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Seeking contributors to write signed entries for a "Critical Companion to Henry James" (under contract for publication in early 2008). This reference volume will cover more than 60 works of fiction, travel writing, and cultural criticism (1000-10,000 words per topic), as well as biography, selected correspondence, and "related persons, places, and events" (another 60-plus entries). Please send expressions of interest, with CV attached, to both editors: Kendall Johnson (kjohnso1_at_swarthmore.edu) and Eric Haralson (eharalson_at_notes.cc.sunysb.edu). A headword list, contributor guidelines and deadlines, and sample entries will follow.

CFP: Edith Wharton and the Material Cultures of the Book edited collection:
deadlines extended (abstracts, 1 October 2006; contributions, 1 April 2007).

Contributors are encouraged to interpret the idea of the material culture of
the book as widely as they wish, drawing upon research from sociology,
economic and social history, literary theory, bibliography, book history,
philosophy and anthropology. I would particularly welcome contributors seeking to
examine Wharton’s publication, production, dissemination and place in book
history and material culture outside of an American context. Some topics that you
might wish to discuss include:

Americana: The Journal of American Popular Culture (1900-present) invites
submissions for the fall 2006 edition of the journal. Submitters are
encouraged to visit the journal at http://www.americanpopularculture.com to
see the kinds of articles we are interested in publishing.

Submissions guidelines:

Call for Papers

Panel Title: Writing Hunger

38th Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)
March 1-4, 2007
Baltimore, MD

This panel seeks to explore the multivalent representations of food and
hunger in American literature and culture. Please send abstracts of 250-500
words to Kirsten Bartholomew Ortega at kirstenbart_at_hotmail.com.

Sites of Asian American Studies: 11/3-11/4, The Ohio State University,
Columbus, Ohio

New Approaches to 19th-century African American Autobiography
NeMLA Board-Sponsored Panel

38th Annual Northeast MLA Convention
Baltimore, Maryland
March 1-4, 2007

In honor of NeMLA's return to Maryland, the state of Frederick
Douglass' birth, this board-sponsored panel invites papers that focus
on new approaches to nineteenth-century African American
autobiography. Papers may focus on any text or issue, including (but
not limited to) single-author studies, comparative autobiographical
studies, or larger generic issues within African American autobiography studies

CFP: 49th Parallel: An Interdisciplinary Journal of
North American Studies (7/31/06; journal issue)

Call for journal submissions

Autumn 2006: Open Issue

49th Parallel is an interdisciplinary e-journal of the
University of Birmingham (UK) devoted to American and
Canadian studies that looks to promote innovative and
challenging academic work. The journal takes its name
from the 1,270 mile border separating USA and Canada,
and in this sense is keen to encourage dialogues and
debates which transcend the boundaries of customary
theoretical approaches to the culture, history, and
politics of the North American continent.

New Approaches to Edgar Allan Poe
NeMLA Board-Sponsored Panel

38th Annual Northeast MLA Convention
Baltimore, Maryland
March 1-4, 2007

In honor of NeMLA's return to Baltimore, this board-sponsored panel
invites papers on any aspect of the works of Edgar Allan Poe,
especially (but not limited to) papers that situate his works within
the specificities of their historical and cultural context.

Send 500-word abstracts, in the body of an email (no attachments,
please), to Jason Haslam, Dalhousie University:
<mailto:Jason.Haslam_at_dal.ca>Jason.Haslam_at_dal.ca

Deadline: Sept. 15, 2006.

Call for Poetry Papers: Submit Critical Work to Deep South!

Deep South is emerging from hibernation.Our 2006 call for critical
submissions closes on August 1st, 2006. We will publish critical essays in
the Humanities and Arts, extracts from work in progress and reviews,
pertaining to a poetry theme. Submissions from anyone are welcome. Quality
of work will be given priority over graduate or under-graduate status.
With a Spring deadline in mind, we intend to publish Deep South by
September 2006. All submissions will be peer-reviewed and evaluated by
members of the Deep South editorial team. All submitters will receive
e-mail notification of acceptance or rejection by the end of August.

Call for Papers: Third Annual English Graduate Organization Conference:
"Representations of Indigenous Identity: Constructions of Authenticity"

November 10-11, 2006, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL
Keynote speaker: Prof. Michael Loudon, Eastern Illinois University.

CALL FOR PAPERS, 19TH SOUTHERN WRITERS SYMPOSIUM, February 23-24, 2007, METHODIST COLLEGE, FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, FEATURED SPEAKER: TRUDIER HARRIS. The theme of the next Southern Writers Symposium will be NEGLECTED SOUTHERN WRITERS. We invite papers and panels describing the works of little-known southern writers and exploring their relationship to the southern literary canon.

Please find the CFP for The African Presence and Influence on the Cultures of the Americas: An Interdisciplinary Conference below, and acknowledge receipt of this submission. If further information is needed, please let me know.
Thank you and I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,
Sarah Brennan
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THE AFRICAN PRESENCE AND INFLUENCE ON THE CULTURES OF THE AMERICAS: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE

Dedicated to Nicolás Guillén and Gwendolyn Brooks
November 2006

Paper/Proposal DEADLINE: AUGUST 25, 2006

Call for Papers

Race and Ethnicity in the Nineteenth Century

28th Annual Conference of the Nineteenth-Century Studies Association (NCSA)

Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA, March 8-10, 2007

CALL FOR CIRCUS PAPERS
   
  The Thirty-Seventh Annual Convention of
  The Popular Culture Association &
  The American Culture Association will take place
   
  April 4-7, 2007
  Boston Marriott Copley Plaza
  110 Huntington Avenue
  Boston, Massachusetts 02116
   
  This will be the eleventh meeting of the Popular Culture Association
  Circuses and Circus Culture interest group. We invite papers that
  explore the past and present of circus as literature, art, craft and a
  unique form of popular culture. Circus, a continuously evolving tradition
  of live entertainment, lends itself to scholarship from many perspectives.
   
  Some previous papers: