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UPDATE: Cylons in America: Battlestar Galactica Collection (2/1/07; collection)

updated: 
Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 1:25am
Tiffany Potter

Call For Papers - Edited Collection

Cylons in America:
Critical Studies of Battlestar Galactica

Edited by C. W. Marshall and Tiffany Potter
(University of British Columbia)

Proposals are invited for an edited collection of original essays that examine BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, an award-winning science fiction television series presently in its third season. Since its debut as a 2003 miniseries, the current incarnation of BSG has created an intellectually challenging and explicitly political engagement with the values and ideologies of contemporary American society.

UPDATE: Cylons in America: Battlestar Galactica Collection (2/1/07; collection)

updated: 
Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 1:25am
Tiffany Potter

Call For Papers - Edited Collection

Cylons in America:
Critical Studies of Battlestar Galactica

Edited by C. W. Marshall and Tiffany Potter
(University of British Columbia)

Proposals are invited for an edited collection of original essays that examine BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, an award-winning science fiction television series presently in its third season. Since its debut as a 2003 miniseries, the current incarnation of BSG has created an intellectually challenging and explicitly political engagement with the values and ideologies of contemporary American society.

UPDATE: Cylons in America: Battlestar Galactica Collection (2/1/07; collection)

updated: 
Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 1:25am
Tiffany Potter

Call For Papers - Edited Collection

Cylons in America:
Critical Studies of Battlestar Galactica

Edited by C. W. Marshall and Tiffany Potter
(University of British Columbia)

Proposals are invited for an edited collection of original essays that examine BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, an award-winning science fiction television series presently in its third season. Since its debut as a 2003 miniseries, the current incarnation of BSG has created an intellectually challenging and explicitly political engagement with the values and ideologies of contemporary American society.

CFP: Literary Criticism (3/1/07; RMMLA, 10/4/07-10/6/07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 1:25am
Alan Blackstock

Soliciting proposals for presentations at the 2007 Rocky Mountain Modern
Language Association Convention in Calgary, Alberta. Submissions in any
area of literary criticism will be considered, but I am particularly
interested in those dealing with old and new critical orthodoxies or
hegemonies. Please send an abstract of 100-300 words to
alanb_at_ext.usu.edu by March 1, 2007.

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Alan Blackstock

Associate Professor of English

Utah State University-Uintah Basin

987 E. Lagoon Street

Roosevelt, Utah

84066

(435) 722-1735

CFP: Literary Criticism (3/1/07; RMMLA, 10/4/07-10/6/07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 1:25am
Alan Blackstock

Soliciting proposals for presentations at the 2007 Rocky Mountain Modern
Language Association Convention in Calgary, Alberta. Submissions in any
area of literary criticism will be considered, but I am particularly
interested in those dealing with old and new critical orthodoxies or
hegemonies. Please send an abstract of 100-300 words to
alanb_at_ext.usu.edu by March 1, 2007.

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Alan Blackstock

Associate Professor of English

Utah State University-Uintah Basin

987 E. Lagoon Street

Roosevelt, Utah

84066

(435) 722-1735

CFP: Defining Victimhood (grad) (2/16/07); (dis)junctions, 4/6/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 1:25am
Tina Stavropoulos

(dis)junctions 2007: malappropriation nation
defining victimhood
 
This call for papers is for a proposed panel to be
held at (dis)junctions 2007: Malappropriation Nation
at the University of California Riverside's 14th
Annual Humanities Graduate Conference on April 6-7,
2007.

CFP: Defining Victimhood (grad) (2/16/07); (dis)junctions, 4/6/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 1:25am
Tina Stavropoulos

(dis)junctions 2007: malappropriation nation
defining victimhood
 
This call for papers is for a proposed panel to be
held at (dis)junctions 2007: Malappropriation Nation
at the University of California Riverside's 14th
Annual Humanities Graduate Conference on April 6-7,
2007.

CFP: Defining Victimhood (grad) (2/16/07); (dis)junctions, 4/6/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 1:25am
Tina Stavropoulos

(dis)junctions 2007: malappropriation nation
defining victimhood
 
This call for papers is for a proposed panel to be
held at (dis)junctions 2007: Malappropriation Nation
at the University of California Riverside's 14th
Annual Humanities Graduate Conference on April 6-7,
2007.

UPDATE: Flannery O'Connor from a Global Perspective (1/27/07; ALA, 5/24/07-5/27/07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 1:25am
Donahoo Family

We've extended the deadline on a session sponsored by the Flannery =
O'Connor Society at the American Literature Association 2007 Conference =
in Boston, May 24-27, 2007. The panel, titled, "Flannery O'Connor from =
a Global Perspective" seeks papers on topics such as (but not limited =
to):

* O'Connor's perspective toward internationalization in a post-war =
America.
* How O'Connor texts are understood in the non-American classroom=20
* How O'Connor fits within literary traditions in other countries=20
* Pedagogical differences when teaching O'Connor abroad or to =
international students
* O'Connor texts as part of a Global literature curriculum

UPDATE: Flannery O'Connor from a Global Perspective (1/27/07; ALA, 5/24/07-5/27/07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 1:25am
Donahoo Family

