Call for Proposals

American Speed: Essays on Motor Sports and North American Culture

Edited by Mark D. Howell and John D. Miller

Popular wisdom says that automobile racing began in America as soon as the second car was produced. Whether or not actually true, auto racing did take hold in the United States at the end of the nineteenth century, shortly after the new invention’s introduction to this country. Since then, it has flourished in many forms: in sport car racing, rallies, dragsters, open wheel racing, and most popularly of late, stock cars.

Representing Self and Other: Gender and Sexuality in the Fantastic
International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts 28
March 14-18, 2007
Wyndham Fort Lauderdale Airport Hotel
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

I am looking for members interested in participating in the following panel.

Kevin Poole
Naropa University, Boulder

"Droppin' Knowledge Through Hip-Hop Performance"

I am looking for members interested in participating in the following panel.

Kevin Poole
Naropa University, Boulder

"Droppin' Knowledge Through Hip-Hop Performance"

Another Way In:
the unseen Influences that change our worlds.

Boston College's graduate community will host a biannual literary conference on Saturday, March 31, 2007 at Boston College's Yawkey Center. This conference builds upon our traditional Colloquium sessions by expanding outward to take advantage of the rich individual and institutional scholarship in the Northeastern U.S. We are looking for papers that touch upon our conference topic, a closer look at unseen influences whose movements across time, space, or community bring change. From viruses, carriers, and contaminants to inspiration and sublimation, these are the intangible forces we invite or dread. We invite you to interpret the topic broadly, but some topics might include:

Another Way In:
the unseen Influences that change our worlds.

Boston College's graduate community will host a biannual literary conference on Saturday, March 31, 2007 at Boston College's Yawkey Center. This conference builds upon our traditional Colloquium sessions by expanding outward to take advantage of the rich individual and institutional scholarship in the Northeastern U.S. We are looking for papers that touch upon our conference topic, a closer look at unseen influences whose movements across time, space, or community bring change. From viruses, carriers, and contaminants to inspiration and sublimation, these are the intangible forces we invite or dread. We invite you to interpret the topic broadly, but some topics might include:

The Arab World in the US

  (**Since the posting was just sent out October 31st, we would like to extend
the submission deadline to November 30th, 2006)

The Fall 2006 issue of AMERICAN@ welcomes submissions on the possible impact,
reactions, and representations of and by the Arab community in the USA , its
influence on US national identity and sociocultural landscape, and possible
parallelisms with the creation of other historical internal suspects
(religious, political, territorial, ethnic, etc).