CFP (Call for Papers): I’m seeking papers in order to propose a panel for the upcoming 2016 MLA in Austin, TX.  The subject is “Teaching Writing, Rhetoric, and Composition to Online/Distance Students.”  I am particularly interested in (but not limited to) papers that explore the primacy of written language as instruction compared to oral, t…[Read more]

In mid-2015, Shaw’s work will become “new media” in the most obvious of ways, when the National Theatre Live digitally broadcasts their high-profile production of Man and Superman (via satellite) to movie theatres around the world. While we invite papers on this and other examples of digital Shaw, we encourage proposals that adopt the broad, histo…[Read more]

In mid-2015, Shaw’s work will become “new media” in the most obvious of ways, when the National Theatre Live digitally broadcasts their high-profile production of Man and Superman (via satellite) to movie theatres around the world. While we invite papers on this and other examples of digital Shaw, we encourage proposals that adopt the broad, histo…[Read more]

Motion 2015-1:
Proposers of record: John Maerhofer and Margaret Hanzimanolis on behalf of the Radical Caucus in English and the Modern Languages

Whereas Part-Time Faculty (PTF) constitute over 50% of the faculty in the US, and presumably a similar percentage of language and literature faculty;

Whereas PTF are presumably and anecdotally…[Read more]

The print titles listed below are now available for review in The Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. If you are interested in one (or more), drop me a line at <Jeffrey.Weinstock@cmich.edu>. We ask for reviews of between 1200 and 1500 words within approximately three months of receipt of the book.

Since it is often the case that I get…[Read more]

The print titles listed below are now available for review in The Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. If you are interested in one (or more), drop me a line at <Jeffrey.Weinstock@cmich.edu>. We ask for reviews of between 1200 and 1500 words within approximately three months of receipt of the book.

Since it is often the case that I get multiple…[Read more]

Dear all,

could you perhaps suggest a play that could be seen as fantastic in Todorov’s sense? (Yes, I know he didn’t want to include anyting but prose, but even Hamlet has its moments — the ghost is too clearly present on stage to be truly “fantastic” in the sense of ambiguous, though…)

Thank you!

CALL FOR PAPERS

Children’s Literature Society

American Literature Association

26th Annual Conference

May 21-24, 2015

The Westin Copley Place
10 Huntington Avenue
Boston MA 02116-5798

The Politics and Morality of Children’s Literature: From Left to Right

Authors use children’s literature to communicate their political and moral viewp…[Read more]

2015 Society for the Study of American Women Writers Triennial Conference
Nov. 4-8, 2015
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Proposed Panel: “Women Playwrights of the Harlem Renaissance”

Taking a cue from the conference theme, “Liminal Spaces, Hybrid Lives,” this panel asks how African American women playwrights worked out questions of liminal…[Read more]

Dear Forum Members,

For anyone who might be interested in pursuing a Ph.D., with the aim of teaching at a two-year college, I wanted to draw your attention to the Idaho State University Ph.D. in English and the Teaching of English, which is program that prepares students for this type of job.

The Ph.D. is a distinctive program that integrates…[Read more]

Panel: The (Ir)real City: Writing About the Changing Metropolis in the 20th Century

(Session ID: 15391)

Submission Link: https://nemla.org/convention/2015/cfp.html#cfp15391

Deadline: September 30, 2014

Panel Chair: Shayani Bhattacharya (for questions: shayanib@buffalo.edu)

Conference Dates: April 30-May 03, 2015 (Toronto, Ontario)

For…[Read more]

46th Annual NeMLA Conference
April 30 – May 3, 2015
Toronto, Canada

Submission Deadline: September 30, 2014

Growth in Writing, Teaching, and Learning

In his classic composition text Writing Without Teachers, Peter Elbow asks us to consider the metaphor of growing as a way to encourage and teach fluid, flexible writing. The idea of growth…[Read more]

Forgive me for cross-posting, please.

The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) adopted the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education in 2000. Frequently, as you know, information literacy has been combined with English or writing courses. The ACRL Board of Directors has appointed a task force to significantly…[Read more]

Members of this group may be familiar with the Association of College and Research Libraries’ (ACRL) Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education in 2000. Frequently, as you know, information literacy has been combined with English or writing courses. The ACRL Board of Directors has appointed a task force to significantly revise…[Read more]

Call for Papers MAPACA 2014
SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY AREA

The Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Culture Association (MAPACA) invites academics, graduate and undergraduate students, independent scholars, and artists to submit papers for the annual conference, to be held in Baltimore, November 6-8, 2014. Those interested in presenting at the…[Read more]