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[Chris]

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Chris

>Call for Papers
>
>Gender and Genre: Exploring Intersections in Women's Life-Writing
>
>44th Annual Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)
>March 21-24, 2013
>Boston, Massachusetts
>Host Institution: Tufts University
>
>Gender and Genre: Exploring Intersections in Women's Life-Writing
>
>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?
>
>Deadline: September 30, 2012
>
>This panel is being organized by NeMLA's Women's and Gender Studies 
>Caucus: 
><http://nemla.org/community/caucuses/womens.html>http://nemla.org/community/caucuses/womens.html. 
>Interested participants should submit 500-word abstracts and 
>one-page CV to Rachel N. Spear, Vice President of NeMLA's WGS Caucus 
>( <mailto:wgsnemla at gmail.com>wgsnemla at gmail.com ) 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.
>
>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.
>
>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. 
><http://www.nemla.org/convention/2013/cfp.html>http://www.nemla.org/convention/2013/cfp.html
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>IABA-L: A LIST FOR LIFE WRITING
>International Auto/Biography Association
><http://www.theiaba.org/>http://www.theiaba.org/
>
>Craig Howes, list manager
>craighow at hawaii, <mailto:biograph at hawaii.edu>biograph at hawaii.edu
>Center for Biographical Research, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
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