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Charles W. Chesnutt sessions at American Literature Association Conference, Boston, May 26-29, 2011

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Friday, November 12, 2010 - 4:49pm
Charles W. Chesnutt Association

The Chesnutt Association will sponsor two sessions at the American Literature Conference, Westin Copley Place, 10 Huntington Ave., Boston MA 02116-5798, May 26-29, 2011
Session 1: Chesnutt's use of subplots, minor characters, and/or settings in his novels, especially the lesser known works (Mandy Oxendine, A Business Career, and Evelyn's Husband, for example), but not excluding his well-known novels or his short stories. One might consider the following in relation to the topic: theme and narrative structure; the context of social, political, and economic issues; Chesnutt's use of satire; race and gender issues; integration of literary genres for particular purposes, etc.
Session 2: Open topic

CFP: Genealogies (due 11/19/10; 3/3-5/11

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Friday, November 12, 2010 - 4:11pm
Graduate Symposium on the History of Women & Gender

Twelfth Annual Graduate Symposium on Women's and Gender History
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
March 3-5, 2011

Submission Deadline: November 19, 2010

Mike Leigh anthology - "The Fickle Finger of Fate" - (final submissions due 8/15/2011)

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Friday, November 12, 2010 - 3:08pm
Bryan Cardinale-Powell and Marc DiPaolo, both Assistant Professors at Oklahoma City University’s Department of Moving Image Arts

Subject: This edited collection seeks to publish recent scholarship that examines various aspects of Mike Leigh's life and career as a writer-director by scholars from a variety of disciplines employing a range of critical methodologies. These essays will cover all phases of the BAFTA-award-winning director's career, including his early television work as well as his theatrical films, including Life is Sweet (1990), Naked (1993), Secrets & Lies (1996), Career Girls (1997), Topsy-Turvy (1999), All or Nothing (2002), Vera Drake (2004), Happy-Go-Lucky (2008), and Another Year (2010).

Call for submissions to Opuscula: Short Texts of the Middle Ages and Renaissance (OSTMAR)

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Friday, November 12, 2010 - 2:20pm
Opuscula: Short Texts of the Middle Ages and Renaissance (OSTMAR)

The Editorial Board of
Opuscula: Short Texts of the Middle Ages and Renaissance (OSTMAR)
is pleased to announce the official launch of its website.

http://opuscula.usask.ca

We seek single-witness editions of Medieval and Renaissance texts under 6,000 words accompanied by a brief introduction (1000-1500 words) and translation. We invite submission of a broad range of pre-modern texts including but not limited to literary and philosophical works, letters, charters, court documents, and notebooks. Texts should be previously unedited and the edition must represent a discrete text in its entirety.

ISEA2011

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Friday, November 12, 2010 - 1:27pm
Istanbul international festival of new media, electronic and digital arts // 17th International Symposium on Electronic Art

ISEA2011 ISTANBUL CALL FOR PAPERS, PANELS, WORKSHOPS AND ARTWORKS

ISEA2011 Istanbul is the international festival of new media,
electronic and digital arts. The 17th International Symposium on
Electronic Art, a leading world conference and exhibition event for
art, media and technology, is scheduled for September 14 to 21, 2011
in Istanbul, Turkey. The ISEA2011 Istanbul exhibition will coincide
with the Istanbul Biennial and will provide a fantastic opportunity to
showcase contemporary new media arts.

THEORIZING AGE: CHALLENGING THE DISCIPLINES, Maastricht University, The Netherlands, 6-9th October 2011

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Friday, November 12, 2010 - 8:22am
7th International Symposium on Cultural Gerontology, Inaugural Conference of the European Network in Aging Studies (ENAS)

Call for Papers and Panels

THEORIZING AGE: CHALLENGING THE DISCIPLINES

7th International Symposium on Cultural Gerontology

Maastricht University, The Netherlands, 6-9th October, 2011

Convener: Dr. Aagje Swinnen, Center for Gender and Diversity, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

UPDATE (extended deadline): Echoes: Across Disciplines, Texts, and Times March 18-19, 2011

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Friday, November 12, 2010 - 8:01am
English Graduate Organization, Duquesne University

Echoes: Across Disciplines, Texts, and Times
March 18-19, 2011

When an echo sounds, be it spoken, written, or acted, the repeated content takes on a new character. The Echoes Graduate Student Conference at Duquesne University seeks to engage academic communities in polyvocal dialogues, exploring echoes as they appear across disciplines, texts, and times.

[UPDATE] Ludi Civitatis: the Church, the Court, and the Citizens (Nov 4-5, 2011)

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Friday, November 12, 2010 - 8:00am
The International Conference of the Taiwan Association of Classical, Medieval and Renaissance Studies

'Civilization arises and unfolds in and as play' (Johan Huizinga, Homo Ludens). In civic entertainment, 'play' constitutes the primary formative element in human culture that affords and sustains common interest and amusement. Texts produced in the classical, medieval and the Renaissance periods document how the Church, the Court, and the citizens devise their 'play' in triumphal entries, court entertainment, civic festivals, religious rituals, processions, drama, m

usic and dance.

The 2011 World Congress on Electronics and Electrical Engineering, WCEEENG'11, April 4 - 7, 2011, Cairo, Egypt

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Friday, November 12, 2010 - 2:59am
INFOMESR

The International Foundation for Modern Education and Scientific Research (INFOMESR), Cairo, Egypt, has the pleasure to organize the 2011 World Congress on Electronics and Electrical Engineering, WCEEENG'11, in the period April 4 - 7, 2011. In addition to regularly scheduled scientific sessions, separate exhibition, workshops, invited lectures, round tables and seminars will be devoted to the presentation of latest achievements in Computer Science and Information Technology applications. This conference activity is intended to be a forum that facilitates and promotes communication and cooperation among conference participants.