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CFP: Nineteenth-Century American Literature Panel at RMMLA (3/1/07; RMMLA, 10/2/07-10/4/07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 1:53am
Donna Campbell

Call for Papers
Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA)
Calgary, Alberta at the downtown Westin Hotel
October 4-6, 2007

RMMLA invites submissions for its open session in Nineteenth-Century
American Literature. Please send 400-word abstracts to the program chair by
March 1, 2007:

Donna Campbell
Department of English
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-5020
campbelld_at_wsu.edu

E-mail abstracts (no attachments, please) are preferred. Presenters will be
notified by March 15, 2007.

Submission and presentation guidelines are on the RMMLA Web site at
http://www.rmmla.org.

CFP: American West and Geopolitical Imaginary (3/15/07; MLA '07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 1:26am
Alex Hunt

CFP: American West and Geopolitical Imaginary (March 15; MLA 07)

American West and Geopolitical Imaginary =20
For this proposed MLA Special Session I seek abstracts of about 500 =
words. Papers should consider representations of the American West as =
space of national imaginary dramatizing contemporary issues including =
immigration and security; American empire; U.S. military action; =
terrorism and trauma. Due on or by March 15; Alex Hunt =
(ahunt_at_mail.wtamu.edu).=20

Alex Hunt
Assistant Professor of American Literature
Department of English and Modern Languages
West Texas A&M University
Box 60908
Canyon, TX 79016
806-651-2457
ahunt_at_mail.wtamu.edu

CFP: Popular Women's Fiction in the 18th/19th Centuries (3/1/07; RMMLA, 10/4/07-10/6/07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 1:25am
Voss, Julie Ruth

Popular Women's Fiction in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association=20

Calgary, Alberta=20

4-6 October 2007

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This special session invites papers on any aspect of popular women's =
fiction-American, British, or Canadian-of the eighteenth and nineteenth =
centuries. Abstracts and papers should be in English.

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Send 1-page abstracts by email to jvoss2_at_utk.edu or by mail to Julie =
R. Voss, Department of English, 301 McClung Tower, University of =
Tennessee, Knoxville TN 37996-0430. Deadline for abstracts is 1 March =
2007.

UPDATE: Black Diaspora in the South and the Caribbean (2/1/07; 3/16/07-3/17/07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 1:25am
Anthony Hoefer

Fourth Annual Conference of the Program in Louisiana and Caribbean
Studies at Louisiana State University

=93Black Diaspora in the South and the Caribbean.=94

Mar 16-17, 2007

NEW SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Feb. 1, 2007

Invited keynote speakers include:

-Jane Landers, Associate Professor of History, Vanderbilt University

-Francis Abiola Irele, Visiting Professor of African and African American
Studies and Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University

-Ifeoma Nwanko, Associate Professor of English Vanderbilt University

The Program in Louisiana and Caribbean Studies at Louisiana State
University invites proposals for individual presentations at its fourth
annual conference.

CFP: Nature and the Wilderness (grad) (2/16/07; (dis)junctions, 4/6/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 10:51pm
mbrow001_at_student.ucr.edu

CFP: Nature and the Wilderness (grad) (2/16/07; (dis)junctions 4/6/07-4/7/07)

This call for papers is for a proposed panel to be held at (dis)junctions, the University of California, Riverside's 14th Annual Humanities Conference, which will be held April 6-7, 2007. This year's theme is "Malappropriation Nation."

UPDATE: Thoreau Society Gathering (1/22/07; 7/12/07-7/15/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 10:51pm
Todd Richardson

The deadline for abstract submissions for this panel has been extended to
January 22, 2007.

 

 

THOREAU GATHERING -- EMERSON SOCIETY PANEL. Concord, Mass., July 12-15,
2007.

 

"Emerson and the Quotidian Life"

 

In concert with the Thoreau Gathering's 2007 theme, "'Simplify, simplify:'
Thoreau's Timeless Message," for its panel the Emerson Society solicits
papers that explore the ethos, philosophy, and/or practice of simplicity in
Emerson's life and writings. 300 word abstracts by December 22 to Joe
Thomas (jthomas_at_caldwell.edu).

UPDATE: William Dean Howells's Reviews (1/16/07; ALA, 5/25/07-5/27/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 10:50pm
Stokes, Claudia

Howells's Reviews

For a panel in the program of the 2007 American Literature Association
annual convention, the William Dean Howells Society invites paper
proposals that examine the work of William Dean Howells in reviews.
Possible topics may include Howells's own publications as a book
reviewer, other critics' reviews of Howells's work, or Howells's
responses to the work of other reviewers. Please send by January 16,
2007 paper proposals no longer than 500 words and copy of cv to Claudia
Stokes at Claudia.stokes_at_trinity.edu or by post to Claudia Stokes,
Trinity University, Dept of English, 1 Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX
78212

