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CFP: [Children] Diana Wynne Jones

updated: 
Saturday, May 24, 2008 - 10:17pm
Charles Butler

Diana Wynne Jones. A conference.

Location: University of the West of England, Bristol.
Date: 3rd, 4th and 5th July 2009

Note that Continental Airlines offers a non-stop flight from Newark to
Bristol.
The venue is wheelchair accessible.

Organisers: Charles Butler, Farah Mendlesohn, Chris Bell.

Diana Wynne Jones lives in Bristol and hopes to attend on Saturday.

Call for Papers:

On any and all aspects of the writing of Diana Wynne Jones, on her
influence and influences. Papers on fan activity and scholarship, TV and
film adaptations also welcome.

Deadline, 31st January 2009.

[We are also potentially interested in papers allied to the topic: if
unsure, just ask.]

UPDATE: [18th] Call for Submissions: Encountering Ephemera

updated: 
Saturday, May 24, 2008 - 7:31pm
Rebecca Steinberger

Call for Submissions
Encountering Ephemera: Scholarship, Performance, Classroom

Seeking proposals for a volume of essays tentatively entitled
Encountering Ephemera: Scholarship, Performance, Classroom. The editors
are looking for an additional four-five 5-6,000 word manuscripts to fill
the twelve-essay volume. By presenting a wide range of definitions and
theoretical perspectives as well as a variety of pedagogical strategies
and approaches for teaching and exploring notions of early modern
ephemera, contributors will seek to address the following kinds of
questions.

UPDATE: [Renaissance] Call for Submissions: Encountering Ephemera

updated: 
Saturday, May 24, 2008 - 7:31pm
Rebecca Steinberger

Call for Submissions
Encountering Ephemera: Scholarship, Performance, Classroom

Seeking proposals for a volume of essays tentatively entitled
Encountering Ephemera: Scholarship, Performance, Classroom. The editors
are looking for an additional four-five 5-6,000 word manuscripts to fill
the twelve-essay volume. By presenting a wide range of definitions and
theoretical perspectives as well as a variety of pedagogical strategies
and approaches for teaching and exploring notions of early modern
ephemera, contributors will seek to address the following kinds of
questions.

CFP: [Gender Studies] CFP: Women and Commodities

updated: 
Saturday, May 24, 2008 - 5:06pm
Sophie Lavin

2009 NEMLA Convention, Women’s Studies Section
CALL FOR PAPERS
 40th Anniversary Convention, The Northeast Modern Language Association
(NeMLA)
February 26th-March 1st
Hyatt Regencyâ€"Boston, MA
Special Women’s Studies session: Women & Commodities

CFP: [General]

updated: 
Saturday, May 24, 2008 - 2:38am
roberto nicosia

Dear colleagues,

I am organizing a panel for the 2009 Northeast Modern Language Association
(NEMLA.org) conference on: The Short Story (Novella) from Boccaccio to the
Present.
The conference will take place in Boston, Feb. 26-March 1, 2009. The
deadline for submitting an abstract is Sept. 15, 2008.
Any questions, comments, etc. are welcome and may be addressed directly to
me at roberto.nicosia_at_gmail.com.

Please circulate this call for papers.

Best,
Roberto Nicosia
Rutgers University - Department of Italian,
84 College Ave
08901 - New Brunswick (NJ)

CFP: [Theory] Writing and Immortality

updated: 
Friday, May 23, 2008 - 8:37pm
Sarah Wood

Writing and Immortality

I posthume as I breathe, which is not very probable, the improbable in my
life, that’s the rule I’d like to follow …
                                                Derrida, Circumfessions

CFP: [Bibliography] DEADLINE EXTENDED: MMLA Bibliography and Textual Studies Panel

updated: 
Friday, May 23, 2008 - 7:34pm
Erin Mann

Bibliography and Textual Studies: "People of the Books: Christianity and
Islam in Book Studies." Participants will consider elements of two
religions and cultures especially concerned not only with the contents
but the paratextual elements of their respective books. This panel is
particularly interested in the intersection of Christianity and Islam in
textual studies, although abstracts on any aspect of either religion as
it relates to bibliography will be considered. Please send 250-word
abstracts to Erin Mann, erin-mann_at_uiowa.edu, by June 15, 2008.

CFP: [Bibliography] DEADLINE EXTENDED: MMLA Bibliography and Textual Studies Panel

updated: 
Friday, May 23, 2008 - 7:33pm
Erin Mann

Bibliography and Textual Studies: "People of the Books: Christianity and
Islam in Book Studies." Participants will consider elements of two
religions and cultures especially concerned not only with the contents
but the paratextual elements of their respective books. This panel is
particularly interested in the intersection of Christianity and Islam in
textual studies, although abstracts on any aspect of either religion as
it relates to bibliography will be considered. Please send 250-word
abstracts to Erin Mann, erin-mann_at_uiowa.edu, by June 15, 2008.

CFP: [General] DEADLINE EXTENDED: MMLA Bibliography and Textual Studies Panel

updated: 
Friday, May 23, 2008 - 7:33pm
Erin Mann

Bibliography and Textual Studies: "People of the Books: Christianity and
Islam in Book Studies." Participants will consider elements of two
religions and cultures especially concerned not only with the contents
but the paratextual elements of their respective books. This panel is
particularly interested in the intersection of Christianity and Islam in
textual studies, although abstracts on any aspect of either religion as
it relates to bibliography will be considered. Please send 250-word
abstracts to Erin Mann, erin-mann_at_uiowa.edu, by June 15, 2008.

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