COUNTER-CULTURE: Religious Right vs. Hollywood Left

Red State vs. Blue State. Religious vs. Secular. Heartland vs.
Hollywood.

Special Session: Theorizing the Borders: Literature, History, and
Identity Across the Anglo-Scottish Divide

International Congress on Medieval Studies
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI
May 4-7 2006

Call for papers examining the real and imagined relationships between
England and Scotland in the Middle Ages, and how these relationships
helped to shape both English and Scottish conceptions of nation,
culture, and identity.

"Ghosts and the Academic Séance" panel
Space, Haunting, Discourse conference, Karlstad University, Karlstad,
Sweden
15-18 June 2006

"Ghosts and the Academic Séance" panel
Space, Haunting, Discourse conference, Karlstad University, Karlstad,
Sweden
15-18 June 2006

I am currently putting together two sessions for the Leeds conference next
year on behalf of the Anchoritic Society. The first, on anchoritic
iconography, is already full but I am keen to receive abstracts for a second
session on the intersections between sanctity and anchoritic enclosure.

The title of the session will be 'Anchoritism and Sanctity, Anchorites and
Sainthood' and I would like to receive abstracts for 20-minute papers by
September 1st. Please send abstracts electronically to
e.mcavoy_at_swansea.ac.uk or else by snail mail to Liz Herbert McAvoy,
Department of English, Keir Hardy Building, University of Wales, Swansea,
Singleton Park, Swansea, Wales,
UK SA2 8PP

With my apologies for the format of the previous CFP.
-Shannon Wells-Lassagne

De la page blanche aux salles obscures : l'adaptation cinématographique dans le
domaine anglophone

>From the Blank Page to the Silver Screen: Film Adaptations in the English-
Speaking World

Université de Bretagne Sud (University of South Brittany)
Lorient, France
June 8-10, 2006
 
 

Nineteenth Century Literature and the Cultural Moment
 

Graduate Student Literature Conference

at the University of South Carolina, Columbia

 
March 31-April 1, 2006
 

Whether discussing the Industrial Revolution, the Woman Question, or other forms of political turmoil, many nineteenth-century writers condensed larger issues of the day into specific literary events -- or moments -- that both reflected and defined the historical and cultural climate of the time.

Global Cities - An Interdisciplinary Conference
Hosted by the Deanery of Humanities and organised by the Narrated Spaces Research Group
Liverpool Hope University
Liverpool, 29th-30th June 2006

Plenary speakers to be confirmed.

Nineteenth Century Literature and the Cultural Moment
 

Graduate Student Literature Conference

at the University of South Carolina, Columbia

 
March 31-April 1, 2006
 

Whether discussing the Industrial Revolution, the Woman Question, or other forms of political turmoil, many nineteenth-century writers condensed larger issues of the day into specific literary events -- or moments -- that both reflected and defined the historical and cultural climate of the time.

The deadline looms for interdisciplinary workshop proposals for
"Attending to Early Modern Women--and Men." We hope you are drafting a
proposal!

While the keynote address and plenary speakers will concentrate on what
scholars of early modern women can learn from considering men and
masculinity, workshops may consider masculinity or continue past
conversations about women and gender. Workshops should, however, focus
on one of the plenary topics themselves: theorizing gender, childhood,
violence, and pedagogies.

Proposals are due by AUGUST 22, 2005. The conference convenes in College
Park, MD, November 9-11, 2006.

CALL FOR PAPERS
Northeast Modern Language Association Conference
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 2-5, 2006

Abstracts are invited for the following panel:

The deadline for submissions for a collection of essays on the films of M. Night Shyamalan has been extended. Also, previously the CFP was for essays addressing some aspect of Evil in Shyamalan's films; however, the scope of the project has been broadened. All topics and approaches will be considered.

Inquiries as well as 400-word proposals and C.V.s should be submitted by Nov. 1, 2005 to Jason Steed at <profsteed at hotmail.com>.

Theory: The process of theorizing gender in medieval texts

This panel will be dedicated to exploring the process of theorizing =20
gender in medieval texts.
It will focus on some key questions inherent to this process, such as =20=

the politics of interpreting particular texts and artifacts, and of =20
relating those interpretations to prevailing constructions of history =20=

and/or culture.

When we read a text or an artifact we make some fundamental decisions =20=

Two Sponsored Sessions for the 41st International Congress in Medieval Studies
at Kalamazoo, 4-7 May 2006.

The Medieval and Early Modern Studies Program at the University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, invites interdisciplinary, comparative, and global perspectives on
English drama and vernacular theology in the Middle Ages.

1. New Approaches to Medieval English Drama: Performing the Religious Other

Possible topics might include but are not limited to:

•Representations of Islam and the East
•Christian-Jewish relations
•Representations of Catholics in Early Protestant Drama
•Women and gender in Corpus Christi drama