Area: An American Family=0A=0AOn January 11th 1973, PBS aired the first of =
a twelve-part series entitled An American Family. The groundbreaking docume=
ntary chronicled the day to day experiences of the Loud family from Santa B=
arbara, California. Mixing techniques of Direct Cinema and Cinema V=E9rit=
=E9, the filmmakers explored many of the issues that concerned Americans du=
ring the turbulent decade of the 1970s. Two of the important themes they ex=
plored were the crumbling of the American Dream and the breakdown of the Am=
erican Family. The series was viewed by over ten million viewers and attrac=
ted considerable controversy. We are inviting submissions on all aspects of=

Call for Papers: Special theme issue of Reconstruction

Co-edited by

Alexandra Ganser, M.A., University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Dr. Vibha Arora, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India

alexandraganser_at_hotmail.com AND vibhaaurora_at_gmail.com

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture is an open access,
electronic, peer-reviewed journal devoted to publishing essays in
cultural studies from emerging and established scholars worldwide.

Call for Papers: Special theme issue of Reconstruction

Co-edited by

Alexandra Ganser, M.A., University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Dr. Vibha Arora, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India

alexandraganser_at_hotmail.com AND vibhaaurora_at_gmail.com

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture is an open access,
electronic, peer-reviewed journal devoted to publishing essays in
cultural studies from emerging and established scholars worldwide.

The Feminist and Women's Studies Association (UK & Ireland) 20th Annual Conference

 Feminism and Popular Culture

University of Newcastle (June 29th-July 1st, 2007)

Keynote Speakers

s Pamela Church Gibson s Jackie Stacey s Yvonne Tasker s Imelda Whelehan s

The popular straddles disciplines, drawing together research that might otherwise remain discretely sited. This conference will interrogate how the popular and feminism has been understood, articulated and represented both in contemporary cultures and throughout history. Interdisciplinary in its approach, the conference will bring together scholars working in the arts, humanities and social sciences.

The Feminist and Women's Studies Association (UK & Ireland) 20th Annual Conference

 Feminism and Popular Culture

University of Newcastle (June 29th-July 1st, 2007)

Keynote Speakers

s Pamela Church Gibson s Jackie Stacey s Yvonne Tasker s Imelda Whelehan s

The popular straddles disciplines, drawing together research that might otherwise remain discretely sited. This conference will interrogate how the popular and feminism has been understood, articulated and represented both in contemporary cultures and throughout history. Interdisciplinary in its approach, the conference will bring together scholars working in the arts, humanities and social sciences.

Final call for papers: submission of abstracts extended until 7th September=
 =20
2006=20
Fusion cultures: 'memory, migration, [re]mediation, mobility' - 9th =20
december 2006 =20
A one-day multi-disciplinary conference, to be held at the maritime campus=
,=20
University of Greenwich, London, United Kingdom=20
The Asian Research Group at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College in=
=20
collaboration with the Department of English and Performance Studies at The=
=20
University of Greenwich, London=20
'Rather than a manufactured clash of civilizations, we need to concentrate=20
on the slow working together of cultures that overlap, borrow from each oth=
er,=20

        CFP: Women, Dying, and Death (10/13/06; journal issue)
        Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal is seeking submissions =
for a special issue focused on women, dying, and death. The Year of =
Magical Thinking, Joan Didion's book about what life is like after the =
death of both her husband and daughter, was an unexpected best-seller =
given the difficult nature of the material. A personal narrative of =
grief, the book's success is indicative of both the fascination and the =
dread of the processes of death and dying. This special issue will =
examine the representations and images of women, dying, and death across =
cultural, religious, and artistic boundaries.

        CFP: Women, Dying, and Death (10/13/06; journal issue)
        Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal is seeking submissions =
for a special issue focused on women, dying, and death. The Year of =
Magical Thinking, Joan Didion's book about what life is like after the =
death of both her husband and daughter, was an unexpected best-seller =
given the difficult nature of the material. A personal narrative of =
grief, the book's success is indicative of both the fascination and the =
dread of the processes of death and dying. This special issue will =
examine the representations and images of women, dying, and death across =
cultural, religious, and artistic boundaries.

Final call for papers: submission of abstracts extended until 7th September=
 =20
2006=20
Fusion cultures: 'memory, migration, [re]mediation, mobility' - 9th =20
december 2006 =20
A one-day multi-disciplinary conference, to be held at the maritime campus=
,=20
University of Greenwich, London, United Kingdom=20
The Asian Research Group at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College in=
=20
collaboration with the Department of English and Performance Studies at The=
=20
University of Greenwich, London=20
'Rather than a manufactured clash of civilizations, we need to concentrate=20
on the slow working together of cultures that overlap, borrow from each oth=
er,=20

"Narrating the Eighteenth Century"
16 - 17 April 2007, University of Exeter, UK
www.sall.ex.ac.uk/centres/c18narrative

Call for Papers:
The C18 Narrative Research Consortium based in the
Dept. of English at the University of Exeter invites
you to participate in our conference. The emphasis of
the conference is on interdisciplinary approaches to
studying the eighteenth century with the aim of
encouraging and assessing different methods of reading
narratives.

Ixquic: Revista Hisp=E1nica Internacional de An=E1lisis Literario y =
Cultural

Ixquic, an international peer-reviewed journal in the field of =20
Hispanic Studies, is now accepting submissions for its 7th edition to =20=

be published in late 2006. A portion of the edition will be dedicated =20=

to the work of the Spanish writer Antonio Gala however articles =20
outside of this topic will also be considered.

Submissions should be sent via email as an attached file to: =20
ixquic_at_otago.ac.nz

CALL FOR PAPERS:

LITERATURE & POLITICS
AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION
2007 NATIONAL POPULAR CULTURE AND AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATIONS=92 =20
JOINT CONFERENCE
April 4 - 7, 2007

Boston Marriott Copley Place, Boston, Massachusetts

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: NOV. 1st, 2006.

The 2007 Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association =20
National Meeting will be held at the Boston Marriott Copley Place, =20
110 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02116; phone 1-617-236-5800

Proposals on any aspect of LITERATURE & POLITICS are invited for =20
submission to the AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION Area Chair listed below.

New Literacies: Teaching Writing in the 21st Century
 

LITERARY HORIZONS JOURNAL
   
  An examination of a people's past reveals the present day's progress, and illuminates their future. For its premiere issue, the Literary Horizons Journal, a journal dedicated to publishing the work of graduate students, is soliciting papers that analyze the evolution of themes, symbols, and images in African American Literature.
   
  The topics may include but are not limited to:
   
  * The value of education, from Frederick Douglass to Robert Stepto
  * The representation of African American religion in literature
  * The interaction between African Americans and people of other
    racial backgrounds as embodied in literary works