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Call for Papers
Eudora Welty Society at the American Literature Association
May 25-28, 2006
San Francisco, CA
Hyatt Regency, Embarcadero Center
"They are fearless": Women Writers Cross the Color Line
Eudora Welty and Other Others
Call for Papers: American Indian Literatures & Cultures
Popular Culture Association
and
American Culture Association
Annual Meeting
April 12 – 16, 2006
Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel
Atlanta, Georgia
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.
DEADLINE FOR ALL ABSTRACTS:
NOVEMBER 1st, 2005
FOR INDIVIDUAL SUBMISSIONS:
--200-250 word abstract [presentation title--10 words maximum]
Irish Children's Literature: National and International Contexts
IRISH SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
Annual Conference
17 and 18 FEBRUARY 2006
Venue: Church of Ireland College of Education, Rathmines, Dublin 6
Irish Children's Literature: National and International Contexts
The Center for British Studies and English Department at Berkeley are
hosting a conference on 'Scottish Romanticism and World Literatures' from
7-10 September 2006, jointly organized by Ian Duncan and Murray Pittock.
Among the areas we are planning to address in the main conference sessions
are the impact of Scottish Romanticism on European literatures, the
Anglophone British Empire and the United States; continuities between
Scottish Enlightenment and Romanticism; relations between Scotland and
Ireland, and between Scottish and English Romanticisms; "literature" and
the disciplines of the natural and human sciences; the social environments
CFP: Studying Jewish Memorial (Yizkor) Books
Participants are sought for a workshop to be proposed
to the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, in
Washington, DC. Each year, the Center accepts
proposals from groups of six-to-ten scholars to
conduct two-week research workshops at the Museum
during the summer. The aim of these workshops is to
promote discussion of methodologies and research
results, to encourage networking among scholars, and
to foster research and publication. I would like to
bring together scholars interested in yizkor books as
a way to further research into the books.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Yiddish / Jewish Cultures: Literature, History, Thought in Eastern European
Diasporas
Date: Sunday, February 26th to Monday, February 27th, 2006
Location: Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York
University, New York City
What does the field of "Yiddish Studies" mean in the 21st century?
Announcing a graduate student conference on the varieties of Yiddish
cultural, historical, and linguistic expression either located within
Eastern Europe, or emanating to diasporas such as the Americas, Israel, and
other parts of the world.
MELUS, The Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the
United States, announces its 20th Annual Conference,
from April 27-30, 2006.
Call for Papers and Panels
Conference Theme
Crosscurrents: Navigating the Mainland and the Margins in U.S. Ethnic
Literatures
Host: Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letter, Florida Atlantic
University, Boca Raton, FL
Conference Committee: Sika Dagbovie, Andrew Furman, Cleavis Headley,
Elena Machado Sáez, Johnnie Stover, Anthony Tamburri, Derrick White,
Wenying Xu
CFP: Japanese/American: Transnational Borders and Hybrid
Identities
Association for Asian American Studies
Annual conference, Atlanta, GA, March 22-March 26, 2006
Extended deadline:
The Africana Studies Group Presents
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"Any enemy of the Black man is the enemy of me": Departures and =
Definitions of Afro-Latino Identity in the New Millennium=20
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All Day Conference=20
Friday, 17 March 2006
The Graduate Center of the City University of New York=20
365 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York
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Deadline extended:
UPDATE: Representing Black Europe in Cinema (9/30/05; NEMLA, 3/2/06-3/5/06)
CALL FOR PAPERS:
Papers are invited for submission for a panel on Representing Black Europe in
Cinema at the upcoming Modern Language Association (North East) conference in
Philadelphia, March 2-5, 2006. This panel will explore the Black American
presence in European cinema and Black Europeans in film, contrasting the
representation of the American expatriate experience with the representation of
Black communities in Europe.
CFP: Present Pasts in African Literature and Film
Deadline: 10/13/05
African Literature Association
32nd Annual Meeting and Conference
Accra, Ghana
May 17-21, 2006
Papers are sought for a panel on the topic "Present Pasts in African
Literature and Film" at the May 2006 African Literature Association
conference in Ghana.
Call for papers: Latino Studies Focus Group ATHE
Chicago, IL
August 3-6, 2006
IASIL 2006 - First Call for Papers.
Reply to irish_at_unsw.edu.au
http://www.iasil.org/sydney
Proposals are warmly invited on the general conference theme: exploring
'intertextuality' in all its forms in Irish literature and culture. Please
submit a title and 200 word abstract to irish_at_unsw.edu.au by 15th December,
2005. Papers should not exceed 20 minutes duration.
IASIL 2006 - "Those images that yet/ Fresh images beget" (W.B. Yeats
'Byzantium')
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Thursday 20 July to Sunday 23 July 2006
College English Association National Conference, April 6-8, 2006, San Antonio, Texas.
We invite papers on Native American Literature for the 37th Annual meeting of the CEA. Special consideration will be given to papers on Native American Literature that address this year's conference theme, "Regions,"--and questions such as "How do we construct and understand our geographical, historical, cultural, and ideological regions?" and, "how do those understandings inform what we write, read, and teach?"--but all papers on Native American Literature will be considered.
