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2006 Midwestern PCA/ACA Conference
October 27-29, Sheraton Indianapolis Hotel & Suites
Indianapolis, Indiana
Proposed Panel: "Post-Apocalyptic Films: Conceiving Identity and
Purpose in a Post-Social World"
College English Association - Caribbean Chapter
Fall 2006 Conference: 10-11 November 2006
"Watery World: Humans and the Sea"
University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
College English Association - Caribbean Chapter
Fall 2006 Conference: 10-11 November 2006
"Watery World: Humans and the Sea"
University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
LITERATURE COMPASS GRADUATE ESSAY PRIZE!
Submissions are invited for the 2006 Literature Compass Graduate Essay Prize.
Literature Compass publishes peer reviewed survey articles from across the entire discipline. Experienced researchers, teaching faculty, and advanced students will all benefit from the accessible, informative articles that provide overviews of current research.
Entries for the 2006 Graduate Essay Prize should contain a survey element which ensures the essay remains accessible to the non-specialist. The incorporation of advanced graduate work is strongly encouraged.
There will be a prize awarded for each of the 9 sections on Literature Compass:
LITERATURE COMPASS GRADUATE ESSAY PRIZE!
Submissions are invited for the 2006 Literature Compass Graduate Essay Prize.
Literature Compass publishes peer reviewed survey articles from across the entire discipline. Experienced researchers, teaching faculty, and advanced students will all benefit from the accessible, informative articles that provide overviews of current research.
Entries for the 2006 Graduate Essay Prize should contain a survey element which ensures the essay remains accessible to the non-specialist. The incorporation of advanced graduate work is strongly encouraged.
There will be a prize awarded for each of the 9 sections on Literature Compass:
LITERATURE COMPASS GRADUATE ESSAY PRIZE!
Submissions are invited for the 2006 Literature Compass Graduate Essay Prize.
Literature Compass publishes peer reviewed survey articles from across the entire discipline. Experienced researchers, teaching faculty, and advanced students will all benefit from the accessible, informative articles that provide overviews of current research.
Entries for the 2006 Graduate Essay Prize should contain a survey element which ensures the essay remains accessible to the non-specialist. The incorporation of advanced graduate work is strongly encouraged.
There will be a prize awarded for each of the 9 sections on Literature Compass:
CALL FOR PAPERS
Bogazici University and National Association of Ethnic Studies
November 15-17, Bogazici University, ISTANBUL
CFP: Transnational Perspectives: Intersections of Race, Ethnicity and
Religion
Istanbul is one of the world's major cities with a long history of
diverse cultures, races and religions living together in harmony. Throughout
history, this kaleidoscopic city has managed to create harmony from discord. In
this city where different cultures intersect and interact, we aim to bridge
together different perspectives on a cross-cultural platform and inspire a new
CALL FOR PAPERS
Bogazici University and National Association of Ethnic Studies
November 15-17, Bogazici University, ISTANBUL
CFP: Transnational Perspectives: Intersections of Race, Ethnicity and
Religion
Istanbul is one of the world's major cities with a long history of
diverse cultures, races and religions living together in harmony. Throughout
history, this kaleidoscopic city has managed to create harmony from discord. In
this city where different cultures intersect and interact, we aim to bridge
together different perspectives on a cross-cultural platform and inspire a new
CALL FOR PAPERS
Bogazici University and National Association of Ethnic Studies
November 15-17, Bogazici University, ISTANBUL
CFP: Transnational Perspectives: Intersections of Race, Ethnicity and
Religion
Istanbul is one of the world's major cities with a long history of
diverse cultures, races and religions living together in harmony. Throughout
history, this kaleidoscopic city has managed to create harmony from discord. In
this city where different cultures intersect and interact, we aim to bridge
together different perspectives on a cross-cultural platform and inspire a new
The Asian American Literature Division of the MLA announces the following panel
and seeks papers for MLA December 27-30, 2006, Philadelphia, PA. Deadline MARCH
18, 2006 (extended from March 15, 2006).
"Visual Culture, New Media, Asian American Studies"
Analyses and examples of intersections with television, film, digital media,
video games, Internet, art, and new media technologies. Topics may include but
are not limited to:
The Asian American Literature Division of the MLA announces the following panel
and seeks papers for MLA December 27-30, 2006, Philadelphia, PA. Deadline MARCH
18, 2006 (extended from March 15, 2006).
"Visual Culture, New Media, Asian American Studies"
Analyses and examples of intersections with television, film, digital media,
video games, Internet, art, and new media technologies. Topics may include but
are not limited to:
The Asian American Literature Division of the MLA announces the following panel
and seeks papers for MLA December 27-30, 2006, Philadelphia, PA. Deadline MARCH
18, 2006 (extended from March 15, 2006).
"Visual Culture, New Media, Asian American Studies"
Analyses and examples of intersections with television, film, digital media,
video games, Internet, art, and new media technologies. Topics may include but
are not limited to:
The Asian American Literature Division of the MLA announces the following panel
and seeks papers for MLA December 27-30, 2006, Philadelphia, PA. Deadline MARCH
18, 2006 (extended from March 15, 2006).
"Visual Culture, New Media, Asian American Studies"
Analyses and examples of intersections with television, film, digital media,
video games, Internet, art, and new media technologies. Topics may include but
are not limited to:
The Asian American Literature Division of the MLA announces the following panel
and seeks papers for MLA December 27-30, 2006, Philadelphia, PA. Deadline MARCH
18, 2006 (extended from March 15, 2006).
"Visual Culture, New Media, Asian American Studies"
Analyses and examples of intersections with television, film, digital media,
video games, Internet, art, and new media technologies. Topics may include but
are not limited to:
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> Association of Literature on Screen Studies: Inaugural Conference
> De Montfort Univiersity
> September 11h- 12th, 2006
> CFP
> Leading scholars in the field on Literature on Screen will be coming
> together at De Montfort University to form an international association in
> what is envisaged to be an historic conference for the development and the
> recognition of the subject. Papers are invited for any aspect of the
CFP – Irish Studies: Conflict and Peace in Ireland: 6/1/06;
10/27-10/29/06
Call for Papers
American Conference for Irish
Studies – Western Regional Conference
George Fox University
Newberg, Oregon
October 27-29, 2006
"Conflict and Peace in
Ireland"
Irish history is filled with stories of political,
religious, cultural or ideological conflict. Conflict takes place between
regions, groups, or family members. Irish history is also filled with
efforts to achieve peace in these conflicts, efforts that have met with
varying levels of success. This conference will explore both the
conflicts and the efforts at peace to illustrate the great diversity in
CFP – Irish Studies: Conflict and Peace in Ireland: 6/1/06;
10/27-10/29/06
Call for Papers
American Conference for Irish
Studies – Western Regional Conference
George Fox University
Newberg, Oregon
October 27-29, 2006
"Conflict and Peace in
Ireland"
Irish history is filled with stories of political,
religious, cultural or ideological conflict. Conflict takes place between
regions, groups, or family members. Irish history is also filled with
efforts to achieve peace in these conflicts, efforts that have met with
varying levels of success. This conference will explore both the
conflicts and the efforts at peace to illustrate the great diversity in
CFP – Irish Studies: Conflict and Peace in Ireland: 6/1/06;
10/27-10/29/06
Call for Papers
American Conference for Irish
Studies – Western Regional Conference
George Fox University
Newberg, Oregon
October 27-29, 2006
"Conflict and Peace in
Ireland"
Irish history is filled with stories of political,
religious, cultural or ideological conflict. Conflict takes place between
regions, groups, or family members. Irish history is also filled with
efforts to achieve peace in these conflicts, efforts that have met with
varying levels of success. This conference will explore both the
conflicts and the efforts at peace to illustrate the great diversity in
Reception Studies (Special Topic Session)
Midwest Modern Language Association Convention
November 9-12
Palmer House Hilton
Chicago, Illinois
Reception Studies (Special Topic Session)
Midwest Modern Language Association Convention
November 9-12
Palmer House Hilton
Chicago, Illinois
Reception Studies (Special Topic Session)
Midwest Modern Language Association Convention
November 9-12
Palmer House Hilton
Chicago, Illinois
Masks and Passing in African American Literature
Panel Chair: Valerie B. McKee
Call for Papers on Masks and Passing in African American Literature
for the seventh annual graduate English conference entitled
"Encountering the Text: Reading, Teaching, Theorizing, and Writing" at
Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, CT on Saturday,
April 22 from 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to, interpretations of
literary texts regarding themes of "passing," and the character type of the "tragic mulatto."
Panels will be one and a half hours long. Presentations will be 15 –
20 minutes long (papers should be 6 – 8 pages in length). A proposal
Masks and Passing in African American Literature
Panel Chair: Valerie B. McKee
Call for Papers on Masks and Passing in African American Literature
for the seventh annual graduate English conference entitled
"Encountering the Text: Reading, Teaching, Theorizing, and Writing" at
Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, CT on Saturday,
April 22 from 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to, interpretations of
literary texts regarding themes of "passing," and the character type of the "tragic mulatto."
Panels will be one and a half hours long. Presentations will be 15 –
20 minutes long (papers should be 6 – 8 pages in length). A proposal
Masks and Passing in African American Literature
Panel Chair: Valerie B. McKee
Call for Papers on Masks and Passing in African American Literature
for the seventh annual graduate English conference entitled
"Encountering the Text: Reading, Teaching, Theorizing, and Writing" at
Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, CT on Saturday,
April 22 from 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to, interpretations of
literary texts regarding themes of "passing," and the character type of the "tragic mulatto."
Panels will be one and a half hours long. Presentations will be 15 –
20 minutes long (papers should be 6 – 8 pages in length). A proposal
Masks and Passing in African American Literature
Panel Chair: Valerie B. McKee
Call for Papers on Masks and Passing in African American Literature
for the seventh annual graduate English conference entitled
"Encountering the Text: Reading, Teaching, Theorizing, and Writing" at
Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, CT on Saturday,
April 22 from 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to, interpretations of
literary texts regarding themes of "passing," and the character type of the "tragic mulatto."
Panels will be one and a half hours long. Presentations will be 15 –
20 minutes long (papers should be 6 – 8 pages in length). A proposal
PAECE Katrina UPDATE: Extended deadline April 30th 2006
and additional emphasis on: current Katrina - related issues=20
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Call For Papers: Creative Pieces on Hurricane Katrina
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Claflin University's Performing Arts for Effective Civic Education
Program (PAECE) is calling for ORIGINAL creative and research based
works addressing key civic and political issues related to the recent
tragedy in the Gulf Coast. PAECE is a US Department of Education -
FIPSE funded program that seeks to enhance civic knowledge,
responsibility and engagement, via the performing arts. =20
"Female Novelists Constructing Masculinities"
"Female Novelists Constructing Masculinities"
"Female Novelists Constructing Masculinities"
Now is the time of Spinoza. A surge of interest in the work of
Benedict Spinoza surfaced in the second half of the twentieth
century. In disciplines spanning the humanities scholars continue to
turn their attention to the writings of this seventeenth-century
philosopher for insights into current problematics in such areas as
cultural studies, political philosophy, social theory, literary
theory and criticism, and feminist theory. Spinoza's ontology is
absolutely singular in the history of philosophy. Additionally, his
epistemology and ethics outlined in The Ethics, his hermeneutics and
prescient proto-semiotics offered in The Theologico-Political