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CFP: [Medieval] Medieval and Renaissance Drama panel for (dis)junctions graduate conference

updated: 
Friday, January 25, 2008 - 5:16am
Carl Walker

Contributors are invited to submit critical works on any drama from
medieval or early modern Britain. These papers may include a variety
of subjects, but some possible areas of interest include:
• Performativity and performance theory
• Anachronism and historical representation
• Metadrama
• Drama and material culture (costumes, props, stages)
• Tudor drama and the transition from "pre-modern" to "early modern"
• Professionalization of the theater
• Renaissance (mis)interpretations of the medieval

Abstracts of 250-300 words should be e-mailed to walker.carl_at_gmail.com
by February 16, 2008 (text in the body of the message; please no
attachments).

CFP: [Postcolonial] Call for articles.

updated: 
Friday, January 25, 2008 - 4:41am
Dominic Thomas

African and Black Diaspora: An International Journal

Call for Papers

The Editors of African and Black Diaspora: An International Journal are pleased to announce a
special edition on MUSEUMS IN THE METROPOLE: SLAVERY, COLONIALISM, AND POSTCOLONIAL
MEMORY which examines various exhibition sites and provide contextualization for the public
discourse triggered by their creation.

CFP: [Ethnic] Call for articles

updated: 
Friday, January 25, 2008 - 4:41am
Dominic Thomas

African and Black Diaspora: An International Journal

Call for Papers

The Editors of African and Black Diaspora: An International Journal are pleased to announce a
special edition on MUSEUMS IN THE METROPOLE: SLAVERY, COLONIALISM, AND POSTCOLONIAL
MEMORY which examines various exhibition sites and provide contextualization for the public
discourse triggered by their creation.

CFP: [Cultural-Historical] Call for articles

updated: 
Friday, January 25, 2008 - 4:40am
Dominic Thomas

African and Black Diaspora: An International Journal

Call for Papers

The Editors of African and Black Diaspora: An International Journal are pleased to announce a
special edition on MUSEUMS IN THE METROPOLE: SLAVERY, COLONIALISM, AND POSTCOLONIAL
MEMORY which examines various exhibition sites and provide contextualization for the public
discourse triggered by their creation.

CFP: [Ethnic] Call for articles

updated: 
Friday, January 25, 2008 - 4:38am
DOMINIC Thomas

FORUM FOR MODERN LANGUAGE STUDIES

Forthcoming Special Issue

GLOBAL FRANCOPHONE AFRICA

Call for Articles

CFP: [Postcolonial] Call for papers

updated: 
Friday, January 25, 2008 - 4:37am
Dominic Thomas

FORUM FOR MODERN LANGUAGE STUDIES
Forthcoming Special Issue

GLOBAL FRANCOPHONE AFRICA

Call for Articles

UPDATE: [Gender Studies] The Future of Bisexuality

updated: 
Friday, January 25, 2008 - 3:05am
Jonathan Alexander

“The Future of Bisexuality”
A special double issue of The Journal of Bisexuality
Edited by Jonathan Alexander, PhD, University of California, Irvine
This special double issue of The Journal of Bisexuality will explore the future of bisexualityâ€"as
an identity, as a community grouping, as a flash point for activism, as a critical way to
interrogate and understand hetero- and mono-sexualities, and as an erotic inspiration for a
variety of art projects. The editor, Dr. Jonathan Alexander, invites scholarly, personal, and
experimental articles that explore what the future of bisexuality might be in shifting cultural,

CFP: [Renaissance] Representations of Sacred Space in Early Modern English Poetry (Proposed Special Session for MLA Con

updated: 
Friday, January 25, 2008 - 12:54am
Helga Luise Duncan

Representations of Sacred Space in Early Modern English Poetry. (Proposed
Special Session for MLA Annual Convention, San Francisco 2008.) Among
early modern poets John Donne was particularly interested in space,
whether the expanse of the cosmos, the geography of distant continents,
or the layout of “little rooms.” But in his poetry he not only tried to
represent what might be termed secular terrain, he also imagined sacred
spaces: the temple, the burial site, even the human body, that “little
world made cunningly.” How did early modern English poets think about and
depict sacred space in an age when the protracted Protestantization

CFP: [Theatre] Open Topic: Modern Drama SCMLA San Antonio, TX 03/01/08

updated: 
Friday, January 25, 2008 - 12:22am
Liz Thompson

Call for Papers:

South Central Modern Language Association
San Antonio, Texas
November 6-8
Theme "Borders"

Seeking papers for the regular session on Modern Drama. This is an open
topic session. Please submit abstracts of no more than 250 words to
erthmpsn_at_memphis.edu by no later than March 1st, 2008.

