I am in need of presenters (2-4) on Patricia Hill Collins's concept of
the outsider within. Particularly, this panel proposes to examine
Collins’s concept and its various and potential applications. Collins
discusses the ways in which this outsider within view can enrich
sociological facts and theories; however, her concept can be applied to
many women in many academic and cultural spaces.

If you have a paper or an idea for a paper in which you apply the
outsider within concept in a way other than the way Collins's envisioned,
I would love to hear from you.

Please note: this panel has not been accepted by NWSA, but I have
submitted a proposal for it.

Now accepting proposals for a panel at:
The American Literature Association Conference
May 22-25, 2008
San Francisco

A VONNEGUT RETROSPECTIVE

Since Kurt Vonnegut’s death in April of 2007, the popular media has made numerous tributes
and launched a few attacks, most notably Fox News’ vituperative April 16, 2007 obituary. It
seems time for a more scholarly retrospective on Vonnegut’s life and work. This panel will
explore Vonnegut’s influence on contemporary literature as well as new directions for Vonnegut
criticism in the 21st Century. Papers may address, but are not limited to, the following topics:

Now accepting proposals for a panel at:
The American Literature Association Conference
May 22-25, 2008
San Francisco

A VONNEGUT RETROSPECTIVE

Since Kurt Vonnegut’s death in April of 2007, the popular media has made numerous tributes
and launched a few attacks, most notably Fox News’ vituperative April 16, 2007 obituary. It
seems time for a more scholarly retrospective on Vonnegut’s life and work. This panel will
explore Vonnegut’s influence on contemporary literature as well as new directions for Vonnegut
criticism in the 21st Century. Papers may address, but are not limited to, the following topics:

The Massachusetts Center for Renaissance Studies is pleased to issue a call
for papers for "Suspected Shakespeares", a one-day conference on
attribution studies in early modern dramatic literature, to be held
Saturday, March 8. Submissions are welcome from all members of the academic
community.

I invite chapter proposals for an edited collection on science fiction
and fantasy television to be published by Scarecrow Press. This
collection will focus on the disparate visions of the past, present and
future science fiction and fantasy has offered television audiences. It
is the intention of this collection to not only shine new light on often
overlooked and forgotten series but also examine the “look” of science
fiction and fantasy television, determining how iconography (spaceships,
machines, technology), location and landscape (space, Earth, the city,
the countryside), mise en scéne, CGI and special effects, art and set
design, props, costume, lighting and manipulation of visual and virtual

Call for papers: Forum, the University of Edinburgh Postgraduate Journal of
Culture and the Arts
Issue 6, spring 08.
The Desire Issue

Desire is the very essence of man
- Spinoza
We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us
- Francois Rabelais

“Talking out the Trash”

We are pleased to invite proposals for an inter-disciplinary graduate
student conference organized by the English Department at the University of
Victoria, to be held on March 14-15, 2008.

The theme for the 2008 conference is “Talking out the Trash.” We are
interested in papers that investigate how trash becomes treasure â€" or the
reverse â€" how the once salvaged discard can become rare, and how rarity
adds value. Paper topics may include, but are not limited to: