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CFP: Afffectivity and Aesthetics of the Postnational across Literature, Cinema, and Theory (deadline: Nov. 23)

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Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 4:42pm
ACLA annual convention, New Orleans, April 1-4, 2010

Seminar title: Afffectivity and Aesthetics of the Postnational across Literature, Cinema, and Theory

The term "postnational" is deployed here to reflect the indeterminate time that sur-vives the nation in which various forms of singularities occur, arrive, and/or are anticipated both within and across national spaces, institutions, and arts. This panel explores the potential of the postnational as a means of critically questioning the currently fashionable terms of transnationalism.

[UPDATE] ACLA Seminar: Toward a Gendered Analytics of Diaspora (deadline extended to Nov. 23)

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Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 1:22pm
ACLA 2010 Conference (April 1-4), New Orleans, LA

ACLA Seminar: Toward a Gendered Analytics of Diaspora: Interrogating Constructions of Gender and Sexuality in Diasporic Cultural Productions

Extended deadline for submission of paper proposals: Monday, Nov. 23

ACLA Annual Meeting, April 1-4, 2010
New Orleans, LA

Seminar Description:

"Horror," SW/TX PCAACA, Albuquerque, 2/10-13/2010

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Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 12:41pm
Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association

CALL FOR PAPERS

"HORROR"

31st Anniversary Meeting of the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association at the Hyatt Regency Conference Hotel in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico on February 10-13, 2010

The area chair for Horror of the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association invites all interested scholars to submit papers on any aspect of horror in literature, film, television, or general culture.

Especially encouraged are presentations on the changing face of horror between 9/11 and the end of the Bush administration; on overloked and underestimated films from the U.S.; on remakes and reimaginings of classic horror films during this period.

CFP: Puppetry International/ The Marionette; deadline Dec. 1

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Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 10:07am
Dassia Posner/ Puppetry International

Puppetry International magazine seeks articles for our upcoming issue (#27), the theme of which is the Marionette. We are looking for brief essays (2,000 words including notes and bibliography) about puppets worked from above by strings, rods, cables or other means. We are interested in articles that address topics such as the following: What are the performance effects of mixing marionettes and actors? What special issues are germane to the design and manipulation of marionettes? How do unique marionette traditions (Opera dei Pupi, Kathputli, etc.) emerge from their cultures or influence the cultures in which they have developed? What are new movements and innovations in the world of marionettes -- including technology?

Detective Fiction Panel at LSU's Mardi Gras Conference February 11-12, 2010

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Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 7:21am
LSU English Graduate Student Association

The detective has always been a central figure in crime narratives. Existing within a dizzying interplay of plots, themes, and recapitulations throughout the long and twisted history of the genre, crime solvers - be they private amateurs, police detectives, or in some other incarnation - have remained a vital force in keeping the crime narrative tradition alive. Indeed, it is often in the detective's resurfacing and shifting that the crime genre is revitalized. But how did this detective figure arise? In what context? And where is (s)he going?

CFP: International Association for Philosophy and Literature

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Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 1:14am
International Association for Philosophy and Literature

Call for Papers and Proposed Sessions
34th Annual Conference
The International Association for Philosophy and Literature
to be held at the University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada,
24-30 May 2010
Topic: CULTURES OF DIFFERENCES: national / indigenous / historical

For submissions and more information, please visit http://www.iapl.info/
Deadline for Submissions: 30 November 2009.

Deadline Approaching -- CFP Pedagogies and the Profession

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - 9:46pm
2010 Southwest/Texas Popular and American Culture Association 31st Annual Conference

Call for Papers: Pedagogies and the Profession

2010 Southwest/Texas Popular and American Culture Association
31st Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico
February 10-13, 2010
http://swtxpca.org/

Submission Deadline: 12/15/09
(Priority Registration Deadline is also 12/15/09, so submit your proposals soon!)

