postcolonial

The Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (ACLALS)
14th Triennial Conference

August 2007, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Call for Papers

Literature for Our Times

Conference on "Ethics and Postcolonialism", 8-10 April 2006 (one and a
half days)

University of Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

CALL FOR PAPERS (250-word abstracts to neelam.srivastava_at_ncl.ac.uk)

Confirmed speakers:

1) Professor Gauri Viswanathan, Columbia University, NY
2) Dr Leela Gandhi, La Trobe University, Melbourne
3) Professor David Scott, Institute for Research in African
American Studies, Columbia University
4) Dr Heather Widdows, Centre for Global Ethics, University of
Birmingham

  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

DENMARK AND THE BLACK ATLANTIC

Thursday 4 May to Saturday 6 May 2006

University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Organised by the Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies

Keynote Speakers:

Professor George Hutchinson (Indiana University), author of _The Harlem
Renaissance in Black and White_ (Harvard UP, 1995) and _From the Shadows: A
New Life of Nella Larsen_ (forthcoming, Harvard UP, 2006)

Candace Allen, author of the novel _Valaida_ (Virago, 2004)

Alex Frank Larsen, journalist and director of Danmark Radio 2's television
documentary series _Slavernes Slægt_ (2005)

TBC: Historian of Danish West Indies/Virgin Islands

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Valve (http://www.thevalve.org/go) is a literary weblog dedicated to the
proposition that the function of the little magazine can follow this form.
Beginning July 12th, the contributors to the Valve and a number of prominent
scholars--including Michael Berube, Gerald Graff, Scott McLemee, &c.--will
be discussing Daphne Patai and Will H. Corral's recently published Theory's
Empire: An Anthology of Dissent. This is the first of many planned online
colloquia concerning recently published works of interest to literary and
cultural scholars. Thinkers of all theoretical stripes are welcome to
attend and encouraged to participate in the ongoing conversation. A brief

Transcultural Modernities: Narrating Africa in Europe

International Conference

Frankfurt University, Germany - June 1-3, 2006

Convenors:

Elisabeth Bekers (University of Antwerp, Belgium)

Sissy Helff (Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany)

Daniela Merolla (University of Leiden, the Netherlands)

CFP: The Queer Space of the Postcolonial

Northeastern Modern Language Association (NEMLA) Convention, 2006
Philadelphia, PA
March 2- March 5, 2006
Convention Information: http://www.nemla.org
(Panelists must be members of NEMLA)

Please Cross-Post to Relevant Lists

CALL FOR PAPERS:

"EMPIRE, BORDERLANDS, & BORDER CULTURES"

eSharp is the University of Glasgow's open-access online journal for
postgraduates in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Run by
postgraduates, it aims to provide a critical but supportive entry into
the realm of academic publishing for emerging academics, including
postgraduates and recent postdoctoral students, the world over.
After the successful launch of our fourth issue, on 'Journeys of
Discovery', eSharp is delighted to announce the Call for Papers for
the forthcoming issue, on 'Identity and Marginality'. Please forward
the attached Call for Papers and help us to spread the word. eSharp is
very grateful for your help and support. In case you have any

Critical Essays on Meena Alexander: A Call for Papers

FORUM is a new postgraduate online arts journal based at the University of
Edinburgh. Each edition will set out to explore a theme from as many different
perspectives as possible: submissions from all fields within the arts and
humanities are warmly welcomed.

                          ¡¥Origins and Originality¡¦

Call for Journal Submissions

Postcolonial Studies Journal (published by the postcolonial list)

The Journal will be a biannual journal produced by the moderators of the
Postcolonial Studies list-
serv at: POSTCOLONIAL-LIST-request_at_LISTSERV.DEPAUW.EDU (More information
about the listserv can be obtained from this address). The journal is
open to graduate and undergraduate students interested in the field of
Postcolonial Studies. The journal will publish scholarly articles that
deal with questions of
postcoloniality, treatment of the sub-altern, and post-colonial
perspectives in different fields of
study.

NOTE: Deadline for Proposals Extended to April 30, 2005

Call for Submissions

Deadline extended:

Call for Papers
disClosure
a journal of social theory
Issue 15: Intimacy

In recent years, scholars from a broad range of disciplines have engaged the issue of intimacy. From these various efforts, at least one fact is clear: There is not one intimacy, but many. How do we describe these intimacies, and what complicates our descriptions? Intimacy is not simply synonymous with love, but it is different from friendship, and often quite different from sex. Or is it? Moreover, once we have discovered what intimacy is, where do we find it: in communities and nations, between or among friends, between or among lovers? How is intimacy negotiated and produced, maintained, or, often, lost?