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Newsletter of the AFS Women's Section
Announcements and Calls for Papers
CFP: Class in America [Book Series]
Call for book proposals. Announcing, Class in America , a new book series from the University of Nebraska Press. Series Editor: Jeffrey R. Di Leo. Advisory Board: Michael Berube, Steve Parks, Paula Rabinowitz. Class in America is a newly established book series for a broad array of studies on class in the humanities and social sciences. The studies in this series examine the differing senses of this fluid concept, and explore the role of class in all aspects of American cultural, intellectual, and everyday life -- from education, the arts and the sciences to the courts, urban planning, public policy and the workplace. This interaction of ideas and findings, and the discussions they foster, brings into focus new perspectives on class and expands the terms through which American life is comprehended. Scholars in the humanities and social sciences who are interested in proposing a book for the Series should contact the Series Editor for submission guidelines: Jeffrey R. Di Leo, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Houston-Victoria, Victoria, TX 77901-5731. Fax 361-570-4207 Phone 361-570-4210 Email dileoj@uhv.edu
posted 11/20/2002
CFP: Holocaust in Literature and Film [February 14, 2003]
A Special Session panel to be presented at the South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA) Convention
November 14-16, 2003
Atlanta, Georgia
Contemporary holocaust and genocide studies are marked by general critical divisions between "trauma theory" and "industry studies," and between arguments for positioning the Nazi holocaust (which includes but is not limited to the Judeocide) as a "paradigm case" for genocide studies and those for repositioning the Judeocide at the margins of inquiry, even to the point of rejecting it as any longer a meaningful category through which to understand either the Nazi holocaust or countless other, historically and geopolitically distinct global genocides. This panel invites papers which analyze these divisions and theorize their academic institutional enabling conditions, especially in terms of their political, ideological, historical, and critical significance for the intellectual future of literary and film studies.
E-mail 250-word proposals by February 14, 2003 to Dr. Terri Ginsberg (Chair, SAMLA Special Session on Holocaust in Literature and Film)
Include brief bio statement and a list of equipment needs, if any.
All participants in convention meetings must be SAMLA members in good standing. In order to receive convention pre-registration materials, be listed in the convention program, and present at the convention, memberships must be in place by July 1, 2003. For membership information, please visit .
posted 11/18/2002
CFP: Almost Shakespeare [April 1, 2003]
We are soliciting submissions for an upcoming collection of essays entitled Almost Shakespeare: Appropriations of Shakespeare in Film and Television to be published by McFarland Publishers.
The volume will address the appropriation of Shakspearean narratives, thematics, imagery, and characterizations in non-Shakespearean cinema and television. For example, the essays may observe the dialogue between the Shakespearean source and the cinematic context or examine the intersection of high and low art forms. The submissions should not concentrate on films of Shakespearean plays but rather those works that are based on or borrow from Shakespeare. Examples of appropriate films include but are not limited to Ran, My Own Private Idaho, Shakespeare in Love, A Thousand Acres, Prospero's Books, and Looking for Richard.
Submissions should be made to the following:
Dr. James R. Keller and Dr. Leslie Stratyner
Division of Humanities, W-1634
Mississippi University for Women
Columbus, MS 39701
E-mail submission also welcome: jrk@muw.edu or lstratyn@muw.edu
Essays should be documented in MLA style and no longer than 5,000 words. The works that are accepted must be submitted on diskette in Word or Wordperfect format. Deadline for completed manuscripts is April 1, 2003.
posted 11/15/2002
International Travel Stipend Competition: AFS-->Abroad [December 10, 2002]
The American Folklore Society will offer one $500 travel stipend, on a competitive basis, to North American AFS members for attending a conference related to our field, but held outside the US and Canada, any time between June 30th, 2002 and June 30th, 2003. The purpose of the stipends is to foster international communication and awareness in the field.
Please note that this deadline represents a change in our handling of stipends for AFS members travelling abroad. From now on, there will be two annual competitions, each for one $500 stipend. (Stipends for international scholars travelling to the AFS meeting will continue to be offered once a year, in conjunction with the Call for Papers.) We hope this will better accomodate members attending meetings throughout the year. Given how difficult this has been with a single deadline, members who have attended a meeting since June 30th of this year are still entitled to apply in the present competition.
