Deadline extended:

CFP: Renaissance Drama, Open Topic, to be held at the South Central MLA, =
Fort Worth, TX, Oct. 26-28, 2006

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Please submit abstracts or completed manuscripts by March 15, 2006 to:

Chair: Sim Shattuck,=20

Louisiana Tech University

Ruston, LA 71272

shattuck_at_latech.edu

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James M. Palmer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of English
Prairie View A&M University
ja <mailto:james_palmer_at_pvamu.edu> mes_palmer_at_pvamu.edu

We are seeking submissions for a panel on the theme of dramatic transactions. This panel will occur as part of the
Association of English Graduate Students' 19th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference, entitled "Trans -- : Negotiation and
Resistance," to be held at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

We are seeking submissions for a panel on the theme of dramatic transactions. This panel will occur as part of the
Association of English Graduate Students' 19th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference, entitled "Trans -- : Negotiation and
Resistance," to be held at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

  Last Call for Papers, artciencia.com nº 2
  Deadline February 10, 2006

Call for Papers

The Edith Wharton Society, an allied organization of the MLA, will sponsor
two panels at the 2006 MLA Convention in Philadelphia.

1. Nation, Race, and Citizenship in Edith Wharton's Works. Issues addressed
might include but are not limited to cosmopolitanism; biological, political,
and anthropological constructions of citizenship, race, and nation; exile
and conceptions of "home"; national and transnational identities; and
related topics. Proposals on Wharton's fiction, travel literature,
autobiographical writings, poetry, and work during World War I are welcome.

Please Post:

We have extended the deadline for submission of abstracts to February
22, 2006. For further information, please contact jstein_at_seattleu.edu

AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH-A CONFERENCE

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Gaffney Chair for Endowed Mission and the Center for the Study of
Justice in Society jointly present and invite contributions to a
Conference on AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. The conference
will be held at Seattle University from April 27-29, 2006.

[UPDATED: extended deadline, additional submissions track, new website]

*CFP : Videogames and the Alien / Other*
Second Annual University of Florida Game Studies Conference
Gainesville, FL
April 7-8, 2006

http://www.alien.gameology.org

The University of Florida's Game Studies Group and the College of
Liberal Arts and Sciences is pleased to announce the 2006 UF Game
StudiesConference: "Video Games and the Alien/Other," which will be held
in Gainesville,Florida, on April 7-8 2006.

  CALL FOR PAPERS
   
  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
   
  ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 28 2006
   

Department of Germanic & Romance Studies
University of Delhi, Delhi - 110007
Tel: 27666426, 27667725 Ext.1296

E-mail: grs.du.in_at_gmail.com

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CALL FOR PAPERS

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SEMINAR:

Rites of Passage: Exploring changes in the travel motif=20

2-4 March 2006

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Department of Germanic & Romance Studies
University of Delhi, Delhi - 110007
Tel: 27666426, 27667725 Ext.1296

E-mail: grs.du.in_at_gmail.com

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CALL FOR PAPERS

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Rites of Passage: Exploring changes in the travel motif=20

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CALL FOR PAPERS
Regular Session: Women's Caucus

Women's Caucus of the SCMLA: "How Far Have You Come, Baby? The Impact of Gender on Faculty Evaluations"—October 26, - 28, 2006, Fort Worth, TX

The Jewish Cultural Studies Discussion Group seeks papers on the following
topic for the 2006 MLA Annual Convention:

Jewtastic: Marketing Jewish Culture

The commodification of Jewishness and the circulation of Jewish images and
icons from Streisand to "faux mitzvahs," from comics to kabbala. We
especially encourage papers focusing on aspects material culture,
celebrity culture, and mass media. Period open.

Abstracts of 250 words to sabraun_at_ucdavis.edu by March 15.

      FORENSIC FUTURES: INTERROGATING THE POSTHUMAN SUBJECT
                   Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1, 16, 17 and 18 March, 2006
   
  Convened by Rosi Braidotti, Utrecht University; Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professor, Birkbeck College.