Call for Essay Proposals for MLA Volume on Teaching Anglophone Caribbean
Literature
 
 
For the MLA Options for Teaching Series, the Publications Committee has
approved development of the volume Teaching Anglophone Caribbean Literature,
edited by Supriya M. Nair. Essay proposals are invited for the following
projected sections of the volume:

The Society for Seventeenth-Century French Studies
www.c17.org.uk
The University of Liverpool, 6-8 September 2007

Voyages

The Society for Seventeenth-Century French Studies
www.c17.org.uk
The University of Liverpool, 6-8 September 2007

Voyages

Call for Papers - Comics as a Nexus of Culture: An Interdisciplinary
Conference

25 - 27 May 2007

to be held at Pfalzakademie, Lambrecht, Germany

The Twelfth Conference on Baseball in Literature and Culture, held at
Middle Tennessee State University, is soliciting 1-2 page proposals for
presentations to be given at the conference on Friday, March 30, 2007.
Presenters will have 20 minutes. Proposals should summarize the talk as
clearly as possible. The conference theme defines "culture" loosely: in
addition to baseball literature, topics could include aspects of
baseball history, baseball and urban development, ballpark design,
baseball and economics, baseball and media, baseball in painting or
music, readings of creative works (fiction, non-fiction essays, poems,
plays), and so on. All presentations must follow the 20 minute format.

CALL FOR PAPERS
 
Fourth Annual Conference of the Program in Louisiana and Caribbean Studies at Louisiana State University.
 
"Black Diaspora in the South and the Caribbean."
 
Mar 16-17, 2007
 
1 page proposal/abstract and a CV of not more than 3 pages should be sent by Nov. 20, 2006, to Dr. Paul E. Hoffman, Acting Director, Program for Louisiana and Caribbean Studies, hyhoff@lsu.edu. Proposals for 3-4 person panels welcomed.  For more information, please visit our website, http://www.lsu.edu/lacsp.
 

Call for Papers for an NYCEA sponsored Special Topics Panel on
"Literature and Criminal Justice" at the 2007 College English
Association (CEA) Conference New Orleans—April 12 to April 14, 2007

We welcome submissions of NYCEA papers presented previously on the
following NYCEA Conference theme, OR new submissions on the topic of
this special session call: "Literature and Criminal Justice."

We also welcome full panel proposals fitting the above panel topic.

With a world of distractions vying for attention, we rarely
wholeheartedly give it. Students and teachers often find themselves
physically present but mentally absent form classrooms. Becoming mindful
of the present moment and the work at hand is key, then; but being aware
of the present moment-or text-before us may be difficult.

Call for Papers for an NYCEA sponsored Special Topics Panel on
"Literature and the Healing Arts / Literature and Medicine" at the 2007
College English Association (CEA) Conference New Orleans—April 12 to
April 14, 2007

We welcome submissions of NYCEA papers presented previously on the
following NYCEA Conference theme, OR new submissions on the topic of
this special session call: " Literature and the Healing Arts /
Literature and Medicine"

We also welcome full panel proposals fitting the above panel topic.

Deadline extended to 16 October 2006

Atenea, a multidisciplinary bilingual journal on the humanities and
social sciences, features essays, books reviews, and some fiction and
poetry.

URL: http://www.uprm.edu/atenea

The editorial board invites submissions for publication for a special
issue (June 2007) on "(Post) Colonialism and (Trans) Nationalism."
Submissions in either English or Spanish are welcome (see the guidelines
below):

Deadline extended to 16 October 2006

Atenea, a multidisciplinary bilingual journal on the humanities and
social sciences, features essays, books reviews, and some fiction and
poetry.

URL: http://www.uprm.edu/atenea

The editorial board invites submissions for publication for a special
issue (June 2007) on "(Post) Colonialism and (Trans) Nationalism."
Submissions in either English or Spanish are welcome (see the guidelines
below):

(UPDATE: Changed panel sponsors/subjects and cfp date)

Because the UPenn list was down for a short while, we will be accepting paper submissions for an additional week. Please note that the new due date for abstracts is October 15, 2006.

24th Annual New England Medieval Studies Consortium Graduate Student Conference

"The Medieval World: From the Secular to the Spiritual"
Saturday, February 24, 2007
University of Connecticut

Plenary Speaker: James Simpson, Harvard University Professor of English and American Literature and Language; Life Fellow, Girton College Cambridge; Honorary Fellow, Australian Academy of the Humanities

CALL FOR PAPERS

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Bodies of Myth - New Perspectives

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The Department of Humanities at Leeds Trinity & All Saints invites =
submissions for a one-day conference on myth on July 13th 2007.

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in all areas of the humanities - from foundational myths of faith and =
nation to retellings of traditional stories - and the significance of =
these images and motifs in contemporary culture. The conference welcomes =
wide interpretations of the term 'contemporary' and contributions need =
not be confined to literature and culture of the last 10 years.=20

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    Call for Papers
   
  The SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY Area
  of the Popular Culture Association
  invites submissions for the:
   
  PCA/ACA 2007 NATIONAL CONFERENCE
  BOSTON MARRIOTT COPLEY PLACE,
  BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, APRIL 4 - 7, 2007
   
  UPDATED Deadline for submissions: 17 October 2006
   
  The Science Fiction and Fantasy (SF/F) Area of PCA
  solicits papers, paper proposals, and panel proposals
  from scholars interested in any aspect of SF/F. Any
  disciplinary method or approach is welcome!
   
  Proposals on all media, including literature, film,
  television, multimedia and written works are solicited.