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Hilton Head SC—March 30-April 1, 2017
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College English Association
Hilton Head SC—March 30-April 1, 2017
Call for Papers
EGSA Fall 2016 Colloquium
November 9th, 2016
Striking Words: The Art and Writing of Social Justice
AAAS 2017 Special Session CFP (Please share widely).
13-15 April 2017, Portland, OR
"Ingest with Care: Asian American Bodies Consuming" explores the foods, drinks, supplements, carcinogens, and other matter consciously either consumed or rejected by Asian American bodies. Ideally, this diverse panel will feature scholars of the humanities, social studies, and the sciences.
150-250 word abstract and CV by 5 October 2016; Shawn Higgins (shawn.higgins@nmt.edu).
In Le Surréalisme et l’après-guerre, Tristan Tzara asked:
Have we found a solution to the problems that brought about this war? Where is the end of this war, this shredded end that prolongs itself in each individual, bringing about new questions and temporary solutions and necessary but makeshift repairs and the crushing weight of pains and destructions and the gravity of wounds that are still raw? There is no war now, but there is no après-guerre yet.
Shakespeare's late play Coriolanus at first glance seems to be a straightforward case of a haughty patrician whose own pride leads to his loss of stature and life—a tragedy in the classic mold. The majority opinion echoes Olivier who likened him to "a very straightforward, reactionary son of a so-and-so" whose "thoughts are not deep" and Curry who labelled him as "one of the hardest characters to like." However, interesting characters—Shakespeare raised many—resist categorizing.
Freedom: At What Cost and to Whom?
1st Global Meeting
Call for Participation 2017
A Human Rights and Active Citizenship Project
Friday 7th April – Sunday 9th April 2017
Lisbon, Portugal
As world events unfold, individual freedom is under threat in many regions, nations and contexts.
Torture
2nd Global Conference
Call for Participation 2017
Saturday 1st April – Monday 3rd April 2017
Lisbon, Portugal
Writing that Shapes the World:
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
1st Global Conference
Call for Participation 2017
Tuesday 4th April – Thursday 6th April 2017
Lisbon, Portugal
Writing has been part of human history for 5,000 years, give or take a few hundred. It developed independently in more than one part of the globe which speaks to its fundamental quality as a truly human capability. And it has shaped cultures, thought processes, knowledge, and how all of these get transmitted from one person, one generation, one era to the next. Writing in a very real sense is reflexive of, and instrumental in the continuance of culture.
Evil Children: Children and Evil
1st Global Conference
Call for Participation 2017
Friday April 7th – Sunday April 9th 2017
Lisbon, Portugal
The idea of the child as innocent, as pure, the ‘little angel’ in need of protection from the harsh realities of life and the corrupting influences of the world around us has come to dominate our thinking, language, values, social policies and educational philosophies in the past few decades. Children are seen as ‘little people’, ‘blank slates’, works in progress who are loved, nurtured and guided as they grow to become mature, rational and responsible adults.
In the final week of January, 1977, the ABC miniseries Roots became the most-watched television program of all time. To the surprise of the show’s producers, Roots became not only a ratings windfall, but a cultural phenomenon, articulating an African-American counter-narrative of American history, provoking a dialogue about the legacy of slavery, and presenting African-American characters with a dignity and integrity that differed sharply from the caricatured representations common to television up to that time. In many ways, the response to the show by the media and the general public constitutes the first of many “conversations about race” that have punctuated the Post-Civil Rights era.
CALL FOR PAPERS
GLOBAL ASIAS 4 CONFERENCE
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY
March 31-April 1, 2017
I <3 POP: An Interdisciplinary Conference
November 10-11, 2016. Keynote speaker: TBD
Department of Comparative Literature at The Graduate Center, CUNY; New York, NY
“If I had to choose between the Doors and Dostoyevsky, then—of course—I’d choose Dostoyevsky. But do I have to choose?” –Susan Sontag
There seems to be no end to the anxieties, fantasies, pleasures, and possibilities of pop culture—how we consume it, avoid it, appreciate it, and allow it to inform our identities. Yet, can we theorize pop today? And if so, to what extent are we obligated to do so?
Bridging the Gap? Digital Media in the Literature Classroom (essay collection)
Feb. 1, 2017: 300-500 word proposals and brief cv/biographical statement
Cameron McFarlane: cameronm@nipissingu.ca
Kristin Lucas: kristinl@nipissingu.ca
English Studies, Nipissing University, Canada
This conference seminar is part of the American Comparative Literature Association Annual Meeting, which will take place in Utrecht in the Netherlands, July 6th-9th, 2017. You will need to register at acla.org in order to submit your abstract.
Beyond the Blockbusters: Themes and Trends in Contemporary Young Adult Literature