The deadline for the following call for contributions has been extended to
31 May 2003.

The editiorial board of Etudes Irlandaises, a peer-refereed journal of Irish
studies publishing articles in English and French, is now seeking submissions
for Vol. 28.2 to be published in Fall/Winter 2003. The journal will explore
the subject : Ireland/America in the 20th century, addressing it from a
variety of perspectives and disciplines, such as literature,
civilisation/culture, history and the visual arts. Possible topics include,
but are not limited to :

- Irish-American poetry / novels / plays

- The circulation and printing of Irish literature in America

- Travel writings

This is a request for submissions for an edited volume of papers on African
American literature and its relationship to the law, public policy and
social change, generally. Topics may include slave narratives in relation
to the fugitive slave laws, Dred Scot decision and other public
constructions of and constraints on black life. The literature's relation to
the practices of jim crow segregation, lynching, voting rights, etc.
Literary intervention into or contribution to the discourses of the civil
rights movement, slavery reparations, equality in housing, employment and
education, affirmative action and so on are also suitable subjects. This is