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CFP: Literary Pedagogy for Myth, Magic, Ritual, Religion (3/1/07; MLA '07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 6, 2007 - 11:56pm
Roberta Sabbath

A Special Session is proposed for the MLA 2007
conference in Chicago.

"Reading the Wind: Literary Pedagogy for Myth, Magic,
Ritual, Spirituality, Religion in African, Middle
Eastern, Asian, trans-American Texts" explores
alternatives to post-colonial, Lacanian, and
post-structuralist readings.

Panelists are welcomed who can address the
supersensible dimension of a specific work from the
above geographic areas using its spiritual, religious,
cosmological, or philosophical context.

CFP: Literary Pedagogy for Myth, Magic, Ritual, Religion (3/1/07; MLA '07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 6, 2007 - 11:56pm
Roberta Sabbath

A Special Session is proposed for the MLA 2007
conference in Chicago.

"Reading the Wind: Literary Pedagogy for Myth, Magic,
Ritual, Spirituality, Religion in African, Middle
Eastern, Asian, trans-American Texts" explores
alternatives to post-colonial, Lacanian, and
post-structuralist readings.

Panelists are welcomed who can address the
supersensible dimension of a specific work from the
above geographic areas using its spiritual, religious,
cosmological, or philosophical context.

CFP: Literary Pedagogy for Myth, Magic, Ritual, Religion (3/1/07; MLA '07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 6, 2007 - 11:56pm
Roberta Sabbath

A Special Session is proposed for the MLA 2007
conference in Chicago.

"Reading the Wind: Literary Pedagogy for Myth, Magic,
Ritual, Spirituality, Religion in African, Middle
Eastern, Asian, trans-American Texts" explores
alternatives to post-colonial, Lacanian, and
post-structuralist readings.

Panelists are welcomed who can address the
supersensible dimension of a specific work from the
above geographic areas using its spiritual, religious,
cosmological, or philosophical context.

CFP: Ageing: Approaches and Perspectives (2/10/07; 3/2/07-3/3/07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 6, 2007 - 11:56pm
sharadchandra

CALL FOR PAPERS

International conference on Ageing: Approaches and Perspectives to be =
held on March 2-3, 2007.=20

Abstracts/Completed papers are invited for 20 minute presentations =
latest by Feb. 10, 2007.

Topics might include but not limited to any of the following :

Family and Society

Socio-cultural implications of age and ageing

Woman and Old Age or Gender and ageing

Health & Medical Assistance

Socio-Economic Dimensions of Ageing

Representations in media and literature,

Role of the Media-in perpetuating old age

Ageing: Policies and programmes
The Old and Crime

Ageing : Rural-Urban Differential

The role of religion and spirituality=20

CFP: Cormac McCarthy––All Topics (1/20/07; ALA, 5/24/07–5/27/07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 6, 2007 - 11:56pm
Dianne Luce

The Cormac McCarthy Society invites proposals for two sessions to be
held at
the ALA annual conference in Boston, MA, May 24-27, 2007. Papers of
about
20 minutes' reading time will be considered on any topic relating to the
work of Cormac McCarthy. Please send proposals no later than Jan. 20 to
both session chairs, Dianne Luce and Steven Frye, at the following email
addresses:

luced_at_midlandstech.edu

sfrye_at_csub.edu

UPDATE: Louisiana State Univ. French and Francophone Studies Conference (grad) (1/25/07; 3/23/07-3/24/07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 6, 2007 - 11:56pm
LSU French Conference

Stirring the Gumbo Pot: French and Francophone
Studies, Critical Approaches, and New Directions

UPDATE: DEADLINE EXTENDED
January 25th 2007

Louisiana State University
Department of French Studies Graduate Association
(DFSGA) Conference
March 23rd-24th 2007, Baton Rouge, USA

Keynote Address: "To Do Justice to 'Rousseau,'
Irreducibly"
Peggy Kamuf, Marion Frances Chevalier Professor of
French and Comparative Literature (University of
Southern California)
Friday March 23rd 2007, 5:00pm, Life Sciences Annex
Auditorium (A-101), Louisiana State University

UPDATE: Louisiana State Univ. French and Francophone Studies Conference (grad) (1/25/07; 3/23/07-3/24/07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 6, 2007 - 11:56pm
LSU French Conference

Stirring the Gumbo Pot: French and Francophone
Studies, Critical Approaches, and New Directions

UPDATE: DEADLINE EXTENDED
January 25th 2007

Louisiana State University
Department of French Studies Graduate Association
(DFSGA) Conference
March 23rd-24th 2007, Baton Rouge, USA

Keynote Address: "To Do Justice to 'Rousseau,'
Irreducibly"
Peggy Kamuf, Marion Frances Chevalier Professor of
French and Comparative Literature (University of
Southern California)
Friday March 23rd 2007, 5:00pm, Life Sciences Annex
Auditorium (A-101), Louisiana State University

UPDATE: Life in the Story, Wright State Graduate Conference (grad) (1/29/07; 3/31/07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 6, 2007 - 11:56pm
Brian Leingang

New Proposal Deadline: January 29, 2007

Conference Theme: Life in the Story

March 31, 2007
Wright State University Graduate Conference
Dayton Ohio

Keynote Speaker: Ralph Keyes, professor Antioch College and author of
THE COURAGE TO WRITE.

Open to graduate students in all English concentrations: Literature,
Composition & Rhetoric, TESOL, Creative Writing, Linguistics.