Applications should include a brief curriculum vitae and a letter briefly outlining what paper or workshop will be presented, how the individual will benefit from attending the meeting, and how the experience will be shared with North American colleagues. The stipend winner will be expected to take AFS brochures to the meeting, and to share information about AFS with people at the meeting. We also ask that stipend winners submit a 500-word report on
their experience to the International Committee, to be posted on the AFS website. In this way, we can learn more about the intellectual, professional, and political concerns of our international colleagues.
The AFS particularly encourages applications from individuals who have limited or no institutional support for travel, as well as from independent scholars and freelance practitioners.
Inquiries and applications should be sent to Dorothy Noyes at noyes.10@osu.edu; if necessary, they can be sent by mail to the Mershon Center, 1501 Neil Ave., Columbus OH 43201-2602. Deadline is December 10th.
posted 11/14/2002
Call for Contributors: Women's Encyclopedia of Folklore and Folklife
The Encyclopedia of Women's Folklore and Folklife, a two-volume set to be published by ABC-CLIO, is still looking for contributors. The list of terms still to be assigned authors is slowly being whittled down, but there's still lots to choose from. Liz Locke (co-editor) and myself would be delighted to hear from you! We would also be delighted to have you suggest possible contributors who may not be members of this listserv, either for a general announcement or a specific term or terms.
For those of you in academia, remember that winter holidays are coming up, an ideal time to do a little research and writing. The intended audience is the educated non-specialist, so you needn't go into excruciating detail on these entries-- they are meant to define, explore the state of scholarship, and suggest further readings.
At the end of this post, you'll find the list of headwords still available, each followed by a number, which indicates the approximate length of the entry. Contributors of 2000 words or more will receive a copy (hardback) of the publication.
Questions? Suggestions? Want to become a contributor or suggest someone to contact? Contact Theresa Vaughan. Thanks! And remember, a portion of the profits will go to the AFS Women's Section!
Theresa A. Vaughan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Humanities and Philosophy
University of Central Oklahoma
100 North University Drive
Edmond, OK 73034
(405) 974-3434
fax (405) 974-3823
theresa@artlore.net OR tvaughan@ucok.edu
"Abortion","500"
"Altar, Home","1000"
"Aphrodisiac","500"
"Assault, Supernatural","1000"
"Autograph Book","500"
"Barker, Ma","500"
"Barrel Racing","500"
"Basketmaking","1000"
"Bawdry","1000"
"Beadwork","500"
"Beauty","1000"
"Beauty Contest","500"
"Beauty Queen","500"
“Best Friend”,”500”
“Birthdays”,”500”
"Body Piercing","500"
"Breastfeeding","500"
"Calamity Jane","500"
"Childbirth and Childrearing","4000"
"Circumcision, Female","1000"
"Clique","500"
"Computer Folklore","2000"
"Cosmetics","1000"
"Courtship","1000"
"Cross Dressing","1000"
“Curandera”,”500”
"Cursing","500"
"Daughter","1000"
"Deaf Folklore","500"
“Death”,”2000”
"Débutante","500"
"Dowry","1000"
"Embroidery","500"
"Ethnicity","1000"
"Eve","500"
"Fashion","1000"
"Feminism","1000"
"Fertility Figure","500"
"First Nations of North America","2000"
"Folk Art","4000"
"Folk Costume","1000"
"Folklife","4000"
"Folklore About Women","6000"
“Folksong”,”2000”
"Games, Girls’","1000"
"Gender","2000"
"Gesture","2000"
"Girl’s Festival","500"
"Girl’s Folklore","1000"
"Glass Ceiling Stories","500"
"Goddess","1000"
"Gynecology","1000"
"Healing","1000"
"Helpmate","500"
"Herbs","1000"
“Home Birth”,”500”
"Housework","2000"
"Initiation","2000"
"Jingle Dress","500"
"Joke","1000"
"Jump-Rope Rhymes","500"
"Lament","1000"
"Laundry","500"
"Legend, Family","1000"
"Legend, Local","500"
"Legend, Religious","1000"
"Legend, Supernatural","500"
"Legend, Urban","2000"
