A Seminar to be held in conjunction with CaSTA (the Canadian Symposium on
Text Analysis) 2008: New Directions in Text Analysis
A Joint Humanities Computing, Computer Science Seminar and Conference at
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, 16-18 October 2008
        
A “Digitizing Early Material Culture: from Antiquity to Modernity” seminar
will be held at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon 16 October 2008
and will feature guest speakers:
* Meg Twycross, Professor Emeritus of English, Lancaster University, and
Executive Editor of Medieval English Theatre (new speaker, replacing
Melissa Terras)
* Lisa Snyder, Associate Director of the Experiential Technologies Centre,

A Joint Humanities Computing, Computer Science Conference at
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, 16-18 October 2008

CaSTA 2008â€"“New Directions in Text Analysis”â€" will be held at the
University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon from 16-18 October 2008, featuring
guest speakers:
* David Hoover, Professor of English at New York University (keynote)
* Hoyt Duggan, Professor Emeritus in English at University of Virginia
* Geoffrey Rockwell, Associate Professor in Humanities Computing and
Multimedia at University of Alberta
* Cara Leitch, PhD candidate in English at University of Victoria

University of Nottingham
&
African Writing Magazine

Call for Papers

Things Fall Apart & the Next Half-Century of African Literature
(A 50th Anniversary Conference)

5 September 2008, University of Nottingham, UK

Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart is the biggest selling African novel,
having been translated into more than 50 languages. Its publication in 1958
was the epochal event in African literature, leading to a transformation in
the literary landscape. On the fiftieth anniversary of its publication, it
is appropriate to appraise the impact and heritage of the book, as well as
the direction of African Literature in the next half-century.

To commemorate Richard Wright’s Centennial, the Department of Letters at
the University of Beira Interior, Portugal will host an international
conference on 28 November 2008. The editorial board is asking all those
interested in participating as speakers to send an email to
pmesquita_at_ubi.pt as soon as possible. 250-word abstracts must to be
submitted by 15 July 2008, to the same email address. The invited keynote
speaker is Professor Maria Isabel Caldeira, renowned Afro-American
literature specialist from the University of Coimbra. The Department
encourages diversified approaches to Wright’s work (fiction and poetry)
and life. Completed papers must be sent to the same email address by 15

        The Northeast Popular/American Culture Association (NEPCA) is
seeking paper proposals on the topic of Ethnic and Race Studies for its
fall conference to be held at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth,
North Dartmouth, MA on October 31 - November 1.
        The deadline for proposals is June 15, 2008. Please e-mail
proposals of between 250 and 500 words to Sally Hirsh-Dickinson, Area
Chair of Ethnic and Race Studies at shirsh-dickinson_at_tds.net. A copy
should also be sent to the 2008 Program Chair Carol-Ann Farkas: carol-
ann.farkas_at_mcphs.edu.
Include a two or three sentence description of yourself, your background,
and your qualifications.

An Sionnach: A Journal of Literature, Culture, and the Arts invites
submissions (complete essays) for a special issue dedicated to the Irish
poet and writer Ciaran Carson.

Based at Creighton University Press and distributed by University of
Nebraska Press, An Sionnach is a journal of Irish Studies and Irish
writing. We publish scholarly articles, poetry and creative prose, as
well as interviews and reviews with the goal of showcasing and discussing
the most current and exciting developments in Irish writing. To learn
more, please visit: http://www.an-sionnach.com/