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Call for Proposals: Extension of Deadline (10/10/05)
Roundtable Discussion: Preserving/Digitizing the (Re)Collections of Women
Writers
British Women Writer's Conference (March 23-26, 2006)
http://www.english.ufl.edu/bwwc/
We apologise for multiple copies of this CfP. Please distribute widely.
CALL FOR PAPERS quick link
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COMPUTERS & PHILOSOPHY, an International Conference
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Le Mans University, Laval, France, 3-5 May, 2006
Chair: C.T.A. Schmidt Colin.Schmidt_at_univ-lemans.fr e-mail
Convergence: The International Journal of New Media Technologies
Call for Papers - Vol 12. No 4. Winter 2006 Special Edition
AN END TO THE NEW? RE-ASSESSING THE CLAIMS FOR NEW MEDIA WRITING(S)
Guest-edited by Simon Mills, Gavin Stewart & Sue Thomas
This special edition of Convergence marks the tenth anniversary of the trAce Online Writing Centre, UK. To commemorate this landmark event, the guest editors are seeking to evaluate the state-of-the-art of new media writing(s).
Image (&) Narrative, a refereed online journal based at K.U. Leuven in=20
Belgium, seeks contributions on the topic of =E2=80=9CLiterary illustration=
: pros and cons.
=E2=80=9D Several years ago, we published an issue on =E2=80=9CIllustration=
,=E2=80=9D and we are=20
now seeking to deepen our understanding of the relationships between litera=
ry=20
reading, illustration, and the web.=20
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We are, therefore, seeking two types of contributions. First, we would like=
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to see a very specific type of illustration, namely online =E2=80=9Cindepen=
dent=20
illustrative networks=E2=80=9D that function not as simple =E2=80=9Cillustr=
ations,=E2=80=9D but as=20
CFP: Digital Citizenship: Technology, Documentation, and the Divide
Editors: Adrienne Lamberti and Anne R. Richards
The practical and ethical responsibilities of professional communicators
have been greatly complicated by the digital divide. Because of the
increasing reliance on new media to convey information previously conveyed
in print, critical inquiry into the accessibility and usability of digital
documentation is needed.
CALL FOR PAPERS: Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 8-11, 2006
Computer Culture Area
2006 SWTexas Popular Culture Assoc./American Culture Assoc.
http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/
We are seeking individual paper proposals as well as panel proposals
(panels of three or four presenters) in various areas of computer media.
Panels are open to professionals, graduate students, and performers and
designers. Proposals may be for histories and analyses from any number
of perspectives. We are also interested in proposals from active
bloggers, vloggers, podcasters, and Web page designers.
Call for Papers
Computers & Writing/Composition/Rhetoric (Composition and Rhetoric Area)
Popular Culture Assocation/American Culture Association Conference
Atlanta, GA
April 12-15, 2006
CALL FOR PAPERS: Online Publishing
Computer Culture Area
2006 SWTexas Popular Culture Assoc./American Culture Assoc.
http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/
Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 8-11, 2006
We are seeking individual paper proposals as well as panel proposals
(panels of three or four presenters) on aspects of online publishing. We
would welcome proposals by scholars (including graduate students),
publishers, editors, writers, and artists.
Possible topics include:
COST A20 Conference
“The Impact of the Internet on the Mass Media in Europe”
Delphi, Greece, 26-28 April 2006
COST Action A20 on “The Impact of the Internet on the Mass Media in
Europe” invites proposals for papers to be presented at its
concluding conference, to be held in Delphi, Greece, 26-28 April 2006.
EAAS BIENNIAL CONFERENCE
APRIL 7-10, 2006
NICOSIA, CYPRUS
CONFERENCE THEME:
"Conformism, Non-conformism and Anti-conformism in the Culture of the =
United States"
Workshop Title:
Cyberspace Revisited: Digital Revolution vs. Transnational Digital =
Convergence
Chairs: Dr. Tatiani Rapatzikou (trapatz_at_enl.auth.gr) and Dr. Allan =
Lloyd-Smith (a.lloyd-smith_at_uea.ac.uk)
Call for Papers: Media and Globalization
2006 Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association Conference
To be held in Albuquerque, NM, February 8-11, 2006.
