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CFP: Formalist Literary Theory in America (3/15/07; PAMLA, 11/2/07-11/3/07)

updated: 
Thursday, February 1, 2007 - 10:33pm
Alfred J. Drake

  Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) Conference
November 2-3, 2007
Western Washington University
Bellingham, Washington

  "The New Criticism: Formalist Literary Theory and Practice in America."

Paper proposals sought for an approved special-session panel on American
New Criticism. Proposals may address issues ranging from the theory and
practice of American formalist critics to the history and impact of
formalism in higher education. (Proposals that address movements and
authors beyond the panel's American context may also be considered.)

CFP: Formalist Literary Theory in America (3/15/07; PAMLA, 11/2/07-11/3/07)

updated: 
Thursday, February 1, 2007 - 10:33pm
Alfred J. Drake

  Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) Conference
November 2-3, 2007
Western Washington University
Bellingham, Washington

  "The New Criticism: Formalist Literary Theory and Practice in America."

Paper proposals sought for an approved special-session panel on American
New Criticism. Proposals may address issues ranging from the theory and
practice of American formalist critics to the history and impact of
formalism in higher education. (Proposals that address movements and
authors beyond the panel's American context may also be considered.)

CFP: Society for Reformation Research, SCSC 2007 (3/15/07; 10/24/07-10/28/07)

updated: 
Thursday, February 1, 2007 - 10:33pm
Susan Boettcher

The Society for Reformation Research (SRR:
website at http://www.reformationresearch.org/ ),
a North American scholarly organization and
partner group to the Verein für
Reformationgeschichte, is concerned with
furthering scholarly research on the Protestant
and Catholic Reformations and all other aspects
of religious life in the early modern era.
Following our mandate, we will sponsor a variety
of sessions at the 2007 annual meeting of the
Sixteenth Century Studies Conference held in
Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA), from October 24-28 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.

CFP: Society for Reformation Research, SCSC 2007 (3/15/07; 10/24/07-10/28/07)

updated: 
Thursday, February 1, 2007 - 10:33pm
Susan Boettcher

The Society for Reformation Research (SRR:
website at http://www.reformationresearch.org/ ),
a North American scholarly organization and
partner group to the Verein für
Reformationgeschichte, is concerned with
furthering scholarly research on the Protestant
and Catholic Reformations and all other aspects
of religious life in the early modern era.
Following our mandate, we will sponsor a variety
of sessions at the 2007 annual meeting of the
Sixteenth Century Studies Conference held in
Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA), from October 24-28 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.

CFP: Computer Applications in English and Foreign Languages - Open Topic (3/16/07; SCMLA, 11/1/07-11/3/07)

updated: 
Thursday, February 1, 2007 - 10:33pm
Wooseong Yeom

Computer Applications in English and Foreign Languages
South Central Modern Language Association Annual Convention
November 1-3, 2006
Memphis, TN

The 2007 SCMLA Computer Applications in English and Foreign Languages
session welcomes submissions on any aspect of computer-assisted
instruction, humanities computing, electronic literacy, or related
topic. Please send papers or 500-word abstract to session chair Woo Yeom at
<auden_at_mail.utexas.edu>.

Submissions due March 16. Notification of acceptance will be made by
April 9; participants must be members of SCMLA by May 14, 2007.

CFP: Sympo(e)sium: Poe's Influence on Writers and Artists (3/1/07; RMMLA, 10/4/07-10/6/07)

updated: 
Thursday, February 1, 2007 - 10:33pm
Milton, Paul

Call for submissions for the Sympo(e)sium at the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA)conference in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 4-6, 2007. We are looking for papers that deal with any aspect of Edgar Allan Poe's work or his influence on writers and artists of any period or national literature. Please send proposals (250 words) or finished papers to Paul Milton at paul.milton_at_ubc.ca or to Department of Critical Studies, University of British Columbia-Okanagan, 3333 University Way, Kelowna, British Columbia, V1V 1V7.
Deadline for submissions: *March 1, 2007*
More information about the conference can be found at http://rmmla.wsu.edu/call/default.asp

CFP: The Crucible in Performance (3/1/07; MLA '07)

updated: 
Thursday, February 1, 2007 - 10:33pm
erika.olbricht_at_yale.edu

CFP: _The Crucible_ in Performance
Special session at MLA 2007 (27-30 December, Chicago).

