The International Vladimir Nabokov Society will sponsor an Open Session
on Nabokov at the December 2007 MLA Convention in Chicago. Papers and
proposals on any aspect of Nabokov studies are welcome. E-mail 1-page
abstracts by or before 1 MARCH to Ellen Pifer (epifer_at_udel.edu).

Thank you,

Ellen Pifer
Professor of English & Comparative Literature
English Department, 322 Memorial Hall
University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716
Tel: 302-831-6965/Fax: 302-831-1586
Email: epifer_at_udel.edu

A Proposed Special Session for the 2007 MLA Conference in Chicago:
Session Topic: The Medical Humanities

A Proposed Special Session for the 2007 MLA Conference in Chicago:
Session Topic: The Medical Humanities

The William Carlos Williams Society would like to invite proposals for
two sessions at the 2007 Modern Language Association's annual meeting
to be held in Chicago, December 27-30. Both panels are sponsored by
the WCW Society.

  1. "Poetry, The Little Review, and Others." This panel seeks
papers exploring WCW's relationship to Little Magazines and Chicago.
Send abstracts (500 words) by March 15, 2007 to Eric White at email:
eric.b.white_at_gmail.com

SEEKING ESSAYS ON KEROUAC'S ON THE ROAD

For a forthcoming collection of scholarly essays on Jack Kerouac's On the
Road, my co-editor (Robert Holton of Carleton University) and I are seeking
completed essays that examine the 1957 novel's gender dynamics or its
portrayals of race and ethnicity.

The collection is under advance contract with a university publisher and
will likely be printed within the next year. Two or possibly three
additional essays are needed to round out the volume. Suggested length for
submissions is 25 pp., in MLA style.

SEEKING ESSAYS ON KEROUAC'S ON THE ROAD

For a forthcoming collection of scholarly essays on Jack Kerouac's On the
Road, my co-editor (Robert Holton of Carleton University) and I are seeking
completed essays that examine the 1957 novel's gender dynamics or its
portrayals of race and ethnicity.

The collection is under advance contract with a university publisher and
will likely be printed within the next year. Two or possibly three
additional essays are needed to round out the volume. Suggested length for
submissions is 25 pp., in MLA style.

Call for Papers:
"The Atlantic in Transatlantic Romanticism" (Special Session Topic)
RMMLA Conference
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
October 4-6, 2007

The Atlantic in Transatlantic Romanticism

Papers sought examining literatures in English relating to transatlantic
Romanticism. Subjects might include (but are not limited to):
cross-cultural influences, early globalization, human rights,
colonialism, the slave trade, the environment. Imaginative responses to
the ocean and/or seagoing are also encouraged. Send 300-word abstracts
via email to Jeff Miller (millerj3_at_gonzaga.edu) or Brian Cooney
(cooney_at_gonzaga.edu).

A limited number of contributors are being sought for additional entries to
an edited volume on mockumentaries.

Updated CFP
The guest editors of a special issue of African American Review on Repre=
senting Segregation are still looking for proposals for projects that ad=
dress the special issue topic in the late nineteenth century=2E =

The extended deadline for proposals on the late nineteenth century is Ma=
rch 15=2C 2007=2E Send inquiries or proposals to Brian Norman (normbria=40=
isu=2Eedu) and Piper Kendrix Williams (williamp=40tcnj=2Eedu) Complet ed=
 papers will due by May 1=2C 2007=2E More information=2C including the o=
riginal CFP for the special issue =2C is available at=3A www=2Eisu=2Eedu=
/=7Enormbria/aar=2E See also African American Review=27s website at=A0 h=
ttp=3A//aar=2Eslu=2Eedu/

SYNTHETICS
The 18th Annual Southland Graduate Student Conference
UCLA English Department
Friday, 4 May 2007

What does it mean to invoke the category of "the synthetic" today?

SYNTHETICS
The 18th Annual Southland Graduate Student Conference
UCLA English Department
Friday, 4 May 2007

What does it mean to invoke the category of "the synthetic" today?

Updated CFP
The guest editors of a special issue of African American Review on Repre=
senting Segregation are still looking for proposals for projects that ad=
dress the special issue topic in the late nineteenth century=2E =

The extended deadline for proposals on the late nineteenth century is Ma=
rch 15=2C 2007=2E Send inquiries or proposals to Brian Norman (normbria=40=
isu=2Eedu) and Piper Kendrix Williams (williamp=40tcnj=2Eedu) Complet ed=
 papers will due by May 1=2C 2007=2E More information=2C including the o=
riginal CFP for the special issue =2C is available at=3A www=2Eisu=2Eedu=
/=7Enormbria/aar=2E See also African American Review=27s website at=A0 h=
ttp=3A//aar=2Eslu=2Eedu/

Updated CFP
The guest editors of a special issue of African American Review on Repre=
senting Segregation are still looking for proposals for projects that ad=
dress the special issue topic in the late nineteenth century=2E =

The extended deadline for proposals on the late nineteenth century is Ma=
rch 15=2C 2007=2E Send inquiries or proposals to Brian Norman (normbria=40=
isu=2Eedu) and Piper Kendrix Williams (williamp=40tcnj=2Eedu) Complet ed=
 papers will due by May 1=2C 2007=2E More information=2C including the o=
riginal CFP for the special issue =2C is available at=3A www=2Eisu=2Eedu=
/=7Enormbria/aar=2E See also African American Review=27s website at=A0 h=
ttp=3A//aar=2Eslu=2Eedu/

CONFERENCE UPDATE:

Fifth International Conference of Caribbean Women’s Writing
Goldsmiths, University of London
Caribbean Studies Centre

27 â€" 28 April, 2007
THEME: Writing, Diaspora and the Legacy of Slavery

NEW SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Feb. 19, 2007

Invited keynote speaker: Professor Sue Thomas, La Trobe University,
Australia