Modern Language Association Convention 2007

Proposals Due Mar. 1

Call for Papers:

This panel will explore how different ethnic or racial groups have
responded to twentieth-century mainstream or government-sponsored social
and economic reform initiatives such as prohibition, work-place safety,
consumer safety, urban planning, anti-trust efforts, child labor reform,
prostitution regulation, civil liberties protection, social purity
campaigns, eugenics, immigration reform, obscenity prohibition, welfare,
affirmative action, environmental protection, business regulation, etc.

Please send 1-page abstracts to one of the addresses below. E-mail
submissions are encouraged.

Modern Language Association Convention 2007

Proposals Due Mar. 1

Call for Papers:

This panel will explore how different ethnic or racial groups have
responded to twentieth-century mainstream or government-sponsored social
and economic reform initiatives such as prohibition, work-place safety,
consumer safety, urban planning, anti-trust efforts, child labor reform,
prostitution regulation, civil liberties protection, social purity
campaigns, eugenics, immigration reform, obscenity prohibition, welfare,
affirmative action, environmental protection, business regulation, etc.

Please send 1-page abstracts to one of the addresses below. E-mail
submissions are encouraged.

Other Voices, Others' Words:
The Indeterminacy of Allusion

Other Voices, Others' Words:
The Indeterminacy of Allusion

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                       CALL FOR PAPERS

      Humanities and Social Sciences Congress, May 26 - June 2,
      2007, Saskatoon, Canada.

      Session title: Orientalism and Terrorism

      Organizer: Pavan Kumar Malreddy, Department of Sociology, University of
      Saskatchewan

      Discussant: Dr. Ron Wheeler, Department of Political Studies, University
      of Saskatchewan.

                (for Canadian Association of Geographers)

Session Description:

The deadline for abstract submissions for this panel has been extended to
January 22, 2007.

THOREAU GATHERING -- EMERSON SOCIETY PANEL. Concord, Mass., July 12-15,
2007.

"Emerson and the Quotidian Life"

In concert with the Thoreau Gathering's 2007 theme, "'Simplify, simplify:'
Thoreau's Timeless Message," for its panel the Emerson Society solicits
papers that explore the ethos, philosophy, and/or practice of simplicity in
Emerson's life and writings. 300 word abstracts by December 22 to Joe
Thomas (jthomas_at_caldwell.edu).

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 9 January 2007

                          M/C - Media and Culture
                     http://www.media-culture.org.au/
            is calling for contributors to the 'adapt' issue of

                                M/C Journal
                   http://journal.media-culture.org.au/

M/C Journal is looking for new contributors. M/C is a crossover journal
between the popular and the academic, and a blind- and peer-reviewed
journal. In 2007, M/C Journal celebrates its tenth year in publication.