QUEER THEATRE IN BRITAIN: AMERICAN INFLUENCES. Need chapters on the influence of American theatre on British queer theatre. Topics to be covered: Split Britches; Angels in America etc; Cafe la Mama, Alternatives Within the Mainstream II: Queer Theatre in Postwar Britain. Critics are invited to write chapters for a critical study of contemporary British post-war queer theatre. The focus is on LGBT identities as represented on the British stage. Keeping in mind that queer identities are fluid and always in a state of flux, defying definitions and binary oppositions, articles are invited that examine these identities as represented in British drama since 1950. Each chapter will be 6000-8000 words in length. Please send a proposal of 500 words with your biographical details.

CALL FOR BOOK REVIEWERS. If there is a book on Buddhism that you are interested in reviewing contact the Journal of Buddhist Ethics (JBE). JBE is an academic journal dedicated entirely to Buddhist ethics, and is innovative in adopting a totally electronic mode of publication. We welcome writers from diverse backgrounds that can and are willing to provide fresh insight into recently published books. Contact me at the e-mail address below if you are interesting in reviewing books on Buddhism. We will work together to find a book for you to review that you will enjoy reading. For more detailed submission guidelines and contact information, visit our website. I look forward to hearing from you soon! Aaron Ogletree, Western Buddhism Book Review Editor.

INNOVATIVE CREATIVE & CRITICAL WRITING. The editors of ESF want engaging critical essays, as well as truly creative and experimental work-fiction, poetry, and nonfiction-that takes formal risks. We are currently soliciting manuscripts for several ongoing sites, including forums on the postmodern imagination and beyond, the individual in war, parody/play/performance, mind and matter, and spaces. In spring-summer 2006, a new forum on Writing/Life will debut. We invite submissions investigating the complex intersections of writing and living. Critical and creative work may address the writing life, life-writing, bio-texts, biography and autobiography, writing environments, and reading life, among other topics. Electronic submissions (MSWord) preferred. Critical papers should conform to MLA style and include a bibliography, if appropriate. Send inquiries or submissions to Trey Strecker.

VOICE-OVER IN THE CINEMA. Papers of 5000-8000 words are requested for a volume on any of the many varied uses of the voice-over in the cinema. From “The Voice of God” to an actor's internal monologue, papers that draw upon established theorists and/or refer to particular films or practitioners are encouraged. Some provision will be made for accompanying film stills photography, provided permission is obtained. All contributions will be fully refereed and peer reviewed. Please send manuscripts to Dr. James Barnes.

GENDER AND NATIONAL IDENTITY IN FILM & TELEVISION Conference at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, June 23, 2006. This conference seeks postgraduates and new scholars researching, historicizing, and theorizing the intersection of gender and nation in film and television. The intersection of these two discourses is our focus but we are interested also in papers that consider the relationship of gender and nation within the frame of other film and television studies topics. Essays with an interdisciplinary framework are welcome. Please email inquiries or 250-word abstracts with your name and affiliation to both Shelley Cobb and Sarah Godfrey.

deadline: march 1

CONFERENCE OF THE JUNGIAN SOCIETY FOR SCHOLARLY STUDIES. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. June 22-24, 2006. The goal of the conference is to provide opportunities for scholarly discourse on analytical psychology, focusing on the research and theories of Carl Gustav Jung and the post-Jungians. Papers are invited on any topic that implements, utilizes, or critiques the relevance and application of Jungian and post-Jungian theory and research for scholarly study. Visit our website!

POSTHUMAN, ALL TOO POSTHUMAN. The Division for Literature and Science of the Modern Language Association is arranging the following session for the MLA meeting in Philadelphia, December 2006. Papers on the “posthuman” in literature and science: networks, systems, and assemblages; embodiment and prostheses; animals, nature, and environment; posthuman futures, pasts, and presents; posthumanities scholarship. Abstracts to Henry Turner.