__________________________________

Dr. Claudia Stokes

CFP: Wharton and Illness (3/10/07; MLA '07)

updated: 
Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 10:19pm
hilhllr_at_aim.com

Edith Wharton and Illness
MLA 2007, Chicago (12-27-30, 2007) Deadline 3-10-07
This panel, sponsored by the Edith Wharton Society, wants to explore the significant role illness (and health) played in Wharton's life, context, and works. All approaches to this topic are welcome. Please send abstracts (about 500 words) and short CV's by March 10th to Hildegard Hoeller (hilhllr_at_aol.com) or at 29 Gail Court, Staten Island NY 10306.
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CFP: Open Session on Multi-Ethnic Literature (1/26/07; ALA, 5/24/07-5/27/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 10:19pm
Wenxin Li

American Literature Association 18th Annual Conference (May 24-27, 2007)
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Proposals are sought for an open session on multi-ethnic literature. As =
a MELUS-sponsored event, this panel welcomes submissions from anyone =
interested in the study of multi-ethnic literature but requires those =
whose proposals are accepted to be members of the society. Please email =
a 250-word abstract with a 1-page c.v. by January 26, 2007 to =
liw_at_sunysuffolk.edu <mailto:liw_at_sunysuffolk.edu> .=20
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The American Literature Association's 18th annual conference will meet =
at the Westin Copley Place in Boston on May 24-27, 2007 (Thursday =

UPDATE: Southern Writers, Southern Writing (3/1/07; 7/19/07-7/21/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 10:19pm
Kacy Tillman

*Please Note Extended Deadline

                                    13th Annual

                               Southern Writers,

                               Southern Writing

is a University of Mississippi Graduate Student Conference held in
conjunction with the Annual Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference.

The Graduate Students in the Departments of English and Southern
Studies invite you to submit abstracts exploring Southern culture.
Accepted submissions will be presented in Oxford , Mississippi, July
19th – 21st, 2007.

Topics for papers or panels are not restricted to literature. They may include:

¶ Ecocriticism, travel narratives, nature writing, and the Southern landscape

CFP: American Globalism (grad &amp; undergrad) (2/18/07; 3/30/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 10:19pm
Jessica Rivait

Y/X Undergraduate and Graduate Research Conference
Boundaries and Balance: Globalism and “America”
Call for Papers
The American Studies Program/Wayne State University
Detroit, MI
Friday, March 30, 2007, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Tyrone Williams (Xavier University, OH)

CFP: Society for the Study of Southern Literature Panels (3/10/07; MLA '07)

updated: 
Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 10:19pm
Jennifer Greeson

For the 2007 MLA Convention, December 27-30 in Chicago:

*Ending the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1807-2007. * To mark the
bicentennial: tellings of the Middle Passage; stories of resistance;
the U.S. South in the Black Atlantic. In literature of any relevant
period. Abstracts by 10 Mar.; Jennifer Rae Greeson (greeson_at_princeton.edu).

*Filming the U.S. South. * Silver-screen Souths: race, location,
segregation, and film history; visualizing the plantation; myths and
counter-myths; spectacle and violence. Abstracts by 10 Mar.; Jennifer
Rae Greeson (greeson_at_princeton.edu).

CFP: American Humor (3/1/07; RMMLA, 10/4/07-10/6/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 10:18pm
Sneller, Judy E.

The AMERICAN HUMOR PANEL of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language =
Association seeks abstracts for papers to be presented at the annual =
meeting to be held at the Westin Calgary Hilton in Calgary, Alberta, =
Canada, October 4-6, 2007. Please submit a 300-word abstract to Dr. Judy =
Sneller at Judy.Sneller_at_sdsmt.edu no later than March 1, 2007. A wide =
variety of topics is desired, including papers on a particular humorist, =
theoretical approaches in analyzing humor, or pedagoical issues involved =
in teaching humor courses. Those submitting abstracts will be advised of =
the status of their proposal no later than March 15, 2007. For more =

CFP: Re-Imagining James Agee (1/28/07; ALA, 5/24/07-5/27/07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 6, 2007 - 11:00pm
James Crank

The James Agee Society invites proposals for papers for a special session at
the American Literature Association conference in Boston (May 24-27, 2006).

We are especially interested in presentations that engage the recent
publications of Agee's manuscripts (including the University of Tennessee
Press' James Agee Rediscovered), as well as papers that address Agee's
poetry, film criticism, screenplays, and journalism. Papers on Agee's place
in the American canon and problems of gender and race in his work are also
welcome.

Please send a brief abstract of presentation by January 28 to

J.A. Crank
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
jacrank_at_gmail.com

CFP: Emily Dickinson (grad) (2/16/07; (dis)junctions, 4/6/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 6, 2007 - 10:59pm
HELEN LOVEJOY

Emily Dickinson Panel
 
This call for papers is for a proposed panel to be
held at (dis)junctions 2007: Malappropriation Nation
at the University of California Riverside's 14th
Annual Humanities Graduate Conference on April 6-7,
2007.

