For the completion of a special issue on "Women in Power," the
multidisciplinary online journal "gender forum"
(http://www.genderforum.uni-koeln.de) seeks articles discussing the
election campaigns and/or the upcoming presidential elections in the
U.S. and/or France from a gender perspective. In addition, reviews of
the following titles as well as of other related publications are sought:
- Albright, Madeleine. The Mighty and the Almighty. Reflections on
America, God, and World Affairs. New York: HarperCollins, 2006.
- Clinton, Hilary. Living History. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003.

EXTENDED SUBMISSION DEADLINE: May 15, 2007

Globalization and Popular Culture
MPCA/MACA - Regional Conference
October 12-14, 2007
Kansas City, Missouri

The Globalization area of the Midwest Popular Culture Association invites
papers/panels on theoretical, historical and practical approaches to the
intersection of cultures, postcolonial studies, national cinema,
international and transnational media studies and any other topic related t=
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popular culture on the global stage. The conference will be held at the
Radisson Hotel & Suites Kansas City in the center of Kansas City, Missouri
the weekend of October 12-14, 2007.

Medieval/Renaissance Conference XXI

The University of Virginia's College at Wise

September 20-22, 2007

The University of Virginia's College at Wise, Medieval-Renaissance Conference
is pleased to announce a call for undergraduate papers for the upcoming
Medieval-Renaissance Conference, September 20-22, 2007.

Papers by undergraduates covering any area of Medieval and Renaissance studies
are welcome. Abstracts for papers should be 250-300 words in length and
should be accompanied by a brief letter of recommendation from a faculty
sponsor.

Abstracts may be submitted electronically or by regular mail by July 1 to:

Medieval/Renaissance Conference XXI

The University of Virginia's College at Wise

September 20-22, 2007

The University of Virginia's College at Wise, Medieval-Renaissance Conference
is pleased to announce a call for undergraduate papers for the upcoming
Medieval-Renaissance Conference, September 20-22, 2007.

Papers by undergraduates covering any area of Medieval and Renaissance studies
are welcome. Abstracts for papers should be 250-300 words in length and
should be accompanied by a brief letter of recommendation from a faculty
sponsor.

Abstracts may be submitted electronically or by regular mail by July 1 to:

Call for papers: Guernica Canadian Writers Series, Maria Campbell.

This panel seeks to interrogate the ways in which Protestant authors
depict Catholicism during the Elizabethan and Jacobean era in
non-propagandistic literature. Papers should reflect on issues that
reveal the complex ways in which the divide between Protestantism and
Catholicism is articulated in drama, prose, or poetry. Were Protestant
authors always critical of their Catholic peers? How do potentially
crypto-Catholic authors like Shakespeare express their Catholic
sympathies to a Protestant audience? What is the significance of nuns
and friars in plays like "Measure for Measure," "Romeo and Juliet," "The
Jew of Malta," and "'Tis Pity She's a Whore"? How do political fears

The multidisciplinary online journal "gender forum"
(http://www.genderforum.uni-koeln.de) is seeking one more article for
the completion of a special issue on "Gender & Work." We welcome
contributions both from the social sciences and the humanities which
explore, for example, occupational segregation (traditionally male vs.
traditionally female jobs), (in)equality and discrimination in the
workplace, male/female strategies of coping with unemployment, the
(in)compatibility of family and career, or the rendering of such issues
and questions in literature and film.