Proposals should include the following information:
Papers are solicited for a panel on South Asian Studies for the annual Association of Asian American Studies conference (AAAS). See below for the conference description, but also feel free to propose papers more broadly, as the inclusion of South Asian Americans continues to expand the AAAS.
Please email me by October 1, 2005, with:
-an abstract for your paper
-a brief cv, highlighting especially your previous paper presentations
-the best way to contact you
Best,
anupama jain
anupama jain * Assistant Professor of English * Union College * Schenectady, NY 12308
>From the conference announcement:
CALL FOR PAPERS: The Problem of the Colorblind: College Teachers Talk
About the Fears, Risks, and Rewards of Teaching Race in 21st Century
America
Seeking contributions for an edited collection of essays on the subject
of teaching matters of race in the college classroom in 21st century
America.
For a special issue of Studies in American Indian Literatures (volume =
19.1, Spring 2007) focusing on pedagogy:
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The editors of this special issue invite submissions of articles that =
directly address pedagogical questions in the teaching of Native American =
literatures. Potential topics include:
methods of teaching individual texts, including recently published and =
other "less canonical" texts;
teaching from oral traditions;
strategies for inclusion of non-literary cultural and historical background=
materials, information, and resources;
gender issues in the content and reception of particular texts;
religious identity and ceremony, including student response to critiques =
Call for Essays: Human Rights & Latin American/U.S. Relations
CALL FOR PAPERS
IRISH STUDIES: GEOGRAPHIES AND GENDERS
American Conference for Irish Studies
2006 Southern Regional Conference
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
February 23-26, 2006
The University of South Carolina will host the 2006 Southern Regional
Conference of the American Conference for Irish Studies in Columbia, SC,
February 23-26, 2006. Special guests will include poets Eavan Boland and Vona
Groarke. Some sessions will be held in conjunction with the USC Women's
Studies conference on "Transnational Feminisms."
Call for Papers:
The Hidden Ireland - ASSEC 2006
Montreal, Canada
March 30-April 2
The 21st Century Ethnic Enclave: Beyond the Way Station
Association for Asian American Studies
Atlanta, GA March 22-26, 2006
For a collection of essays entitled 'British Jewish Women Writers',
contracted for publication in 2007, I am seeking essays on the fiction of
G.B. Stern, Bernice Rubens, Elaine Feinstein and Eva Figes. Completed
essays will be due in by February 28, 2006.
Please send an abstract of 250 words and CV by October 30, 2005 to
N.D.Valman_at_soton.ac.uk, or contact me for further information/discussion.
Dr Nadia Valman
Lecturer in English
School of Humanities
University of Southampton
Highfield
Southampton SO17 1BJ
UK
Call for Papers: American Indians Today
Abstract/Proposals by 15 November 2005
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Southwest/Texas Popular & American Popular Culture Associations 27th
Annual Conference =20
Albuquerque, NM. February 8-11, 2006
Hyatt Regency Albuquerque
330 Tijeras
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Phone: 1.505.842.1234
Fax: 1.505.766.6710
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Spectres, Screens, Shadows, Mirrors
Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) Conference
The University of Western Australia (UWA), Perth, July 3-5 2006
Nobby's story has its roots way back. It's part of a bigger
historical picture and a longer story of hardship passed down from
one generation to another. This story continues today.
Ruby Langford Ginibi (from Haunted by the Past)
History breaks down into images, not into stories. Walter Benjamin
There is no word or image that is not haunted by history. Eduardo Cadava
"Loss and Foundlings"
Northeast Modern Language Association Convention
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 2-5, 2006
Language Barriers: International Voices in an Anglophone Education System
CALL FOR PAPERS
Jewish Studies Area
2006 Conference
Popular Culture Association
April 12 - 15, 2006
Atlanta, Georgia
The Jewish Studies Area of the Popular Culture Association is open to any
scholar or author with an interest in Jewish Studies. Those interests may
include (but are not exclusive to):
Literature Creative Writing
Film Drama
History Holocaust Studies
Culture Art (including Fine Art, Music, Comic Art, etc.)
Society Politics (US and Israel, Israel and Palestine, etc.)
Language Religion
And any other topic of interest
In order to mark the centenary of Samuel Beckett=92s birth in 2006, =
essays are
requested for a new volume examining Beckett=92s relationship with =
Ireland.
Entitled Beckett and Ireland: New Perspectives, this volume will offer
readings of Beckett=92s work in a social, political, and cultural =
context.
Although many readings of Beckett=92s work tend to stress his preference =
for a
deterritorialised aesthetic, there have been a number of important =
recent
articles stressing Beckett=92s Irishness, and it is hoped that this =
collection
will build on such work in new and exciting ways. Possible topics might
include:
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Call for Papers
"Canada and the Americas"
Deadline: December 1, 2005.
Deadline extended:
We invite submissions for a forthcoming book entitled "Multicultural
Literature and the New Educational Accountability: Challenges and
Opportunities." This book will highlight ways in which classroom teachers
and teacher educators continue to utilize multicultural children's and
young adult literature while addressing local, state and national
standards. Moreover, contributors to the volume will examine how teachers
balance the pressure for accountability (i.e., success on high-stakes
tests) with students' needs for culturally responsive pedagogy.