Further details (listing of all areas, hotel, registration, tours, etc.)
available at http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/
Call for Papers
Fifth IABA Conference, Mainz, Germany, 27-31 July 2006
Organizer: Alfred Hornung
The fifth biennial conference of the International Auto/Biography=20
Association will take place at the Johannes Gutenberg-University in Mainz,=
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Germany, from 27-31 July 2006. The general topic of "Auto/Biography and=20
Mediation" will permit a wide range of papers dealing with issues of=20
auto/biography as media and auto/biography in the media, performing a=20
process of mediation.
Auto/Biography and Mediation
CALL FOR PAPERS AND CREATIVE SUBMISSIONS: DEADLINE
EXTENDED TO JULY 15
Women Writers: A Zine is seeking previously
unpublished essays and original works of fiction,
poetry, and hypertext for an upcoming special issue,
"Digital Eves: Transgression/ Transcendence in
Cyberspace." Women Writers: A Zine is a digital,
peer-reviewed publication that features creative work
by women writers and artists as well as scholarship on
any aspect
of women's writing, women's studies, and feminist
scholarship by both male and female authors. See the
journal's Website at
www.womenwriters.net for more information.
Call for Chapters - Submission Deadline Oct. 1, 2005
Handbook of Research on Open Source Software: Technological, Economic, and Social Perspectives
Edited by Kirk St.Amant and Brian Still, Texas Tech University
Deadline extended:
CFP: Medieval Video Gaming (proposals 10/01/2005)
Proposals for THE MEDIEVAL IN MOTION:
Neomedievalism in Film, Television, and Video Games
(An Anthology of Critical & Pedagogical Analysis)
Are these media new ?
Under the editorship of Eric Alloi and Isabelle Raynauld
[la version française suit]
The 6th issue of Post-Scriptum.org is concerned with the concepts and
expressions that constitute the foundation of new media as a field of study.
If the current lexical profusion (new media, multimedia, digital media,
interactive media, etc.) attests to the diversity of possible approaches
when faced with combinations of information technology and arts such as
literature, cinema and other hybrid forms, what critical point of view are
we able to bring to an artistic practice that is still embryonic?
AS THE WORLD TURNS: Globalism and the Entertainment Industry
The worldwide media landscape is in a particular state of flux due to
recent developments in the entertainment industry, including shifting
ownership, evolving international industries, changing regulatory
practices, and technological innovations, all of which affect the texts
audiences consume.
Topics to Explore:
Digital Games (formerly Video Games)
PCA/ACA - National Conference
April 12-15, 2006
Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Abstract Submission Deadline: November 1, 2005
The Digital Games area of the Popular Culture Association invites
papers/panels on digital games (video games, computer games, arcade games,
etc.) and digital game studies for the Popular Culture Association/American
Culture Association National Conference to be held at the Atlanta Marriott
Marquis Hotel, April 12-15, 2006. All topics related to digital games and
digital game studies will be considered.
So that there will be ample time for discussion, each individual paper
*The Wild, Wild Wiki: Unsettling the Frontiers of Cyberspace, *edited by
Matt Barton and Robert Cummings
CFP: Politics in a Mediated World
2006 National Popular Culture/American Culture Associations' Annual Conference
Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Atlanta, Georgia
April 12-15, 2006
Submission Deadline: November 1, 2005
The Politics in a Mediated World section of the American Culture
Association is seeking individual papers and/or panels for the
Joint meeting of the American Culture Association and the Popular
Culture Association at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel in Atlanta,
Georgia on April 12-15, 2006.
ACA/PCA is committed to an interdisciplinary approach.
