The explosion of interest in the gothic in recent years has coincided with a number of seismic political changes that have reshaped the world as we know it: the fall of the communist bloc, the revolution in information and communication technologies, the emergence of biotechnologies, the proliferation of transnational corporations and, since 2001, the US-led 'War on Terror.' Each is itself underscored by the rise to global predominance of economic neo-liberalism.

The proposed edited volume seeks to trace the ways in which Gothic texts have both represented and interrogated the global changes wrought by neo-liberal economics since the 1980s. We welcome papers that address themselves to:

CALL FOR PAPERS - International Conference on New Technologies for Language Learning

Experts, teachers, trainers and researchers in the field of language learning are invited to submit papers for the 6th edition of the ICT for Language Learning international conference which will take place in Florence (Italy) on 13 -14 November 2014.

Deadline for submitting abstracts: 8 September 2014

A ISBN publication with all accepted papers will be produced.

Oral, poster and virtual presentations will be available.

The 7th edition of the "ICT for Language Learning" Conference will take place in Florence, (Italy), on 13 – 14 November 2014.
The objective of the ICT for Language Learning conference is to promote the sharing of good practice and transnational cooperation in the field of the application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to Language Learning and Teaching. The ICT for Language Learning conference will also be an excellent opportunity for the presentation of previous and current language learning projects and innovative initiatives.

We are happy to begin accepting proposals for special sessions at this year's 21st annual (dis)junctions conference, on April 11-12, 2014. (dis)junctions is the interdisciplinary conference hosted by the English graduate students at UC Riverside, and is designed as a friendly forum for graduate students of all levels to introduce their latest work. Annually, we bring together graduate student scholars from across disciplines, schools, states, and countries---last year we had 29 panels, with 97 presenters from 3 countries and 20 different stats.

Searching for papers on the topic of embodying the Quixotic. Novels like Toole's Confederacy of Dunces, Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49, and Cervantes' Don Quixote have much to say about the inner workings of both the mind and society. In what ways do we read and misread these (or other) epic fictions? How do we borrow attributes and learn life-lessons from characters in Quixotic novels? Or, consider the concept of a Quixotic misreading-- a picking and choosing ideals and themes from already Quixotic writings. Is that type of reader missing a concrete understanding of the text by failing to pursue a well-rounded analysis? Or is the complete comprehension of Quixotic text even possible?

Cultural consciousness has, in the last decade and a half, becomes more and more aware of cultures of violence as they circulate within spaces of education. School violence in the form of school shootings, bullying, and other ways of imagining violence has become central to cultural production. From films about real events (such as 2003's Elephant, a loose adaptation of Columbine), to Glee's therapeutic evaluation of bullying, the inclusion of a school shooting as a minor plot point in the first season of American Horror Story, and the recent remake of Carrie, such violence has infiltrated many different genres and types of media (television, film, music, video games, media accounts, etc.).