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CFP: Women and Things: Material Culture, 1750-1950 (3/30/07; collection)

updated: 
Sunday, February 4, 2007 - 6:54pm
Maureen Goggin

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Call for Proposals

for a collection

Women and Things: Material Culture, 1750-1950

Maureen Daly Goggin and Beth Fowkes Tobin , editors

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We invite proposals for essays for a collection titled Women and Things:
Material Culture, 1750-1950. This collection invites scholars to
consider women's engagement with the material world, from the most
ordinary, mundane daily practices and objects to the most extraordinary,
life-altering practices and objects, over the two-hundred-year period of
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UPDATE: Reading Daniel Deronda (UK) (3/23/07; 8/31/07-9/1/07)

updated: 
Sunday, February 4, 2007 - 6:30pm
TI Sperlinger, English

Reading Daniel Deronda
University of Bristol, UK
31 August - 1 September 2007

Keynote speakers: Valentine Cunningham and John Rignall

This interdisciplinary conference will focus on George Eliot's Daniel
Deronda in order to explore wider themes and debates provoked by the novel.
It will provide an opportunity for scholars engaged in research on the
nineteenth century to discuss a single book that embodies a breadth of
concerns within literature of the period. Lifelong Learning students will
also participate in this conference.

CFP: From Ettrick to Empire: New Perspectives in James Hogg Studies (UK) (4/30/07; 8/7/07-8/9/07)

updated: 
Thursday, February 1, 2007 - 10:33pm
James Hogg Conference {English Studies}

CFP: From Ettrick to Empire: New Perspectives in James Hogg Studies,
University of Stirling, 7-9 August 2007. Deadline 30 April 2007

CALL FOR PAPERS
FROM ETTRICK to EMPIRE: NEW PERSPECTIVES IN JAMES HOGG STUDIES
Conference hosted by the Department of English Studies, University of
Stirling, 7-9 August 2007

Plenary Address: Ian Duncan (UC Berkeley)

CFP: Midwest Conference on British Studies (4/1/07; 9/28/07-9/30/07)

updated: 
Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 8:01pm
Craig Dionne

CALL FOR PAPERS

Midwest Conference on British Studies 53rd Annual Meeting
September 28-30, 2007 at Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio.
The Midwest Conference on British Studies is proud to announce that its
fifty-third annual meeting will be hosted by Wright State University at
the Doubletree Suites Hotel in Dayton, Ohio.

UPDATE: Eighteenth-Century English Literature (3/1/07; RMMLA, 10/4/07-10/6/07)

updated: 
Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 8:01pm
m.dezio_at_tin.it

61st Annual Convention of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language
Association
October 4-6, 2007, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Website: rmmla.
wsu.edu

Call for papers
English Eighteenth-Century Literature Session
We welcome submission of proposals for individual papers that consider,
but are not limited to, the following issues:

Fiction
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction in all its forms
Letters and journals
Colonialism,
Abolitionism and Slavery (particularly welcomed)
Gender and Sexuality
The private and public sphere
Cultural spaces
The country and the city
The publishing industry

CFP: Literature & Fashion (3/1/07; RMMLA, 10/4/07-10/6/07)

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Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 8:00pm
Catherine R Mintler

Call for Papers: "Literature & Fashion" Panel
RMMLA Conference, Calgary Alberta, October 4-6, 2007.
 
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The focus of the 2007 RMMLA panel on "Literature & Fashion" is open regarding genre and period; however, we are specifically interested in papers that explore the "materiality" of clothing in shaping the context of identity and in shaping the practices that continually [trans]form identity--or, adversely, impede its transformation or essentialize it--for either/both wearer and observer.
 
* performance (in any of its many [dis]guises)

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

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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.

CFP: 18th Century Exploration (5/15/07; 10/25/07-10/27/07)

updated: 
Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 1:24am
Robin Michelle Runia

The Aphra Behn Society invites panels and papers for its
conference "Heavenly and Earthly Bodies: Exploration
1660-1830" to be held at the University of New Mexico, in
Albuquerque, October 25-27, 2007.

CFP: Early British Literature (3/9/07; 4/20/07-4/21/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, January 16, 2007 - 10:20pm
Dr. Stephen Hamrick

Call for Papers

The Northern Plains Conference on Earlier British Literature welcomes
paper submissions on all aspects of British literature from the
beginnings to the Eighteenth Century.
This year's conference will be held at Minnesota State University
Moorhead, 20-21 April 2007.

Questions and paper abstracts (20-minute reading time) may be directed
to Dr. Stephen Hamrick, hamrick_at_mnstate.edu <mailto:hamrick_at_mnstate.edu>

Deadline for submissions: 9 March 2007

CFP: Henry Fielding and Narrative (3/1/07; RMMLA, 10/4/07-10/6/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 19, 2006 - 10:26pm
Cgdsen_at_aol.com

Call for papers for the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association meeting
in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 4-6, 2007
 
Henry Fielding and Narrative*
Charles G. Davis, 6320 N. River Tree Place, Boise, ID 83714; 208-327-1893;
fax 208-327-3536; _cgdsen_at_aol.com_ (mailto:cgdsen_at_aol.com)
Description: Seeking papers on any aspect of Henry Fielding and Narrative,
in this, the 300th anniversary of his birth. Paper proposals due by March 1,
2007.

CFP: Leisure and the Making of Knowledge in 18th-century Europe (Germany) (2/28/07; 10/31/07-11/2/07)

updated: 
Tuesday, December 19, 2006 - 10:25pm
Felix Sprang

Call for Papers:
“Leisure and the making of knowledge in 18th-century Europe”
31 October â€" 2 November 2007, University of Hamburg, Germany
http://www.slm.uni-hamburg.de/berichte03_06/AGWL.html

“Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles.”
Samuel Johnson “Rambler” 177 (November 26, 1751)

CFP: Fili the Buster: Political Satire and the Public (1/10/07; SGES, 2/15/07-2/17/07)

updated: 
Monday, December 11, 2006 - 11:25pm
stacey

Southwest Graduate English Symposium – 2007
   
   
  "Fili" the "Buster": Political Satire and the Public
   
  From Jonathan Swift to Jon Stewart, political satire evokes visceral responses, whether from love or hate. But why? What is it about this satire that appeals to or repulses the public? Can we distinguish an ethics of political satire, or is it marked by the lack of ethics completely? How should we engage this satire – if we should engage it at all?
   
  This panel seeks papers and presentations that discuss various forms, methods, writers, outlets, responses, and/or refutations of political satire throughout history, from Aristophanes to Steven Colbert.
   

UPDATE: A History of Sexual Perversion 1650-1850 (2/31/07; collection)

updated: 
Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 11:47pm
Julie Peakman

CALL FOR PAPERS

Contributors are sought for a new book on 'A History of Sexual Perversion
1650-1850'. We specifically seek articles within the boundaries of history
of sexuality which examine so-called sexual 'perversions'; this might
include any sexual behaviour which was considered perverse or 'abnormal' for
its time and would include certain heterosexual, homosexual, lesbian,
transgender, transvestite etc. practices; and why was such behaviour was
seen as 'abnormal', 'perverse' or threatening; subjects for discussion might
be considered include bestiality, flagellation, sex with children, fetishes,
sado-masochism etc.

CFP: Domestic Violence in the Long Eighteenth Century (2/15/07; collection)

updated: 
Sunday, November 26, 2006 - 1:16am
Broome, Judith

CFP - Domestic Violence in the Long Eighteenth Century (02/15/07; =
collection)

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I am currently soliciting proposals for contributions to a collection of =
essays on domestic violence-physical, emotional, sexual-during the long =
eighteenth century. Interdisciplinary treatments are especially =
encouraged, as are examinations of domestic violence in all countries =
and cultures during the long eighteenth century. Deadline for completed =
essays of 20-25 pp. is 31 May 2007. Electronic submissions preferred. =
Please send 250-word proposals by 02/15/07 to Judith Broome at =
broomej1_at_wpunj.edu <mailto:broomej1_at_wpunj.edu> =20

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Judith Broome

Assistant Professor

CFP: English Eighteenth-Century Literature (3/1/07; RMMLA, 10/4/07-10/6/07)

updated: 
Sunday, November 19, 2006 - 10:52pm
m.dezio_at_tin.it

61st Annual Convention of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language
Association
October 4-6, 2007, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Website: rmmla.
wsu.edu

Call for papers
English Eighteenth-Century Literature Session
We welcome submission of proposals for individual papers that consider,
but are not limited to, the following issues:

Fiction
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction in all its forms
Letters and journals
Colonialism,
Abolitionism and Slavery
Gender and Sexuality
The private and public
sphere
Cultural spaces
The country and the city
The publishing industry

CFP: Eighteenth-century Ireland Annual Conference (UK) (3/30/07; 6/15/07-6/16/07)

updated: 
Sunday, November 19, 2006 - 10:49pm
M.Haslett_at_queens-belfast.ac.uk

Call for Papers

The Annual Conference of the Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society / Cumann
Éire san Ochtú Céad Déag Queen's University, Belfast 15th – 17th June, 2007

Proposals are invited for papers on any aspect of eighteenth-century
Ireland, including its history, literature, language and culture. Special
panels may include

• The Act of Union, 1707 To mark the three hundred year anniversary of the
union of England and Scotland, papers are invited on any aspect of the
Irish ramifications of the act, including Swift's The Story of the Injured
Lady.

CFP: Pride and Prejudice (3/1/07; journal issue)

updated: 
Sunday, November 19, 2006 - 10:48pm
Dr. Jen Camden

CFP for a special issue of Persuasions On-Line Papers due by March 1st

Persuasions On-Line, a peer-reviewed electronic journal devoted to
scholarship on Jane Austen, solicits papers for a special issue on the
most recent film adaptation of Pride and Prejudice: the 2005 Focus
Features film starring Keira Knightley and Matthew MacFadyen.

