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SCMLA 2009 South Central College English Association Panel: Works We Love to Teach

Description: Proposals for 20-minute conference presentations are invited for the South Central College English Association’s session “Works We Love to Teach” at the SCMLA 2009 Convention, October 29-31, in Baton Rouge, LA. What are the literary works we most enjoy teaching, and how do we pass on our passion for these works to our students? Which texts pose unique obstacles or offer exceptional rewards for instructors and students in the classroom? Papers discussing pedagogical methods as well as specific challenges and successes in teaching selected works are encouraged. Please submit a 250-500 word abstract, a brief C.V., and A/V requirements to ...

Keywords: pedagogy, literature, english

States of Crisis - Graduate Conference

Description: States of Crisis Friday, 9 October 2009 Brandeis University Department of English and American Literature Seventh Annual Graduate Conference Plenary Speakers: Professor Edward Glaeser, Harvard University; Professor David Sherman, Brandeis University Since its origin in the ancient Greek krisis, "decision," related to krites, a judge, the term crisis has referred to ideas of discernment, evaluation, criticism, and sifting of evidence. In literary studies, for example, one can see moments of crisis in shifting aesthetics and changing genres as well as in literary tradition(s), character representation, and ideas of narrative. Drawing on interdisciplinary approaches and scholarship, this conference will explore different ...

Keywords: english, humanities, social sciences, comparative literature

FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FILM THEORY AND ANALYSIS (IN MEXICO)

Description: An international conference on film theory and analysis held in Morelia, Mexico from October 1-3 in tandem with the Morelia International Film Festival. Keynote: Robert Stam, New York University, "The Theory and Practice of Film Adaptation" Where: The city of Morelia, in the state of Michoacán, Mexico When: Thursday, October 1 to Saturday, October 3, 2009, in tandem with the 7th edition of the Morelia International Film Festival Presented by: Sepancine/Mexican Society of Film Theory and Analysis, the Working Group "Expression and Representation" of the Metropolitan Autonomous University-Cuajimalpa (UAM-C), and the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) For: Scholars and graduate ...

Keywords: theory, film, mexico, film and literature

Fastitocalon - Studies in Fantasticism Ancient to Modern: Immortals and the Undead 2

Description: Call for papers Fastitocalon volume I (issue no. 2) Published by Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier (WVT) Immortals and the Undead The first volume of Fastitocalon is going to be dedicated to the exploration of the literary, poetical, cultural and historical aspects of the immortals and the undead. Albeit the two categories have, at first sight, only very little to do with each other, they can be interpreted as representing two approaches towards the larger question of death, mortality, and longevity. Immortality has fascinated human beings probably ever since the awareness of their own mortality has dawned on them. Thus, the earliest ...

Keywords: literature, fantastic

Language, Literature, Identity Conference - 24-25 April, 2009 (Faculty of Philosophy, Niš)

Description: UNIVERSITY OF NIŠ FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY ENGLISH DEPARTMENT CALL FOR PAPERS FOR THE FORTHCOMING Language, Literature, Identity Conference 24-25 April, 2009 (Faculty of Philosophy, Niš) On behalf of the Organisational Committee, it is our pleasure to send you the Call for Papers with a detailed set of information concerning the forthcoming multidisciplinary conference named Language, Literature, Identity, organized by the English Department of the Faculty of Philosophy in Niš, which will be held from 24 until 25 April, 2009. Identity, the central topic of our conference, allows different approaches by means of various disciplines in the domain of philology, philosophy ...

Keywords: language, philosophy, literature, arts

Imagined Horizons: Spatial Configurations of the Present

Description: The contemporary world is characterised among other things by a greater spatial integration and the consequences flowing from this phenomenon. In fact one could argue that much of our contemporary preoccupations are with problems and conflicts related to space - the manner in which it is produced, organised, controlled, inhabited, eroded, displaced. Spatial issues, as for instance mass migration, megacities, environmental degradation, border conflicts and geopolitics, influence significantly our lived experience as well as our mental conceptions. Outer space and cyberspace are additional spatial dimensions that fuel our perceptions of the present. Spatial transformations also mark the processes connecting the ...

Keywords: literature, cultural studies, social sciences, film studies

UNDERGROUND CompLit Conference

Description: The deadline for submissions has been extended to September 1, 2008. UNDERGROUND Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference November 6-7, 2008 Department of Comparative Literature Graduate Center, City University of New York 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016 Call for Papers I am convinced that fellows like me who live in dark cellars must be kept under restraint. They may be able to live in their dark cellars for forty years and never open their mouths, but the moment they get into the light of day and break out they may talk and talk and talk -Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground How ...

Keywords: literature

Forum Journal CfP: Issue 12 - Authenticity

Description: CALL FOR PAPERS for ISSUE 12 of FORUM: The University of Edinburgh Postgraduate Journal of Culture and the Arts on AUTHENTICITY The idea of ‘authenticity’ assumes that a work can be ‘genuine’, ‘authoritative’, ‘legitimate’: rooted in fact or truth. Yet the possibility of ‘authentic’ representation has always been haunted by the prospect of its antithesis, the ‘fake’ or fraud, and both have become increasingly difficult to define in our globalising world. We (re)adapt the notion of authenticity to our own lives and cultures, while the very act of declaring something ‘authentic’ may be construed as a form of dominance and/or ...

