Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies published quarterly by
Purdue University Press is looking for essays for upcoming general issues
of its peer-reviewed journal. Shofar, which appears as a print journal as
well as on line via ProjectMuse, publishes scholarly papers (5,000-15,000
words). The aim of Shofar is to promote the exchange of ideas and inforamtion
among teachers and scholars in the area of Jewish Studies. Shofar favors
material wirtten for the educated general reader rather than a subgroup of
specialists. Contact editor Daniel Morris (dmorris_at_purdue.edu) for more information.

CFP: Romanticism, Environment, Crisis (UK) (3/17/06; 6/23/06-6/27/06)

ROMANTICISM, ENVIRONMENT, CRISIS

23-27 June 2006
Centre for Romantic Studies
University of Wales, Aberystwyth

CALL FOR PAPERS

"Romanticism, Environment, Crisis" will highlight the continuing urgency
of the Romantic text at a time when changes in our biosphere threaten to
realize Romanticism's prophetic anxieties, its darkest imaginings.

Ecocriticism has found Romanticism to be crucial ground. How do green
readings of Romantic texts help us understand contemporary environmental
crisis? What is the relation between ecocriticism and environmentalism,
between literature and science?

CFP: Romanticism, Environment, Crisis (UK) (3/17/06; 6/23/06-6/27/06)

ROMANTICISM, ENVIRONMENT, CRISIS

23-27 June 2006
Centre for Romantic Studies
University of Wales, Aberystwyth

CALL FOR PAPERS

"Romanticism, Environment, Crisis" will highlight the continuing urgency
of the Romantic text at a time when changes in our biosphere threaten to
realize Romanticism's prophetic anxieties, its darkest imaginings.

Ecocriticism has found Romanticism to be crucial ground. How do green
readings of Romantic texts help us understand contemporary environmental
crisis? What is the relation between ecocriticism and environmentalism,
between literature and science?

The Politics of Friendship: Modernist Literary/Philosophical Groups and their
Embedded Politics (book project)

proposal deadline: March 15, 2006
contact: Fabio Akcelrud Durao (fadurao_at_yahoo.com; fad2_at_duke.edu)

Call for chapter proposals for the book project *The Politics of Friendship:
Modernist Literary/Philosophical Groups and their Embedded Politics* to be
submitted to the Cambridge Scholars Press.

CALL FOR PAPERS -- PANEL ON UTOPIA AND FEMINIST HYBRIDITY THEORY (4/1/06; 10/12/06-10/15-06)

Society for Utopian Studies, 31st annual meeting, Colorado Springs, Colorado, October 12-15, 2006.

Call For Papers: The Political Companion to John Steinbeck

Submissions are requested for the proposed collection 'The Political
Companion to John Steinbeck,' part of the University of Kentucky Press's
forthcoming 'Political Companions to Great American Authors' series. The
editors are interested in receiving papers and proposals concerning the
political aspects of John Steinbeck's work including not only his literary
output, but also his journalism, letters, memoirs and film work. They are
particularly interested in receiving papers and proposals in the following
four areas:

The Society for Reformation Research (SRR: website at
http://www.reformationresearch.org/ ), a North American scholarly
organization and partner group to the Verein für Reformationgeschichte,
is concerned with furthering scholarly research on the Protestant and
Catholic Reformations and all other aspects of religious life in the
early modern era. Following our mandate, we will sponsor a variety of
sessions at the 2006 annual meeting of the Sixteenth Century Studies
Conference held in Salt Lake City, Utah (USA), from October 26-29.