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Call for Papers for The Sharon Pollock: First Woman of Canadian Theatre Conference to be held at the University of Calgary from March 28 to 31, 2012.
Literatures and Linguistics Undergraduate Colloquium (LLUC) at Gordon College
March 26, 2011
The Department of English Language and Literature and the Department of Languages and Linguistics at Gordon College invite paper submissions for their second annual Literatures and Linguistics Undergraduate Colloquium (LLUC) on March 26, 2011. Undergraduate students from all colleges and universities are encouraged to submit 8-10 page papers in English dealing with any linguistic or literary topic. Please provide a 100-200 word summary (abstract) of your essay in addition to your completed paper. Presentations should not exceed 20 minutes.
Gordon College is located on Boston's historic North Shore, just 25 miles north of Boston.
The 2011 meeting of the Chesapeake area chapter of the American Studies Association (CHASA) will be hosted by the Cultural Studies doctoral program at George Mason University, Fairfax VA, Saturday April 2nd, 2011.
Keynote speakers:
DANA LUCIANO (Georgetown University)
PETER HITCHCOCK (CUNY)
The Art of Outrage: Poetics, Politics, Polarization
Friday, October 14, 2011
"'They're not like us,' and for that reason deserve to be ruled."
Edward Said on the colonizing mindset, Culture and Imperialism (1994)
Proposals are invited for 20-minute papers or for panels on any aspect of the relationship between literature and mathematics in Britain and Europe during the long nineteenth century. Proposals and papers should be in English.
Keynote speakers:
Professor Daniel Brown (University of Western Australia).
Professor Marilyn Gaull (The Editorial Institute, Boston University)
Professor Nigel Leask (University of Glasgow)
The television network AMC's historical drama Mad Men, set in 1960-64, premiered in 2007. While the program was slowly accepted by audiences, at least as slowly as its methodical narrative structures, it clearly struck a chord among a cross-generational body of viewers, tripling in size from the first season. In order to engage with the show more fully, fans paraded in Mad Men-inspired costumes during Banana Republic-sponsored
events in 2009 and 2010 in Times Square, "Mad Men-ed" themselves online, participated in the series' Facebook page or the network's online portals, downloaded period music, or simply watched each episode. The show is a pervasive cultural force
'A Game That Calls Up Love and Hatred Both':
The Child, the First World War, and the Global South
1-4 December 2011
University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Australian Centre for Child and Youth: Culture and Wellbeing (ACCY) & Dromkeen National Centre for Picture Book Art
War ain't no giddy garden feete – it's war:
A game that calls up love an' 'atred both …
~ C. J. Dennis, The Moods of Ginger Mick (1916)
Since the 1980s, the development of ethnic and post-colonial studies has induced scholars to examine texts from the margins, that had previously been either neglected or forgotten; it has also revived our readings of what we had come to consider " classic " literature. Scholarship in Book History or Print Culture in Anglophone countries has also contributed to renewing approaches in literary sudies and the history of literature. Yet ethnic and minority authors have only recently been made the focus of Book History, as a recent article by Leon Jackson on the timidly growing alliance between book historians and scholars of African American cultures of print has underlined (" The Talking Book and the Talking Book Historian ", Book History, vol. 13, 2010, p.
Chitrolekha International Magazine on Art and Design has been conceived of as an attempt at exploring the world of art and design, as a platform dedicated to the artists and designers, design lovers, dreamers and people from the industry to share new ideas and innovations.
For the inaugural issue we are seeking writings on the featured section, other regular sections and projects works from writers, designers and artists on various topics. Please visit http://chitrolekha.com/callforwritings.php for details.
Annual Conference of the Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
July 1st-3rd, 2011
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 31st, March 2011
The AIE2011 will be the most comprehensive conference focused on the various aspects of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. It provides an open platform to bring together scholars worldwide to present research and to stimulate discussions on new developments in Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Annual Conference of the Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
July 1st-3rd, 2011
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 31st, March 2011
The AIE2011 will be the most comprehensive conference focused on the various aspects of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. It provides an open platform to bring together scholars worldwide to present research and to stimulate discussions on new developments in Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Annual Conference of the Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
July 1st-3rd, 2011
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 31st, March 2011
The AIE2011 will be the most comprehensive conference focused on the various aspects of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. It provides an open platform to bring together scholars worldwide to present research and to stimulate discussions on new developments in Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
FSAC 2011
FILM STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF CANADA
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University
June 2-4, 2011
Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences
Congress Theme
Coasts and Continents: Exploring Peoples and Places
FSAC is now seeking proposals for its annual conference. We welcome proposals on topics related to the Congress theme, or on any other film or media studies topic.
Proposal Submission Deadline: January 30, 2011
The Politics of Form: 2011 Graduate Student Conference
Columbia University Nineteenth-Century Colloquium
Friday, April 22th, 2011
Keynote Speaker: Caroline Levine
CALL FOR PAPERS
John Richetti has recently commented on the complexity of religion in the work of Defoe. In a comparison of religion in Defoe's Religious Courtship and the Family Instructor he notes, "[r]eligion in…[ Religious Courtship ] is not so much a matter of intense piety and spiritual soul searching as it is a social issue and psychological problem, part of the institutional arrangements for a successful marriage, and not, as in the Family Instructor , a purely spiritual affair" ( The Life of Daniel Defoe 164).