Announcements
KJV Conference CFP
Conference Name: “The King James Bible and Its Cultural Afterlife”
Date and Location: May 5-7, 2011, at The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH).
Contact: kjvconference@osu.edu, see also http://kingjamesbible.osu.edu.
The English Department at The Ohio State University will host an international conference in 2011 on the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James (or Authorized) Version of the Bible. Held in Columbus, Ohio from May 5-7, 2011, the conference will focus on the making of the KJV in the context of Reformation Bible translation and printing as well as on the KJV’s long literary and cultural influence from Milton and Bunyan to Faulkner, Woolf, and Toni Morrison. Events will include plenary lectures and discussions, scholarly panels, and readings by contemporary writers. An accompanying exhibit will be mounted by the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library.
Unlike traditional conference panels in which each participant delivers his or her entire paper at the conference, these seminars will focus on guided roundtable discussions of the issues raised in a group of 8-12 position papers. To that end, participants must submit materials well in advance of the conference, so seminar leaders can read them, formulate discussion questions, and circulate the papers and questions to participants. Individual seminar leaders will determine more precise schedules and seminar requirements, once enrollments have been reviewed and approved.
Possible seminar topics include (but are not limited to) the Bible and particular authors/works (Milton, Melville, Morrison, et al), the Bible and periods or genres (e.g., Reformation, 19th century, 20th century, African-American Lit, American literature, postcolonial studies), the Bible and narrative/poetic style, biblical allusion, and the Bible in popular culture (film, graphic versions, music).
Please submit questions or project titles & statements of interest to kjvconference@osu.edu by July 1, 2010.
Iola Publications
The Journal of the Ida B. Wells-Barnett Conference Series
Iola Publications started in 2010 as part of the Women of the African Diaspora Project (started in 2003). We seek submissions related to the life and activism of women of color throughout the diaspora and contemporary sociopolitical issues. Submissions are encouraged from faculty, activists, non-profit professionals, and students. Through study of the life and activism of women of color we focus on how they met the challenges of the sociopolitical issues reflective of their time in order to seek solutions to current sociopolitical issues.
The journal is published annually with a focus on women of color in specific time periods and/or movements in conjunction with contemporary sociopolitical issues.
Currently, we are accepting submissions on Women of the Club Movement from 1860-1930 and the following sociopolitical issues: HIV/AIDS, Domestic Violence, The Role of Hip Hop, Reconnecting Youth to Education , and the Prison Industrial Complex.
Submissions format:
Essays: 25-30 pages in MSWord sent via email
Presentations: 10-15 pages in MSPowerPoint sent via email
Font: Times New Roman 12 point
Style Format: According to your discipline
Deadline:
Conference participants: April 27, 2010, Non-Conference participants: June 1, 2010
Women of the African Diaspora Project
Dr. Claudia D. Nelson and Dr. Uraina N. Pack, Co-Directors
The Langston Hughes Society
cordially invites you to its
Twenty-seventh Annual Luncheon
Thursday, April 8, 2010
12:00 Noon – 1:15 p.m.
New York Marriott
at the Brooklyn Bridge
Featured Performer
Mr. Anthony Thompson
“Langston Hughes’s Jesse B. Semple Alive In Harlem”
UNC Institute of African American Research Humanities Writing Competition, March 1, 2010 DEADLINE
The Institute of African American Research (IAAR) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will offer a $1000 prize for the best cross-disciplinary, collaborative effort in the Arts and Humanities that yields a historically-grounded script on a topic of African American research. Established and aspiring scholars and writers with expertise in creative writing, literary criticism, philosophy, history, communications, performance studies, sociocultural anthropology, and other relevant disciplines are encouraged to apply. Submitted scripts will be considered for production. There are no limits on the historical time frame or genre of writing. Scripts should be submitted electronically and in hard-copy format to the IAAR by March 1, 2010. Acceptable submissions should reflect African American sensibilities, cultural norms, and perspectives. Submissions should be no more than 50 pages in length, double spaced. Contributions become the property of IAAR which will retain exclusive rights for subsequent distribution and use. Entries will be judged by a panel of experts in the Arts and Humanities. Faculty, staff, students, and community members are welcome to apply. The contest is sponsored by the Endogenous Knowledge Unit (EKU) of the IAAR. Two hardcopies of each submitted script should be sent to EKU, IAAR, 150 South Road, Campus Box 3393, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3393, USA. An electronic version of the same submission should be sent to: iaar@email.unc.edu Submissions will be judged by experts in script writing, and the winners of this contest will be acknowledged in spring 2010. There are no limits to the number of entries that can be submitted.
Langston Hughes Society Luncheon
Mr. Anthony Thompson will be the featured speaker at the Twenty-seventh Annual Langston Hughes Society Luncheon on Thursday, April 8, 2010, 12 noon to 1:15 p.m., New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge. The luncheon will be held in conjunction with the Seventieth Annual Convention and Seventy-third Anniversary of the College Language Association hosted by Brooklyn College/CUNY, April 7-10, 2010.
Since we must give the hotel a firm count of luncheon attendees by March 25, 2010, please indicate if you plan to attend by returning the bottom portion of this memo to:
Dr. Sharynn Owens Etheridge
690 Wilson Street
Orangeburg, SC 29115
803-535-5520 (office); 615-473-2070 (cell phone)
setheridge@claflin.edu
CALL FOR PAPERS: LHS at MLA, 6-9 January, 2011, Los Angeles, CA
Langston Hughes and Jesse B. Semple: A Global Vision. Papers illustrating cross-cultural approaches to Hughes’s use of satire to create urban landscapes that reverberate globally through his eponymous hero “Simple.” Abstract and biographical profile e-mailed by 5 March 2010 to Dellita Martin-Ogunsola (dellita@uab.edu or ogundell@yahoo.com) and Sharon Lynette Jones (sharon.jones@wright.edu).
NOTE: Participants must be a member of the Langston Hughes Society and the Modern Language Association by 7 April 2010.
Thank you for supporting the Langston Hughes Society.
Summer Institute for Literary and Cultural Studies
Do you have any talented juniors in your department who are students from underrepresented groups?
Those students could spend a month at the Summer Institute for Literary and Cultural Studies this summer in Massachusetts, learning literary and cultural theory, working on their writing skills, doing GRE prep, and preparing to apply to doctoral programs in English. The program is paid for by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and each student receives a $2500 stipend for participation.
Twelve students from all over the country are selected each year for SILCS, which covers students’ room and board and pays a $2500 stipend to each participant. In these tough economic times, colleges and universities are still working hard to diversify the faculty, and we can still in good conscience encourage students of color to pursue careers in academe. SILCS can help students who love English to pursue their passion rather than to default to law school or other professional tracks.
Faculty members are key to this -- please consider sponsoring a student to apply to SILCS for June 2010. You can find more information about SILCS at http://www.wheatoncollege.edu/silcs. If you would like me to talk to your faculty or to a group of students by videoconference, I would be most happy to set something up.
The deadline for applications is February 10, so please encourage students to get going on an application soon. Contact me at pkrebs@wheatonma.edu if you have any questions about recommending a student for SILCS or would like to schedule a phone call or videoconference.
The SILCS website also includes links to other summer opportunity programs for students in the humanities.
Please pass this email on to your colleagues who might be able to help.
--Paula Krebs
Director, SILCS
SILCS is supported by a generous grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and by a Consortium of graduate programs from the following institutions (for information about joining the Consortium, contact Lindsay Davignon at silcs@wheatoncollege.edu) :
Cornell University
Indiana University
The Ohio State University
Southern Methodist University
Texas A&M University
The University of Michigan
The University of Pennsylvania
Boston College
Brandeis University
Bridgewater State College
Brown University
Harvard University
New York University
Northeastern University
Pennsylvania State University
Rutgers State University of New Jersey
Syracuse University
Tufts University
University at Albany, SUNY
University of Connecticut
The University of Delaware
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The University of Massachusetts, Amherst
The University of Missouri Columbia
The University of Nevada Reno
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Yale University
African and African American Studies and Africana Research Center (ARC)
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA 16801
The Department of African & African American Studies and the Africana Research Center invite applications for a one-year postdoctoral fellowship in Africana Studies, African/African American or African Diaspora Studies, beginning Fall 2010. During their residency, fellows have no teaching or administrative responsibilities. They will be matched with a mentor, attend professional development luncheons and other AAAS and ARC events, and be expected to be active in Penn State’s community of Africana researchers. Successful applicants should have completed their dissertation either before beginning the fellowship or within the previous four academic years. Salary is competitive. Applicants should submit their applications online at www.arc.psu.edu to ensure full consideration; complete applications must be received by November 16, 2009. For questions about the application process, please contact us at africanacenter@la.psu.edu. Penn State is committed to affirmative action, equal opportunity and the diversity of its workforce.
Women’s Studies and Africana Research Center (ARC)
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA 16802
The Department of Women’s Studies and the Africana Research Center invite applications for a one-year postdoctoral fellowship in African and/or African/American gender and women’s studies, beginning Fall 2010. During their residency, fellows have no teaching or administrative responsibilities. They will be matched with a mentor, invited to attend professional development luncheons and other philosophy and ARC events, and expected to be active in Penn State’s community of Africana researchers. Successful applicants should have completed their dissertation either before beginning the fellowship or within the previous four academic years. Salary is competitive. Applicants should submit their application online at www.arc.psu.edu to ensure full consideration; complete applications must be received by November 16, 2009. For questions about the application process, please contact us at africanacenter@la.psu.edu. Penn State is committed to affirmative action, equal opportunity and the diversity of its workforce.
2009 – 2010
CLA Creative Writing Contest
I am pleased to announce the start of the 2009 – 2010
CLA Creative Writing Contest period. I anticipate and
greatly appreciate Members’ willingness to publicize
the Contest and serve as Sponsor for students who
enter submissions.
Members will receive shortly an announcement flier. I ask that you display it in a prominent location. Official Contest Guidelines and the Official Entry Form can be accessed at the Creative Writing Contest link at CLAscholars.org.
If you have questions, please contact me at Clarence.holmes@sbcglobal.net.
I thank you in advance for the many contributions I know you will make to the Contest program. I look forward to seeing all of you at the Annual Conference in Brooklyn, NY in April, 2010, and to announcing at the Conference Banquet the names of the talented Contest winners.
Clarence Holmes, Jr., Chair
CLA Creative Writing Contest Committee
Submit your announcement in Microsoft Word or Wordperfect format by email to webmaster@clascholars.org