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UPDATE: Culture, Aesthetics, and the State (3/15/07; MLA '07)

updated: 
Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 6:12pm
hebarda_at_muohio.edu

Proposed Special Session for the 2007 Modern Language Association Conference

Chicago, Illinois

Culture, Aesthetics, and the State

We invite proposals for papers that explore the relation between
aesthetics and the emergence of the modern state. We are open to papers
from a wide range of national cultures and historical periods. Possible
themes might include political fantasy, political rhetorics and/or
discourses, state fictions, citizenship and literacy, and representations
of sovereignty.

Please submit half-page abstracts (500 words maximum) and a short c.v.
electronically by March 15, 2007 to:

CFP: Marriage (4/1/07; SAMLA, 11/9/07-11/11/07)

updated: 
Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 6:12pm
Godfrey, Esther

Topic: Marriage

This panel will highlight new theories about the ways in which the legal, personal and social components of marriage direct our interpretation and understanding of literary texts. We invite submissions from all periods and genres, with topics including but not limited to:

• Marriage law
• Infidelity
• Divorce
• Separation
• Second marriages
• Age at marriage
• Engagement / broken engagements
• Breach of promise
• Gay marriage
• Marriage vows
• Marital abuse
• Sentimental novels
• Religion
• Widows and widowers
• Honeymoons
• Premarital sex
• Marriage rituals

Submission deadline: April 1, 2007

CFP: Black Women Writers of New England: Revisiting Petry and West (3/15/07; MLA '07)

updated: 
Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 6:12pm
Dr. Pearlie Mae Peters

 For a proposed special session at MLA 2007 in Chicago.

Black Women Writers of New England: Revisiting Ann Petry and Dorothy West.

This special session will explore comparative literary studies of the
writings of Ann Petry and Dorothy West. Papers or abstracts by l5 March
should be sent to Pearlie Peters (petersp_at_rider.edu). Abstracts and papers
must be accompanied by a statement indicating the proposed presenter's
current membership in the MLA.

Dr. Pearlie Peters,
Professor of English
Department of English
Rider University
2083 Lawrenceville Road
Lawrenceville, New Jersey 08648-3099
609, 895-5566

CFP: William Blake and Authority (3/16/07; MLA '07)

updated: 
Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 6:12pm
jeffrey-longacre_at_utulsa.edu

Now Accepting submissions for a Special Session on ?William Blake and
Authority? for the Modern Language Association?s (MLA) convention in
Chicago, December 2007.

Seeking submissions for a proposed panel on the topic of William Blake
and how he and his work engages with and/or confronts authority.
?Authority? can be interpreted in a variety of ways:

CFP: William Blake and Authority (3/16/07; MLA '07)

updated: 
Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 6:12pm
jeffrey-longacre_at_utulsa.edu

Now Accepting submissions for a Special Session on ?William Blake and
Authority? for the Modern Language Association?s (MLA) convention in
Chicago, December 2007.

Seeking submissions for a proposed panel on the topic of William Blake
and how he and his work engages with and/or confronts authority.
?Authority? can be interpreted in a variety of ways:

CFP: Black Women Writers of New England: Revisiting Petry and West (3/15/07; MLA '07)

updated: 
Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 6:12pm
Dr. Pearlie Mae Peters

 For a proposed special session at MLA 2007 in Chicago.

Black Women Writers of New England: Revisiting Ann Petry and Dorothy West.

This special session will explore comparative literary studies of the
writings of Ann Petry and Dorothy West. Papers or abstracts by l5 March
should be sent to Pearlie Peters (petersp_at_rider.edu). Abstracts and papers
must be accompanied by a statement indicating the proposed presenter's
current membership in the MLA.

Dr. Pearlie Peters,
Professor of English
Department of English
Rider University
2083 Lawrenceville Road
Lawrenceville, New Jersey 08648-3099
609, 895-5566

CFP: William Blake and Authority (3/16/07; MLA '07)

updated: 
Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 6:12pm
jeffrey-longacre_at_utulsa.edu

Now Accepting submissions for a Special Session on ?William Blake and
Authority? for the Modern Language Association?s (MLA) convention in
Chicago, December 2007.

Seeking submissions for a proposed panel on the topic of William Blake
and how he and his work engages with and/or confronts authority.
?Authority? can be interpreted in a variety of ways:

CFP: Black Women Writers of New England: Revisiting Petry and West (3/15/07; MLA '07)

updated: 
Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 6:12pm
Dr. Pearlie Mae Peters

 For a proposed special session at MLA 2007 in Chicago.

Black Women Writers of New England: Revisiting Ann Petry and Dorothy West.

This special session will explore comparative literary studies of the
writings of Ann Petry and Dorothy West. Papers or abstracts by l5 March
should be sent to Pearlie Peters (petersp_at_rider.edu). Abstracts and papers
must be accompanied by a statement indicating the proposed presenter's
current membership in the MLA.

Dr. Pearlie Peters,
Professor of English
Department of English
Rider University
2083 Lawrenceville Road
Lawrenceville, New Jersey 08648-3099
609, 895-5566

CFP: Experiences in Post/Colonial Education Systems in Afr. Literature (3/15/07; SAMLA, 11/9/07-11/11/07)

updated: 
Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 6:11pm
Walt Collins

Call for Papers: Papers dealing with Experiences in Post/Colonial
Education Systems as depicted in literature are sought for the
Literatures of Africa and the Diaspora regular session at the South
Atlantic Modern Language Association which will meet in Atlanta, GA on
Nov. 9-11, 2007.

Papers might include childhood experiences through experiences in
higher education and might make use of any number of theoretical
frameworks.

The deadline for 250-word proposals is March 15, 2007.

Please send inquiries and proposals electronically to:

Dr. Walter Collins, session coordinator
Assistant Professor of French and English
collinsw_at_sc.edu

CFP: Experiences in Post/Colonial Education Systems in Afr. Literature (3/15/07; SAMLA, 11/9/07-11/11/07)

updated: 
Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 6:11pm
Walt Collins

Call for Papers: Papers dealing with Experiences in Post/Colonial
Education Systems as depicted in literature are sought for the
Literatures of Africa and the Diaspora regular session at the South
Atlantic Modern Language Association which will meet in Atlanta, GA on
Nov. 9-11, 2007.

Papers might include childhood experiences through experiences in
higher education and might make use of any number of theoretical
frameworks.

The deadline for 250-word proposals is March 15, 2007.

Please send inquiries and proposals electronically to:

Dr. Walter Collins, session coordinator
Assistant Professor of French and English
collinsw_at_sc.edu

CFP: Experiences in Post/Colonial Education Systems in Afr. Literature (3/15/07; SAMLA, 11/9/07-11/11/07)

updated: 
Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 6:11pm
Walt Collins

Call for Papers: Papers dealing with Experiences in Post/Colonial
Education Systems as depicted in literature are sought for the
Literatures of Africa and the Diaspora regular session at the South
Atlantic Modern Language Association which will meet in Atlanta, GA on
Nov. 9-11, 2007.

Papers might include childhood experiences through experiences in
higher education and might make use of any number of theoretical
frameworks.

The deadline for 250-word proposals is March 15, 2007.

Please send inquiries and proposals electronically to:

Dr. Walter Collins, session coordinator
Assistant Professor of French and English
collinsw_at_sc.edu

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