Critical Classics Revisited (Special Session)
To be proposed for the MLA Conference
27-30 December 2006, Philadelphia, PA
 
This panel will be devoted to reconsiderations of major works of
twentieth-century criticism, scholarship, or theory (e.g., Auerbach's
Mimesis, Frye's Anatomy, Barthes's S/Z). Possible questions or points of
discussion:
 
*What matters and what no longer matters in this work?
*To what in its historical context was this work a response?
*What has been the effect of this work on the history of literary
study?
*What are the literary (or textual) qualities of this work?
 
Besides individual works, the panel will be open to reconsiderations of

Journal Culture, Language and Representation invites contributions
for Volume 4 to be published May 2007

The issue will be devoted to "Intercultural Communication"

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Native American Students in Advanced Academia Present:
The 5th Annual Showcase of Native Scholarship At the University of Washingt=
on

Transcending Boundaries: Implications of Indigenous Graduate Research

The 5th Annual Showcase of Native Scholarship at the University of Washingt=
on
will be held on FRIDAY, April 7th, 2006 from 9am-4pm in the Walker Ames Roo=
m,
Kane Hall, at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA. The symposium=20
will take place during the annual UW Native Voices Film Festival. =20

Students are invited to communicate their research in one of the following=20
formats:

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Native American Students in Advanced Academia Present:
The 5th Annual Showcase of Native Scholarship At the University of Washingt=
on

Transcending Boundaries: Implications of Indigenous Graduate Research

The 5th Annual Showcase of Native Scholarship at the University of Washingt=
on
will be held on FRIDAY, April 7th, 2006 from 9am-4pm in the Walker Ames Roo=
m,
Kane Hall, at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA. The symposium=20
will take place during the annual UW Native Voices Film Festival. =20

Students are invited to communicate their research in one of the following=20
formats:

Call for Papers: PSU Americanists Graduate Student Conference

"What's Wrong with Belonging?: Epistemologies of Imperialism and
Domesticity in the Americas"

Date of Conference: 7–9 April 2006
Submission Deadline: 8 March 2006
Submissions/Queries: americanists_at_gmail.com

Call for Papers
JLT-Journal of Literary Theory

Journal of Literary Theory

Call for Papers: PSU Americanists Graduate Student Conference

"What's Wrong with Belonging?: Epistemologies of Imperialism and
Domesticity in the Americas"

Date of Conference: 7–9 April 2006
Submission Deadline: 8 March 2006
Submissions/Queries: americanists_at_gmail.com

CONFERENCE

Englishness: Embodiment, Identity and the Hero(in)eic
28-29th September 2006
Universitat de les Illes Balears (Palma Majorca Spain)
International Institute for the Study of Englishness

http://web.mac.com/theorists/iWeb/IISE/

email: contact_at_iise.co.uk

The major theme for the conference is: The Englishness of Heroines
and Heroes Symbolism, Embodiment, Narratives & Identities

Seeking panelists to present papers on Jane Yolen and the Feminist
"Fairy Tale." The primary work under discussion will be Yolen's The Girl
Who Cried Flowers, a collection of Yolen's original fairy tales, but
submissions looking at Yolen's work overall or her other fantastical
stories are strongly encouraged.

Contact ams244_at_georgetown.edu with bio and 50-100 word abstract.
Graduate students welcome.

The Convention:

  WISCON 30, WORLD'S LEADING FEMINIST SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTION - MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND: 26 - 29 MAY 2006 CONCOURSE HOTEL, MADISON, WISCONSIN
   
  GUESTS OF HONOR: JANE YOLEN AND KATE WILHELM

Dear Colleague,

Please consider contributing to our special issue of _Essays on Canadian
Writing_ - and please distribute this Call for Papers widely to your
departments and contacts.

Our best,

Dr. Sophie McCall and Dr. David Chariandy
Department of English
Simon Fraser University
8888 University Drive
Burnaby BC
V5A 1S6
smccall_at_sfu.ca; chariand_at_sfu.ca

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Call for papers

A special ECW issue on

Citizenship and Cultural Belonging in Canadian Literature

A TransCanada Project

Guest Editors: David Chariandy and Sophie McCall

UPDATE: Realism in European Film Theory and Cinema (3/1/06; collection)

Please note the new deadline: March 1, 2006

ESSE 8 London 29 August - 2 September 2006=20

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Seminar Call for Papers:

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"The Writer, the Collection and the Museum"

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Call for Papers: "Comparative Literature: Open Topic" Panel at the 2006
SCMLA Convention in Fort Worth, Texas, October 26-28, 2006.

**Please send your paper or 500-word abstract to Marina Alexandrova at
maralex_at_mail.utexas.edu by March 15th, 2006.

//For more information please refer to the SCMLA official website:

http://www.ou.edu/scmla/FWRegAll.htm

Sincerely,

Marina Alexandrova,
University of Texas at Austin

Call for Papers

CFP: "Religious Narrative and Post-Secularity"

NEXUS Interdisciplinary Conference

University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Friday April 7 - Saturday April 8, 2006
Keynote Speaker: John Caputo (Syracuse)--"Beyond Sovereignty: The =20
Weakness of God and the Postmodern Situation"
Reading by Diane Glancy (Macalester College)
Website: http://web.utk.edu/~nexus/
Deadline for Submissions: February 10, 2006

Alvin Toffler describes our contemporary culture as the product of =20
our technology=92s =93accelerative thrust,=94 propelling us ever more =20=