Long discredited as an evaluative criterion, intentionality continues to be explored as a critical value, especially in avant-garde poetics from mid-20th century. Papers looking toward a poetics of critical values that includes intention, distinctions between "desire" or "motivation" and intention as theoretical constructs, and various attempts to circumvent intention in praxis welcomed for this special session proposal for the Modern Language Association's 126th annual convention in 2011, to be held in Los Angeles.

Send a paper abstract and short CV, together totaling no more than two pages, in line text via email (no attachments, please), by March 1st, 2010.

Call for Papers, Academic Administrative Leadership: Open Topic (11/1/2009, 3/25-27/2010); A Special Topics panel at CEA 2010
Annual Conference | March 25-27, 2010 | San Antonio, Texas
Sheraton Gunter Hotel; 209 East Houston Street, San Antonio, TX 78205
The College English Association, a gathering of scholar-teachers in English studies, welcomes proposals for presentations on Academic Administrative Leadership: Open Topic our 41st annual conference.
Your paper proposal for this panel can be on any aspect of or issues around the topic of academic leadership as it relates to English, Literature, Humanities, and/or Writing departments in any capacity (Department Chair, Program Director, Administrator of a Center, etc.).

Call for Papers, Reconciliation in Literature (11/1/2009, 3/25-27/2010); NYCEA sponsored at CEA 2010
Annual Conference | March 25-27, 2010 | San Antonio, Texas
Sheraton Gunter Hotel; 209 East Houston Street, San Antonio, TX 78205
The College English Association, a gathering of scholar-teachers in English studies, welcomes proposals for presentations on Reconciliation in Literature our 41st annual conference.

Call for Papers, "Literature and Work: Literature of/about the Laborer" (11/1/2009, 3/25-27/2010); NYCEA sponsored at CEA 2010
Annual Conference | March 25-27, 2010 | San Antonio, Texas
Sheraton Gunter Hotel; 209 East Houston Street, San Antonio, TX 78205
The College English Association, a gathering of scholar-teachers in English studies, welcomes proposals for presentations on "Literature and Work: Literature of/about the Laborer" for our 41st annual conference.

Call for Papers, Interdisciplinary Approaches to Language and Literature (11/1/2009, 3/25-27/2010); NYCEA sponsored at CEA 2010
Annual Conference | March 25-27, 2010 | San Antonio, Texas
Sheraton Gunter Hotel; 209 East Houston Street, San Antonio, TX 78205
The College English Association, a gathering of scholar-teachers in English studies, welcomes proposals for presentations on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Language and Literature for our 41st annual conference.

Call for Papers, Close Reading (11/1/2009, 3/25-27/2010) at NYCEA sponsored at CEA 2010
Annual Conference | March 25-27, 2010 | San Antonio, Texas
Sheraton Gunter Hotel; 209 East Houston Street, San Antonio, TX 78205
The College English Association, a gathering of scholar-teachers in English studies, welcomes proposals for presentations on Close Reading for our 41st annual conference.