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Scandinavian Literature, PMLA 2010 (Deadline: April 5)

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Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 3:02pm
Erla Maria Marteinsdottir / University of California Riverside

PMLA (Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association) is the western regional affiliate of MLA. The 2010 conference will take place November 13-14 at Chaminade University, Honolulu, Hawaii. This special session invites papers addressing Scandinavian literature and culture, medieval to modern, with special attention paid to national identities and literature. Submit proposals online by April 5 at http://pamla.org/2010

Greek Literature. Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (DEADLINE April 5)

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Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 1:39pm
T. R. Walsh / Pacific Ancient and Modern Lanuage Association

PAMLA (Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association) is the western regional affiliate of MLA. The 2010 conference will take place November 13-14 at Chaminade University, Honolulu, Hawaii. The Greek session invites papers on all topics related to the literary production of ancient Greece. All genres and periods will be considered. Submit proposals online by April 5 at http://www.pamla.org/2010

18th Annual CSU Shakespeare Symposium at CSU Fullerton, May 7-8, 2010 (Papers due by April 19, 2010)

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Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 12:36pm
The Acacia Group and As You Like Shakespeare Society

Papers on any of the works of William Shakespeare are invited for presentation at the eighteenth annual California State University Shakespeare Symposium, to be held on the campus of California State University at Fullerton, on Friday, May 7 and Saturday, May 8, 2010. Submissions are particularly encouraged from current and former faculty, instructors, and students of any California State University campus. Papers must be no longer than 20 minutes of reading time and are to be submitted, via e-mail attachment (in MSWord or Word-compatible, please), to Symposium Co-ordinator Prof. Kay Stanton, at kstanton@fullerton.edu. The deadline for submissions will be Monday, April 19, 2010.

The Archive (film, TV, new media)

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Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 10:35am
FlowTV.org

FlowTV.org CFP: The Archive

FlowTV.org is the University of Texas at Austin, Department of Radio-TV-Film's journal of television and new media.

Due Date: Friday, May 7, 2010

"Silences enter the process of historical production at four crucial moments: the moment of fact creation (the making of sources); the moment of fact assembly (the making of archives); the moment of fact retrieval (the making of narratives); and the moment of retrospective significance (the making of history in the final instance)." –Michel-Rolph Trouillot, "Silencing the Past"

[UPDATE] Rape in Crime Fiction - Extended Deadline

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Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 6:03am
Dr. Berit Astrom, Dept. of Language Studies, Umea University, Sweden

Rape in Crime Fiction – Call for Papers Extended Deadline

Katarina Gregersdotter and Berit Åström of Umeå University in Sweden and Tanya Horeck of Anglia Ruskin University in the UK invite contributions for a collection of essays, which will discuss and theorise the various roles that rape plays in contemporary Scandinavian and Anglophone crime fiction.

CfP GLITS Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Research Conference: PARADOX (proposals due 16 April; conference 26 June 2010)

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Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 4:53am
Goldsmiths College, University of London

Keynote speaker: Christopher Norris

The second annual GLITS Goldsmiths Literature Seminar Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Research Conference will be held at Goldsmiths College, in London, UK, Saturday 26 June 2010.

This year we turn our focus to paradox, the strange territory between reason and intuition, involving the simultaneous processes of grasping and letting go of the doxa.

Twentieth Century Studies - MPCA/ ACA

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Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 12:02am
Midwest Popular Culture Association/ American Culture Association

The Twentieth Century Studies area of the Midwest Popular Culture Association seeks panel and paper proposals for the annual Midwest Popular Culture Association/ American Culture Association conference. This year's conference will be held at the Sheraton Bloomington Hotel, in Minneapolis, MN from Friday October 1st to Sunday October 3rd.

I am seeking papers whose topics address any aspect of 20th century literature or popular culture. Proposals for papers addressing 21st century issues will be considered as well.

Topics might address, but are not limited:
- Literature
- Film and Theatre
- Religion and Pop Culture
- Music
- Visual Art
- Modernism
- Post-modernism

[UPDATE] Deadline Extended --- Lucayos -- Issue 2 -- Water

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Monday, March 29, 2010 - 10:52pm
The College of The Bahamas, School of English Studies

Lucayos is looking for submissions of papers 20-25 pages in length on art, film, literature and culture of the postcolonial world. The journal also invites submissions of creative pieces, specifically poetry, life writing, essays, and short stories. Submit works in full by May 31, 2010.

Crossroads Conference: October 9th and 10th 2010

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Monday, March 29, 2010 - 3:45pm
Matthew Goodwin: University of Massachusetts Amherst

Call for Papers: 2010 Crossroads Conference
Amherst, Massachusetts
October 9th and 10th 2010

The Organization of Graduate Students in Comparative Literature (OGSCL) is welcoming papers for an interdisciplinary conference to be held at the University of Massachusetts Amherst on October 9th and 10th, 2010.

Summer Shaw Symposium at the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, July 23-25, 2010

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Monday, March 29, 2010 - 1:19pm
International Shaw Society

For the "Call for Papers" and other information about the symposium, see www.shawsociety.org/SummerSymposium-2010.htm. Deadline for both abstracts and ISS Travel Grant applications is April 15, 2010. Send questions to ISS Webmaster, Professor Richard Dietrich, at dietrich@cas.usf.edu. For the performance schedule at The Shaw Festival, see www.shawfest.com. The ISS homepage is www.shawsociety.org.

Archaeological Modernism (deadline April 20) (MSA 12, Nov 11-14, 2010)

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Monday, March 29, 2010 - 12:34pm
Stephen Park, University of Southern California

This panel will explore the interplay of archaeology and modernist art and literature. While archaeology may initially conjure up images of museums and dusty relics, its methodological goals are thoroughly modernist—to strip away the accrued meaning of history and get down to the original object itself. It aims, in other words, to "make it new."

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