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Remembrance and Representation: Canada, Australia, and New Zealand in World War I

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Thursday, July 3, 2014 - 7:13pm
Benjamin Authers (Australian National University) and Robyn Morris (University of Wollongong)

A workshop hosted by the Association for Canadian Studies in Australia and New Zealand (ACSANZ) with support of the Canadian High Commission and Australian National University.

Venue: Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Date: Sunday 7th Dec – Monday 8th Dec

[UPDATE] Toward an Ecosomatic Paradigm: Disability and the Environment in American Literature; August 1, 2014

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Thursday, July 3, 2014 - 5:32pm
Matthew J.C. Cella, PhD [Edited Collection]

I seek contributors to an edited collection focused on the intersection between disability studies and literary ecology, particularly as it plays out in American literature and culture. More specifically, the collection will investigate the role that literary ecology plays in upholding what might be called the ecosomatic paradigm. As a theoretical framework, the ecosomatic paradigm underscores the dynamic and inter-relational (and thereby ecological) process wherein human mind-bodies interface with the places, both built and wild, they inhabit. That is, the ecosomatic paradigm proceeds from the assumption that nature and culture interact in an ongoing, dialectical relationship that has implications for both the human subject and the natural world.

DISASTER AND DISEASE IN AFRICAN LITERATURE: THE AESTHETICS OF ENDURANCE (SAMLA, Nov. 7-9, Atlanta)EXTENDED DEADLINE

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Thursday, July 3, 2014 - 4:44pm
Renee Schatteman

This panel proposes to examine the work of writers who explore environmental or health hardships experienced by communities in African countries. Papers are encouraged to engage with the complexities of writing on these topics: for example, the difficulty of representing lived realities of disaster or disease without reinforcing the stereotype of Africa as a space of continual crisis or the challenge of crafting an aesthetic that can adequately contain suffering and the will to endure. By July 15, 2014, please submit a 300-word abstract and A/V requirements to Renée Schatteman, Georgia State University, at schatteman@gsu.edu.

Joss Whedon's Comics (abstract Aug 31)

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Thursday, July 3, 2014 - 4:42pm
Valerie Frankel

With dozens of nonfiction books on Joss Whedon's works from Buffy to Avengers, one critical area has been ignored: Whedon's comics. In fact, he's written several series for Marvel and DC, along with independents and the many issues of Angel, Buffy, and Serenity comics for IDW and Dark Horse. While a few isolated essays have tackled Buffy season eight or Whedon's X-Men run, there is no anthology devoted to only Whedon comics. Now that's about to change.

Indo-British Anthology of New Fiction, 30th Sept 2014

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Thursday, July 3, 2014 - 4:31pm
New Fiction Anthology

Indo-British Anthology of New Fiction, 2014: Call for Submissions

Radical fiction or 'New Fiction' (NF) is a challenger that is here to break tradition. The passé is no longer acceptable in the Anthology, a book of new writing in English that aims to promote new modes of thinking, seeing and expression.

NF is all about innovation in writing, fiction written in a new way, challenging our preconceptions. It is 'dangerous' stuff composed by mobile, imaginative minds across a fast-shrinking globe. We are looking for short stories in all their manifestations, preferably composed in English, from Indian or British writers.

The North American Bicentennial Creative Writing & Literature Conference, June 11-13, 2015

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Thursday, July 3, 2014 - 3:40pm
North American Review / University of Northern Iowa

Dates: June 11–13, 2015
Location: University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
Keynotes: Martín Espada, Patricia Hampl, Steven Schwartz

The North American Review, the longest-lived literary magazine in the United States, is pleased to announce that it is now accepting submissions to its Bicentennial Creative Writing & Literature Conference, to be held on the campus of the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, IA, June 11-13, 2015. The editors invite proposals for individual papers, pre-formed panels (3-4 panelists), or roundtable discussions (4-6 participants).

