CALL FOR PAPERS: NEW DEADLINE 2/4/09

Fourteenth Conference on Baseball in Literature and Culture
Friday, March 27, 2009
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN

Keynote Address: Dr. Harriet Hamilton, Alabama A & M University: "Daddy's
Scrapbook: Discoveries and Reflections From a Daughter of a Negro League
Player"

Luncheon Speaker: Jim “Mudcat” Grant, former MLB pitcher and author of The
Black Aces: Baseball’s Only African-American Twenty-Game Winners

Kate Chopin: Open Panel
To encourage an interdisciplinary dialogue about Chopin's works, the Kate
Chopin International Society is proposing an open panel for the American
Literature Association 20th Annual Conference, which will take place on
May 21-24, 2009, in Boston, MA. Interdisciplinary approaches which take
into account, for example, contemporary history or economics, gender
politics, sociological movements, or psychological theories, might serve
as suggestions; however, the panel is open to other approaches as well.
Panelists are strongly encouraged to explore Chopin's lesser known works
in addition to her The Awakening. Chopin's work is often remarked upon for

Kate Chopin: Open Panel
To encourage an interdisciplinary dialogue about Chopin's works, the Kate
Chopin International Society is proposing an open panel for the American
Literature Association 20th Annual Conference, which will take place on
May 21-24, 2009, in Boston, MA. Interdisciplinary approaches which take
into account, for example, contemporary history or economics, gender
politics, sociological movements, or psychological theories, might serve
as suggestions; however, the panel is open to other approaches as well.
Panelists are strongly encouraged to explore Chopin's lesser known works
in addition to her The Awakening. Chopin's work is often remarked upon for

Call for Participants and Presenters:

Kate Chopin, Pedagogy, and the Secondary Classroomâ€"Problems and
Possibilities

If you or someone you work with has taught or is considering teaching the
work of Kate Chopin, the Kate Chopin International Society would like to
hear from you and invite you to consider sharing your experiences with
other teachers at the annual conference of the American Literature
Association in Boston, MA, on May 21-24, 2009.

Call for Participants and Presenters:

Kate Chopin, Pedagogy, and the Secondary Classroomâ€"Problems and
Possibilities

If you or someone you work with has taught or is considering teaching the
work of Kate Chopin, the Kate Chopin International Society would like to
hear from you and invite you to consider sharing your experiences with
other teachers at the annual conference of the American Literature
Association in Boston, MA, on May 21-24, 2009.

>From February 2009, Melmoth , The Oscholars digest of the Victorian
Gothic, will graduate to become a freestanding journal in The Oscholars
family and in this new format we will be reprinting relevant articles on
the subjects of the Victorian Gothic, the fantastic, Decadence and
Sensation fiction. We also solicit original peer-reviewed articles on
these subjects. Interdisciplinary articles on all aspects of the
aforementioned topics are welcome. Our intention is to publish four
issues a year, so articles may be submitted at any time for
consideration. Reminders will be published on our forum:

"Boston and the New Atlantic World"

The 7th Biennial Symbiosis Conference

June 25-28, 2009

Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts

Plenary speakers:
Richard Brantley (University of Florida)
Anna Brickhouse (University of Virginia)
Mark Peterson (University of California, Berkeley)

* NEW deadline for proposals: February 20, 2009 *

* NEW conference website: http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/symbiosis2009/ *
Please see website for details about conference location and accommodation options.