"Lesbian Coming-Out Stories","500"
"Lesbian Folklore","4000"
"Letters","500"
"Life History","2000"
“Literature, Women’s Folklore in”,”4000”
"Love","1000"
"Love-Spell","500"
"Lullaby","500"
"Magic","1000"
"Marketplace","1000"
"Marriage","2000"
"Mass Media and Women’s Folklore","2000"
"Matriarch","1000"
"Matriarchal Societies","4000"
“Medicine, Folk”,”2000”
"Memorate","1000"
"Menopause","2000"
“Midwifery”,”2000”
"Miscarriage","500"
"Most Embarrassing Experience Stories","500"
"Mother Earth","500"
"Mother Goose","500"
"Mother’s Folklore","1000"
"Mother-in-law","500"
"Multi-Culturalism","500"
"Nurse","500"
"Paper Folding and Cutting","500"
"Personal Experience Narrative","1000"
"Piecework","500"
"Popular Culture, Women in ","2000"
"Pregnancy","2000"
"Prison Folklore","500"
"Prostitution","1000"
"Proverb","1000"
"Purdah","500"
"Queen","500"
"Race","4000"
"Rape","1000"
"Region: Carribean","2000"
"Region: Central Asia","1000"
"Region: East Asia","2000"
"Region: Mexico","4000"
"Region: Pacific Islands","1000"
"Region: South America","2000"
"Region: Southeast Asia","2000"
"Region: United States","4000"
“Region: Western Europe”,”2000”
"Rhymes","1000"
“Riddle Joke”,”500”
"Ritual","4000"
"Rumor","500"
"Saints, Women","1000"
"Sampler","500"
"Scarification","500"
"Secretary","500"
"Self-Help","500"
"Sewing","500"
"Sex Determination","500"
"Sexism","1000"
"Shaman","500"
"Sister","500"
"Sleeping Beauty","500"
"Sorority Folklore","1000"
"Spa Culture","500"
"Spinning","500"
"Suffrage Movement","500"
"Suicide Pact","500"
"Superstition","2000"
"Tatting","500"
"Text","500"
"Tradition-Bearer","500"
"Truth-or-Dare","500"
"Vampire","1000"
“Vestal Virgin”,”500”
"Virgin","1000"
"Wage Work","500"
"Walled-up Wife","500"
"Weaving","1000"
"Wedding, Secret","500"
"Women’s Folklore","6000"
"Women’s Movement","2000"
"Women’s Work","1000"
“Yellow Woman Stories”,”500”
posted 11/12/2002
CFP: Journal of Homosexuality [December 15, 2002]
CALL FOR PAPERS FOR A SPECIAL ISSUE OF THE JOURNAL OF HOMOSEXUALITY On THE
CONTESTED TERRAIN OF QUEER THEORY AND LGBT STUDIES
Submissions are invited for a special issue of the Journal of Homosexuality. The theme for the issue is the relationships between Queer Theory and LGBT Studies. Both fields seek to liberate sexual and gender minorities/outlaws from oppressive heterosexism and sexual and gender prejudice that have been, and continue to be, harmful to those who do not fit gender and sexual norms. Though LGBT Studies and Queer Theory are in many ways similar and often overlap conceptually, methodologically, and in terms of scholars and practitioners, there are also areas of significant difference, sometimes leading to tension between advocates of both approaches.
The anticipated publication date for this special issue is 2004.
Extended abstracts (750 - 1000 words) or drafts of articles are invited. Relevant topic areas include: - Explorations of the evolution of LGBT and Queer studies, including contested areas of their parallel and divergent histories
- Detailed articulations of their fundamental assumptions, for example, how terms such as sex, gender, and sexual identity are conceptualized
- Considerations of praxis, including past effectiveness and potentials for political activism, pedagogy, and other interventions
- Critiques of the record to date and explications of fruitful future directions in addressing intersections of sexuality with race, class, disability/ability, religion
- Case studies, particularly in relation to the above topic areas
Individuals with questions about this special issue are encouraged to contact the Guest Editor. The deadline for submissions has been extended to December 15th, 2002. Please send four copies of the extended abstracts with a self-addressed and stamped envelope to: Dr. Karen E. Lovaas Guest Editor, Journal of Homosexuality San Francisco State University Department of Speech and Communication Studies 1600 Holloway Avenue San Francisco, CA 94132
Voicemail: 415-338-1713 Email: klovaas@igc.org
posted 11/12/2002
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