The Literary Discussion Circle of the South Atlantic Modern Language
Association invites submissions for a panel on "Theory and
Representation in
the War on Terror" at SAMLA's annual convention, 10-12 November 2006, in
Charlotte, North Carolina.

As the so-called "war on terror" continues without an end in sight, this
panel
aims to theorize the war and its repercussions on politics and culture,
as well as examine representations of the war in contemporary literary
and cultural texts.

Possible paper topics include, but are not limited to:

* Imperialism and Contemporary Culture
* Theorizing the War on Terror or conflict in the Middle East more
generally
* Theorizing the Politics of Fear
* Theorizing political polarities
* Theorizing and representing military occupation
* Theorizing and representing contemporary orientalism
* Theorizing "Islam vs. the West" discourse (e.g., recent political
cartoon controversy)
* Representations and/or mediations of the War on Terror
* Representations and/or mediations of dissent

Please send papers or 300-word abstracts to Ed Chan, Chair, SAMLA
Literary Criticism Discussion Circle, no later than 11 March 2006:
echan_at_kennesaw.edu or
Department of University Studies, MB 1802
Kennesaw State University
1000 Chastain Rd
Kennesaw, GA 30144

Presenters must be current members of SAMLA by 1 May 2006. For more
details, please visit http://www.samla.org/convention.shtml.

Kristin Girard, Secretary, SAMLA Literary Criticism Discussion Circle
Brittain Teaching Fellow
School of Literature, Communication and Culture
Georgia Institute of Technology

Patricia Ventura, Past Chair, SAMLA Literary Criticism Discussion Circle
Assistant Professor
Department of English
Spelman College

Edward K. Chan
Director, Sophomore-Year Experience
   and Assistant Professor of English
Dept of University Studies, MB 1802
Kennesaw State University
1000 Chastain Rd
Kennesaw, GA 30144
770-423-6930

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