We've extended the deadline on a session sponsored by the Flannery =
O'Connor Society at the American Literature Association 2007 Conference =
in Boston, May 24-27, 2007. The panel, titled, "Flannery O'Connor from =
a Global Perspective" seeks papers on topics such as (but not limited =
to):

* O'Connor's perspective toward internationalization in a post-war =
America.
* How O'Connor texts are understood in the non-American classroom=20
* How O'Connor fits within literary traditions in other countries=20
* Pedagogical differences when teaching O'Connor abroad or to =
international students
* O'Connor texts as part of a Global literature curriculum

CFP: 2007 Conference on John Milton (6/30/07; 10/25/07-10/27/07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 1:25am
Kevin Donovan

CALL FOR PAPERS: The 2007 Conference on John Milton
October 25-27, 2007

Sponsored by the Department of English
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Papers (not to exceed 20 minutes reading time) are invited on any aspect
of Milton studies, from close readings of particular works to broader
investigations of themes and trends.

Send two copies of completed papers by 30 June 2007 to

         Charles W. Durham
         2318 London Avenue
         Murfreesboro, TN 37129

For more information call, write, or e-mail the conference directors:

CFP: 2007 Conference on John Milton (6/30/07; 10/25/07-10/27/07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 1:25am
Kevin Donovan

CALL FOR PAPERS: The 2007 Conference on John Milton
October 25-27, 2007

Sponsored by the Department of English
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Papers (not to exceed 20 minutes reading time) are invited on any aspect
of Milton studies, from close readings of particular works to broader
investigations of themes and trends.

Send two copies of completed papers by 30 June 2007 to

         Charles W. Durham
         2318 London Avenue
         Murfreesboro, TN 37129

For more information call, write, or e-mail the conference directors:

CFP: Politicized Aesthetics (grad) (2/16/07); (dis)junctions, 4/6/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 1:25am
Tina Stavropoulos

(dis)junctions 2007: malappropriation nation
politicized aesthetics

This call for papers is for a proposed panel to be
held at (dis)junctions 2007: Malappropriation Nation
at the University of California Riverside's 14th
Annual Humanities Graduate Conference on April 6-7,
2007.

CFP: Politicized Aesthetics (grad) (2/16/07); (dis)junctions, 4/6/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 1:25am
Tina Stavropoulos

(dis)junctions 2007: malappropriation nation
politicized aesthetics

This call for papers is for a proposed panel to be
held at (dis)junctions 2007: Malappropriation Nation
at the University of California Riverside's 14th
Annual Humanities Graduate Conference on April 6-7,
2007.

CFP: Politicized Aesthetics (grad) (2/16/07); (dis)junctions, 4/6/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 1:25am
Tina Stavropoulos

(dis)junctions 2007: malappropriation nation
politicized aesthetics

This call for papers is for a proposed panel to be
held at (dis)junctions 2007: Malappropriation Nation
at the University of California Riverside's 14th
Annual Humanities Graduate Conference on April 6-7,
2007.

UPDATE: De/Re Constructed Identities in Iberian and Luso-Hispanic Literatures (5/15/07; 10/5/07-10/6/07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 1:25am
Jorge Abril Sanchez

THIS IS TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE DATES FOR THE CONFERENCE ON "(DE/RE)CONSTRUCTED
IDENTITIES IN IBERIAN AND LUSO-HISPANIC LITERATURES" HAVE CHANGED. THE
CONFERENCE WILL TAKE PLACE NOW ON OCTOBER 5-6, 2007. THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT
ABSTRACTS IS NOW MAY 15, 2007. THE CONFERENCE WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF ROMANCE LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
AT constructedidentities_at_hotmail.com

UPDATE: De/Re Constructed Identities in Iberian and Luso-Hispanic Literatures (5/15/07; 10/5/07-10/6/07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 1:25am
Jorge Abril Sanchez

THIS IS TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE DATES FOR THE CONFERENCE ON "(DE/RE)CONSTRUCTED
IDENTITIES IN IBERIAN AND LUSO-HISPANIC LITERATURES" HAVE CHANGED. THE
CONFERENCE WILL TAKE PLACE NOW ON OCTOBER 5-6, 2007. THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT
ABSTRACTS IS NOW MAY 15, 2007. THE CONFERENCE WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF ROMANCE LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
AT constructedidentities_at_hotmail.com

UPDATE: College of Saint Rose Women's Studies Regional Conference - Feminism, Activism and the Academy (2/2/07; 3/24/07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 1:25am
LEDFORD, ANGELA

CALL FOR PAPERS: FEMINISM, ACTIVISM AND THE ACADEMY

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DEADLINE EXTENDED - FEB. 2, 2007!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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The Women's Studies Committee at The College of Saint Rose in Albany, NY
invites you to join Activist/Scholar/Publisher Barbara Smith and
Authors/Activists Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards for the First
Annual Saint Rose Women's Studies Regional Conference on Saturday, March
24, 2007.

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This year, we invite scholarly papers, practical workshops and dialogues
by and between feminist and womanist activists, writers and scholars on
themes related to Feminism, Activism and the Academy.=20

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