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<font size=4 color="#0000FF">of interest? Pass on as you wish -
please reply to the persons below, not to me or the list - thank
you.<br>
Cheers<br>
Chris<br><br>
</font><blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font size=4>Call for
Papers<br><br>
Gender and Genre: Exploring Intersections in Women’s
Life-Writing<br><br>
44th Annual Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association
(NeMLA)<br>
March 21-24, 2013<br>
Boston, Massachusetts<br>
Host Institution: Tufts University<br><br>
Gender and Genre: Exploring Intersections in Women’s
Life-Writing<br><br>
Focusing on the intersections of gender and genre within autobiographical
studies, this panel seeks to explore relationships among subjectivity,
representation, and narration. The broad purpose of this panel is
dedicated to life-writing as a field of study and how this genre benefits
and/or limits an author’s textual play with his/her narrative gender
identity. Our aim is gender and genre focused while inviting
interdisciplinary connections and explorations of or references to
specific texts and specific authors. Some questions to consider include,
but are not limited to, the following: How does the selection of genre
affect gender representation? How does the genre play into one’s reading
of the text or one’s representation of the self? What are particular
benefits or limitations of genre and/or gender when it comes to
life-writing?<br><br>
Deadline: September 30, 2012<br><br>
This panel is being organized by NeMLA’s Women’s and Gender Studies
Caucus:
<a href="http://nemla.org/community/caucuses/womens.html">
http://nemla.org/community/caucuses/womens.html</a>. Interested
participants should submit 500-word abstracts and one-page CV to Rachel
N. Spear, Vice President of NeMLA’s WGS Caucus (
<a href="mailto:wgsnemla@gmail.com">wgsnemla@gmail.com</a> ) by the
September 30th deadline. Documents should be .pdf or .doc attachments,
and the subject line of the email should read “2013 NeMLA Abstract.”
Submissions should include the following information: name, affiliation,
email, postal address, telephone number, A/V requirements (if any, note
A/V has $10 handling fee), one-page CV, and abstract. Also, please direct
any questions to that same email address.<br><br>
The 2013 NeMLA convention continues the Association's tradition of
sharing innovative scholarship in an engaging and generative location.
The 44th annual event will be held in historic Boston, Massachusetts, a
city known for its national and maritime history, academic facilities and
collections, vibrant art, theatre, and food scenes, and blend of
architecture. The Convention, located centrally near Boston Commons and
the Theatre District at the Hyatt Regency, will include keynote and guest
speakers, literary readings, film screenings, tours and
workshops.<br><br>
Interested participants may submit abstracts to more than one NeMLA
session; however, panelists can only present one paper (panel or
seminar). Convention participants may present a paper at a panel and also
present at a creative session or participate in a roundtable.
<a href="http://www.nemla.org/convention/2013/cfp.html">
http://www.nemla.org/convention/2013/cfp.html</a><br>
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IABA-L: A LIST FOR LIFE WRITING<br>
International Auto/Biography Association<br>
<a href="http://www.theiaba.org/">http://www.theiaba.org/<br><br>
</a>Craig Howes, list manager<br>
craighow@hawaii,
<a href="mailto:biograph@hawaii.edu">biograph@hawaii.edu</a><br>
Center for Biographical Research, University of Hawai'i at Manoa<br>
On Facebook:
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/CBRHawaii">
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