Keywords: literature, interdisciplinary, arts, postgraduate

Advances in Bioinformatics: Special issue on ''Literature Mining Solutions for Life Science Research''

Description: Call for Papers ------------------------------------------------------ Special Issue of Advances in Bioinformatics on "Literature mining solutions for life science research" ------------------------------------------------------ Research and development in the area of biomedical literature analysis aims at providing life scientists with effective means to access and exploit knowledge contained in scientific publications. Virtually all journal publications and many conference proceedings are nowadays readily available in an electronic form — for instance, as abstracts through the MEDLINE citation index or as full-text article through PubMed Central. Nevertheless, keeping up-to-date with and searching for recent findings in a research domain remains a tedious task hampered by inefficient and ...

Keywords: bioinformatics, text mining, literature analysis, bionlp

EUR/OPEN 2/2011

Description: EUR / OPEN 2 / 2011 CALL FOR PAPERS '''EUROPEN''' is the project of a journal of thought and culture in Europe that takes the form of "that certain idea of Europe" who is not afraid to declare itself completely drenched utopia, full of people who seek that ideal - in the past , in the present and future - will be understood Europe as an archetype of a life that is actually an opportunity for growth and for all. Europe is not that we are talking about milk quotas, or the directives and regulations. It is not the Europe ...

Keywords: mediterranean, europe, literature, intglish

Gabriel JOSIPOVICI (LISA e-Journal, special number)

Description: Gabriel JOSIPOVICI (LISA e-Journal, special number) LISA e-Journal seeks contributions for its special issue devoted to Gabriel Josipovici to appear in February 2012. Gabriel Josipovici is a contemporary British novelist, playwright, and literary critic. He was born in Nice in 1940, lived in Egypt from 1945 to 1956, and then came to England where he currently lives. He has written numerous works of fiction, literary criticism, and plays that have been performed and broadcast on radio. His works have already received critical attention for their innovative and experimental nature, but so far they have not been sufficiently analyzed. Possible studies ...

Keywords: literature, novel, criticism, theatre

Call for Submissions - Journal of Literature and Trauma Studies

Description: The Journal of Literature and Trauma Studies is a bi-annual international peer-reviewed online journal dedicated to the study of the relationship between literature and trauma. For our inaugural issue, we welcome submissions that explore the connection between trauma and the tragic in all its literary and theoretical aspects. These may include: theories of the tragic; tragedy and memory; tragedy and modernity; the end of tragedy; tragedy and horror; tragedy and mourning; tragedy, testimony, and reconciliation. These categories are broadly conceived. We would particularly welcome articles that address the following: • Trauma beyond tragic representation: the obscene • The ethical and ...

Keywords: literature, trauma, tragedy, tragic

Textos Híbridos. Convocatoria de medios audiovisuales y reseñas de libros para primer número sobre Carlos Monsiváis

Description: CONVOCATORIA DE MEDIOS AUDIOVISUALES PARA NÚMERO SOBRE CARLOS MONSIVÁIS Textos Híbridos, una nueva revista electrónica dedicada al estudio de la crónica latinoamericana desde la Conquista hasta el presente, invita a la presentación de material audiovisual para la publicación de su primer número sobre la vida y obra del reconocido cronista Carlos Monsiváis. El prolífico e icónico cronista Monsiváis es conocido por sus antologías de crónicas como Amor perdido (1977), Entrada libre (1987) y Apocalipstick (2009) así como estudios sobre el género y colecciones editadas como A ustedes les consta. Antología de la crónica en México (1980; 2006). Junto con artículos ...

Keywords: literature, latin america

Humour and the Fantastic

Description: Call for papers Fastitocalon volume III (2012) Published by Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier (WVT) http://fastitocalon.kolbitar.de Humour and the Fantastic Humour has been a recognisable part of literature ever since antiquity. The ‘Homeric laughter’ has become proverbial and Lucian dazzled the readers of his Vera Historia with a firework of comic (and absurd) ideas. Nevertheless, the co-existence or even symbiosis of humorous and fantastic elements is the exception rather than the rule. Lucian’s work points the way for most of the later instances, and we find elements of the fantastic and the humorous co-existing most often in texts that show a self-reflexive ...

Keywords: literature, humour, humanities, fantastic

H.G. Wells Society: Giles Hart Prize

Description: The H. G. Wells Society is pleased to announce the inaugural Giles Hart Prize, in memory of the Society's former chairman, for an essay that makes an outstanding contribution to Wells studies. The prize will be awarded to the piece of work on Wells submitted to, and published in, the 2012 issue of The Wellsian the annual, peer-reviewed, learned journal of the H. G. Wells Society. Papers concerning any aspect of Wells's life and work are invited. Possible themes might include: Wells's science fiction; Wells and the novel; Wells, utopia, politics and the World State; Wells and science; Wells and ...

Keywords: literature, utopia, science fiction, h.g. wells