CFP: Satire: From Swift to The Daily Show (12/1/06; EGSA, 2/16/07-2/17/07)

updated: 
Wednesday, November 8, 2006 - 5:14pm
Matthew Landers

LSU EGSA Mardi Gras Conference on Language and Literature.
Feb. 16-17, 2007
Lod Cook Alumni Center
Baton Rouge, LA

Members Only: Gatekeepers and the Future of Literary Studies

Keynote Speaker: Timothy Brennan, Professor of Comparative Literature,
Cultural Studies, and English, The University of Minnesota.
Selected Publications: Wars of Position: Cultural Politics of Left and
Right (2005), Ed. Music in Cuba (2001), At Home in the World:
Cosmopolitanism Now (1997).

"Satire: From Swift to The Daily Show"

CFP: Sexual perversions 1650-1850 (1/31/07; collection)

updated: 
Friday, November 3, 2006 - 11:07pm
Julie Peakman

CALL FOR PAPERS: Sexual perversions 1650-1850.

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Contributors are sought for a new book on 'A History of Sexual =
Perversion
1650-1850'. We specifically seek articles within the boundaries of =
history of sexuality which examine so-called sexual 'perversions'; this =
might include any sexual behaviour which was considered perverse or =
'abnormal' for its time and would include certain heterosexual, =
homosexual, lesbian, transgender, transvestite etc. practices; and why =
was such behaviour was seen as 'abnormal', 'perverse' or threatening; =
subjects for discussion might be considered include bestiality, =
flagellation, sex with children, fetishes, sado-masochism etc.=20

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CFP: Children in/and Literature in the Long 18th Century (10/15/06; SCSECS, 2/22/07-2/24/07)

updated: 
Sunday, October 15, 2006 - 12:56am
Sara Beam

I am inviting proposals for the panel "Childhood and Children's Literature in the Long Eighteenth Century" at the 2007 South Central Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies conference to be held in Tulsa, OK, February 22-24, 2007. The panel welcomes papers that address portrayals of children in literature, pedagogical texts for children, childhood literacy, issues of censorship/editing in texts designed for children, etc. during the Restoration and eighteenth century. For more information on the conference, visit scsecs.net. Please send proposals to Sara Beam at <sara-beam_at_utulsa.edu> by October 15, 2006.

CFP: Burney Conference 2007 Young Researchers Panel (grad) (UK) (1/31/07; 7/6/07-7/7/07)

updated: 
Sunday, October 15, 2006 - 12:52am
Fiona Ritchie

UK BURNEY SOCIETY CONFERENCE 2007
YOUNG RESEARCHERS PANEL
CALL FOR PAPERS
        
The Burney Society is seeking participants for the Young Researchers panel
at its conference to be held in Windsor, 6-7 July 2007. Undergraduate and
graduate students are invited to submit abstracts for 15-20 minute papers on
Frances Burney's Court Journals (1786-91) or any related subject. The panel
will consist of papers given by four young scholars and Professor Audrey
Bilger (Claremont McKenna College) will act as respondent. Papers will be
chosen by a panel headed by Fiona Ritchie (McGill University).

CFP: Eighteenth-Century Interiors (6/30/07; journal issue)

updated: 
Sunday, October 15, 2006 - 12:51am
Jacqueline Langille

INTERIORS
Special Issue of /Eighteenth-Century Fiction/ 20:3 (Spring 2008)
Submission deadline: 30 June 2007
We invite articles that analyze, theorize and/or historicize the interior in
eighteenth-century culture and literature. We are interested in articles that
connect the interior with emergent notions of subjectivity. Interdisciplinary
articles that treat "fiction" as an extra-textual (i.e., philosophical,
psychological, or ideological) construct, as well as a literary one, are also
welcome. Possible themes, topics, and artifacts: cabinets, closets, cells,
keyholes, pockets, caves, grottos, carriages, wombs, convents, the camera

CFP: Contesting Transoceanic Natural Histories (11/1/06; ACLA, 4/19/07-4/22/07)

updated: 
Thursday, October 5, 2006 - 5:55am
ADAM MIYASHIRO

Contesting Transoceanic Natural Histories

Seminar Organizers: Adam Miyashiro and Oscar Fernandez
Affiliations: The Pennsylvania State University and Portland State University

The American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA)
Annual Meeting 2007: Puebla, Mexico

April 19-22, 2007
Submission Deadline: November 1, 2006

Description: This interdisciplinary panel seeks to address
critical issues in the theory and practice of “natural history,” a formal
mode of encyclopedic writing that described everything perceived as
“natural” from the perspective of their writers.

CFP: Louis XI: A Controversial Figure (France) (11/1/06; 10/4/07-10/6/07)

updated: 
Thursday, October 5, 2006 - 5:55am
Serge Varjabedian

Call for paper
"Louis XI a controversial figure"
Université de Lille 3
Campus Pont de Bois
Equipe d'accueil ALITHILA
4th-5th-6th oct. 2007
During the past few years, the sections of comparative and medieval studies in
the University of Lille 3 have been studying together how historical or
literary figures are received and transmitted to the later generations,  i.e.
the reception of Antiquity, of Virgil from the Middle-Ages to the XXth
century, the posterity of the Renaissance. Persuing the same aim, we would
like to focus our attention on the figure of Louis XI.
Since Paul M. Kendall, Jean Dufournet and Joël Blanchard and their analysis of

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