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UPDATE: [Collections] Collection on Oscar Wildeâs 'The Importance

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Sunday, November 30, 2008 - 8:23pm
Suman Chakraborty

UPDATE for Call for Papers: Collection on Oscar Wilde’s 'The Importance
of Being Earnest': DEADLINE EXTENDED.

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DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 15th JANUARY 2009.
Early submission is always welcome and highly appreciated.

See below for a revised call for Papers
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CFP: [Collections] articles and essays on Moby-Dick

updated: 
Sunday, November 30, 2008 - 4:41pm
Timons Esaias

Objective: A proposed anthology of papers and essays on Moby-Dick,
addressing the meaning and metaphorical significance of the white whale.

Needed: Articles, academic papers or essays (in MLA Style, if citations
are used). Non-exclusive rights requested. Reprints are acceptable.

CFP: [Collections] CFP: Nebula (online); January 15, 2009

updated: 
Sunday, November 30, 2008 - 11:42am
Dr Samar Habib

Nebula 5.4 is now online with unrestricted access at
http://www.nobleworld.biz . The editors now invite submissions for Nebula
6.1.
We encourage submission of academic articles from any discipline,
covering any subject or topic, provided that the language used is non-
specialist and appeals to a wide audience. Unlike many academic
publications, Nebula is not limited to a specific school, faculty, or
subject.
We are also interested in providing an alternative view to mainstream
cultural and political ideologies. As such, we encourage non-fiction,
intellectual writing, that does not follow the generic conventions of

CFP: [20th] The Fall of the Berlin Wall, Twenty Years After

updated: 
Saturday, November 29, 2008 - 11:37pm
Jennifer Glaser

CALL FOR PAPERS

''November 9, 1989'':

The Fall of the Berlin Wall, Twenty Years After

 

November 8-9, 2009 / University of Cincinnati / Cincinnati, Ohio

 

Sponsored by the Charles Phelps Taft Memorial Fund, the University Research
Council,

and the Faculty Development Council at the University of Cincinnati

 

CFP: [Collections] Edited Collection on Thomas Pynchonâs _Against the Day_ (1/5/2009)

updated: 
Saturday, November 29, 2008 - 10:02pm
Christopher Leise

Editors seeking up to two contributions to an established collection of
essays by renowned and respected scholars on Thomas Pynchon’s most recent
novel, *Against the Day*. Topics of especial interest include:

The Women of AtD a/o Gender & Sexuality
The History of Mathematics a/o Science
Nikola Tesla’s Life and Thought
Eco-Criticism

Submit abstract of 300-500 words and brief bio to Christopher Leise
(christopher.leise_at_plattsburgh.edu) or Jeffrey Severs
(jeffsevers_at_gmail.com) by January 5, 2009.

CFP: [American] Popular Culture Association Dime Novel Area

updated: 
Saturday, November 29, 2008 - 7:44pm
Pamela Bedore

**** CALL FOR PAPERS ****
 
Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association
Joint Annual Conference
 
New Orleans Marriott Hotel
April 8-11, 2009
 
The PCA Dime Novels, Pulps, and Juvenile Series Books division invites
interested parties to submit papers for presentation. Papers may cover
(but are not limited to) any aspect of the following topics: authors,
major characters, themes, readership, bibliography or research methods,
social commentary, early genre forms, special collections, and matters of
gender, race, class, image or attitude.
 
Participants do not need to be PCA/ACA members, academics, or

CFP: [African-American] Celebrating African American Literature: The Novel Since 1988

updated: 
Saturday, November 29, 2008 - 3:10pm
Lovalerie King

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 5, 2009

We invite paper, panel, and roundtable proposals on theoretical,
critical, or pedagogical approaches to works produced since 1988.
Proposals focusing on satire, transnationalism, cosmopolitanism, or any
of the topics listed below are also welcomed.

Aesthetic Frameworks or Models
Comedy
Music
Detective Fiction
Ethics
Hip-Hop
Literature and American Legal Discourse
LGBT Novels
Popular Fiction
[Re]constructions of Race and/or Gender
Revisioning Oral Traditions
Revisioning Signifying Practice
Sexuality
Speculative Fiction
Urban Experience Novels

CFP: [Medieval] Mahmoud Darwish Commemoration

updated: 
Saturday, November 29, 2008 - 8:33am
Ziad Elmarsafy

Poetry and Politics: In Memoriam Mahmoud Darwish
A Commemoration at the University of York, March 14, 2009
The death of Mahmoud Darwish on August 9, 2008 left a void in the global
literary and cultural landscape. A profoundly committed poet, Darwish gave
voice to Palestinian suffering without allowing his literary expression to
degenerate into dogma and cliché; indeed often revealing beauty where
others only saw evil. This event will commemorate the life and work of this
rare poet, evaluating his legacy and relevance to a historical period still
unableâ€"or unwillingâ€"to resolve the Palestinian tragedy.
Papers are invited on all aspects of Darwish’s life and career for a

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