CFP - Fractured Images / Broken Words. Lancaster, 12 June 2010. Abstract deadline: 15 Feb 2010.

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - 5:45pm
Lancaster University

Conference 2010: Fractured Images / Broken Words

Multi-Disciplinary Postgraduate Symposium hosted by the Department of English & Creative Writing, Lancaster University 12th June 2010

Keynote Speakers: Professor Terry Eagleton (Lancaster University) and Andy Diggle (http://www.andydiggle.com).
Featuring art installations by Christine Dawson

Pan-Latino Identity March 31-April 3, 2010 St. Louis, Missouri

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - 5:42pm
PCA/ACA

The growth of a transnational Latin American / Latino/a community has necessitated a re-envisioning of pan-ethnicity and of national identity. In fact, Roman de la Campa suggests that Latino/as reside in type of "split state" which includes not only specific national histories and identifications, but also "the ontological plurality that comes from deriving an identity from more than one American imaginary." While focusing specifically on Pan-Latino/a and transnational identity, we will examine the ways in which cultural productions (re)negotiate, conflate or threaten social, economic, racial, cultural, political, and/or gendered differences among Latino/as.

Call for Papers: Alfred Hitchcock

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - 5:16pm
Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Association - 31st Annual Conference [UPDATE]

Call for Papers: Alfred Hitchcock

Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Association - 31st Annual Conference

Albuquerque, New Mexico
February 10-13, 2010
Hyatt Regency Albuquerque
330 Tijeras
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Phone: 1-505-842-1234
Fax: 1-505-766-6710

Submission Deadline: December 15th, 2009

Priority Registration Deadline: November 1, 2009

Conference Website: (updated regularly)

Panels now forming for presentations on the films and career of Alfred Hitchcock. Listed below are some suggestions for possible presentations.

[REMINDER] Arthurian Legend at the 2010 PCA/ACA Conference

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - 1:02pm
Arthurian Legend at the PCA/ACA Conference

Arthurian Legend at the 40th Annual Popular and American Culture Associations Conference

March 31 - April 3, 2010

Renaissance Grand Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri

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Call for papers and panel proposals on all popular treatments of Arthurian Legend from any period and in any medium.

Abstracts should not exceed 250 words. Panel proposals must include abstracts from all session participants. E-mail submissions are preferred.

[Update: Extension: December 15 2009] Future Theory, Present Praxes Interdisciplinary Approaches to Thinking and Acting "Timely"

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - 11:05am
University of Guelph

Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference
University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Friday, February 26th, 2010

Future Theory, Present Praxes
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Thinking and Acting "Timely"

"The affirmation of the future to come: this is not a positive thesis. It is nothing other than the affirmation itself, the "yes," insofar as it is the condition of all promises or of all hope, of all awaiting, or all performativity, of all opening toward the future, whatever it may be..."
Jacques Derrida, Archive Fever

[UPDATE] Visual Arts in the 21st Century

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - 8:47am
Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities

In the wake of the digital revolution and globalisation policies the whole world is witnessing formation of certain conditions which are having and will continue to have tremendous impact on the production, reproduction, access, dissemination and appreciation of visual arts. While the old art forms and artworks are being revisited and reproduced in wholly new ways and for a variety of purposes, new types in the forms of digital arts are surfacing not only on the internet but also every place of our visual culture. The place and workplace of the artist also has undergone a radical change.

Paths of Progress (?)

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - 12:36am
California State University, Northridge - Associated Graduate Students of English

In historical periods of intense political unrest or in calls for social reformation, the written word has encompassed the energy and fervor of such revolutionary moments. From the political pamphlets distributed during the French Revolution to the Industrial Revolution that marked a monumental shift in the United States and around the world in regards to labor laws and technological advancements, the idea of "progress" and pushing social expectations forward into a new mode of thought has permeated our culture for centuries. However, as scholars sit in the 21st century and contemplate the social reforms of the past, how do we recognize this notion of "progress"?