In recent weeks, a heated debate over the dangers academic bloggers may face when applying for jobs has emerged as a result of a recent essay in The Chronicle of Higher Education (http://chronicle.com/jobs/2005/07/2005070801c.htm). The author, writing under the pseudonym Ivan Tribble, claims, among other things, that often the simple practice of maintaining a "blog was a negative" for applicants seeking employment in his department. "The content of the blog," Tribble continues, "may be less worrisome than the fact of the blog itself.
Call For Papers: International Medieval Congress 2006, Leeds
Records of Early English Drama: Digital REED
Abstract Submission Deadline: 1 September, 2005
The Records of Early English Drama project invites abstracts to be
submitted for 20 minute papers to be delivered at the thirteenth
International Medieval Congress which will take place in Leeds, UK,
from 10-13 July 2006.
Session Abstract:
Digital REED
Call For Papers: International Medieval Congress 2006, Leeds
Digital Medievalist
Abstract Submission Deadline: 1 September, 2005
The Digital Medievalist project invites abstracts to be submitted
for 20 minute papers to be delivered in either of two sessions at
the thirteenth International Medieval Congress which will take place
in Leeds, UK, from 10-13 July 2006.
Session Abstracts:
Digital Medievalist General Session: Electronic Surrogates
Society for Cinema and Media Studies
March 2-5, 2006
Vancouver, Canada
http://www.cmstudies.org/conference_index.html
The SCMS Caucus on Class ( http://terri1.home.mindspring.com ) is sponsoring
the following call for papers. Please send 150-word proposal, plus brief
bibliography and bio statement, by August 20, 2005.
CFP: Neomedievalism in film, TV, games (08/31/05;
Kalamazoo, collection, 05/04/06-05/07/06)
Medieval Electronic Multimedia Organization (MEMO) 2
annual sessions, select papers to be included in
collection under contract with Mellen Press.
Session I. The Medieval in Motion: Approaches to
Neomedievalism in Television and Film;
Session II. Neomedievalism in the Digital Age: A
Critical Approach to Video Games (A Workshop)
Contact by email with abstract or workshop
participation proposal by August 31:
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
LITERARY STUDIES IN OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING
Ierapetra, Greece, 7-9 April 2006
The research team openLit (http://www.openlit.gr),
which operates under the auspices of the School of
Humanities, The Hellenic Open University, is pleased
to announce an International Conference on
“Literary Studies in Open and Distance Learning
University Programs”.
Lumos 2006: A Harry Potter Symposium
Call for Proposals
Lumos 2006 will be a symposium for adult fans and
scholars of the Harry Potter novels. We aim to promote
scholarly analysis of the books, to provide a forum of
discussion for fans of those works, and to provide
professional development opportunities for teachers
and librarians.
Proposals are sought for presentations, papers,
moderated panels, workshops and posters on any topic
relating to the Harry Potter novels and/or the fan
community.
Literary and Media Studies:
Discussion of themes within the Harry Potter books and
films
Northeast Modern Language Association Convention
Philadelphia
March 2-5, 2006
Mixed Media in Contemporary Poetry
Please Post and Announce
Call for Papers: Experimental Writing and Aesthetics
Abstract/Proposals by 15 November 2005
Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Associations 27th Annual Conference
Albuquerque, NM, February 8-11, 2006
Hyatt Regency Albuquerque
330 Tijeras
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Phone: 1.505.842.1234
Fax: 1.505.766.6710
CALL FOR PROPOSALS: SESSIONS, PANELS, PAPERS: INTERNET CULTURE
NATIONAL POPULAR CULTURE & AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATIONS
2006 JOINT CONFERENCE
April 12 – 15, 2006
Atlanta Marriott Marquis
For more information on the PCA/ACA, please go to http://www.h-net.org/~pcaaca.
DEADLINE: OCTOBER 15, 2005
We are considering proposals for sessions organized around a theme, special panels, and/or individual papers. Sessions are scheduled in 1½ hour slots, ideally with four papers or speakers per standard session.
Some possible topics include:
--Music and the Internet (downloads, Ipods, etc.)