Registration for the upcoming “ANYTHING BUT SAFE: Sex, Sexuality, and
Gender” National Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference at the University of
South Florida, on 6th, 7th, and 8th March 2009 is now open. Deadline for
proposals is January 5, 2009. Email 250-500 word abstracts to Chrissy Auger
at cauger_at_mail.usf.edu.
 
Please visit our website at english.usf.edu/anythingbutsafe/ for
registration details and the complete conference program.

UPDATE: CALL FOR PAPERS

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 21, 2008.

“WRITING FROM THE CENTER”
Louisiana Association for College Composition

14-15 November, Louisiana State University, Alexandria

Keynote speaker: Scott Russell Sanders, Distinguished Professor of
English, Indiana University, author of Writing from the Center and other
works of fiction and nonfiction, including novels, stories, children's
books and memoirs.

Proposals: The conference committee invites 200-word proposals for 15- to
20-minute individual presentations and 3- to 4-member panels on the theme
of "Writing from the Center" that might touch on the following topics:

Call for Papers: Bodies in Space: Technologies of Space Exploration in SF
Television and Film
Science Fiction and Fantasy Area, SW/TX PCA/ACA

The 2009 Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association
30th Annual Conference, The Hyatt Regency Conference Hotel, Albuquerque,
NM, February 24-28, 2009.

The Area Chairs of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Area would like to
invite paper and panel proposals on any aspect of the representations of
the technologies of space exploration in science fiction television and
film.

Please send queries, 250 word paper proposals, or 500 word panel
proposals to

C. Jason Smith
jsmith_at_lagcc.cuny.edu

2009 PCA/ACA National Conference

The Game Studies area of the Popular Culture Association and the American
Culture Association National Conference (formerly the Digital Games area)
invites proposals for papers and panels on games and game studies for the
Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National
Conference to be held Wednesday, April 8, through Saturday, April 11,
2009, at the New Orleans Marriott Hotel, New Orleans, LA.

The organizers seek proposals covering all aspects of gaming, gaming
culture and game studies. Proposals can address any game medium
(computer, social, console, tabletop, etc) and all theoretical and
methodological approaches are welcome.

THIRD ANNUAL GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE IN COMPARATIVE STUDIES
Hosted by the Department of Comparative Studies
http://comparativestudies.osu.edu
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH USA
16 January 2009

THE BODY IN PAIN AND PLEASURE

20th Biennial Conference of the Association for Canadian Studies in the US
Westin Gaslamp, San Diego, CA
November 18-22, 2009
I invite papers that explore the reception of Canadian writers around the
world for a panel at the ACSUS conference. Canadian writers are getting
world-wide recognition, but their works are read differently in the various
countries as diverse cultural settings provide the context for literary
interpretation and literary reception.
Email abstracts of 300 words to Charlotte Templin (templin_at_uindy.edu)
Deadline extended to Oct. 10, 2008
Include your name, affiliation, postal address and phone number.
The complete call for papers for ACSUS is at acsus.org

LET THEM EAT CRÊPES: Sweet and Savory Stories of the French Pancake. We
are quickly gathering quality original creative nonfiction pieces that
explore the chic, versatile food enjoyed around the world. Specifically,
we are looking for touching, funny, and/or sad well-crafted stories (5,000
word max) featuring the crêpe. The best will be submitted with a book
proposal to publishers in early 2009. See examples at
www.eatingcrepes.com. Recipes are also welcome. Send submissions in the
body of an email to eatingcrepes_at_gmail.com or via our website
http://eatingcrepes.com no later than Dec 1, 2008. Assuming a publisher