The Philip Roth Society is sponsoring a panel at this year's 38th annual Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture since 1900, to be held at the University of Louisville, February 18-20.

Proposals of no more than 250 words are invited for 20-minute papers on any aspect of Roth's work. Please send your proposals by email to d.brauner@reading.ac.uk, remembering to include details of your university affiliation/status. Proposals must reach me by September 4th.

Call for Papers: Skepticism and Culture
2010 Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association

31st Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico
February 10-13, 2010

The 2010 SW/TX PCA/ACA Conference will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the Hyatt Regency downtown. Further details regarding the conference (listing of all areas, hotel, registration, etc.) can be found at http://www.swtexaspca.org.

Proposals are now being accepted for a Skepticism and Culture panel in the American Studies area. Listed below are some suggestions for possible presentations, but topics not included here are also welcome:

The editors of CJFS/RCEC -- Charles Acland (Communication Studies) and Catherine Russell (Film Studies) at Concordia University, Montreal -- seek high quality manuscripts for general topic issues on Film and Moving Image Studies.

The CJFS/RCEC is Canada's leading scholarly venue for moving image studies, refereed using a double-blind review process. We publish innovative research on all topics and formats related to moving image studies. We also regularly publish book reviews.

The recommended maximum length for articles is 6000 words. We publish work in English or French.

Panel to be included at 'The Postcolonial Human': A Conference at the Institute for Colonial and Postcolonial Studies, University of Leeds
Thursday 24 – Friday 25 September 2009

Submission and Registration Deadline – December 15, 2009

Call for Papers/Proposals for the Children's and Young Adult Literature and Culture Area of the 31st Annual Meeting of the SW/TX PCA/ACA

February 10-13, 2010
Hyatt Regency Albuquerque
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Conference web site: http://www.swtxpca.org/

E-mail submissions preferred:
Dr. Diana Dominguez
Area Chair
gypsyscholar@rgv.rr.com

Please put SWPCA Submission in e-mail subject line.

Call for Papers
Special issue of Journal of African American Studies
Animated Representations of Blackness

Margaret Fuller's bicentennial approaches in 2010, and plans for celebration affirm her arrival (or return) as a member of the American transcendentalist "pantheon." But scholarship on the formative and reformative influence of other women on the movement has only recently begun to quicken. Recognizing this new wave of exploration and following a line of inquiry suggested by ESQ's 2003 special issue, "Reexamining the American Renaissance," the editors of the journal and guest editor Phyllis Cole invite submissions for a substantial thematic issue that will broadly conceptualize the role of women in the origin and evolution of transcendentalist thought and action.

**7th International Conference on Technology, Knowledge and Society **

25-27 March 2011

University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain

http://techandsoc.com/conference-2011/

This Conference will address a range of critically important themes in the various fields that address the complex and subtle relationships between technology, knowledge and society. Plenary speakers include some of the leading thinkers in these areas, as well as numerous paper, colloquium and workshop presentations.

**7th International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability**
5-7 January 2011
University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
http://onsustainability.com/conference-2011/

**8th International Conference on the Book **
6-8 November 2010
University St. Gallen, Library Building, Dufourstrasse 50, 9000 St. Gallen, Switzerland

http://booksandpublishing.com/conference-2010/

This is a conference for any participant in the world of books - authors, publishers, printers, librarians, IT specialists, book retailers, editors, literacy educators and academic researchers. All are encouraged to register and attend this significant and timely conference. Accommodation options are also available.

** The International Conference on the Arts in Society **
22-25 July 2010
University of Sydney, Australia
http://artsinsociety.com/conference-2010/

The 2010 Arts Conference will address a range of critically important issues and themes relating to the arts in society. Plenary speakers will include leading thinkers and practitioners in the arts, as well as paper, workshop and colloquium presentations by researchers and practitioners in all fields of artistic engagement.

** 10th International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations**
19-22 July 2010
Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland
www.Diversity-Conference.com

This Conference is to be held in Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, 19 to 22 July 2010. This Conference will address a range of critically important themes in the study of diversity today. Plenary speakers will include some of the world's leading thinkers in the field, as well as numerous paper, workshop and colloquium presentations by researchers and practitioners.

** The Second International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts and Responses **
8-10 July 2010
The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
www.Climate-Conference.com

Life, the Universe, and Everything XXVIII: The Marion K. "Doc" Smith Symposium on Science Fiction and Fantasy will be held February 11-13, 2010, on the Provo, Utah, campus of Brigham Young University. (For more information, see http://ltue.org.) Guest of honor is Brandon Sanderson. Admission is free.

We are especially interested in papers in the following areas (but others may be considered):

• Literary criticism/analysis of sf&f and related literature (medieval, renaissance, mythology, magic realism, etc.)

• LDS (Mormon) culture, literature, and society in relation to sf&f

• Science and technology (especially new or unusual)