2000-4000 words) should
follow MLA
paranthetical citation format.

Submissions
should be sent via email attachments to:

CFP: Teacher Education and Pedagogy (11/30/06; CEA, 4/12/07-4/14/07)

updated: 
Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:38am
Kraver, Jeraldine

SPECIAL PANEL ANNOUNCEMENT Teacher Education and Pedagogy

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Please consider joining our discussions of teaching and learning at the
COLLEGE ENGLISH ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING in New Orleans this April
12-14.

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Our conference theme this year--so appropriate to our location--is
"Empathy and Ethics."=20

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You might consider in terms of the following broad issues:

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How do we respond, as teachers or teacher-educators, to difficult
circumstances? Do we prepare our students always to act in right
ways-according to some ethical imperative or ideal? Do we care if we do?

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CFP: Funkativity in African American Culture (12/1/06; 3/29/07-3/30/07)

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Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:38am
Bolden, Anthony

The English Department at The University of Alabama is inviting
proposals for its biannual symposium that will convene March 29-30,
2007. Entitled "Eruptions of Funk," the symposium will provide a venue
in which scholars and artists can engage issues specifically related to
African American cultural memory. Featured speakers include:

Mark Anthony Neal
Brenda Dixon Gottschild
Aldon Lynn Nielsen
Kalamu ya Salaam
Tracie Morris
Cheryl Keyes

CFP: Funkativity in African American Culture (12/1/06; 3/29/07-3/30/07)

updated: 
Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:38am
Bolden, Anthony

The English Department at The University of Alabama is inviting
proposals for its biannual symposium that will convene March 29-30,
2007. Entitled "Eruptions of Funk," the symposium will provide a venue
in which scholars and artists can engage issues specifically related to
African American cultural memory. Featured speakers include:

Mark Anthony Neal
Brenda Dixon Gottschild
Aldon Lynn Nielsen
Kalamu ya Salaam
Tracie Morris
Cheryl Keyes

CFP: Funkativity in African American Culture (12/1/06; 3/29/07-3/30/07)

updated: 
Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:38am
Bolden, Anthony

The English Department at The University of Alabama is inviting
proposals for its biannual symposium that will convene March 29-30,
2007. Entitled "Eruptions of Funk," the symposium will provide a venue
in which scholars and artists can engage issues specifically related to
African American cultural memory. Featured speakers include:

Mark Anthony Neal
Brenda Dixon Gottschild
Aldon Lynn Nielsen
Kalamu ya Salaam
Tracie Morris
Cheryl Keyes

CFP: Children's and Young Adult Literature (11/30/06; CEA, 4/12/07-4/14/07)

updated: 
Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:38am
Kraver, Jeraldine

SPECIAL PANEL ANNOUNCEMENT CHILDREN'S AND ADOLESCENT LITERATURE

=20

Please consider joining us at the COLLEGE ENGLISH ASSOCIATION ANNUAL
MEETING in New Orleans this April 12-14.

=20

Our conference theme this year--so appropriate to our location--is
"Empathy and Ethics."=20

=20

You might consider in terms of the following broad issues:

How do we respond to difficult circumstances? Do we always act in right
ways-according to some ethical imperative or ideal? Do we care if we do?

We encourage consideration of these and other questions related to the
conference theme:

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CFP: Anglophone Literature (11/30/06; CEA, 4/12/07-4/14/07)

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Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:38am
Nina Tassi

College English Association National Conference
April 12-14, 2007
New Orleans

We invite papers on ANGLOPHONE LITERATURE for the 38th annual meeting of the CEA. Works in English from non-English speaking cultures, not translations, are welcome. There is no restriction on the culture from which the writer is selected.

Proposals should be submitted via the online database at
http://english.ttu.edu/cea/conftool by November 30th.

When you submit your proposal, you may use a pull-down menu to indicate your topic. Indicate at that pull-down menu that your submission should be directed to me, NINA TASSI, chair of the ANGLOPHONE LITERATURE panels.

CFP: Anglophone Literature (11/30/06; CEA, 4/12/07-4/14/07)

updated: 
Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:38am
Nina Tassi

College English Association National Conference
April 12-14, 2007
New Orleans

We invite papers on ANGLOPHONE LITERATURE for the 38th annual meeting of the CEA. Works in English from non-English speaking cultures, not translations, are welcome. There is no restriction on the culture from which the writer is selected.

