poetry

New Plenary Speakers & Call for Creative Submissions

Call for papers: Poetry and Politics. A Conference at the University of
Stirling, Scotland, 13-16 July 2006.=20

Poets and speakers to include Moniza Alvi, Eavan Boland, David Dabydeen,
Marilyn Hacker, Linton Kwesi Johnson, David Norbrook, Tom Paulin, Deryn
Rees-Jones, Jo Shapcott, and the Norton keynote speaker, Adrienne Rich.=20

Papers are invited which consider the theme of politics in relation to
poetry from classical antiquity to the contemporary. The following list
suggests some possible areas for development, but proposals in any area
relating to the conference theme of poetry and politics will be welcome:

XCP: CROSS CULTURAL POETICS, an interdisciplinary journal, seeks essays
addressing poetry/poetics of the Western hemisphere in the era of
neoliberalization. Essays addressing the interaction of economic forces of
production, exchange, redistribution, empire, et al, as (simultaneously)
categories, modes, and methodologies of examining literary works (and the
literary world)--as well as the work of scholars outside the U.S.
institutional structure--are most actively sought. For an outline of our
recent publishing activities (including our co-publication of Kamau
Brathwaite’s book, â€"Conversations-), please see <http://www.xcp.bfn.org>.

The 37th Annual College English Association Conference, San Antonio, TX,
April 6-8, 2006. "Reading the Regions/Writing the Regions/Teaching the
Regions."

Panel: Blake's Visionary London

Keeping with the conference theme of "Reading the Regions/Writing the
Regions/Teaching the Regions," this panel, "Blake's Visionary London,"
will focus upon Blake's imaginative reconstruction, critique, and
interpretation of the London of his times in his mythological works.
Papers reflecting a rigorous and critical historical methodology will be
given special consideration.

Please submit your proposal to jamesrovira_at_yahoo.com by October 15th,
2005. Word, WordPerfect, and .rtf formats accepted.

The Beat Generation and Counterculture
The 27th Annual Conference of the Southwest / Texas
Popular Culture and American Culture Associations
Albuquerque, NM
February 8-11, 2006

It's time to submit ideas for papers to present on
Beat and Counterculture Literature!

I have a new e-mail address since I mailed last year's
call for papers--so if you have sent me questions
about the conference and I haven't responded, now you
know why. The address I'm now using is
ThomYoung_at_yahoo.com.

As in the past, suggested topics for papers include
(but are no means limited to) the following:

  CFP: NNP Journal 2006 Edition, Deadline: December 2005
Papers are invited for publication in 2006 edition of the New Nigerian Poetry Journal, NNP. The 2005 issue, dedicated to retiring professor of English, Romanus Egudu for his contributions in expanding the frontiers of African literature and Nigerian poetry, is available for distribution courtesy of Progeny (Africa Research) International. [Website] www.africaresearch.us

New Voices of Nigerian Poetry

The Abandoned House in Twentieth-Century Poetry and Visual Art

I am seeking papers for a panel on abandoned houses in twentieth century
poetry and visual art, to be presented at a conference on "Space,
Haunting, Discourse," at Karlstad University in Sweden, June 15-18, 2005.
On this theme, submissions are invited that offer insight into the
phenomelogical, historical, and/or cultural valences of the image of the
abandoned house in contemporary (inter)national traditions and/or in the
work of individual poets or artists.

Note: The deadline for submissions has been extended to December 1, =20
            2005.

Please kindly forward this CFP as widely as you can.
 
CALL FOR PAPERS
Medieval Children: 1200-1500
17 (Saturday) -18 (Sunday) June 2006 (will include Friday the 16th if necessary)
 
Keynote Speakers:
Prof. Derek Brewer (English, Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge)
Prof. Nicholas Orme (History, University of Exeter)
 
The Canterbury Centre for Medieval and Tudor Studies, University of Kent at Canterbury, United Kingdom, is hosting an international conference on Medieval Children 1200-1500.
 
Foregrounding interdisciplinarity, CCMTS welcomes papers employing any literary, historical, art-historical, demographic, or anthropological approaches and source materials.
 

We are seeking previously unpublished critical essays for Mantis 5, under
the broad theme of "Poetry and Discipline."

Mantis is a journal of contemporary poetry, poetry translation and poetry
criticism. A forum for writers coming from a broad spectrum of intellectual
and aesthetic positions, Mantis is dedicated to publishing new work that
interrogates the relationships among critical writing, creative writing, and
translation.

CALL FOR PAPERS: WALT WHITMAN (10 Oct 2005; Book)

Scholarly papers are invited for consideration for
publication in a volume on the poetry and philosophy
of WALT WHITMAN.
The Contributors are required to mail the abstracts of
their papers/essays along with their detailed biodata
to the Volume-editor on the following address:

K. Dinesh Singh
[Lecturer,Department of English,Government College,
Sanjauli,SHIMLA: 171 006 H.P. INDIA.]

Correspondence Address:
# 3, CECIL QUARTERS, CHAURA MAIDAN, SHIMLA: 171004 HP
INDIA.
e-mail: kanwardineshsingh_at_yahoo.co.in.
Deadline: 10 October 2005.

Call for Papers for the Tenth Annual Writers Conference in Honor of Elmer
Kelton
February 23-24, 2006
Angelo State University
San Angelo, Texas

15-20 minute presentations of poetry, fiction, or critical essays on the
work of Tim O'Brien, this year's keynote speaker.

Deadline for Submissions: November 7, 2005
Notification by November 21, 2005

Send submissions or inquiries to:

Dr. Leigh Harbin, Conference Committee Chair
Department of English
Angelo State University
#10894, ASU Station
San Angelo, TX 76909-0894

Email submissions welcome: leigh.harbin_at_angelo.edu

Call For Papers: Spenser at Kalamazoo

Two open sessions on Edmund Spenser
41st International Congress on Medieval Studies
Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, Michigan)

4-7 May 2006

Abstracts may be submitted on any topic dealing with Spenser. As always,
we encourage submissions by newcomers and by established scholars of all
ranks. Papers on Spenser's shorter poems are especially welcome this year.

RiLUnE - Revue of Literatures of the European Union
 
Papers are being accepted for the second issue on "Forms and antiforms in European contemporary poetry".

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        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