University of Manchester
John Rylands Library, Deansgate
1st - 2nd March 2010.

How do we evaluate early medieval visual and material cultures? How do we 'see', via art and artefacts, the multivalent voices of the Anglo-Saxon world?

This interdisciplinary postgraduate conference aims to explore and interpret the contribution made by Anglo-Saxon artwork and material objects to the various cultural discourses of the era ? involving ideas
about family, gender, religion and belief, nationhood and identity. It also seeks to address the issue of how the multi-disciplinary voices of researchers in Anglo-Saxon studies can speak effectively to each other.

The seventh annual Université de Montréal English graduate conference seeks to examine the constructed nature of human life and thus invites 250-300 words abstract for papers dealing with the notions of performance and performativity in literature and the arts. Although performance was traditionally associated with theatre and the interpretation of a written text by actors, the idea of performance also applies to everyday life, to the behaviour individuals are obligated to adopt in order to function in society. Every face-to-face encounter becomes a performance especially if we think of performativity as the internalization of a script.

Rodopi Press Amsterdam / Atlanta announces a new series of literary studies entitled Dialogue under the general editorship of Michael J. Meyer. The series will offer new and experienced scholars the opportunity to present alternative readings and approaches to classic texts (those which have received canonical acceptance in either American or Continental Literature). The call for papers will work as follows: The series editor or a guest editor will list several different topics or approaches to the text in question. These topics should have in the past elicited a significant level of disagreement among critics or have an inherent controversial element.

Call for Papers: WSQ (Women's Studies Quarterly)

Special Issue: SAFE

Guest Editors: Alyson M. Cole & Kyoo Lee

31st Annual Conference February 10-13, 2010
Southwest/Texas Popular and American Culture Association
http://swtxpca.org/
Submission Deadline: 12/15/09
Registration Deadline: 12/31/09

Conference Hotel:
Hyatt Regency Albuquerque
330 Tijeras
Albuquerque, NM 87102
505.842.1234

Proposals for papers, panels, and roundtables are now being accepted for the Area "Arab Culture in the U.S." In addition to academic presentations, artists (e.g., poets, musicians, and dancers) are welcome to perform their work.

American Studies Association Conference 2010
Proposed panel call for papers

CFP: Beyond Land, Identity, and Oppression: Exploring the Limits and Possibilities of Intentional Communities

In light of this year's ASA theme – Crisis, Chains, and Change – we are seeking papers for a panel that investigates the idea of the intentional community in the Americas.