Soliciting papers treating Miller's play and/or adaptations of it, especially
Robert Ward's opera. While I will consider any proposal, I would especially
like to consider papers treating issues of textual problematics across
adaptations, the performance of allegory, Miller's historiography, or the
relationship between politics, history, and theatre/performance.

One page proposals by 1 March to Erika Olbricht: erika.olbricht at yale.edu.
Finished papers should be 15 - 20 minutes.

Erika Olbricht
Postdoctoral Fellow
Yale University

UPDATE: Victorian Materialities (2/15/07; NAVSA, 10/10/07-10/13/07)

updated: 
Thursday, February 1, 2007 - 10:33pm
Lisa Surridge

Note corrected email addresses:

CALL FOR PAPERS

The North American Victorian Studies Association and the Victorian
Studies Association of Western Canada will join forces for a joint
conference to be held 10-13 October 2007. The conference will take
place at the Laurel Point Inn on Victoria's beautiful inner harbour.
Featured presenters include Stephen Arata, Peter Bailey, Kirstie
Blair, Nicholas Daly, Jennifer Green-Lewis, Donald E. Hall, Gail
Turley Houston, Linda K. Hughes, Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, Seth
Koven, Philippa Levine, Lynda Nead, John Picker, Erika
Rappaport, and Talia Schaffer.

UPDATE: Victorian Materialities (2/15/07; NAVSA, 10/10/07-10/13/07)

updated: 
Thursday, February 1, 2007 - 10:33pm
Lisa Surridge

Note corrected email addresses:

CALL FOR PAPERS

The North American Victorian Studies Association and the Victorian
Studies Association of Western Canada will join forces for a joint
conference to be held 10-13 October 2007. The conference will take
place at the Laurel Point Inn on Victoria's beautiful inner harbour.
Featured presenters include Stephen Arata, Peter Bailey, Kirstie
Blair, Nicholas Daly, Jennifer Green-Lewis, Donald E. Hall, Gail
Turley Houston, Linda K. Hughes, Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, Seth
Koven, Philippa Levine, Lynda Nead, John Picker, Erika
Rappaport, and Talia Schaffer.

UPDATE: Victorian Materialities (2/15/07; NAVSA, 10/10/07-10/13/07)

updated: 
Thursday, February 1, 2007 - 10:33pm
Lisa Surridge

Note corrected email addresses:

CALL FOR PAPERS

The North American Victorian Studies Association and the Victorian
Studies Association of Western Canada will join forces for a joint
conference to be held 10-13 October 2007. The conference will take
place at the Laurel Point Inn on Victoria's beautiful inner harbour.
Featured presenters include Stephen Arata, Peter Bailey, Kirstie
Blair, Nicholas Daly, Jennifer Green-Lewis, Donald E. Hall, Gail
Turley Houston, Linda K. Hughes, Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, Seth
Koven, Philippa Levine, Lynda Nead, John Picker, Erika
Rappaport, and Talia Schaffer.

UPDATE: Victorian Materialities (2/15/07; NAVSA, 10/10/07-10/13/07)

updated: 
Thursday, February 1, 2007 - 10:33pm
Lisa Surridge

Note corrected email addresses:

CALL FOR PAPERS

The North American Victorian Studies Association and the Victorian
Studies Association of Western Canada will join forces for a joint
conference to be held 10-13 October 2007. The conference will take
place at the Laurel Point Inn on Victoria's beautiful inner harbour.
Featured presenters include Stephen Arata, Peter Bailey, Kirstie
Blair, Nicholas Daly, Jennifer Green-Lewis, Donald E. Hall, Gail
Turley Houston, Linda K. Hughes, Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, Seth
Koven, Philippa Levine, Lynda Nead, John Picker, Erika
Rappaport, and Talia Schaffer.

UPDATE: Victorian Materialities (2/15/07; NAVSA, 10/10/07-10/13/07)

updated: 
Thursday, February 1, 2007 - 10:33pm
Lisa Surridge

Note corrected email addresses:

CALL FOR PAPERS

The North American Victorian Studies Association and the Victorian
Studies Association of Western Canada will join forces for a joint
conference to be held 10-13 October 2007. The conference will take
place at the Laurel Point Inn on Victoria's beautiful inner harbour.
Featured presenters include Stephen Arata, Peter Bailey, Kirstie
Blair, Nicholas Daly, Jennifer Green-Lewis, Donald E. Hall, Gail
Turley Houston, Linda K. Hughes, Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, Seth
Koven, Philippa Levine, Lynda Nead, John Picker, Erika
Rappaport, and Talia Schaffer.

