The First International Making Books, Shaping Readers Conference
University College, Cork, April 18th - 20th 2007
http://www.ucc.ie/en/mbsr

Theme: "Making an Audience"

This conference encourages a broad interpretation of the notion of an
audience in keeping with the etymology of the word. (The term audience,
which derives from the Latin audenita, "a hearing, listening", from awis,
"to perceive physically, to grasp", and from the nineteenth century
transformation of the sense of the word to "readers of a book", reflects the
way in which technologies of the word have changed throughout history, from
oral, to manuscript, to print).

  Call for Papers: Robert A. Heinlein Studies
   
  Robert A. Heinlein Studies
An Area of the Popular Culture Association
National PCA/ACA Conference
  Boston Marriott Copley Place
  April 7-10, 2007
  Boston, Massachusetts
   
  2007 marks the 100th anniversary of Robert A. Heinlein's birth. Centennial events and celebrations will take place throughout the year. Select papers presented at the 2007 PCA/ACA conference will be published in special Centennial issues of the Heinlein Journal.
   

CFP

NEMLA ANNUAL CONVENTION

Baltimore, Maryland

March 1-4 2007

Topic: Writing the Wilderness The panel invites papers that examine how Early American authors like Franklin, Crevecoeur, Jefferson, Brockden Brown wrote the wilderness as part of nation building. Send abstracts to Timothy Strode, Nassau Community College: strodet_at_ncc.edu

Deadline for abstracts: September 15, 2006(unless otherwise noted)

Please include with your abstract: Name and Affiliation / Email address / Postal address / Telephone number / A/V requirements (if any)

Panel Title: The End of Tolerance?

38th Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)
March 1-4, 2007 Baltimore, Maryland

As the new century began, 'tolerance' was supposed to pour healing oil on
American waters and enable some ground for a universal moral commitment. In
Europe, it was believed that the emergence of the European Union and the
"European Dream" would enable a culture of tolerance and a kindly
integration of The Other.

Panel Title: The End of Tolerance?

38th Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)
March 1-4, 2007 Baltimore, Maryland

As the new century began, 'tolerance' was supposed to pour healing oil on
American waters and enable some ground for a universal moral commitment. In
Europe, it was believed that the emergence of the European Union and the
"European Dream" would enable a culture of tolerance and a kindly
integration of The Other.

Representing Self and Other: Gender and Sexuality in the Fantastic
International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts 28
March 14-28, 2007
Wyndham Fort Lauderdale Airport Hotel
Fort Lauderdale, Florida