UPDATE: Submission extension deadline January 30
   
  Call for Papers in 20th Century American Literature
   
  "(En)compass(ing) Language: Interplay Within English Studies"
   
  Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
  March 31st through April 1st
   
  Sponsored by: Texas Tech University's Graduate English Society
  Co-Chairs: Brandon Hernsberger and Elizabeth Porter
   
  Address: GES Conference
                                      Texas Tech University
                                      Department of English, Box 43091
                                      Lubbock, Texas 79409-3091

The South Atlantic Modern Language Association invites members and individuals to submit proposals for all sessions at its 2006 Convention to be held at the Hilton Charlotte City Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, 10-12 November. Non-members are encouraged to submit porposals, but membership must be active by 1 May 2006 in order to participate in the convention. Information on all sessions and session chairs, as well as membership in SAMLA, is available at http://www.samla.org/convention/call_for_papers.shtml. Questions? contact us at samla@samla.org.

Please forward details of this event to interested colleagues.

Many thanks.

I am delighted to announce that the American Indian Workshop Conference on
Place and Indian History, Literature and Culture to be held at the
University of Wales, Swansea 29th-31st March 2006
http://www.swansea.ac.uk/schools/humanities/conferences/american_indian.html

will now also include the renowned Acoma poet Simon Ortiz and the acclaimed
young Indian novelist David Treuer from Minnesota.

Please forward details of this event to interested colleagues.

Many thanks.

I am delighted to announce that the American Indian Workshop Conference on
Place and Indian History, Literature and Culture to be held at the
University of Wales, Swansea 29th-31st March 2006
http://www.swansea.ac.uk/schools/humanities/conferences/american_indian.html

will now also include the renowned Acoma poet Simon Ortiz and the acclaimed
young Indian novelist David Treuer from Minnesota.

Studies in American Culture welcomes the submission of essays on all
aspects of American culture and from all scholarly and critical
approaches. We especially invite interdisciplinary studies of the
literature, language, visual arts, and history of the United States.*

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Our diverse readership includes academics and non-academics who come
from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds. We prefer fresh,
innovative essays that are informed by research and current critical
theories but which avoid alienating jargon.

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The Henry James Society will sponsor two sessions at the 27-30 December
2006 convention of the Modern Language Association, in Philadelphia:

Topic 1: Henry James and the Other Women II: Additional proposals sought
on the topic of women other than Minnie Temple or Constance Fenimore
Woolson whose working or personal relationship with James can be shown to
have an impact on how we read his career and/or oeuvre.

Call for Papers for 2006 MLA 20th Century English Literature Division
Panel, Philadelphia, Dec. 27-30

         Organizer: Phyllis Lassner, Northwestern University

          "Britain in the Twentieth Century: Homeland? Haven? Exile?"