We are looking for papers for a proposed independent panel at this =
year's American Literature Association conference in Boston (May 24-27, =
2007, Memorial Day weekend). Papers should focus on American literature =
written during the years of the current Bush administration. Ideally, =
papers will look at how recent American literature intersects with the =
events and policy decisions of the past six years including, but =
certainly not limited to, the events of September 11th, American =
military intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan, the environment, the =
"Third Great Awakening" and the increased influence of the religious =
right, Enron and other corporate scandals, the USA Patriot Act, the role =

Swietokrzyska Academy in Piotrkow Trybunalski (Poland)

English Philology Department

Invites all the interested scholars to participate in an international
two-day conference:

Cultural representations of psychiatry and mental illness

18th – 19th May 2007

The suggested topics might include but are not limited to:

Representations of the mentally ill in cinema and literature (shell-shock
and other posttraumatic shock disorders, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar
disorder, eating disorders, substance-abuse related illnesses, suicide)

Representations of the doctor-patient relationships

Gender and madness

Writing as a symptom/writing as a cure

Swietokrzyska Academy in Piotrkow Trybunalski (Poland)

English Philology Department

Invites all the interested scholars to participate in an international
two-day conference:

Cultural representations of psychiatry and mental illness

18th – 19th May 2007

The suggested topics might include but are not limited to:

Representations of the mentally ill in cinema and literature (shell-shock
and other posttraumatic shock disorders, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar
disorder, eating disorders, substance-abuse related illnesses, suicide)

Representations of the doctor-patient relationships

Gender and madness

Writing as a symptom/writing as a cure

Deadline extended:

The First International Making Books, Shaping Readers Conference
University College, Cork, April 18th - 20th 2007
http://www.ucc.ie/en/mbsr

Theme: "Making an Audience (Medieval)"

We have had a fantastic response to our conference CFP, but to complete our
programme we are looking for a panel of medievalists, with papers focused on
the theme of the conference. We are also delighted to confirm that Prof John
Thompson (QUB) and Prof Bill Bell (Edinburgh) will be our plenary speakers.

The Science Fiction and Fantasy session will have three or four
twenty-minute papers at the South Central Modern Language Association
meeting in Memphis TN next November. 500-word abstracts (or full drafts)
should be submitted to Joe R. Christopher, English Department, Box T-0300,
Tarleton State University, Stephenville TX 76402
<jchristopher_at_tarleton.edu> by March 14, 2007. The theme of the whole
conference is "Currents," but no tie-in is necessary. For information
about the conference generally, check the SCMLA website; for specific
queries, email Christopher.

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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.

Deadline extended:

The First International Making Books, Shaping Readers Conference
University College, Cork, April 18th - 20th 2007
http://www.ucc.ie/en/mbsr

Theme: "Making an Audience (Medieval)"

We have had a fantastic response to our conference CFP, but to complete our
programme we are looking for a panel of medievalists, with papers focused on
the theme of the conference. We are also delighted to confirm that Prof John
Thompson (QUB) and Prof Bill Bell (Edinburgh) will be our plenary speakers.

UPDATE: The deadline for submissions has been extended until the 25th of January 2007.

1st call for papers.

17th New Zealand Asian Studies Society (NZASIA) International Conference,
University of Otago, 22-25 November 2007. This will be an open,
multidisciplinary conference. Participants are invited to submit panel or
paper proposals presenting original research on any Asian-related topic.
Proposals for panels are welcome. Paper abstracts, single-spaced and no
longer than 200 words, must be submitted before 1 June 2007 to
<nzasia.conference_at_stonebow.otago.ac.nz>. Full conference details can be
found at <http://www.nzasia.org.nz> (conference website will be updated in
February 2007, and followed by 2nd call for papers).

1st call for papers.

17th New Zealand Asian Studies Society (NZASIA) International Conference,
University of Otago, 22-25 November 2007. This will be an open,
multidisciplinary conference. Participants are invited to submit panel or
paper proposals presenting original research on any Asian-related topic.
Proposals for panels are welcome. Paper abstracts, single-spaced and no
longer than 200 words, must be submitted before 1 June 2007 to
<nzasia.conference_at_stonebow.otago.ac.nz>. Full conference details can be
found at <http://www.nzasia.org.nz> (conference website will be updated in
February 2007, and followed by 2nd call for papers).

Sarah M.B. Piatt

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.

Contributors are invited to submit critical works on
the 19th C American poet, Sarah M.B. Piatt. These
papers can examine any aspect of Piatt scholarship.

Possible paper topics may include

a close focus on her poetry
Piatt's life/biographies of the poet
a look at critical texts on the poet
Piatt and politics
Piatt and the literary cannon
reviving Piatt's work in the academy
teaching Piatt

Sarah M.B. Piatt

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.

Contributors are invited to submit critical works on
the 19th C American poet, Sarah M.B. Piatt. These
papers can examine any aspect of Piatt scholarship.

Possible paper topics may include

a close focus on her poetry
Piatt's life/biographies of the poet
a look at critical texts on the poet
Piatt and politics
Piatt and the literary cannon
reviving Piatt's work in the academy
teaching Piatt

May 27, 28 and 29, 2006
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Panel: Literature and Social Activism

Collaboration, communication, and the language of debate used in
social activism are crucial to the success of any politicized movement
that attempts to shape public opinion. Social activism can be
expressed in a wide variety of forms; writing to newspapers, political
pressure on elected officials, demonstrations, rallies, street
marches, essays, proletarian novels, protest poetry, testimonials,
graffiti, and more radical guerilla tactics which aim to disrupt the
social, political, or economic status quo of the nation.

CALL FOR PAPERS, PRESENTATIONS, PANELS AND PARTICIPANTS

THE JOINT JOURNALISM HISTORIANS CONFERENCE
(The American Journalism Historians Association and the AEJMC History Division joint spring meeting)

When: SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 2007
Time: 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM
Place: Kimball Hall, New York University, 246 Greene Street, New York, NY
Cost: $40