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CFP: Transcending Boundaries: Implications of Indigenous Graduate Research (grad) (2/22/06; 4/7/06)

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Thursday, February 2, 2006 - 7:30pm
PRNancy_at_aol.com

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Native American Students in Advanced Academia Present:
The 5th Annual Showcase of Native Scholarship At the University of Washingt=
on

Transcending Boundaries: Implications of Indigenous Graduate Research

The 5th Annual Showcase of Native Scholarship at the University of Washingt=
on
will be held on FRIDAY, April 7th, 2006 from 9am-4pm in the Walker Ames Roo=
m,
Kane Hall, at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA. The symposium=20
will take place during the annual UW Native Voices Film Festival. =20

Students are invited to communicate their research in one of the following=20
formats:

UPDATE: Edmonton Symposium on Empirical Studies of Literature and Culture (2/15/06; 4/20/06-4/21/06)

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Monday, January 30, 2006 - 11:17pm
ESSE

ESSE: Empirical Studies Symposium in Edmonton

The deadline for paper proposal submissions has been extended to February 15,
2006.

The Canadian members of REDES are pleased to announce the first ESSE (Empirical
Studies Symposium in Edmonton) Symposium. The theme of ESSE is "empirical,
historical, and pedagogical studies of language,
literature, and culture: trends and possibilities".

The symposium will take place at the University of Alberta, in the Senate
Chamber of the Old Arts Building, on Thursday April 20 and Friday 21, 2006. In
accordance with the aims of the REDES project, the Symposium is open to all
junior and senior researchers.

UPDATE: Reading Traditions, Appropriating Cultures (grad) (1/31/06; 4/21/06-4/22/06)

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Monday, January 30, 2006 - 10:46pm
aaroncerny_at_ou.edu

Update: We have extended the abstract submission deadline to February 28th.

Reading Traditions, Appropriating Cultures: An Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference in Rhetorical, Literary,
and Cultural Studies

The University of Oklahoma

April 21-22, 2006

Keynote Speaker: Michael Moon, Johns Hopkins University

CFP: Composition: Theorizing Correspondences (3/1/06; SAMLA, 11/10/06-11/12/06)

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Monday, January 30, 2006 - 10:45pm
Thomas Lilly

Composition: Theorizing Correspondences

The teaching of college writing traditionally has stressed the=20
importance of critical reading skills. Yet what is the precise=20
connection between critical writing and critical reading? This panel=20
welcomes papers that shed light on the many ways that reading enriches,=20=

complicates, or transforms one=92s development as a writer. How does=20
intensive reading help young writers find and articulate their own=20
voices? How does the disciplinary, cultural, or linguistic knowledge=20
acquired through reading deepen the analytic sophistication of student=20=

writers? Do the decline of conventional reading and the prominence of=20=

UPDATE: EGAD Panels (9/20/06; 10/20/06)

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Monday, January 30, 2006 - 10:45pm
Josuechi_at_aol.com

UPDATE:
Our yearly EGAD conference has been postponed due to scheduling conflicts.
It will be held in the fall semester instead of this spring. Please note the
new conference date and deadlines. Thank you to all of you who submitted. We
hope to see everyone in the fall.
 
Conference Date: October 20th 2006
Submission Deadline: October 20th 2006
 
CONFERENCE INFORMATION:
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CALL FOR PAPERS- EGAD Panels
DaVinci to Derrida: Breaking Codes Across Disciplines
***Open to faculty, graduates, and undergraduates***
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
EGAD
(English Graduates for Academic Development)

CFP: Re-Imaging the Ivory Tower (3/1/06; MLA '06)

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Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 10:19pm
Marian Lupo

Re-imagining the Ivory Tower: Perspectives and Praxis

Joe Berry's Reclaiming the Ivory Tower: Organizing Adjuncts to Change =
Higher Education presents strategies for empowering adjunct faculty. =
Roundtable session addresses visions and strategies. Brief abstract by =
March 1 to Kandace Brill Lombart. =
lombart1_at_canisius.edu<mailto:lombart1_at_canisius.edu>=20

This roundtable session is being sponsored by the Modern Language =
Association's Part-Time Faculty Member's Discussion Group. The 2006 =
National Modern Language Association Convention will be held in =
Philadelphia, 27-30 December.

CFP: Research - Pedagogy - History (2/15/06; Gender Across Borders, 4/21/06-4/22/06)

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Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 10:18pm
A Spain

Call For Papers: Research - Pedagogy - History
Accepted Panel at: Gender Across Borders II: Research Subjects
Friday & Saturday, April 21 & 22, 2006
Institute for Research & Education on Women and Gender
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

Panel Organizer: Voichita Nachescu nachescu_at_buffalo.edu.
Moderator (proposed): Greg Dimitriadis.

