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Sincerity and Authenticity in Contemporary Literature and Popular Culture—RMMLA November 9-11, 2014, Boise, Idaho.

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Friday, February 14, 2014 - 10:05pm
RMMLA

This panel proposes to explore notions of sincerity and authenticity in contemporary literary and cultural productions of any nationality. In what ways do such texts shrug off the lament of the postmodern era that a highly mediated and wholly commodified world empties social, cultural, and political life of any "real" content? Do these newer texts contest earlier notions of sincerity and authenticity or amend them? Can such texts said to be creating a grammar or rhetoric of sincerity? Papers might explore this topic with regard to aesthetics, economics, culture, race, class, gender, or nationality.

Please send a 300 word abstract and short bio to ralphclare@boisestate.edu by February 28th.

Liminality in American Literature

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Friday, February 14, 2014 - 4:19pm
PAMLA Conference 2014, Riverside, CA

This panel welcomes papers considering the role and function of liminality, liminal personas, and liminal landscapres in works of American Literature. Paper topics are not limited to, but may include, the application of Arnold van Gennep, Victor Turner, Pat Mora, and Gloria Anzaldua. Papers should explore the connection between liminality and the American understanding of land, race, gender, identity, genre, or reality (though other considerations are welcome).

Contemporary Issues in Irish Studies. In Memoriam Paul Brennan

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Friday, February 14, 2014 - 3:44pm
Etudes Irlandaises/French Journal of Irish Studies

This special issue seeks to explore research topics dear to Prof. Paul Brennan (+…2003) who left such a mark in Irish Studies in France and in Europe – State-building, public policy, Church issues, the peace process in Northern Ireland, and cultural life, whilst not forgetting contemporary literature. Although it has a 20th-century focus, this issue also seeks to present directions in which scholarship in those topics has developed in the early 21st century, and invites submissions on those themes regardless of whether authors were acquainted with Prof. Paul Brennan.

CFP: "The Victorians and Literary Theory" (3/31/14, PAMLA 2014 10/31-11/02 in Riverside, California)

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Friday, February 14, 2014 - 3:38pm
Alfred J. Drake

"The Victorians and Literary Theory."

Special Session, PAMLA 2014 10/31-11/02 in Riverside, California.

Paper proposals sought for an approved PAMLA (Pacific Ancient and Modern Literature Association) special session entitled "The Victorians and Literary Theory." Proposals may address British Victorian fiction, poetry, drama, or non-fiction, but the emphasis should be on literary/critical theory and/or the history of literary criticism. In keeping with the conference theme of "Familiar Spirits," this special session aims to reflect on the continuing value of Victorian literature to those who engage with literary theory.

Critical Thinking and Writing in the STEM Disciplines 3/28/14

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Friday, February 14, 2014 - 3:30pm
Double Helix: A Journal of Critical Thinking and Writing

Volume 2 (2014): Critical Thinking and Writing in the STEM Disciplines

Guest Editor: Lisa Emerson, Massey University (N.Z.)

Double Helix is an international journal devoted to linkages between critical thinking and writing in and across the disciplines, and is particularly interested in pieces that explore and report on connections between pedagogical theory and classroom practice. For this issue on STEM, we are especially interested in those pieces that address the following concerns at the nexus of critical thinking and writing:

the role of language in the construction of scientific and mathematical knowledge

the impact of oral discourse on scientific and mathematical knowledge

Victorians Like Us 2nd International Conference. The household: power, policies, practices

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Friday, February 14, 2014 - 2:52pm
University of Lisbon Centre for English Studies (ULICES)

The Victorian household has been celebrated as a unique platform for the assertion of the British middle class and its values, as well as of both private and public politics. Within its sphere, gender, class, economic and political issues intersected as the household provided the background for social practices ranging from the kitchen to the parlour, from the street to the Houses of Parliament. Furthermore, those practices encouraged reading, intersected in various ways with the British Empire and all in all formed the backbone of Victorian culture.

"Shakespeare," 2014 RMMLA Convention, Boise, Idaho, October 9-11, 2014

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Friday, February 14, 2014 - 1:44pm
James Mulder / Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association

This session invites papers that address any aspect of Shakespeare and his works to be delivered at the sixty-eighth annual Rocky Mountain MLA conference in Boise, Idaho, Oct. 9-11, 2014. Topics of interest include historicism and unhistoricism, race, religion, gender, and sexuality.

Please send 300-500 word abstracts to James Mulder (james.mulder@tufts.edu). NB: As of 2/4, the email address listed on the RMMLA website is outdated and abstracts sent there will unfortunately bounce. Please be sure to send abstracts to james.mulder@tufts.edu.

SCMLA 2014: Southern American Literature (abstracts due March 31)

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Friday, February 14, 2014 - 11:40am
South Central Modern Language Association

This regular session panel welcomes papers that consider Southern American literature from any genre or era. Papers that engage with the conference theme, "Forces of Nature," are particularly encouraged.

The 2014 SCMLA Annual Convention will be held on October 18-22 in Austin, TX. Abstracts for the Southern American Literature session should be 250-300 words and must be submitted via email attachment by March 31. Please email submissions to Kelly Clasen at clasenk@newmanu.edu.

[CFP e-journal] Ol3Media 2014: Sport&Media

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Friday, February 14, 2014 - 8:50am
Barbara Maio

For the next issue of the Ol3Media e-journal we are seeking short papers about Sport in relationship with new and old media and about themes not just related to a single sport performace.
The issue wants to explore the topic, both offering an overview and studying social, marketing and cultural points of view, stardom of athletes, movies and tv series about sport topics, use of social networks by athletes and sport societies and so on.
We are accepting monographic papers or cross-connected papers that touch several topics and themes.

Some suggestions:

Tv Series

Searching for Culture (SEFOC) International Cultural Studies Conference, Olomouc, Czech Republic, October 16-17, 2014

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Friday, February 14, 2014 - 6:49am
Palacky University

We invite papers (25 minutes maximum) from all fields of the humanities including (but not limited to) cultural studies, art, film, literature, music, mass media, entertainment, sport, history, philosophy, politics, cultural geography, environmental studies, ecology, sociology.

The conference is held as part of the INKULTUS grant project administered at Palacky University in Olomouc, Czech Republic. The project aim is to foster international interdisciplinary curriculum development and research in the area of cultural studies. The conference is going to be held at Palacky University, in the historic centre of Olomouc where culture, arts, history, and magic atmosphere all converge.

Cultural Relations Quarterly Review: National and ethnic minority issues in Europe (Deadline: 15/04/14)

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Friday, February 14, 2014 - 4:52am
Institute for Cultural Relations Policy

Cultural Relations Quarterly Review is an initiative of the Institute for Cultural Relations Policy Budapest. Launched in 2013, its mission is to provide information and analysis on key international political events. Each issue present scrutinised review of international relations on a quarterly basis written by young researchers, scholars, professionals who are specialised in International Relations theory, Political Science, world politics and Economics.

All articles are free of charge and peer reviewed. Editorial Board of Cultural Relations Quarterly Review is an international team of highly-qualified scholars and professionals of various academic disciplines.

Topic: (Volume I. Issue 2.) National and ethnic minority issues in Europe