postcolonial

 CFP: Post-Colonial Transformations in the New Literatures in English
(Slovakia) (6/05/07; 6/8/07-6/9/07)

Department of English Language and Literature

Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences

University of Pre¹ov at Pre¹ov, Slovakia

European Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies
(EACLALS)

International Conference (and Post-Graduate Seminar) on

POST-COLONIAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE NEW LITERATURES IN ENGLISH

Pre¹ov, Slovakia, June 8-9, 2007

 Keynote Lectures: Pétér Szaffkó, University of Debrecen, Hungary
                                David Callahan, University of Aveiro,
Portugal

UPDATE: 3RD CONFERENCE ON SOUTH AFRICAN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
17 - 20 September 2007
North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa
Invitation to attend conference and call for papers

3rd Conference on South African Children's Literature - 17-20 September, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa

Call for papers and invitation to attend and participate in the 3rd Conference on South African Children's Literature
 
Read more:
* 3rd Conference on South African Children's Literature: http://www.puk.ac.za/fakulteite/lettere/klw/kinderlitkonf07/oproepreferate_e.html

Workshop: The Poetics of Globalisation=20

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May 2, Centre for Contemporary Writing, University of Southampton

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The implications of the ubiquitous languages of 'globalization' for literar=
y and cultural critique are far from clear. The term is deeply ambivalent, =
suggesting both a political critique of the neo-liberal agenda and an acces=
sion to the universalizing assumptions of its corporate entities. This work=
shop offers literary critics the opportunity to assess and openly debate th=
e significance of the theoretical and political frameworks of globalization=
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Specific issues to be addressed include:=20=20

Please, kindly announce this for us:

                                                            SIGNPOST POSTGRADUATE CONFERENCE

                                                     26th - 28th April 2007
                                                    Department of English
                                                    University of Yaounde 1
                                                             Cameroon

COLONIAL EDUCATION IN AFRICAN LITERATURES

Among other things, the colonial school-whether in Anglophone,
Francophone or Lusophone Africa--led to the creation of new human types
as well as new social structures and interactions. How is colonial
education represented in African literatures? What was (and has been)
its overall impact? In what ways did the colonial school affect human
interactions? How did the colonizer use the educational apparatus? How
did the colonized react to and use the school? What are the contemporary
manifestations or vestiges of the colonial curriculum?

II International Conference on Nation and Identity in 19th* and 20th*
Century Literature in English.September 20th * 21st, 2007San Antonio
Catholic University, Murcia (Spain)Additional information, including
confirmed speakers, accomodation information and a registration form is
available online
at:http://www.ucam.edu/unidcentral/idiomas/Events/005/Index.htm
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Elvira Jensen-Casado,
Unidad Central de Idiomas,=20
Universidad Cat=F3lica San Antonio,=20
Campus de los Jer=F3nimos
30107 Guadalupe, Murcia, Espa=F1a.
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Division on Ethnic Studies in Language and Literature
Call for Papers
2007 MLA

Ethnic Studies-Is it postcolonial? Presentations on the confluences,
contradictions, and conflicts between U.S. ethnic studies and postcolonial
studies, especially regarding "internal colonization"; decolonization; and
the problem of "post." Abstracts by March 20 to Jesse Alemán (jman_at_unm.edu).

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Dr. Jesse Alemán
Director of Graduate Studies
Department of English
MSC 03 2170
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
(505) 277-3103 (office)
(505) 277-0021 (fax)

Submission Deadline: March 9, 2007.
Please send submissions to: richardjeffreynewman_at_verizon.net

Call for papers: The Society for Critical Exchange, an Affiliate
organization of the Modern Language Association, is sponsoring two sessions
at the 2007 MLA in Chicago.

Writing Empires I: Composition and the Expansion of English
Writing programs as "empire-building" enterprises for English studies;
movements toward independence of writing programs from English programs;
WAC/WID as resituating English studies.

Writing Empires II: Writing Histories and Theories
Technologies, practices, and pedagogies of writing in the histories of
19th- and 20th-century imperialism, anti-imperial movements, and globalization.

Abstracts and brief bio to kurt.koenigsberger_at_case.edu by 18 March.

Call for papers for

The Modern Language Association Annual Convention 2007
Chicago
27-30 December 2007

Deadline: 17 March 2007
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Special Session: Caribbean American Women Writers
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Abstracts are invited for presentations on novels written by women of (Anglo=
, Franco, Hispanic) Caribbean descent. How so these women rewrite, revise, r=
etell the histories of these nations?=20
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Please send 1-page abstracts.
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Thank you,
Sincerely,
Vanessa K. Vald=C3=A9s
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

Call for Papers:

*Thinking Alterity: celebrating Ananda Devi's and Mauritian Women's Writing=
s
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Universit=E9 catholique de Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve/ Belgium), 30 November
2007

Keynote speakers : Ananda Devi and Fran=E7oise Lionnet

Call for Papers: Papers dealing with Experiences in Post/Colonial
Education Systems as depicted in literature are sought for the
Literatures of Africa and the Diaspora regular session at the South
Atlantic Modern Language Association which will meet in Atlanta, GA on
Nov. 9-11, 2007.

Papers might include childhood experiences through experiences in
higher education and might make use of any number of theoretical
frameworks.

The deadline for 250-word proposals is March 15, 2007.

Please send inquiries and proposals electronically to:

Dr. Walter Collins, session coordinator
Assistant Professor of French and English
collinsw_at_sc.edu

ESF-LiU Conference

Literature for Europe: European Identities and European Literature in a =
Globalizing World

Vadstena Klosterhotell, Sweden
12-16 May 2007

Chaired by: Theo L. D'haen (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, BE)

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Call for Papers: Connection & Disconnection (Comparative Literature)
Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA), October 4-6, 2007
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Please submit 200-250 word abstracts
Deadline: March 1
to Yurika Tamura, yurika_at_email.arizona.edu.

We are seeking papers that explore sense of connection, disconnection,
identity and dislocation in literature from interdisciplinary perspective.
Topics suggested (but not limited to):

Transnationalism
Issues such as Gneder, Race and Class
Canonization
Post-colonialism
Forms/genres of literature (Blogs, letters, commercial website, etc.)