postcolonial

Changing Nations/Changing Words: The Concept of Nation in the
Transnational Era.
Editors: Dr. Joel Kuortti and Dr. O. P. Dwivedi.
Call for Papers:
The concept of nation is going through changes in the post-colonial era.
Globalization has brought in its train many new concepts. One of the more
pervasive of these is transnationalism, presently prevalent across the
globe and throughout the literatures of the world. Transnationalism has
compelled especially immigrants into changing not only their identities
but also their languages. The use of the English language has become
highly instrumental for immigrants in competing within the rapidly

Call for Papers. Special Issue of _Biography_ 32.1 (Winter 2010).
“Personal Narrative and Political Discourse.” Guest Editor: Sidonie Smith.

We are issuing a Call for Proposals for scholarly and creative
submissions for a National Interdisciplinary Graduate Student
Conference entitled "Transmission, Translation, Relocation" to be held
at Indiana University in Bloomington from March 26-28, 2009.

"Boston and the New Atlantic World"

The 7th Biennial Symbiosis Conference

June 25-28, 2009

Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts

Plenary speakers:
Richard Brantley (University of Florida)
Anna Brickhouse (University of Virginia)
Mark Peterson (University of California, Berkeley)

* NEW deadline for proposals: February 20, 2009 *

* NEW conference website: http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/symbiosis2009/ *
Please see website for details about conference location and accommodation options.

Women in Media
Women's Caucus Seminar, RMMLA 2009

Please join us for the 2009 Annual Convention of the Rocky Mountain Modern
Language Association in Snow Bird, Utah on October 8-10, 2009.

This year’s Women’s Caucus Seminar theme is "Women in Media."

"Bodies in Motion"
The University of Rhode Island’s Third Annual Interdisciplinary Graduate
Conference
Saturday, March 28th, 2009
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Stuart Pimm, Professor of Conservation Ecology, Duke
University
Extended Submission Deadline: Sunday, February 1, 2009

CALL FOR PAPERS

Contributions are invited toward a collection of critical essays on the
poetry of Derek Walcott. We seek essays that address the various
postcolonial themes of racism, hybridty, diaspora, linguistic
innovations, identity. Essays dealing with coparative studies are also
welcome. Original manuscripts of 2500-4000 words in MLA format should be
submitted no later than 30th September, 2009.Please include a brief
biographical statement. Papers must be submitted electronically (MS Word
2003 or 2007 document only) to om_dwivedi2003_at_yahoo.com and hard copies
sent by snailmail to:

Dr. O.P. DwivediM-61,
Govindpur Colony
Allahabad-211004
Uttar Pradesh
INDIA

CALL FOR PAPERS

 
Contributions are invited toward a collection of critical essays on the
poetry of Derek Walcott. We seek essays that address the various
postcolonial themes of racial prejudice, hybridty, diaspora, linguistic
innovations, identity. Essays dealing with coparative studies are also
welcome.

Original manuscripts of 2500-4000 words in MLA format should be submitted
no later than 30th September, 2009 to om_dwivedi2003_at_yahoo.com.Please
include a brief biographical statement. Papers must be typed in MS Word
2003 or 2007 document, and hard copies sent by snail mail to:

Dr. O.P. Dwivedi
M-61, Govindpur Colony
Allahabad-211004
Uttar Pradesh
INDIA

From: Nath Aldalala'a <nathelietra_at_unizwa.edu.om>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:25:18 -0500
 Mapping Emergent Arab and Muslim Literatures in English
Call for Papers:
The Inaugural Conference of the Centre for Anglo-Arab and Muslim Writing
(jointly hosted by University of Nizwa, Oman and University of Sunderland,
UK):
Mapping Emergent Arab and Muslim Literatures in English (University of
Nizwa, Oman, April 11-12, 2009)
Confirmed Speakers:
Dr. Amin Malik (Grant MacEwan College)
Leila Aboulela
Prof. Stuart Sim (University of Sunderland)
Dr. Layla Al Maleh (University of Kuwait)
Dr. Syrine Hout (American University of Beirut)

CALL FOR PAPERS
A CULTURAL STUDIES SYMPOSIUM

FIRST THEY MUST BE CHILDREN:
THE CHILD AND THE CARIBBEAN IMAGI/NATION

21st May, 2009

LITERARY HORIZONS JOURNAL

In Their Eyes were Watching God (1937), Zora Neal Hurston describes the
Black woman as the “mule of the world” because she is both a victim of
racism and of male domination. During the period in which Hurston writes,
do other writers, both male and female, support her perspective? What is
the place of the Black woman 50 years later? Given these questions, the
Literary Horizons Journal, a journal dedicated solely to publishing the
work of graduate students, is soliciting papers that explore the role of
the Black woman in Literature. The topics may include but are not limited
to:

-The portrayal of Black women in the creative works written by authors of
other races;

Myth and Fairy Tale Call for Papers
Deadline Extended!!!
Abstract/Proposals by 15 December 2008
Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Associations 30th Annual
Conference
Albuquerque, NM February 25-28 2009
Hyatt Regency Albuquerque
330 Tijeras
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Phone: 1.505.842.1234
Fax: 1.505.766.6710
Panels now forming on topics related to all areas of myth and fairy tale
and their connections to popular culture.
Special Areas of Interest Include:
The Special and Enduring Significance of “Little Red Riding
Hood,” “Cinderella,” and “Snow White” in American Popular Culture, Where

"Northern Heterotopias"
University College of the North
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada, June 4-5, 2009

Turkish Literature and Film in a Global Context (MLA Panel): Any topics, on
texts old or new, related to questions such as reception, audience,
translation (and mistranslation), and who’s been left out. Please send
brief abstracts via email by March 15 to Anthony Alessandrini at
tonyalessandrini_at_yahoo.com.

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