This session welcomes papers or presentations on visions of America, the American Dream, and the American landscape. As Nick Carraway describes at the end of The Great Gatsby, America has held promise for generations of dreamers. Even though we are drawn back 'ceaselessly into the past,' we continue to lay our dreams on America's shores. How has an understanding of the Dream changed? Any exploration of questions surrounding the myth and reality of the American Dream--from early explorers to current immigrants--is welcome. 250-word abstract due August 2.

For more information about the conference or the organization, see http://www.nemla.org.

Please join us for the 35th annual conference of the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association, February 19-22, 2014, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel and Conference Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Digital Humanities is a new subject area in the newly renamed SWPACA conference (formerly Southwest Texas PCA/ACA), and the theme for 2014 is "Popular and American Culture: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow."

Keynote Speaker: Edward James

Potential contributors are invited to submit an abstract for a one-day conference to be held at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, on August 20th 2014. This inter-disciplinary conference will explore the works of Hugo and Nebula Award winning writer Lois McMaster Bujold, encompassing both her science fiction and her fantasy novels. Papers and pre-formed panels are invited on issues related to (but not limited to) any of the following themes related to the works of Lois McMaster Bujold:

Many studies have been conducted on the experiences of immigrants from Latin America and the Caribbean; however, there are few texts which study the full scope of literature born of and about this large segment of the population.

My book, Voices in Transition: A Study of Pan-American Immigration Narratives, will investigate the ways in which authors of fiction have addressed the psychological, economic and cultural issues faced by immigrants in their work.

Examples of topics may include trauma/violence, human rights and gender. Here are a few potential sections of the text:

The Ohio of Excellence Center for Collaborative Education, Leadership, and Innovation in the Arts (CELIA) in conjunction with the Department of English and the College of Liberal Arts at Wright State University invites proposals for 15-20 minute presentations to be included in its events celebrating the bicentennial anniversary of the publication of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

Scheduled to take place October 10-12, 2013, these events will include:

public lectures featuring experts on Jane Austen, British literature, and Regency history and culture, including presentations by Janine Barchas, Devoney Looser, Robert Markley, and Marilyn Francus, among others

a luncheon and English tea service

International Conference
"Theatre Between Tradition and Contemporaneity"

December 19 - 22, 2014
Tuscany, Italy

"Theatre Between Tradition and Contemporaneity" is the professional conference researching the Bridge between Tradition and Contemporaneity in performing arts.

The conference is open to different art genres, techniques and forms -
theatre, dance, music, circus, visual and multimedia art.
Performing arts in the era of constantly evolving technology

Traditional forms of performing arts constantly reconsidered and reshaped by contemporary practitioners

Nature and Creation in the Middle Ages: Reassessing Concepts