The San Joaquin Valley Journal is accepting submissions for the Spring 2011 issue. SJVJ offers a forum for the discussion of literature, critical theory, rhetoric and composition, pedagogy, and issues relevant to teaching in academe. SJVJ is particularly interested in scholarly essays that engage issues and ideas in connection with the literature and culture of the San Joaquin Valley. In view of its regional emphasis, SJVJ also welcomes profiles on San Joaquin Valley writers, creative nonfiction, book reviews, faculty interviews, and commentaries related to the southern portion of California's Central Valley. The San Joaquin Valley Journal is refereed and publishes two electronic issues a year during the fall and spring.

Call for Papers and Call for Performances

Philadelphia Theatre Research Symposium
Conference Theme:
The Work of Anna Deavere Smith,
Critical Cultural Performance, Performance Ethnography and Autoethnography
Monday, March 14, 2011

The conference will conclude with attendance at a presentation by
Anna Deavere Smith *

The deadline for submission is January 15, 2011.

Short Fiction in Theory and Practice is a new peer-reviewed journal published by Intellect Press. Issue 1.2 will include a section devoted to creative and critical responses to any aspect of Gogol's story 'The Overcoat'. These might include, but are by no means restricted to, topics including:

CFP: SHAKESPEARE ON FILM, TELEVISION, AND VIDEO

PCA/ACA & SW/TX PCA/ACA
Joint Conference, San Antonio, TX
April 20-23, 2011
http://www.swtxpca.org

Submission deadline: December 15, 2010

Proposals are now being accepted for the Shakespeare on Film, Television, and Video Area. While any topic on Shakespeare and moving images is welcome, here are some to consider:

The Philip Roth Society will be sponsoring a panel on "International Roth" at the 2011 American Literature Association Conference, to be held at the Westin Copley in Boston, MA, May 26-29. Proposals are invited for twenty-minute papers on any aspect of this topic, including (but not limited to) the following:

PCA/ACA & Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Associations
Joint Conference
April 20-23, 2011
San Antonio, TX

http://www.swtxpca.org

Proposal submission deadline: December 15, 2010

Conference hotel: Marriott Rivercenter San Antonio
101 Bowie Street
San Antonio, Texas 78205 USA
Phone: 1-210-223-1000

This is the final call for papers regarding all aspects of captivity narratives in all their various forms and as regards the interpretive approaches. Studies regarding both historical and more modern narratives are acceptable.

We wish to draw your attention to a dynamic conference coming up at the
University of Massachusetts, Boston in April 2011—seeking papers on
all aspects of contemporary social theory.

The Social Theory Forum is an annual international conference that
creatively explores, develops, promotes and publishes cross-disciplinary
social theory in an applied and critical framework.

DETAILS—AND THE COMPLETE CALL FOR PAPERS—APPEAR BELOW.