CFP: The Crucible in Performance (3/1/07; MLA '07)

updated: 
Thursday, February 1, 2007 - 10:33pm
erika.olbricht_at_yale.edu

CFP: _The Crucible_ in Performance
Special session at MLA 2007 (27-30 December, Chicago).

Soliciting papers treating Miller's play and/or adaptations of it, especially
Robert Ward's opera. While I will consider any proposal, I would especially
like to consider papers treating issues of textual problematics across
adaptations, the performance of allegory, Miller's historiography, or the
relationship between politics, history, and theatre/performance.

One page proposals by 1 March to Erika Olbricht: erika.olbricht at yale.edu.
Finished papers should be 15 - 20 minutes.

Erika Olbricht
Postdoctoral Fellow
Yale University

CFP: The Crucible in Performance (3/1/07; MLA '07)

updated: 
Thursday, February 1, 2007 - 10:33pm
erika.olbricht_at_yale.edu

CFP: _The Crucible_ in Performance
Special session at MLA 2007 (27-30 December, Chicago).

Soliciting papers treating Miller's play and/or adaptations of it, especially
Robert Ward's opera. While I will consider any proposal, I would especially
like to consider papers treating issues of textual problematics across
adaptations, the performance of allegory, Miller's historiography, or the
relationship between politics, history, and theatre/performance.

One page proposals by 1 March to Erika Olbricht: erika.olbricht at yale.edu.
Finished papers should be 15 - 20 minutes.

Erika Olbricht
Postdoctoral Fellow
Yale University

CFP: Nostalgia and Children's Literature (3/13/07; SAMLA, 11/9/07-11/11/07)

updated: 
Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 8:40pm
Julie Sinn

Past Pleasures: Nostalgia and Children's Literature

Children's Literature Discussion Circle =97 Call For Papers
South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA) Conference
November 2007
Atlanta, Georgia

In order to examine children's literature through the lens of nostalgia,
possible topics include, but are not limited to, the following options:

CFP: Nostalgia and Children's Literature (3/13/07; SAMLA, 11/9/07-11/11/07)

updated: 
Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 8:40pm
Julie Sinn

Past Pleasures: Nostalgia and Children's Literature

Children's Literature Discussion Circle =97 Call For Papers
South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA) Conference
November 2007
Atlanta, Georgia

In order to examine children's literature through the lens of nostalgia,
possible topics include, but are not limited to, the following options:

CFP: Nostalgia and Children's Literature (3/13/07; SAMLA, 11/9/07-11/11/07)

updated: 
Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 8:40pm
Julie Sinn

Past Pleasures: Nostalgia and Children's Literature

Children's Literature Discussion Circle =97 Call For Papers
South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA) Conference
November 2007
Atlanta, Georgia

In order to examine children's literature through the lens of nostalgia,
possible topics include, but are not limited to, the following options:

CFP: Nostalgia and Children's Literature (3/13/07; SAMLA, 11/9/07-11/11/07)

updated: 
Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 8:40pm
Julie Sinn

Past Pleasures: Nostalgia and Children's Literature

Children's Literature Discussion Circle =97 Call For Papers
South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA) Conference
November 2007
Atlanta, Georgia

In order to examine children's literature through the lens of nostalgia,
possible topics include, but are not limited to, the following options:

CFP: Children in Adult Literature (3/7/07; MLA '07)

updated: 
Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 8:39pm
Cannady, Laurie J.

"A New Angle of Ageism: Examining the Presence and Function of Children
in Adult Literature" is a special session which will be proposed for the
MLA 2007 Conference to be held in Chicago on December 27-30.

CFP: Children in Adult Literature (3/7/07; MLA '07)

updated: 
Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 8:39pm
Cannady, Laurie J.

"A New Angle of Ageism: Examining the Presence and Function of Children
in Adult Literature" is a special session which will be proposed for the
MLA 2007 Conference to be held in Chicago on December 27-30.

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