Health, Embodiment, and Visual Culture: Engaging Publics and Pedagogies (conference; proposals due Jan 15, 2010)

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Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 10:17pm
Sarah Brophy and Jancie Hladki, McMaster University

CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Conference: "Health, Embodiment, and Visual Culture: Engaging Publics and Pedagogies"

November 19-20, 2010
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Conference Co-Chairs:
Sarah Brophy, Associate Professor, Department of English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University
Janice Hladki, Associate Professor, School of the Arts, McMaster University

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: January 15, 2010

Call for Art: How to Do Things with Words and Other Materials [UPDATE]

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Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 5:33pm
Allen Durgin/CUNY Graduate Center--English Student Association

Please disseminate widely.

(Call for Art):
How To Do Things with Words and Other Materials: Artist Books Show-and-Tell
As part of "Spanking and Poetry": A Conference on Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
English Student Association Conference, Feb 25-26, 2010
The Graduate Center
The City University of New York
New York, New York

"Spanking and Poetry": A Conference on Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick [UPDATE]

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Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 5:30pm
Margaret Galvan & Tracy Riley/CUNY Graduate Center--English Student Association

Please disseminate widely.

"Spanking and Poetry": A Conference on Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
English Student Association Conference, Feb 25-26, 2010
The Graduate Center
The City University of New York
New York, New York

Submit abstracts of 300 words or less to sedgwickconference@gmail.com by November 15, 2009. Check http://sedgwickconference.wordpress.com for further information as the conference approaches.

ImageNext: Visions Past and Future Conference March 26-27

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Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 5:25pm
University of Florida Graduate Comics Organization

The University of Florida's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is pleased to announce the 2010 UF Conference on Comics and Graphic Novels, "ImageNext: Visions Past and Future," which will be held in Gainesville, Florida on March 26 and 27. Guest speakers will include UCLA's David Kunzle (The History of the Comic Strip, Father of the Comic Strip: Rodolphe Töpffer), John Porcellino (King Cat), Molly Kiely (Diary of a Dominatrix, That Kind of Girl) and University of Iowa's Corey Creekmur (Director of the Institute for Cinema and Culture).

Toni Morrison Society at American Literature Association Conference May 27-30, 2010

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Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 3:04pm
Toni Morrison Society

Toni Morrison Society panels at

American Literature Association
21st Annual Conference

Dates: May 27-30, 2010

Location: Hyatt Regency San Francisco
In Embarcadero Center
5 Embarcadero Center
San Francisco, CA 94111

Conference Director: Alfred Bendixen
Texas A & M University

Conference Fee: For those who pre-register before April 15, 2010: $85
($50 for Graduate Students, Independent Scholars, and Retired Faculty)
After April 15, the fees are $100 and $60

CFP: Plenum

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Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 2:00pm
Plenum

The editors of Plenum: The South Carolina State University Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies (ISSN 2151-0377), a peer reviewed journal, invite contributions for the Spring 2010 number of the journal. The journal accepts interdisciplinary research, action research that focuses on interdisciplinarity in the classroom, black and white photography, poetry, nonfiction prose, and reviews of recent interdisciplinary work in any field. The deadline for submission is December 10, 2009.

UPDATE: Imagining Other Histories: Illusion, Elusion, and Reality in Historical Fiction; Pop culture conference.

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Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 9:22am
Cristine Soliz / Southwest Texas Pop Culture American Culture

Imagining Other Histories: Illusion, Elusion, and Reality in Historical Fiction. Attend the vibrant SW/TX PCA/ ACA conference in sunny, historical Albuquerque, the heart of Indian country and Spanish invasion of North America. The area of Historical Fiction invites papers on the role of history and alternate history in fiction. To what extent have fiction writers, poets, filmmakers, myth makers, and other producers of pop culture bent the paths of history into different directions, into ur worlds, friendlier worlds, bleak worlds, parallel worlds, idealist worlds?

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