CFP: Fucking Artifacts (2/2/07; Calgary Free Exchange, 3/16/07-3/18/07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 6, 2007 - 11:56pm
odfpercy_at_ucalgary.ca

Spring Cleaning:
Rediscovering and Revitalizing the Artifact
University of Calgary Free Exchange Graduate Conference
16-18 March 2007
Calgary, Alberta
For more information, please visit Free Exchange at www.english.ucalgary.ca

Fucking Artifacts: Re-examining the Roles of Expletives in Culture and
Academia

Much Wine had past with grave discourse, Of who Fucks who, and who does
worse.
                                Lord Rochester, Poems on Several Occasions

How in the fuck should I know?
                                William Burroughs, Naked Lunch

CFP: Fucking Artifacts (2/2/07; Calgary Free Exchange, 3/16/07-3/18/07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 6, 2007 - 11:56pm
odfpercy_at_ucalgary.ca

Spring Cleaning:
Rediscovering and Revitalizing the Artifact
University of Calgary Free Exchange Graduate Conference
16-18 March 2007
Calgary, Alberta
For more information, please visit Free Exchange at www.english.ucalgary.ca

Fucking Artifacts: Re-examining the Roles of Expletives in Culture and
Academia

Much Wine had past with grave discourse, Of who Fucks who, and who does
worse.
                                Lord Rochester, Poems on Several Occasions

How in the fuck should I know?
                                William Burroughs, Naked Lunch

CFP: Fucking Artifacts (2/2/07; Calgary Free Exchange, 3/16/07-3/18/07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 6, 2007 - 11:56pm
odfpercy_at_ucalgary.ca

Spring Cleaning:
Rediscovering and Revitalizing the Artifact
University of Calgary Free Exchange Graduate Conference
16-18 March 2007
Calgary, Alberta
For more information, please visit Free Exchange at www.english.ucalgary.ca

Fucking Artifacts: Re-examining the Roles of Expletives in Culture and
Academia

Much Wine had past with grave discourse, Of who Fucks who, and who does
worse.
                                Lord Rochester, Poems on Several Occasions

How in the fuck should I know?
                                William Burroughs, Naked Lunch

UPDATE: Life in the Story, Wright State Graduate Conference (grad) (1/29/07; 3/31/07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 6, 2007 - 11:56pm
Brian Leingang

New Proposal Deadline: January 29, 2007

Conference Theme: Life in the Story

March 31, 2007
Wright State University Graduate Conference
Dayton Ohio

Keynote Speaker: Ralph Keyes, professor Antioch College and author of
THE COURAGE TO WRITE.

Open to graduate students in all English concentrations: Literature,
Composition & Rhetoric, TESOL, Creative Writing, Linguistics.

CFP: Fucking Artifacts (2/2/07; Calgary Free Exchange, 3/16/07-3/18/07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 6, 2007 - 11:56pm
odfpercy_at_ucalgary.ca

Spring Cleaning:
Rediscovering and Revitalizing the Artifact
University of Calgary Free Exchange Graduate Conference
16-18 March 2007
Calgary, Alberta
For more information, please visit Free Exchange at www.english.ucalgary.ca

Fucking Artifacts: Re-examining the Roles of Expletives in Culture and
Academia

Much Wine had past with grave discourse, Of who Fucks who, and who does
worse.
                                Lord Rochester, Poems on Several Occasions

How in the fuck should I know?
                                William Burroughs, Naked Lunch

UPDATE: Life in the Story, Wright State Graduate Conference (grad) (1/29/07; 3/31/07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 6, 2007 - 11:56pm
Brian Leingang

New Proposal Deadline: January 29, 2007

Conference Theme: Life in the Story

March 31, 2007
Wright State University Graduate Conference
Dayton Ohio

Keynote Speaker: Ralph Keyes, professor Antioch College and author of
THE COURAGE TO WRITE.

Open to graduate students in all English concentrations: Literature,
Composition & Rhetoric, TESOL, Creative Writing, Linguistics.

CFP: Canadian Jewish Studies (2/1/07; 5/27/07-5/29/07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 6, 2007 - 11:56pm
Aviva Atlani

The Association for Canadian Jewish Studies (ACJS) will be holding its 31st Annual Conference on May 27-29, 2007 at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon as part of the Congress of Social Sciences and Humanities. The conference provides a platform for original scholarly research in Canadian Jewish history, life and culture from an array of disciplines.

CFP: Canadian Jewish Studies (2/1/07; 5/27/07-5/29/07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 6, 2007 - 11:56pm
Aviva Atlani

The Association for Canadian Jewish Studies (ACJS) will be holding its 31st Annual Conference on May 27-29, 2007 at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon as part of the Congress of Social Sciences and Humanities. The conference provides a platform for original scholarly research in Canadian Jewish history, life and culture from an array of disciplines.

CFP: Canadian Jewish Studies (2/1/07; 5/27/07-5/29/07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 6, 2007 - 11:56pm
Aviva Atlani

The Association for Canadian Jewish Studies (ACJS) will be holding its 31st Annual Conference on May 27-29, 2007 at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon as part of the Congress of Social Sciences and Humanities. The conference provides a platform for original scholarly research in Canadian Jewish history, life and culture from an array of disciplines.

CFP: The Organ as Artifact (2/2/07; Calgary Free Exchange, 3/16/07-3/18/07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 6, 2007 - 11:56pm
odfpercy_at_ucalgary.ca

Spring Cleaning:
Rediscovering and Revitalizing the Artifact
University of Calgary Free Exchange Graduate Conference
16-18 March 2007
Calgary, Alberta
For more information, please visit Free Exchange at www.english.ucalgary.ca

The Organ as Object / The Metonymy of Anatomy

Body parts are easier to remove than thoughts.
                                                Suzette Mayr, "Scalps"

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