RELIGION & GENDER IN THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD. A book-length collection of essays that brings into dialogue male and female voices on the question of gender and religion in the literature, visual arts, religious writings, and culture of the late medieval and early modern period. We are interested in treatments of authors who directly or indirectly engage one another in debate, but we are also interested in bringing into dialogue by their juxtaposition in this collection male and female voices of authors who may not necessarily have known of each other's work but who nonetheless seem to "speak" to one another. Send abstracts or completed essays to Karen Raber, Ivo Kamps, or Joseph Ward at the University of Mississippi.

north american snowboarding finals, march 25-26 (crystal mountain, washington)

LITERATURES: FROM TEXT TO HYPERTEXT 21-23 September 2006, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, an international conference organized by CLDA: Committee on Comparative Literature in the Digital Age of the ICLA: International Comparative Literature Association and LEETHI: Literaturas Espanolas y Europeas del Texto al Hipertexto (Universidad Complutense). Send 200-word abstracts of papers in English, French, or Spanish with a brief bioprofile of the author to Dolores Romero López. Topics of the conference include the impact of hypertext and hypermedia on the study of literature; the evaluation of the presence of literatures on the Internet; analyses of the impact of new media technology on formations of culture and on individual and social identities; theories of/on hypertext, literatures as hypertext before the arrival of the world wide web; the translation, reading, and reception of hypertext; and the pedagogical aspects of hypertext and cyber culture. For further detail consult the conference website.

MODELS OF PARTERSHIP IN DIGITAL RESEARCH (UK). We welcome proposals for short papers / presentations of either 10 or 20 minutes on the theme of “Models of Partnership in Digital Research,” for a one-day colloquium at Sheffield Hallam University on Wednesday, 28 June 2006. Research in the digital humanities is, in large part, typified by a requirement for collaboration beyond traditional boundaries, often necessitating cooperation among members of diverse communities and in other disciplines, faculties, institutions, and sectors. This one-day colloquium focuses on the nature of such collaborations and partnerships, and the groups that they involve: humanists, computing specialists, research funding agencies, publishers, others in both public and private sectors, and beyond. Short (one-paragraph) abstracts to Professor Lisa Hopkins.

ICONS OF HIP-HOP. Seeking contributors for Icons of Hip-hop, a two-volume narrative reference collection to be published by Greenwood Press. This collection will consist of 10,000 word biographical essays on hip-hop’s 24 most important artists. Some of the artists currently available to contributors include Nas, Wu-Tang Clan, Lil Kim, Master P, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, and Ice Cube. Each 10,000-word essay will profile the life and career of a hip-hop artist (or group) and discuss the specific contributions that make the figure a hip-hop icon. Essays will be supported by several sidebars that place the icons within cultural and historical context. Submit a brief letter of interest and a one-page CV to Mickey Hess.

REFRACTORY: A JOURNAL OF ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA SPECIAL ISSUE: NARRATIVE AND THE MOVING IMAGE. The online journal Refractory is seeking contributions regarding narrative in relation to audiovisual media (cinema, television and new media). We invite a variety of approaches and topics, but are particularly interested in essays that explore new areas and objects of narrative study, or offer new perspectives on existing debates. Please submit completed articles of 3,000-7,000 words to the guest editor Allan Cameron electronically as an .RTF file (hard copies will not be returned). For style details, please consult the journal website. All submissions will be anonymously peer-reviewed before acceptance.

BRINGING TEXT ALIVE: THE FUTURE OF SCHOLARSHIP, PEDAGOGY, AND ELECTRONIC PUBLICATION. The Text Creation Partnership (TCP) project was founded at the University of Michigan in 1999 to reinvent scholarship by creating fully searchable texts of thousands of titles printed across three hundred years and two continents of English and American history. The conference invites papers from scholars, students (graduate and undergraduate), librarians, publishers, or other interested people in all discipline. The conference will be held September 14-17, 2006 in Ann Arbor, MI. Email us or visit the conference website.

nantucket wine festival may 17-21 (nantucket, massachusetts)
valley fest shenandoah valley beer & wine festival may 27 (massanutten, virginia)
skydance sakakawea kite festival may 27-29 (lake sakakawea, north dakota)
jackalope days june (douglas, wyoming)
polkafest june 23-25 (chisholm, minnesota)
allied media conference june 23-25 (bowling green, ohio)
13th annual suncom bayou boogaloo & cajun food festival june 24-26 (norfolk, virginia)
redneck games early july (dublin, georgia)
gilroy garlic festival july 23-25 (gilroy, california)