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Imagining Brooklyn
The Center for the Study of Brooklyn and the Ethyl R.Wolfe Institute for the
Humanities announce two interdisciplinary half-day conferences about
Brooklyn to be held at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York.
Entitled "Imagining Brooklyn," the conferences will ask what makes Brooklyn
Brooklyn. With much of Brooklyn undergoing a major social and cultural
change to match its architectural transformation, we will explore the
borough¹s identity, past and present; the role of its ethnic and
neighborhood communities in creating that identity; its tradition of
authenticity; and the idea of Brooklyn as cool. We call for papers that

   Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings J o u r n a l o f F l o r i d a L i t
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Chopin and the City

Panel sponsored by The Kate Chopin International Society for the American=20
Literature Association 18th Annual Conference, May 24-27, 2007, Boston,=20
MA.

Call for Papers: The Stories of Flannery O'Connor and William Faulkner.

College English Association National Conference
Thursday, April 12-Saturday, April 14
New Orleans, Louisiana

We invite paper and panel proposals on African-American literature for the
38th annual meeting of CEA. This years general conference theme is "Empathy
and Ethics." Proposals that offer new and inventive readings on
African-American literature will also be considered. Please interpret the
conference theme broadly including but not limited to the following areas:

College English Association National Conference, April 12-14, 2007, New
Orleans, LA.

The CEA is now accepting submissions for the Native American Literature
panel. All topics related to Native American literature are welcome, though
special consideration will be given to papers addressing this year's
conference theme, "Empathy and Ethics."

Please submit proposals using the CEA online database:
http://english.ttu.edu/CEA/conftool/index.php.
Additional information about the call for papers is available at:
http://www2.widener.edu/%7Ecea/conference2006.htm

Call for Papers #1: ALA panel on Langston Hughes's
Audiences

American Literature Association
Memorial Day Weekend 2007
Westin in Copley Square
Boston, Mass.

"Langston Hughes's Audiences." For this panel we welcome
15-20 minute presentations that analyze the circulation
and distribution of Hughes's literary art, as well as the
social impact that his writing has had on various
communities of readers, teachers, editors, and either
contemporary or future authors. There are no historical or
national restrictions on submissions to this session.

350 word abstract and short cv by 12/1/06;
Submit materials via e-mail to Matthew R. Hofer
<mrh_at_unm.edu>

C A L L F O R P A P E R S
Native American Literature Symposium, April 5-7, 2007

Roundtable on Teaching American Indian Poetry

This is one of two panels at the Native American Literature Symposium--the
premiere Native Literature gathering--sponsored by the ASAIL Committee on
Pedagogy and Teaching. This particular roundtable will feature individual
scholars giving mini-presentations on teaching Native American poems.
Presentations can range from topics of courses to the use of secondary
sources to innovative approaches. I am especially interested in proposals
that pair two poems by different poets and/or that offer an actual hands-on
"lesson" for use in the classroom.

CALL FOR PAPERS
  POPULAR CULTURE ASSOCIATION
  AND
  AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION
  ANNUAL MEETING
   
  APRIL 4-7, 2007
   
  BOSTON MARRIOTT COPLEY PLACE
  BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
   
   
  AMERICAN INDIAN LITERATURES AND CULTURES
   
  We invite submissions from individuals or organized panels (3 or 4 persons) focusing on any issue relating to American Indian/First Nation/Indigenous peoples' lives and literatures. We especially invite the participation of native scholars and writers.
   
  UPDATED DEADLINE FOR ALL ABSTRACTS: NOVEMBER 3, 2006
   
   
  FOR INDIVIDUAL SUBMISSIONS:
   

Appalachia was, and remains, one place where Americans' thoughts go when the=
y have to re-think what it means to be American. Whether it is understood as=
 the First Frontier, the original Old West, or an Eden infested with the sna=
kes of race, class, and violence, Appalachia offers exceedingly fertile grou=
nd for popular and scholarly investigation.

Presentations covering a broad range of Appalachian culture

are welcome, as are thematic panels composed of three to

four presentations. Topics may include:

--Appalachian music

--Appalachian writers

--Appalachia in film

--Appalachia in television

--Gender in Appalachia

--"Fighting Back" in Appalachia

ACA/PCA National Conference
  Boston 2007
   
  American Art and Architecture
  Call for Papers
   
  The Art and Architecture Area of the American Culture Association
  is seeking papers on any aspect of "Visual Culture of the Americas"
  for the annual conference in Boston, April 4 to 7, 2007.
   
  Papers on topics related to questions of
  identity, patriotism and nationalism
  within the broader categories of
  Latino, Native, African American and Canadian
  art and architecture will be considered.
   
  We are especially interested in papers which offer
  a cross-disciplinary perspective, such as art and

CALL FOR PAPERS:

OJAS: Okinawan Journal of American Studies
Deadline: 12/15/06

American Literature Association Annual Convention
Boston, 5/24/07-5/27/07

MELVILLE AND THE MEANING OF GENRE

Autobiography and the Body

We are seeking essay abstracts for a proposed anthology of essays on any
aspect of the role of the body in autobiography.