CFP: Writing Across the Curriculum (3/31/06; MMLA, 11/9/06-11/12/06)

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Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 10:17pm
j.barda_at_comcast.net

Call for Papers: Writing Across the Curriculum is a permanent section of the Midwest Modern Language Association. The 48th Annual M/MLA Convention will be held November 9-12, at The Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois.
This year's theme is "Service Learning: Writing for/about the Community." This panel invites papers from all disciplines on Writing Across the Curriculum and encourages proposals from community colleges and online learning institutions in addition to traditional four-year colleges and universities.
Panel Description:

UPDATE: 2006 Pacific Rim Conference on Literature and Rhetoric (2/11/06; 2/23/06-2/25/06)

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Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 10:17pm
CHRISTOPHER GUNDERSON

Students and Faculty:

I am writing to remind everyone of the upcoming Pacific Rim Conference
on Literature and Rhetoric in Anchorage, Alaska, which is fast
approaching: Feb. 23-25. The original deadline for submission of
12.15.05 has been extended to 02.11.06; as such, I am still accepting
submissions from students and faculty interested in presenting.

Addressing this year's conference are Dr. Cynthia Selfe, Humanities
Distinguished Professor at The Ohio State University, and Dr. Patti
White, Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of
Alabama.

CFP: Creative Nonfiction Special Session (2/15/06; SCMLA, 10/26/06-10/28/06)

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Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - 10:17pm
Stella Thompson

South Central Modern Language Association

Call for Papers for 2006 Conference

October 26-28

Fort Worth, Texas

Radisson Plaza Hotel

Theme: "Cultural Roundup"

The Creative Nonfiction Special Session is accepting papers considering CNF
as a frontier of gender, religion, race, ethnicity, and/or sexuality, a
landscape where popular/canonical cultures intersect as vision and culture.
Email abstracts or papers by February 15 to stella_thompson_at_pvamu.edu and
copy to jthompson39_at_houston.rr.com.

CFP: Pedagogical Frontiers of the Cyberspace (1/30/06; SCMLA, 10/26/06-10/28/06)

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Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 6:50pm
Chatha,Dilijt

Pedagogical Frontiers of the Cyberspace

Creative use of virtual spaces and issues related to electronic =
creation, routing, and submission of course work. Specific details about =
the necessary hardware and software and the strategies of aligning =
pedagogy with course goals. Abstracts required by January 30th, 2006 to: =
Diljit K.Chatha,Dept. of Languages & Communications, Prairie View A&M =
Univ., Prairie View, TX 77446; Email: dkchatha_at_pvamu.edu

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Diljit K. Chatha, Ph.D.
Professor of English
Prairie View A&M University
936/857-2354

CFP: RMMLA Poets Read Their Works (2/28/06; RMMLA, 10/12/06-10/14/06)

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Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 6:50pm
Jake Adam York

All interested poets are invited to submit work to be considered for
a panel of short readings at the 2006 Rocky Mountain Modern Language
Association (RMMLA) Convention, to be held October 12-14, 2006, in
Tucson, Arizona.

Interested poets should include no more than five poems and a short
cover letter in a single MS Word or Rich-Text Format document
attached to an e-mail to session chair Jake Adam York at
Jake.York_at_cudenver.edu.

All queries should be directed to session chair Jake Adam York at
Jake.York_at_cudenver.edu.

Panelists will be named no later than March 14, 2006. Panelists must
be members, with dues current, by April 1st, 2006.

CFP: Technical Communication Session at SCMLA 2006 (2/3/06; SCMLA, 10/26/06-10/28/06)

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Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 6:49pm
Liz Monske

  CFP: Technical Communication Session at SCMLA 2006
  We are asking that 500 word abstracts be written about any topic concerning Technical Communication. Even though we are accepting any topic involving Technical Communication, we would especially like to have proposals concerning International Technical Communication in order to fit the theme of the conference. Some topics ideas include: teaching ITC, translation, cross cultural communication and experiences, and/or research.

 SCMLA Conference will be in Fort Worth, Texas October 26-28, 2006.

Graduate Students are encouraged to submit.

