What is real and what is fake? And why does it matter? As soon as objects, texts and utterances (be they pragmatic or artistic) become imbued with a sense of authority or authenticity, there is a potential to produce other objects, texts and utterances which mimic and attempt to siphon off that authority and authenticity. In late medieval and early modern European culture (1400-1750), this potential was realized in new and unprecedented ways. Social, technological, and intellectual developments forever altered many activities which fall under the remit of forgery and fabrication, spurring lively debate about truth and falsity. The printing press transformed the production, distribution and marketing of texts and images.

16th Annual Tolkien at the UVM Conference: Tolkien and Horror

Saturday, April 6th 2019

Our theme this year is Tolkien and Horror. Consider submitting an abstract on this theme or on any subject. We encourage single papers or an organized session.

We are pleased to announce that our Keynote Speaker this coming year will be Professor Yvette Kisor (Ramapo College). Please consider submitting abstracts today to Christopher Vaccaro (cvaccaro@uvm.edu)! The deadline is January 15, 2019.

CEA 2019: New Orleans

Call for Papers
Closing date: November 1, 2018

Special Topic: Teacher Education

50th Annual Conference | March 28-30, 2019 | New Orleans
  
Vision/Revision

“If we had a keen vision of all that is ordinary in human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow or the squirrel’s heart beat, and we should die of that roar which is the other side of silence.” —George Eliot

“And time yet for a hundred indecisions/And for a hundred visions and revisions/Before the taking of a toast and tea.” —T. S. Eliot

Fear
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Modern Living

Saturday 13th April 2019 - Sunday 14th April 2019
Bruges, Belgium

ABSTRACTS DUE: OCTOBER 12, 2018

CONFERENCE DATE: NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Re/Inventions is the annual conference organized by the English Graduate Student Association
(EGSA) of California State University, Long Beach.
Our goal is to provide a forum in which graduate students and advanced undergraduates
may present their academic research in a conference setting.
Re/Inventions promotes interdisciplinary collaboration and engagement
among students from Southern California and around the globe.

Deconstruction and the Legacy of Edward Said

Albuquerque, NM February 20-23, 2019

Hyatt Regency Albuquerque

330 Tijeras

Albuquerque, NM 87102

Phone: 1.505.842.1234

Fax: 1.505.766.6710

Panels are now forming for presentations regarding all aspects (historical, literary, cultural, etc.) of Captivity Narratives and studies. All topics and approaches to the genre are welcomed. Graduate students/future teachers are particularly welcome to participate (with monetary awards for the best graduate student papers) - or to simply register to attend the conference and its captivity narrative panels.