Call for Proposals: Sessions, Panels, Papers on SEA LITERATURE, HISTORY & CULTURE

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Thursday, July 3, 2014 - 3:31pm
Area Chair, Sea Literature, History & Culture, Popular Culture & American Culture Associations

For the PCA/ACA national conference (1-4 Apr. 2015 in New Orleans), we invite proposals of individual papers, special panels, or sessions organized around a sea-related theme. DEADLINE: 1 Nov. 2014.
Possible sea-related topics include, but are not limited to:
►Film, art, music, and television
►Historical events
►Creative writing
►Sea sagas from western & non-western cultures
►Recreation, technology, business

Southeastern Writing Center Association - February 19-21

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Thursday, July 3, 2014 - 2:11pm
Southeastern Writing Center Association

Identities in Consultation: Diversity in the South and Beyond

What does it mean to be "southern" in a country where regionalism is becoming less important to identity and more important as a commodity? What does it mean to be a regional writing center when regionalism is not relative to the populations we service? How do we begin to understand emerging educational communities and their developing identities, which include new education standards, shifts in demographics, online instruction, and multimodal writing prompts that move students away from traditional writing tasks? What is the evolving function of a writing center to a generation of students who have spent their lives reading and blogging with their peers throughout the world?

Disability Studies

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Thursday, July 3, 2014 - 1:03pm
College English Association, Caribbean Chapter

http://blogs.uprm.edu/ceacc/cfp/

The College English Association—Caribbean Chapter, a gathering of scholar-teachers in English, welcomes proposals for presentations (20-minute papers) for our annual conference which will be held at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez on 12-13 March 2015. The topic is Disability Studies. We welcome papers that investigate the cultural, social and political interactions of the humanities (arts, language and literature) and technology, as they relate to the conceptualizing Dis/Ability.

CALL FOR PAPER: Issue 4 of LIQUID BLACKNESS issue on "FLUID RADICALISMS"

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Thursday, July 3, 2014 - 10:24am
liquid blackness

liquid blackness invites abstracts for its no. 4 issue titled "fluid radicalisms"

Planned in conjunction with the presentation of the Black Audio Film Collective film series hosted by liquid blackness at Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA on September 26-28 and October 3-4, this issue will address a range of topics prompted by, but not limited to, BAFC's filmmaking practice in the context of Black Atlantic artistic and intellectual flows.

NeMLA Convention Women's and Gender Studies Caucus cfp (30/9/2014; 30-3/4-5/2015)

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Thursday, July 3, 2014 - 10:05am
NeMLA Women's and Gender Studies Caucus cfp

Northeast Modern Language Association 46th Annual Convention
Toronto, Ontario - April 30-May 3, 2015

NeMLA's Women's and Gender Studies Caucus welcomes abstracts for the approved panels below – panel descriptions, submission guidelines and the full cfp are available at: www.nemla.org/convention/2015.html
Abstract Deadline: September 30, 2014

Collection of Essays on David Mitchell - Call for Abstracts

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Thursday, July 3, 2014 - 7:37am
Courtney Hopf (NYU) and Wendy Knepper (Brunel University)

Building on from our successful Symposium on David Mitchell held at NYU London on 9 May, we are moving forward with a proposal for a collection with a major publisher and are seeking abstracts for selection.

Mitchell's oeuvre is often celebrated for its distinctive vision of cosmopolitanism, remediation of genre(s), and relationship to postmodern, posthuman, and postcolonial discourses. This collection of essays aims to expand our understanding of Mitchell's work by considering all aspects of his literary and cultural output, including novels, short stories, cinematic adaptation, opera/libretti, and multimodal aesthetics.

Works by David Mitchell

[UPDATE] Remnants of the Nation: Yasar University, Turkey - 30-31 October

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Thursday, July 3, 2014 - 4:31am
Yasar University - Faculty of Science and Letters, Department of English Language and Literature

The deadline for proposal submission has been extended until 31 July, 2014.

Yaşar University, Department of English Language and Literature

Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies Symposium

REMNANTS OF THE NATION

Literature and series, Lorient, France, 26-28 March 2015

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Thursday, July 3, 2014 - 3:50am
Groupe Universitaire d’Études sur les Séries Télévisées (GUEST)

Literature and TV series
Université de Bretagne Sud, Lorient, 26-28 March 2015
Annual conference for GUEST (Groupe Universitaire d'Études sur les Séries Télévisées)