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Sacred and Immoral: On the Writings of Chuck Palahniuk
Jeffrey A. Sartain, Editor
Abstracts Due: July 20, 2008
Abstract Word Count: 250
Send to: Jeffrey Sartain (jesartai_at_indiana.edu)
PROJECT OUTLINE
Papers sought for a collection under contract for publication in 2009.
The essay should focus on a manifestation of illness, disability or
physical difference in the Gothic, specifically moments in which Gothic
horror is engendered not by the supernatural but by the human who is
physically or mentally non-normative.
Please send an abstract by July 30 to:
ruth.anolik_at_villanova.edu
Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA), 40th Anniversary Convention
Feb. 26-March 1, 2009
Hyatt Regency - Boston, Massachusetts
Our cultural discourse on humor is filled with metaphors--dying with
laughter, punch lines, a joke that "kills"--that link laugher and
violence. The history of American humor has repeatedly literalized these
metaphors in a variety of forms, from slapstick to comic gore. This
panel seeks submissions that interrogate the links between violence and
laughter in American literature and culture in order to assess what the
combination of these two seemingly opposed discourses suggests about
American national identity.
Possible topics include (but are not limited to):
Seeking papers for a panel at the
American Culture Association in the South Conference
October 9-11, 2008
Louisville, Kentucky
The Black Mountain College Experiment: A 75th Anniversary Exploration
Seeking papers for a panel at the
American Culture Association in the South Conference
October 9-11, 2008
Louisville, Kentucky
The Black Mountain College Experiment: A 75th Anniversary Exploration
Seeking papers for a panel at the
American Culture Association in the South Conference
October 9-11, 2008
Louisville, Kentucky
The Black Mountain College Experiment: A 75th Anniversary Exploration
Seeking papers for a panel at the
American Culture Association in the South Conference
October 9-11, 2008
Louisville, Kentucky
The Black Mountain College Experiment: A 75th Anniversary Exploration
Call for Papers: Religion & Popular Culture Area
Mid-Atlantic Popular/American Culture (MAP/ACA)
19th Annual Conference
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada PASSPORT REQUIRED if flying !
October 30 - November 2, 2008 (Thursday afternoon through Saturday
dinner).
Call for Papers
Special Issue of Feminist Theory
ARAB FEMINISMS
Guest Editor: Anastasia Valassopoulos (University of Manchester)
Feminist Theory calls for papers for a special issue on Arab feminisms and Arab feminist theory
today. The special issue (to be published in 2010) will speak to transcultural concerns and seeks
to make explicit reference to the place of Arab feminism and Arab feminist thought within the
broader spectrum of current western and postcolonial feminism.
FEAR and ENDINGS (08/31/08; collection)
Human apocalyptic anxiety has constantly been felt and expressed over many
centuries. Each generation seems to have its own foci for the imminent
threats that it fears or hopes will destroy it. Our present historical
moment is no exception, and indeed seems to operate profoundly through
discourses of fear and endings.
>From the Christian Right’s expectation of the Rapture to a political
culture governed by terrorist anxiety, the contemporary moment is
experiencing an explicit refocusing and heightening of annihilation fears.
FEAR and ENDINGS (08/31/08; collection)
Human apocalyptic anxiety has constantly been felt and expressed over many
centuries. Each generation seems to have its own foci for the imminent
threats that it fears or hopes will destroy it. Our present historical
moment is no exception, and indeed seems to operate profoundly through
discourses of fear and endings.
>From the Christian Right’s expectation of the Rapture to a political
culture governed by terrorist anxiety, the contemporary moment is
experiencing an explicit refocusing and heightening of annihilation fears.
An International Conference: August 28-29, 2008
Organizers: Prof. Manana Gelashvili
Tbilisi State University, Georgia
Prof. Carl Schmidt
Oxford University, UK
The aim of this open topic conference is to bring academics from all parts
of the world to meet in Oxford to discuss their research on English
Literature.
The conference will be held in the Dodgson Room at Christ Church, Oxford.
Registration Fee: J25
Email a short bio and a 200-word abstract by August 10 to
manana_gelashvili_at_yahoo.co.uk
“‘The simple fact of having lasted’: America’s Poet-Eldersâ€
DRIVE CULTURE - New Online Journal
CALL FOR PAPERS
Feel free to submit to one or more of the following:
DRIVE CULTURE - New Online Journal
CALL FOR PAPERS
Feel free to submit to one or more of the following: