41st AAAS Conference in Graz, Austria / Nov. 21 – 23, 2014

SPACE ODDITIES
Urbanity, American Identity, and Cultural Exchange

When we think of American cities, we have a complex (and often contradictory) set of images in mind, possibly encompassing glimpses of the Boston Marathon bombings, postcard motifs of the One World Trade Center, and palm trees on Sunset Boulevard, L.A. In its various shapes and discourses, the American city functions as both a parameter and an expression of the complexities of U.S. social practice. At the same time, it also serves as a prism of overarching social and cultural transformation.

A short story has the power to move its audience like a beautiful, destructive force of nature. This panel is a venue for SCMLA members to showcase their original short stories.

Please submit a complete draft of the story you wish to read via email by March 31. Include name, university and department affiliation, contact email, and story title. Please email submissions to allie.mariano@gmail.com

LITERARY CRITICISM AND THEORY: Open Topic
Chair: Sobia Khan,U of Texas-Dallas and Richland College, sobia.khan@utdallas.edu

Please submit an abstract of 250-300 words along with a brief biographical note. The panel is open to all approaches and topics that relate to literary criticism and theory.

Submission deadline is March 31, 2014.

For more information: http://www.southcentralmla.org/submissions-2014-conference/

Special Issue - Early Career Researchers II

In order to encourage the next generation of academics, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed e-journal GenderForum (http://www.genderforum.org/) has launched its first annual Early Career Researchers Issue in October 2013. Now every October will see an issue that spotlights the work of emerging researchers.

Contributions can be new academic writing composed specifically for this issue, or exceptional, previously unpublished term papers on all topics pertaining to Gender Studies, Feminist Studies and/or Queer Theory.

This special session examines the transformative nature and function/dysfunction of narrative spaces and liminality, and how these provide exegesis to postmodern consciousness. Interdisciplinary approaches are most welcome. Abstracts 250-300 words by 20 March 2014; Anastasia Nicephore (alou4781@uni.sydney.edu.au)

After the successful 1st Eurasian Multidisciplinary Forum, EMF 2013 which gathered over 150 researchers from more than 40 countries worldwide the European Scientific Institute, ESI, Grigol Robakidze University and the University of the Azores are inviting you to attend the EMF 2014 which will be held in the magnificent Tbilisi. The 2nd Eurasian Multidisciplinary Forum, EMF 2014 will be a kind of academic bridge between different cultures, scientific attitudes, academic stages and is aimed at gathering researchers from all around the world, thus contributing for a global flow of the newest scientific thoughts and promotion of the interdisciplinary concept.