Contributors are invited to submit critical works on
Emily Dickinson. These papers can examine any aspect
of Dickinson scholarship.

Possible paper topics may include

a close focus on her poetry
her letters
Dickinson's life/biographies of the poet
a look at critical texts on the poet
archiving Dickinson's work
Dickinson and the Civil War
Dickinson and popular culture
images of Dickinson

CFP: Sarah M.B. Piatt (grad) (2/16/07; (dis)junctions, 4/6/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 6, 2007 - 10:59pm
HELEN LOVEJOY

Sarah M.B. Piatt

This call for papers is for a proposed panel to be
held at (dis)junctions 2007: Malappropriation Nation
at the University of California Riverside's 14th
Annual Humanities Graduate Conference on April 6-7,
2007.

Contributors are invited to submit critical works on
the 19th C American poet, Sarah M.B. Piatt. These
papers can examine any aspect of Piatt scholarship.

Possible paper topics may include

a close focus on her poetry
Piatt's life/biographies of the poet
a look at critical texts on the poet
Piatt and politics
Piatt and the literary cannon
reviving Piatt's work in the academy
teaching Piatt

CFP: 19th c. Am. Women Poets (grad) (2/16/07; (dis)junctions, 4/6/07-4/7/07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 6, 2007 - 10:58pm
HELEN LOVEJOY

19th C. American Women Poets
 
This call for papers is for a proposed panel to be
held at (dis)junctions 2007: Malappropriation Nation
at the University of California Riverside's 14th
Annual Humanities Graduate Conference on April 6-7,
2007.

Contributors are invited to submit critical works on
19th C. American Women Poets. These papers can examine
texts by the authors and/or relevant critical and
biographical works.

Potential topics include:

UPDATE: Utopian Spaces, Utopian Places (grad) (1/20/07; 3/9/07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 6, 2007 - 10:58pm
rmwepler_at_brandeis.edu

-Plenary speakers announced
-Submission deadline extended
-Conference website now online

The Fourth Annual English Department Graduate Conference at Brandeis
University
?Utopian Spaces, Utopian Places?

March 9, 2007

Plenary Speakers
Mary Baine Campbell, Brandeis University
Marina Leslie, Northeastern University

?Utopian Spaces, Utopian Places,? an interdisciplinary conference,
will interrogate the concept of utopia across a broad spectrum of
historical, theoretical, and literary contexts.

CFP: Interdisciplinary 19th-century Studies Session (3/1/07; PAMLA, 11/2/07-11/3/07)

updated: 
Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 1:17am
Myers, Victoria

Papers (15-20 minutes) are invited for the Interdisciplinary
19th-century studies session of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language
Association (the west coast MLA) conference, meeting Nov 2-3, 2007 at
Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA. Send a 1-2 page
(double-spaced) proposal to Prof. Victoria Myers by March 1, 2007:
victoria.myers_at_pepperdine.edu. Inquiries are welcome.

CFP: Northeast Conference on British Studies, Union and Disunion (3/1/07; 10/12/07-10/13/07)

updated: 
Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 1:16am
Hansen, Peter H.

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NECBS 2007 Annual Meeting, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Call for Papers - Union and Disunion

The Northeast Conference on British Studies 2007 Annual Meeting will be held
October 12-13, at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.  The 2007
meeting will focus on the general theme: "UNION AND DISUNION" in honor of the
300th anniversary of the Act of Union as well as the key position of Halifax
during the American Revolution.

CFP: Literature in the Early American Republic (no deadline; journal)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 6:38pm
Matthew Sivils

CALL FOR PAPERS

LITERATURE IN THE EARLY AMERICAN REPUBLIC (LEAR), a peer-reviewed scholarly annual seeks articles for its inaugural volume.
 
Edited by Matthew Wynn Sivils (Westminster College) and Jeffrey Walker (Oklahoma State University), LEAR welcomes a wide range of submissions on the literary culture of the United States from roughly 1787-1851. Articles dealing with the work and influence of James Fenimore Cooper are especially welcome. Submissions should be of article- or monograph-length and should be formatted in accordance with the guidelines of the latest edition of the Chicago Manual of Style (15th edition).

CFP: American Literary Lecture Tours (3/15/06; MLA '07)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 12:54am
kleick_at_lima.ohio-state.edu

Submissions are invited for a panel on American Literary Lecture Tours at The Modern Language Association
Conference in Chicago, 27 – 30 December 2007.

Papers may discuss one or more tours of any writer in the United States. How did this writer's tour(s) affect his or her
literary reputation? Did this writer's talks suggest new ways to interpret his or her life and work to audiences? How did
lecture tours contribute to the American conception of a literary celebrity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries?

Please send C.V. and 500 word abstracts by 15 March to Karen Leick, Assistant Professor of English:

leick.1_at_osu.edu

or

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