The Queensland Society for the Study of Religion (QSSR) in conjunction with
the School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics, University of
Queensland, Brisbane, Australia presents

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***Alternative Expressions of the Numinous***
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**Date: Friday 17 - Sunday 19 August 2007

**Venue: School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics, University
of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, Australia

**Conference Chairs:

Helen Farley
Danielle Kirby, and
Julie Washington

***Call for Papers:

Abstracts (250 words) are invited for, but not limited to, the following
strands:

Hi folks,

Please consider this CFP, and forward it to anyone interested.
Deadline is March 15th. Thank you.

Conference Panel Call for Papers:
Against Embodiment (or, Embodiment and its Discontents)
21st Annual Conference for the Society for Literature,
     Science and the Arts
November 1 – November 4, 2007
Portland, Maine, USA

Call for Papers

Conference
IRISH WOMEN WRITERS:
National and European Contexts

University of Leuven, Belgium
Wednesday 24 October =96 Saturday 27 October 2007

Confirmed Plenary speakers: Patricia Coughlan,=20
Ann Owen Weekes, Anne Fogarty and Sin=E9ad Morrissey

Call for Papers

Conference
IRISH WOMEN WRITERS:
National and European Contexts

University of Leuven, Belgium
Wednesday 24 October =96 Saturday 27 October 2007

Confirmed Plenary speakers: Patricia Coughlan,=20
Ann Owen Weekes, Anne Fogarty and Sin=E9ad Morrissey

Fourth Australian International Academic Conference on Motherhood

The Mother: Images, Issues and Practices

Thursday 5th July 2007 - Saturday 7th July 2007

The University of Queensland, St Lucia Q 4072, Brisbane, Australia

This Conference will explore, examine, critique, theorise, and respond to
key issues and recent research into images and their effects on mothers,
maternal issues and how these issues have been theorised by mothers
themselves, and how mothers see their practices when rearing their children.

2007 MLA in Chicago

The Poetics of Architecture

How do Germans writing around 1800 represent the experience of
constructed space? How is the perception of architecture related to
travel? What aesthetic aspirations do Goethe and his contemporaries
associate with idealized buildings? How does Goethe help construct a
history of architectural styles? What is the relationship between
Classicist aesthetics and German architectural histories written in
the nineteenth century? Please submit 200 word proposals to Daniel
Purdy (dlp14_at_psu.edu) by 15 March 2007.

CALL FOR PAPERS

BEHOLDING VIOLENCE:
A CONFERENCE ON MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN
REPRESENTATION AND CULTURE

February 28 - March 1, 2008

BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY

Historically, the action of beholding is linked to spectatorship and
theatricality in viewing. In the scene of beholding, one is often
captivated by the image before which one is placed. The viewer reacts
to the image and this reaction has political implications. Beholding
also carries with it elements of debt, duty, and responsibility.
Often the beholder of violence is placed in a precarious position
with regard to aesthetic and ethical questions.

New Texas: A Journal of Literature and the Arts
(http://www.sulross.edu/newtexas/) seeks submissions as follows:

        Fiction

/New Texas/ is open to fiction either by Texans, focused on Texas, or
featuring Texas as a backdrop. We allow *creative latitude*; the
fictional pieces may focus on the *spiritual landscape* of Texas as its
connection to place.

The pieces should not exceed 25 double spaced pages. Short shorts will
be considered.

        Poetry

* The Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction, forthcoming in 2008 from Facts on
File, is seeking contributors. We encourage prospective authors to consult
our website (see below) for available entries.
     Our encyclopedia is intended as a guide to bestselling contemporary
fiction, covering those works typically neglected by more "literary"
guides. We include entries on authors whose work has reached, or
consistently come very close to, the annual "top 10" list of bestsellers
during roughly the past 25 years (1980 to the present), along with entries
on a representative selection of individual works which have reached "top
10" bestseller status in a particular year during this period. Some works

* The Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction, forthcoming in 2008 from Facts on
File, is seeking contributors. We encourage prospective authors to consult
our website (see below) for available entries.
     Our encyclopedia is intended as a guide to bestselling contemporary
fiction, covering those works typically neglected by more "literary"
guides. We include entries on authors whose work has reached, or
consistently come very close to, the annual "top 10" list of bestsellers
during roughly the past 25 years (1980 to the present), along with entries
on a representative selection of individual works which have reached "top
10" bestseller status in a particular year during this period. Some works

For a proposed panel on intersections between film and poverty at the Modern
Language Association Convention to be held December 27-30, 2007.

As the gap between the rich and the poor in the U.S. continues to rise, nearly twenty percent of
American children under five live below the poverty line, and nearly one-half of all people in
America spend at least one year in poverty, it seems a good time to examine how the movies—
perhaps the most popular and certainly the most expensive of art forms—portray poverty.

All approaches are welcome, though comparative (international / U.S.) approaches are especially
encouraged.

Marriage in Shakespeare: New Essay in Criticism(Macmillan Press)Closing 30 May 2007

Essays on various issues relating to marriage in the plays of William Shakespeare are invited for a book to be edited by Prof Bhim S. Dahiya, Sarup Singh Professor of English, Kurukshetra University India.The essays may relate to,but not limited to, following issues:
Marital roles and Behaviours
Strife in Marriage
Legal, Historical and Literary approaches to Marriage
Conflict over Status, Gender, Relations, Property, Religious Beliefs and Individual Autonomy
Comlexities of Marital Law
Marriage as a Community Affair
Marriage and Clergy

II International Conference on Nation and Identity in 19th* and 20th*
Century Literature in English.September 20th * 21st, 2007San Antonio
Catholic University, Murcia (Spain)Additional information, including
confirmed speakers, accomodation information and a registration form is
available online
at:http://www.ucam.edu/unidcentral/idiomas/Events/005/Index.htm
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Elvira Jensen-Casado,
Unidad Central de Idiomas,=20
Universidad Cat=F3lica San Antonio,=20
Campus de los Jer=F3nimos
30107 Guadalupe, Murcia, Espa=F1a.
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Tlf. + 34 - 968278893

II International Conference on Nation and Identity in 19th* and 20th*
Century Literature in English.September 20th * 21st, 2007San Antonio
Catholic University, Murcia (Spain)Additional information, including
confirmed speakers, accomodation information and a registration form is
available online
at:http://www.ucam.edu/unidcentral/idiomas/Events/005/Index.htm
=20
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Elvira Jensen-Casado,
Unidad Central de Idiomas,=20
Universidad Cat=F3lica San Antonio,=20
Campus de los Jer=F3nimos
30107 Guadalupe, Murcia, Espa=F1a.
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Tlf. + 34 - 968278893