CFP: Michigan CEA General Call (5/31/06; 10/20/06)

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Saturday, January 21, 2006 - 6:49pm
Jill Kirsten Anderson

Michigan CEA General Call for Academic Papers and Creative Works
(potential for publication in the MCEA Journal--see below)

CFP Deadline: 31 May 2006
Conference Date: 20 October 2006
Meeting Site: The Union at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

Empathy, Ethics, Eloquence, and Their Opposites

CFP: Teaching the Novel (5/1/06; collection)

updated: 
Monday, January 16, 2006 - 7:39pm
Colin Irvine

Submissions are invited for a collection of critical essays tentatively
titled "Teaching the Novel in the (English) Major and Across the
Curriculum." Submissions by emergent as well as established scholars are
welcome. (An editor at one of the leading educational presses has shown
strong interest in the project.) <>As it stands, the collection will be
broken into five chapters, or sections: 1) English, 2) Humanities, 3)
Natural Sciences and Mathematics, 4) Social and Behavioral Sciences and,
5) Professional Studies.

CFP: What Editors Need CELJ Panel (3/15/06; SAMLA, 11/10/06-11/12/06)

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Monday, January 16, 2006 - 7:39pm
Rebecca Stelzer

  "What Editors Need: The Value (and Headaches) of Awards, Ads, Funding, and Grants for Journals (and Writers)."
  CELJ panel (Council of Editors of Learned Journals), SAMLA 2006
   
  Paper proposals for the Council of Editors of Learned Journals Session at SAMLA, November 10-12, 2006, are now being accepted. The annual conference will be held this year at the Hilton Charlotte Center City in Charlotte, NC. The topic of this panel session will be "What Editors Need: The Value (and Headaches) of Awards, Ads, Funding, and Grants for Journals (and Writers)."
   
  Some topics to be addressed by the panel might include:
  * CELJ and other awards for journals
  * Creative writing contests and entry fees

UPDATE: R/Evolution 5ive: ReMixed and ReVisited (1/25/06; 3/17/06-3/19/06)

updated: 
Monday, January 16, 2006 - 7:39pm
Christian Dare

Deadline extended:

CALL FOR PAPERS

R/Évolution 5ive: ReMixed and ReVisited
An Interdisciplinary Conference
Hosted by the Ph.D. Humanities Program: Interdisciplinary Studies in Society
and Culture
March 17th, 18th, and 19th, 2006 at Concordia University

Academics, graduate students, artists and activists from all disciplines are
invited to submit proposals exploring "R/Évolution," with particular focus
on issues stemming from its intersections with the intentionally broad
themes of "remixed" and "revisited".

CFP: Understanding the New Academy (3/15/06; collection)

updated: 
Monday, January 16, 2006 - 7:39pm
Gregory Giberson

Call for Proposals (edited collection)

Knowledge Economy: The Commodification of Knowledge and Information in the Academic System

Tomas R. Giberson, Ph.D. Oakland University, Michigan
Gregory A. Giberson, Ph.D. Salisbury University, Maryland

CFP: James Dickey as Literary Critic (3/1/06; SAMLA, 11/10/06-11/12/06)

updated: 
Monday, January 16, 2006 - 7:38pm
Rebecca Stelzer

James Dickey as Literary Critic James Dickey Special Session, SAMLA 2006
   
  Please submit a one-page abstract and a one-paragraph vita in order to be considered for the James Dickey Special Session at SAMLA, November 10-12, 2006. The annual conference will be held at the Hilton Charlotte Center City in Charlotte, NC. The topic of this special session will be "James Dickey as Literary Critic."
   

CFP: Freshman English and English Composition (3/15/06; SCMLA, 10/26/06-10/28/06)

updated: 
Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 2:49pm
Judy Hebb

Please send 500 word abstracts on any topic related to Freshman English
and English Composition to Dr. Judy Hebb, Atlanta Christian College,
2605 Ben Hill Road, Atlanta, GA 30344 or email to <jhebb_at_acc.edu> by
March 15, 2006. Conference will be in Fort Worth, Texas October 26-28,
2006.

Judy Hebb, PhD
Associate Professor
Writing, Spanish, English
Atlanta Christian College
2605 Ben Hill Road
East Point, GA 30344
(404) 669-2085

CFP: Feminist Ethics and Systems of Hierarchy (3/1/06; MLA '06)

updated: 
Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 2:47pm
Barbara Cook

Abstracts are invited for the MLA 2006 panels sponsored by the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment. MLA will be held in Philadelphia in December 2006 and all presenters must be member of MLA at the time of acceptance of their proposals for the panel, i.e. April 2006.

Feminist Ethics and Systems of Hierarchy

Abstracts (250-300 words) are invited that explore the interconnections between the domination of animals, women, and/or people of color.What place do these hierarchal systems hold in the fabric and literature of feminist ethics? Submit by March 1, 2006 to bcook_at_mtaloy.edu.

CFP: Feminist Pedagogy (3/1/06; journal issue)

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Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 2:47pm
Meredith Miller

Submissions are requested for a special issue of the journal Feminist
Teacher entitled, The Feminist Gap: Ideology and Practice in Higher
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