Proposals should be submitted via the online database at
http://english.ttu.edu/cea/conftool by November 30th.

When you submit your proposal, you may use a pull-down menu to indicate your topic. Indicate at that pull-down menu that your submission should be directed to me, NINA TASSI, chair of the ANGLOPHONE LITERATURE panels.

CFP: The Voice of the People: The Nineteenth-Century Folk Revival (UK) (12/1/06; 9/7/07-9/9/07)

updated: 
Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:38am
Dr Marcus Waithe

CALL FOR PAPERS:
Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies
University of Sheffield
in association with the Departments of History, Germanic Studies and
English, and the National Centre for English Cultural Tradition
International Interdisciplinary Conference
Friday 7 - Sunday 9 September 2007

The Voice of the People:
The European Folk Revival,
1760-1914

CFP: The Voice of the People: The Nineteenth-Century Folk Revival (UK) (12/1/06; 9/7/07-9/9/07)

updated: 
Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:38am
Dr Marcus Waithe

CALL FOR PAPERS:
Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies
University of Sheffield
in association with the Departments of History, Germanic Studies and
English, and the National Centre for English Cultural Tradition
International Interdisciplinary Conference
Friday 7 - Sunday 9 September 2007

The Voice of the People:
The European Folk Revival,
1760-1914

CFP: Richard Wright at ALA (no deadline noted; ALA, 5/24/07-5/27/07)

updated: 
Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:38am
James Miller

The Richard Wright Circle will sponsor two sessions at the 18th Annual Conference of the American Literature Association in Boston, May 24-27, 2007.

Papers on all aspects of Wright's life and work are welcome.

Please submit proposals or papers to the editor of the Richard Wright Circle:

James A. Miller, Editor
The Richard Wright Circle
c/o Department of English
The George Washington University
Rome Hall, Room 761
Washington, DC 20052

jam_at_gwu.edu

CFP: Mester: Memory and History: Remembering, Forgetting and Forgiving (grad) (12/5/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:38am
Arsova, Jasmina

Mester, the yearly graduate student academic journal of the Department =
of Spanish and Portuguese at UCLA, invites scholarly articles for its =
Special Issue XXXVI (2007) devoted to:

        Memory and History: Remembering, Forgetting and Forgiving

We welcome all submissions that address questions or ideas related but =
not limited to the following concepts in language, literature and visual =
expressions:

Amnesia, Melancholia, Nostalgia, Survival, Repression, Narratives of =
Commemoration, Authorities, Temporalities and Places, Cultural Memory =
and the 'Other,' Language Contact,
Diglossia, Historical Linguistics, Individual and National Policies

CFP: Mester: Memory and History: Remembering, Forgetting and Forgiving (grad) (12/5/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:38am
Arsova, Jasmina

Mester, the yearly graduate student academic journal of the Department =
of Spanish and Portuguese at UCLA, invites scholarly articles for its =
Special Issue XXXVI (2007) devoted to:

        Memory and History: Remembering, Forgetting and Forgiving

We welcome all submissions that address questions or ideas related but =
not limited to the following concepts in language, literature and visual =
expressions:

Amnesia, Melancholia, Nostalgia, Survival, Repression, Narratives of =
Commemoration, Authorities, Temporalities and Places, Cultural Memory =
and the 'Other,' Language Contact,
Diglossia, Historical Linguistics, Individual and National Policies

CFP: Mester: Memory and History: Remembering, Forgetting and Forgiving (grad) (12/5/06; journal issue)

updated: 
Monday, November 6, 2006 - 1:38am
Arsova, Jasmina

Mester, the yearly graduate student academic journal of the Department =
of Spanish and Portuguese at UCLA, invites scholarly articles for its =
Special Issue XXXVI (2007) devoted to:

        Memory and History: Remembering, Forgetting and Forgiving

We welcome all submissions that address questions or ideas related but =
not limited to the following concepts in language, literature and visual =
expressions:

Amnesia, Melancholia, Nostalgia, Survival, Repression, Narratives of =
Commemoration, Authorities, Temporalities and Places, Cultural Memory =
and the 'Other,' Language Contact,
Diglossia, Historical Linguistics, Individual and National Policies

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