cultural studies and historical approaches

Male Sexuality in the Female Mind =96 from Aphra Behn to Annie Proulx

We are putting together a collection of essays that focus on how male=20
sexuality has been represented by women writers, from Aphra Behn=92s=20
post-Restoration drama to Annie Proulx=92s Brokeback Mountain). The=20
objective of the study is to highlight, trace and analyze=20
representations of male desire and sexuality through texts (literary,=20
cinematic, cyber, etc) in order to explore how male sexuality is and=20
has been imagined and re-imagined by women writers. It is hoped and=20
expected that the collection will find a readership both inside and=20
outside academia.

THE UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD

Call for Papers

Authenticity
An Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Conference

14-15 September 2006

A two-day conference at the University of Salford for postgraduate students of
the arts, media and social sciences to consider current and changing
perspectives on authenticity. The intention is to stimulate debate and generate
fresh understandings through interdisciplinary exchange. We welcome papers in
fields such as politics, philosophy, religions and theology, sociology,
psychology, literature, history, classics, visual and screen studies, and the
performing arts.

Possible themes include, but are not restricted to

CFP: For session at M/MLA Conference, Chicago, IL, Nov. 9-12, 2006=20
"From Bildung to Reformp=E4dagogik: Cultivating Self and Nation." This =
session welcomes papers that explore narrative and visual =
representations of teachers, pupils and educational spaces in =
German-speaking contexts. Possible topics include (but are not limited =
to) literary and filmic depictions of scenes of awakening, becoming and =
self-realization, Enlightenment, Classical and Modernist concepts of =
Bildung and Erziehung, the role of education in nation building in =
Prussia, Weimar and the Third Reich, Volksbildung, women's education, =
teacher training, German educational philosophies (Leibniz, Kant, =

CFP: In Search of (Non)Sense. Literary Semantics and the Related Fields and
Disciplines (Poland) (5/15/06; IALS IV, 10/12/06-10/14/06)

International Association of Literary Semantics invites you to attend its
cyclic conference organized by the Institute of English Philology, the
Jagiellonian University of Kraków, Poland. The conference brings together
linguists, theoreticians of literature, semioticians, philosophers, and all
researchers involved in text interpretation.
Please check the Conference page (http://www.filg.uj.edu.pl/ialsiv/) for the
successively added information about the conference details.

Georgia Conference on Information Literacy
October 6-7, 2006
Savannah, GA
 
Proposals are currently being accepted for the Georgia Conference on
Information Literacy.
Proposals due no later than April 3, 2006
Submit On Line at
http://ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/infolitsubmit.html
What is Information Literacy?
Information literacy is defined as the ability to know when there is a
need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and
effectively use that information for the issue or problem at hand.
The 2006 Conference on Information Literacy

M/MLA Conference

Chicago, IL

November 9-12, 2006

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Peace Literature and Pedagogy Section

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Topic: Literature, Torture, and Human Rights

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College English Association - Caribbean Chapter
Fall 2006 Conference: 10-11 November 2006
"Our Watery World: Humans and the Sea"
University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez

The CEA-CC invites proposals for a panel titled "The Sea in =
Representation: Representation and the Sea."
Papers may focus on representation of the sea in literature, art, film, =
myth, etc.
 Please send 200-250 word proposal to Vartan Messier at
cea_caribbeanchapter_at_hotmail.com by 31 July 2006. Proposals may be sent =
by
email as part of a text message but not as attachments. Presenters must =
be
registered members of the CEA-CC at the time of the conference.

Deadline extended to 17 April 2006.
Scope expanded to include papers on other national 'heroines / heroes' in
relation to the English

Further info at
http://web.mac.com/theorists/iWeb/IISE/Heroes%20Conference.html

Dr José Igor Prieto Arranz
Àrea d'Anglès
Edifici Ramon Llull
Universitat de les Illes Balears

Tel: +34 971 259537
Fax: +34 971 173473

The Midwest Modern Language Association has posted many sessions soliciting
abstracts for the upcoming M/MLA Convention, held November 9-12 in
Chicago. Please see http://www.uiowa.edu/~mmla/call_2006.html, where
details and contact information for each session is provided. The deadline
to submit an abstract to most panels is April 15, but some sections list
different dates.

Please direct any questions to:
Carolyn Jacobson
Midwest Modern Language Association
302 EPB
Univ. of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242-1408
mmla_at_uiowa.edu

"Locating Empire: Seduction, Domination, and Revolt in the French
Cultural Reach"=20

The Graduate Center, City University of New York Friday, October 6

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The Ph.D. Program in French at the City University of New York invites
paper proposals for its annual student conference. This year's
conference will be held on Friday 6 October and will focus on: "Locating
Empire: Seduction, Domination, and Revolt in the French Cultural Reach."
Papers should be 15-20 minutes in length.

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Aestheticism: De-humanizing or Re-humanizing Art, the Artist, and the Artistic
Receptor? (Book Project)

Call for chapter proposals for the book project "Aestheticism: De-humanizing
or Re-humanizing Art, the Artist, and the Artistic Receptor?" to be submitted
by August 2006. Cambridge Scholarly Press has already contacted me to express
an interest in publishing an edited collection on this topic.

Deadline for chapter proposal (500-1000 words): May 1, 2006.

Deadline for the completed manuscript (15-30 pp. including notes and works
cited) for accepted proposals: July 1, 2006.

Contact: Kelly Comfort (kcomfort_at_gatech.edu)

Beckett & Company:
A Centenary Conference on Samuel Beckett and the Arts
5-7 October 2006
London, UK

Call for papers

M/MLA Conference

Chicago, IL

November 9-12, 2006

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Peace Literature and Pedagogy Section

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Topic: Literature, Torture, and Human Rights

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CFP: Travel and Tourism (6/15/06; MAPACA; 10/27-29/06)

The Mid-Atlantic Popular / American Culture Association (MAPACA) will
be holding its 17th Annual Conference in Philadelphia from October 26
to the 29th. This is a wide-ranging conference that usually features
over 90 panels and 270 presenters. For full information about the
conference, please go to www.wcenter.ncc.edu/gazette.

The conference features roughly 35 "areas," ranging from Architecture
to Television, from Shakespeare to Cartoons. We usually run 3 or 4
panels in the "Travel and Tourism" area, and I invite you to submit a
proposal.