[NIS_GS:] CFP: En-Gendering the Text, Creating Meaning (grad) (3/18/05; 4/16/05)

En-Gendering the Text, Creating Meaning

The Sixth Annual Graduate English Conference
@
Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, CT

Saturday, April 16, 2005
9:00am-4:30pm
Engleman D-Wing

Literary Creativity, Textual Eugenics, Fictional Propagation, Material (Re)Production

A Call for Papers

About the Annual Conference
The annual English conference at Southern offers graduate students at both the master's and doctoral level the opportunity to present their scholarship and their creative work in a professional setting. The culture of the conference is broadly interdisciplinary, intellectually supportive and interactive. Topics range from critical theory and literary analysis to pedagogy and academic issues. The nnual theme is meant to be open-ended rather than restrictive. Special sessions focusing on creative writing, graduate assistantships and employment options are typically integrated into the conference format.

The Call for Papers and Panels
We are soliciting papers and panel proposals from graduate students in English and also invite submissions from areas including Foreign Languages, Women's Studies and other related fields across disciplines. We welcome a range of perspectives including:
African American Studies
Comparative Literature
Composition and Rhetoric
Creative Writing
Critical Theory
Cultural Studies
Disability Studies
Diaspora Studies
Film Studies
Gay/Lesbian/Transgender/ Intersex/Queer Studies
Latino/a Studies
Linguistics
Media Studies
Pedagogy
Professional Writing
Secondary Education
Textual Studies
Women's and Gender Studies

Possible Topics
Topics for individual papers and panels include but are not limited to:
creation of texts/writing anxiety
editing and (contra)conception of texts
interpretations of texts (whether literary or otherwise)
childhood and adolescent texts
ancient texts
electronic texts
reception of texts
(self)censorship and suppression of texts
adaptations of texts
histories of texts/historical texts
inter-textualities
textual sexualities
countertexts
textual revolutions and evolutions
literacies and pedagogies of texts
translations
treacherous texts
archival texts
science fictions, fabulations and fantasies
illustrated texts
unpublished texts
mutilated texts
censored texts
queer texts
secret texts
duplicate texts
authorship/co-authorship of texts
visual and cultural texts
writing across the curriculum
Presentations of works in progress, roundtables and workshops are also
welcome.

Panels
Panels will be one and a half hours long. Presentations will be 15-20
minutes long (papers should be 6-8 pages in length).

Guidelines for Submissions
Paper and panel proposals should address one or more of the broad themes of the conference. All submissions will be assessed anonymously.

Deadline for receipt of submissions:
5:00 p.m., Friday, March 18, 2005.

Notification of Acceptance:
Presenters will be notified of the conference committee's decision by email on or about Thursday, March 31, 2005.

A Proposal for a Paper should consist of a 250-350 word abstract.
Paper proposals must also include the paper title, and the name, day and evening phone numbers, fax number (if applicable), e-mail address, surface mail address and institutional affiliation of the presenter.

A Proposal for a Panel should consist of an overall description of the panel (approximately 250 words) and a 250-350 word abstract for each paper or presentation. Panel proposals must also include the names, the title of the panel, the titles of the papers, and the day and evening phone numbers, fax numbers (if applicable), e-mail addresses, and surface mail addresses of all presenters.

AV Support:
Proposals should also indicate what, if any, AV support the presenter(s) may need.

Chairing a Session
Please also indicate whether you might be willing to chair/moderate a session.

Electronic Submissions
Please send submissions by email to: neverowv1@southernct.edu, either included in the body of the email message or as an email attachment (in Word DOC or RTF format). Electronic submissions are strongly encouraged but hardcopy submissions are accepted (see below).

Non-Electronic Submission
If you are unable to email your proposal, you may mail either a PC-compatible floppy disk containing the document (in Word DOC or RTF format) or a hard copy to:
Dr. Vara Neverow
Graduate Conference Organizer
English Department-EN D265B
Southern Connecticut State University
501 Crescent Street
New Haven, CT 06515
Fax: 203-392-6717
Hard copy submissions must include a separate cover page with the name(s), paper/panel title(s) and other requested details in addition to the proposal which should have a the title(s) and abstract(s) for the paper but no name(s).

Tentative Conference Schedule
8:30a-12:00p-Registration
(English Department --EN D Wing)
8:30a-9:00a-Continental Breakfast
(English Department Common Room)
9:15a-10:45a-Concurrent Panels A
10:45a-11:15a-Beverage Break
11:15a-12:45p--Concurrent Panels B
12:45p-1:30p-Luncheon
(English Department Common Room)
1:30p-2:45p-Concurrent Panels C
2:45p-3:00p-Beverage Break
3:00p-4:00p-Plenary Session
Featured Speaker: Dr. Victoria Tischio,
SCSU Alumna
4:00p-4:30p-Closing Reception

Registration Fee
There is a $15 conference registration fee ($5 for Southern CT students and faculty), due by Friday, April 7, 2005; on-site registration fees will be $20 ($10 for Southern CT students and faculty).

Registration fees include all food service (continental breakfast, beverage breaks, luncheon and closing reception). Make checks payable to "ENGLISH/SCSUF." To pay by credit card, cut out or copy and complete the credit card form provided and send it by surface mail to Dr. Vara Neverow at the address above.


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Vara Neverow
Chair, English Department
Southern Connecticut State University
501 Crescent Street
New Haven, CT 06515
(203) 392-6717 FAX (203) 392-6731
e-mail: neverowv1@southernct.edu