Must be an SCMLA member by May 12, 2008 to be included in the program.

Liz Thompson
University of Memphis
Chair: SCMLA Modern Drama Panel
erthmpsn_at_memphis.edu

UPDATE: [Film] Is Resistance Really Futile? (5/1/08; 10/30-11/02/08)

updated: 
Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 11:56pm
Cynthia Miller

Call for Papers - Area: IS RESISTANCE REALLY FUTILE? - Mankind facing
Technology in Science-Fiction Film and Television
2008 Film & History Conference
“Film & Science: Fictions, Documentaries, and Beyond”
October 30-November 2, 2008
Chicago, Illinois
www.filmandhistory.org
Second-Round Deadline: May 1, 2008

Area: IS RESISTANCE REALLY FUTILE? - Mankind facing Technology in Science-
Fiction Film and Television

UPDATE: [Victorian] "UPDATE"

updated: 
Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 11:38pm
Kyriaki Hadjiafxendi

Sponsored by BAVS
 

Centre for Victorian Studies, School of Arts, Languages and Literatures,
University of Exeter
Department of History of Art, University of Bristol

CALL FOR PAPERS

Artistry and Industry: Representations of Creative Labour in Literature
and the Visual Arts c. 1830-1900
18-20 July 2008, University of Exeter

Keynote speakers: Tim Barringer (Professor of Art History,
University of Yale),
                        Michael Hatt (Professor of Art History,
University of Warwick)
                        Talia Schaffer (Associate Professor of English,
CUNY).

CFP: [Cultural-Historical] 2008 MLA: What is an Explorer? (3/10)

updated: 
Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 10:52pm
adriana craciun

2008 MLA (San Francisco): Special Session Call For Papers

What is an Explorer?
How have different dimensions of authorship (authorization, individualization,
print and manuscript circulation, institutional domains, material production)
intersected with and informed those of exploration and voyaging (whether
commercial, scientific, enslaving, imperial) in the 18th and 19th centuries?

Email 250-word abstracts by March 10 to Adriana Craciun (a.craciun_at_bbk.ac.uk).

Dr. Adriana Craciun
Reader in Literature and Theory
School of English and Humanities
Birkbeck, University of London
Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX

CFP: [Theory] 2008 MLA: What is an Explorer? (3/10)

updated: 
Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 10:52pm
adriana craciun

2008 MLA (San Francisco): Special Session Call For Papers

What is an Explorer?
How have different dimensions of authorship (authorization, individualization,
print and manuscript circulation, institutional domains, material production)
intersected with and informed those of exploration and voyaging (whether
commercial, scientific, enslaving, imperial) in the 18th and 19th centuries?

Email 250-word abstracts by March 10 to Adriana Craciun (a.craciun_at_bbk.ac.uk).

Dr. Adriana Craciun
Reader in Literature and Theory
School of English and Humanities
Birkbeck, University of London
Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX

CFP: [Bibliography] 2008 MLA: What is an Explorer? (3/10)

updated: 
Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 10:52pm
adriana craciun

2008 MLA (San Francisco): Special Session Call For Papers

What is an Explorer?
How have different dimensions of authorship (authorization, individualization,
print and manuscript circulation, institutional domains, material production)
intersected with and informed those of exploration and voyaging (whether
commercial, scientific, enslaving, imperial) in the 18th and 19th centuries?

Email 250-word abstracts by March 10 to Adriana Craciun (a.craciun_at_bbk.ac.uk).

Dr. Adriana Craciun
Reader in Literature and Theory
School of English and Humanities
Birkbeck, University of London
Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX

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