AFRICAN/AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE:
Rounding Up the Strays: Characters and Authors who Wander from the Mainstream
Chairperson: Shirley A. Stave, Northwestern State Univ., Louisiana Scholars' College, Natchitoches, LA 71497; stavesh@nsula.edu
Secretary: Juluette Bartlett-Pack, DeVry Univ./Univ. of Phoenix

AMERICAN LITERATURE I: LITERATURE BEFORE 1900: Open Topic
Chairperson: Ann Beebe, Univ. of Texas-Tyler, Dept. of Literature and Languages, Tyler, TX 75799;
abeebe@mail.uttyl.edu
Secretary: Richard McLamore, McMurray Univ.

AMERICAN LITERATURE II: LITERATURE AFTER 1900: The “Roundup” of the Marginalized. The 2006 session on American literature Post-1900 will interpret the theme of the South Central Modern Language Convention, “Cultural Roundup,” in the law-enforcement sense. Submissions are invited for 15-minute papers that examine twentieth-century American literature’s engagements with mass arrests, forced removals, investigations, and incarcerations of groups such as Native Americans, Civil Rights activists, Japanese Americans, immigrants, those protesting (or accused of agitating against) particular economic, social, or political conditions, etc. 200-word abstract should be submitted electronically (as a Word or Word Perfect attachment) to jeangriffith@cox.net by 15 March.
Chairperson: Jean Griffith, Oklahoma State Univ., Department of English
College of Arts and Sciences, Stillwater, OK 74078-0135;jeangriffith@cox.net
Secretary: Doris Davis, Texas A&M University - Texarkana

APPLIED LINGUISTICS: Open Topic
Chairperson: Deborah L. Arteaga, Univ. of Nevada-Las Vegas, Dept. of Foreign Languages, Las Vegas, Nevada, 98154-5047; deborah.arteaga@unlv.edu
Secretary: Anxton Olarrea, Univ. of Arizona

AUSTRALASIAN LITERATURE AND FILM: Australasian Crossings
Migrant or expatriate writers; New Zealand emigre writers in Australia (Jean Devanny, Douglas Stewart, Stephen Oliver); gender, sexuality, and cross-cultural relations; Christianity and other religious discourses; indigenous Australian texts; Maori texts and their relation to other Polynesian literature. Please send abstracts via email by March 30, 2006.
Chairperson: Nicholas Birns, nicbirns@aol.com
Secretary: Pending

AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND BIOGRAPHY: Cultural Roundup
Chairperson: Jim Kilfoyle, Southwestern Univ., Dept. of English, Georgetown, TX 78627; kilfoylj@southwestern.edu
Secretary: Amy Murphy, San Antonio Coll.

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND TEXTUAL CRITICISM: Textual Theory and Popular Culture
Papers are welcomed that consider methodologies for theorizing the textuality and bibliographical aspects of works of popular culture – especially in terms of such texts as film, television, and popular music.
Chairperson: Kenneth A. Womack, Penn State-Altoona, Altoona, PA 16601; kaw16@psu.edu
Secretary: Rachel Hertz, Univ. of Texas – Austin

CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: Cultural Roundup in Children’s Literature.Submissions are invited that examine culture(s) in children’s literature with attention to gender, religion, race, ethnicity, and adolescence.
Chairperson: Joanna Johnson, Univ. of Texas-Arlington, Dept. of English, Arlington, TX 76019; jwjohnson@uta.edu
Secretary: Susan Stewart, Texas A&M - Commerce

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE: Open Topic
Chairperson: Marina Alexandrova, Univ. of Texas-Austin, Department of Comparative Literature, Austin, TX 78759; maralex@mail.utexas.edu
Secretary: Mary Ann Wilson, Univ. of Louisiana-Lafayette

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN ENGLISH AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES: Open Topic
Chairperson: Thomas J. Nelson, Univ. of Texas-Austin, Dept. of English, Austin, TX 78712; tjnelson@mail.utexas.edu
Secretary: Aimee Kendall-Roundtree, Univ. of Texas-Austin

ENGLISH I: OLD AND MIDDLE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE: Open Topic
Chairperson: Salwa Khoddam, Oklahoma City Univ., Dept. of English, Oklahoma City Univ., OK 73106; skhoddam@okcu.edu
Secretary: Kristina Sepe, Univ. of Michigan

ENGLISH II: RENAISSANCE LITERATURE EXCLUDING DRAMA:
Crowds and Meetings
Papers on poems jointly offered or containing multiple personae. Prose or poetic pieces on crowds or battles or war.
Chairperson: Louis Charles Stagg, Univ. of Memphis (Emeritus), 5219 Mason Road, Memphis, TN 38117-2104; mlcshake@aol.com
Secretary: Jacob Blevins, McNeese State Univ.

ENGLISH III: RESTORATION AND EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY BRITISH LITERATURE: Open Topic
Please submit a one-page abstract. Email submissions preferred.
Chair: Caroline Kimberly,Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Literature, Language, and Culture, Atlanta, GA 30332-0165;
caroline.kimberly@lcc.gatech.edu
Secretary: Ed Cameron, U of Texas–Pan American

ENGLISH IV: NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITISH LITERATURE
This panel welcomes proposals for papers on the topic of culture, broadly construed. Topics might include ‘high’ (art, literature) or ‘low’ culture (music halls, penny dreadfuls) and/or sites of intersection.
Chairperson: Margaret Godbey O’Brien, Temple Univ., Dept. of English, Philadelphia, PA 19122;
margaret.obrien@temple.edu
Secretary: Mark King, Gordon Coll.

ENGLISH V: TWENTIETH-CENTURY BRITISH LITERATURE: Open Topic
Chairperson: Krystal Hart, Univ. of North Texas, Dept. of English, Denton, TX 76203; krystalhart@gmail.com
Secretary: Kim Brewer, Univ. of North Texas

ENGLISH VI: GENERAL LINGUISTICS: Open Topic
Chairperson: Caryl Bishop Gibbs, Univ. of Central Oklahoma, Dept. of English, Edmond, OK 73034; gibbsenglish@gmail.com
Secretary: Nancy Antrim, Sul Ross Univ.

FILM: Open Topic
Chairperson: Jodi Egerton, Univ. of Texas-Austin,Department of English, 1 University Station, B5000, Parlin 108, Austin, TX 78712; jodiegerton@mail.utexas.edu
Secretary: Pending

FOLKLORE: A Cultural Roundup of Folklore
Folklore is the traditional knowledge of a culture. Consider ways that your legends, music, art, superstitions, cures and rituals interact woth or influence others.
Chairperson: Kenneth Untiedt, Stephen F. Austin State Univ., Dept. of English, Nacogdoches, TX 75962-3007;
untiedtkl@sfasu.edu
Secretary: Wanda G. Addison, University of Louisiana-Lafayette

FRENCH I: LINGUISTICS AND LITERATURE TO 1600: Open Topic
Chairperson: Monica L. Wright, Middle Tennessee State Univ., Dept. of Languages, Murfreesboro, 37132; mwright@mtsu.edu
Secretary: Logan Whalen, Univ. of Oklahoma

FRENCH II: LITERATURE, 1600 - 1850: Open Topic
Chairperson: Frederique Van de Poel-Knotterus, Oklahoma State Univ., Dept. of Foreign Languages & Literatures, 309 Gundersen, Stillwater, OK 74078; fredk87@okstate.edu
Secretary: Pending

FRENCH III: LITERATURE AFTER 1850: Open Topic
Chairperson: Anne Quinney, Univ. of Mississippi, Dept. of Modern Languages, University, MS 38677; aquinney@olemiss.edu
Secretary: Melissa Bailar, Rice Univ.

FRESHMAN ENGLISH AND ENGLISH COMPOSITION: Open Topic
Chairperson: Judith Hebb, Atlanta Christian Coll., Dept. of Humanities & General Studies, Atlanta, GA 30344; jhebb@acc.edu
Secretary: Leigh Anne Bramlett, Northwestern State Univ.

GENDER AND RACE IN THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY LITERATURE: Open Topic
Abstracts of 300-500 words are solicited for papers on any aspect of Gender and/or Race in Twentieth-Century Literature.
Chairperson: Christina Vick, Louisiana State Univ. at Eunice, Dept. of Liberal Arts, Eunice, LA 70535; cvick@lsue.edu
Secretary: Violet Harrington Bryan, Xavier Univ. of Louisiana

GERMAN I: LINGUISTICS, LITERATURE AND CULTURE BEFORE 1700: Open Topic
Chairperson: Karen Roesch, Univ. of Texas-Austin, Dept. of Germanic Studies, Austin, TX 78712-0900; karoesch@mail.utexas.edu
Secretary: Joseph Sullivan, Univ. of Oklahoma

GERMAN II: LITERATURE AND CULTURE FROM 1700 TO 1890: New Frontiers in 18th and 19th Century German Language, Literature and Culture. Investigate the impact of any new discovery, theory, or scientific breakthrough on the consciousness of the 18th and 19th Century German-speaking world.
Chairperson: Patricia C. Sutcliffe, Montclair State Univ., Montclair, NJ 07043;
sutcliffep@mail.montclair.edu
Secretary: Yasser D. Djaezaerly, Sam Houston State Univ.

GERMAN III: LITERATURE AND CULTURE FROM 1890 TO PRESENT: Processes of Intermediality
How do relations among different media produce meaning in a given text? Possible topics include relations amoung film, literature, music, art, and/or new media, as well as theoretical approaches to intermediatlity.
Chairperson: Hester Baer, Univ. of Oklahoma, Modern Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, Norman, OK 73019-2032; hbaer@ou.edu
Secretary: Larson Powell, Texas A&M Univ.

GERMAN WOMEN WRITERS: Public/Private Women in Germany
Papers sought that explore how women (or women writers) in Germany have historically negotiated public/private spheres. Paper topics could investigate what race / ethnicity, class and gender bring to bear on such negotiations.
Chairperson: Marike Janzen, Eastern Mennonite Univ. Dept. of Foreign Languages & Literatures, Harrisonburg, VA 22802; marike.janzen@emu.edu
Secretary: Karin Schestokat, Oklahoma State Univ.

HISPANIC LITERATURE WRITTEN IN THE UNITED STATES: Open Topic
Chairperson: Francisco Romero Pérez, Midlands Technical Coll., Dept. of Humanities, Columbia, SC 29202; perezf@midlandstech.edu
Secretary: Gwendolyn Díaz, St. Mary’s Univ.

INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES IN THE HUMANITIES: Open Topic
Chairperson: Judith H. Bonner, The Historic New Orleans Collection, New Orleans, LA 70130; jbonner@hnoc.edu
Secretary: Thomas Bonner Jr., Xavier Univ.

IRISH LITERATURE: Responding to Molly: How have Contempory Irish Writers answered Molly Bloom’s Monologue? I am seeking papers that explore the influence that Molly’s monologue has had on contemporary Irish writers. Proposals might address some of the following concerns: how have contemporary Irish writers influenced current Irish aesthetics? To what extent has Irish feminism in prose or poetry undergone radicalization since the publication of Ulysses? How did the writing practices of earlier Irish writers anticipate shifts in modern or contemporary Irish aesthetics? To what extent do post-Ulysses Irish works reveal ruptures
Chairperson: Danizete Martínez, Univ. of New Mexico, Dept. of English, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001; danizete@hotmail.com
Secretary: Christopher Flavin, Middle Tennessee State Univ.

ITALIAN LITERATURE: The Italian Literature panel invites abstracts that meet the conference theme of “Cultural Roundup” in Italian Literature. Topics that address a broad range of intersecting and changing landscapes from the Renaissance to the present are welcomed. Please e-mail abstracts with an interdisciplinary approach of 300-500 words to the session chair below by the DEADLINE March 15, 2006.
Chairperson: Holly A. Schullo,University of Louisiana at Lafayette, English Department, Box 44691, Lafayette, LA 70504-4691; hschullo@yahoo.com
Secretary: Corrada Biazzo Curry, John Cabot University, Rome

LITERATURE AND POLITICS: Open Topic
Chairperson: Rebecca Hooker, Univ. of New Mexico, Dept. of English, Albuquerque, NM 87131; hookster@unm.edu
Secretary: Joshua Fenton, UC-Riverside

LITERARY CRITICISM AND THEORY: Ethics in the Critical Process
Chairperson: Susan Signe Morrison, Texas State Univ.- San Marcos, Dept. of English, San Marcos, TX 78666; smorrison78704@yahoo.com
Secretary: Victoria Smith, Texas State Univ.- San Marcos

LITERATURE AND PSYCHOLOGY: Open Topic
Chairperson: John G. Morris, Cameron Univ., Dept. of English and Foreign Languages, Lawton, OK 73505; johnmor@cameron.edu
Secretary: Meghan Gilbert, Texas A&M Univ.

MODERN DRAMA: Perfomring the Collective
Chairperson: Elizabeth Richmond-Garza, Univ. of Texas-Austin, Dept. of English/Comparative Literature, Austin, TX 78712; e.m.richmond-garza@mail.utexas.edu
Secretary: Michael Alleman, Louisiana State Univ.-Eunice

NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE: Individual and Collective Memory in Native American Literature. Much Native American literature has been firmly grounded, at least by its critics, in the cultures out of which it has come, with particular attention paid to myths, legends and other forms of collective or cultural memory. At the same time, many Native American authors have tried to grapple with the difficult and painful history of Native American experience. We are seeking papers that consider the role of memory—collective and/or personal—within Native American literature; that consider the retelling of personal experience or oral history in literature by or about Native Americans; that explore the role of memory in preserving or transmitting collective or personal identity through narrative; that remember personal incidents for the purpose of surviving or preserving self and culture; that evaluate the accuracy or inaccuracy of memory; papers that consider memory as an ethical act; and papers that investigate the danger of nostalgia.
Chairperson: Dr. Shari Evans, Dept. of English, Univ. of Massachusetts Dartmouth Group I, 3rd Floor 285 Old Westport Road, North Dartmouth, MA 02747-2300;or email as a Word attachment to:
sevans@umassd.edu
Secretary: Pending

PORTUGUESE-BRAZILIAN: Children’s Literature in the Luso-Brazilian World
The session will be composed of papers dealing with any aspect of children’s literature in Portuguese, from Portugal, Brazil, and Portuguese-speaking African and Asean countries and regions.
Chairperson: Eva Bueno, St. Mary’s Univ., Dept. of Languages, San Antonio, TX 78228; ebueno@stmarytx.edu
Secretary: Maria Fernandez-Babineaux, Texas A&M Univ.-Commerce

REGIONAL FICTION WRITERS: Open Topic
Chairperson: Janet Lowery, Univ. of St. Thomas, Dept. of English, Houston, TX 77006;
lowery@stthom.edu
Secretary: Thomas Williams, Arkansas State Univ.
Original fiction by SCMLA members.

REGIONAL POETS GROUP: Open Topic
Chairperson: Holly A. Schullo, Univ. of Louisiana-Lafayette, Dept. of English, Lafayette, LA 70508; hschullo@yahoo.com
Secretary: Elline Lipkin, Univ. Of California-Berkeley
Original poetry by SCMLA members.

RENAISSANCE DRAMA: Open Topic
Chairperson: Sim Shattuck, Louisiana Tech Univ., Dept. of English, Ruston, LA 71272;
shattuck@latech.edu
Secretary: James M. Palmer, Prairie View A&M Univ.

RHETORIC: Open Topic
Chairperson: Peter Vandenberg, DePaul Univ., Dept. of English, Chicago, IL 60604;
pvandenb@depaul.edu
Secretary: Lori Rios, A&M-Kingsville

RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AND METHODOLOGY: Approaches to Culture in the Classroom
This panel invites proposals exploring the place of culture in the classroom. Papers examining the intersection of ‘high’ and ‘low’ culture are particularly encouraged.
Chairperson: Annalise Blech, Univ. of Texas-Austin, Dept. of Slavic and Eurasian Studies, Austin, TX 78713; asblech@mail.utexas.edu
Secretary: Hyongsup Kim, Univ. of Texas-Austin

RUSSIAN LITERATURE: Open Topic
Chairperson: Filip Zachoval, University of Texas-Austin, Dept. of Slavic and Eurasian Studies, Austin, TX 78712; fzachoval@mail.utexas.edu
Secretary: Nadya Clayton, Univ. of Texas-Austin

SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY LITERATURE: The Other Speaks: Sci-Fi, Speculative Fiction and Fantasy from the Margins. As genres, science fiction, speculative fiction and fantasy have often been sites of contact and exchange in which the Other is imagined and given a place to speak. However, these depictions of otherness have ofen remained unproblematized and had historically rarely come out of marginalized groups themselves. This panel seeks papers that address the issue of marginalization—gendered, raced, or classed—from the inside. We are interested in papers that consider the science fiction, speculative fiction and/or fantasy of writers of color and /or women writers; papers that are about works that are written from the point of view of an other; papers that seek to explore the Other who doesn’t speak but is represented; and papers that specifically address the role of the Other in making speech, narrative, or self-image possible.
Chairperson: Dr. Shari Evans, Dept. of English, Univ. of Massachusetts Dartmouth Group I, 3rd Floor 285 Old Westport Road, North Dartmouth, MA 02747-2300;or email as a Word attachment to: sevans@umassd.edu
Secretary: Pending

SHORT FICTION: THEORY AND CRITICISM: "Revolutionizing Short Fiction: Kate Chopin, Katherine Mansfield, and Katherine Anne Porter." This session invites papers exploring any of the revolutionary and revolutionizing short fiction of Kate Chopin, Katherine Mansfield, and/or Katherine Anne Porter. The final session intends to offer a paper on each author as well as one comparative analysis.
Chairperson: Julie A.Chappell,Tarleton State University, English & Languages,Humanities 306 Box T-0300, Stephenville, Texas 76402; chappell@tarleton.edu
Secretary: Pending

SLAVIC AND EASTERN EUROPEAN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES: Open Topic
Chairperson: Maria H. Makowiecka, Bergen Community College, Dept. of English, Paramus, NJ 07652; mmakowiecka@bergen.edu
Secretary: Agnieska Nance, Tulane Univ.

SOUTH CENTRAL ASSOCIATION OF DEPARTMENTS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND DEPARTMENTS OF ENGLISH:
Out-of-Classroom Faculty Activity: Service Learning, Community Engagement, and University Advancement.
Faculty in English and Foreign Languages increasingly are being asked to perform extension and outreach activities beyond the classroom and even the campus. As emphasis increases on external engagement, how can faculty adapt to new expectations?
Chairperson: Philip D. Castille, Eastern Washington Univ., Dean, Coll. Of Arts and Letters, 362 PAT, Cheney, WA 99004; philip.castille@mail.ewu.edu
Secretary: Dan Jones, Texas A&M Univ.

SOUTHERN LITERATURE: Open Topic
Chairperson: Melinda McBee, Prairie View A&M Univ., Dept. of Languages & Communications, Prairie View, TX 77446; jmcbee@sbcglobal.net or melinda_mcbee@pvamu.edu
Secretary: Jeremy Cagle, Texas State Univ.

SOUTHWESTERN AMERICAN LITERATURE
Welcomes 250-word abstracts that address the cultural roundup theme in the Southwestern genre and literature set in the Southwest.
Chairperson: Heather Salter, Northwestern State Univ., Dept. of Language & Communication, Natchitoches, LA 71457; salterh@nsula.edu
Secretary: Billy Fontenot, Louisiana State Univ.

SPANISH I: LITERATURE BEFORE 1700: Open Topic
Chairperson: Pierina E. Beckman, Univ. of North Texas, Dept. of Foreign Languages & Literatures, Denton, TX 76203; beckman@unt.edu
Secretary: Pending

SPANISH II: LITERATURE AFTER 1700: Open Topic
Chairperson: Janet Pérez, Texas Tech Univ., Dept. of Classical & Modern Languages, Lubbock, TX 79409-2071; janet.perez@ttu.edu
Secretary: Jan Evans, Baylor Univ.

SPANISH III: SPANISH-AMERICAN LITERATURE BEFORE 1945: Female perspective of Culture through the Essay. Women Essayists of the 19th and 20th centuries: Issues of social identity, gender, politics, race, sex, idelogy, self-confessions, writing, power and more; reflected in the essay written by women.
Chairperson: Lucero Tenorio-Gavin, Oklahoma State Univ., Dept. of Foreign Languages & Literatures, Stillwater, OK 74078; glucero@okstate.edu
Secretary: Maria Fernández-Babineaux, Texas A&M - Commerce

SPANISH IV: SPANISH AMERICAN LITERATURE AFTER 1945: Open Topic
Chairperson: Eduardo Santa Cruz, Hanover College, Dept. of Spanish, P.O. Box 890/Hanover, IN
47243-0890; santacr@hanover.edu
Secretary: Lucero Tenorio Gavin, Oklahoma State Univ.

SPANISH V: LINGUISTICS: Open Topic
Chairperson: Linda McManness, Baylor Univ., Dept. of Modern Foreign Languages, Waco, TX 76798; linda_mcmanness@baylor.edu
Secretary: Lucia I. Llorente, Berry Coll.

TECHNICAL WRITING: Open Topic
All aspects of technical writing are invited.
Chairperson: Elizabeth Monske, Louisiana Tech Univ., Dept. of English, Ruston, LA 71272; emonske@latech.edu
Secretary: Steven Severn, West Texas A&M Univ.

WAR, LITERATURE & THE ARTS: A SYMPOSIUM
Submissions are welcome on any facet of the intersection of war, literature and the Arts.
Chairperson: Christopher Campbell, United States Air Force Academy, Dept. of English & Fine Arts, Colorado Springs, CO 80840; christopher.campbell@usafa.edu
Secretary: Moira Di Mauro-Jackson, Texas State Univ.

WOMEN OF COLOR:
Chairperson: Juluette Bartlett-Pack, DeVry Univ., jfbpack@yahoo.com
Secretary: Pending

WOMEN’S CAUCUS OF THE SCMLA: How Far Have You Come, Baby? The Impact of Gender on Faculty Evaluations. Recent studies suggest that faculty evaluations are not gender blind. While male colleagues are judged for their competency, female faculty are often expected to be nurturers as well. Presentations focus on the experiences of female faculty in diverse academic settings.
Chairperson: Renee Schlueter, Kirkwood Community College, Dept. of English, Cedar Rapids, IA 52406; renee.schlueter@kirkwood.edu
Secretary: Debra Andrist, Univ. of St. Thomas

Allied Organizations

ASOCIACIÓN de LITERATURA FEMENINA HISPÁNICA:
Fronteras de lo femenino
Se solicitan estudios sobre obras de escritoras que tratan temas o formas que llevan la escritura de mujeres hacia la frontera de la innovación literaria.
Chairperson: Gwendolyn Diaz, St. Mary’s Univ., Dept. of Literature, San Antonio, TX 78230; gwendiaz@sbcglobal.net
Secretary: Sandra Herron, Colling County Community Coll.

CONFERENCE ON CHRISTIANITY AND LITERATURE: Open Topic
Chairperson: Peggy Pritchard Kulesz, Univ. of Texas at Arlington, Dept. of English, Arlington, TX 76019; kulesz@uta.edu
Secretary: Christopher Garrett, Texas A&M Univ.

THE EUDORA WELTY SOCIETY: Open Topic
Papers on any aspect of Welty’s work, life or critical reception; all approaches welcome. Email proposals or mail to:
Chairperson: David McWhirter, Texas A&M Univ. – College Station, Dept. of English, College Station, TX 77843-4227; d-mcwhirter@tamu.edu
Secretary: Delores Natale, Westminster College

FLANNERY O’CONNOR SOCIETY: Flannery O’Connor and Southern Culture
This session will examine Flannery O’Connor’s work in connection with different aspects of Southern culture. Any manifestation of the culture may be examined from religion to domestic life, and from the arts to social etiquette.
Chairperson: Douglas Robillard, Jr., Univ. of Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Dept. of English, Pine Bluff, AR, 71601; robillard_d@uapb.edu
Secretary: Mark S. Graybill, Widener Univ.

GAY AND LESBIAN STUDIES CAUCUS: Frontiers and Sexualities
Chairperson: James B. Kelley, Mississippi State Univ.-Meridian, Dept. of Arts and Sciences, Meridian, MS 39307; jkelley@meridian.msstate.edu
Secretary: Alla Ivanchikova, Univ. of Buffalo

INTERNATIONAL COURTLY LITERATURE SOCIETY: Open Topic
Chairperson: Susan Hopkirk, Middle Tennessee State Univ., Dept. of English, Murfreesboro, TN 37132; shopkirk@mtsu.edu
Secretary: Joseph Sullivan, Univ. of Oklahoma

SOCIETY FOR CRITICAL EXCHANGE: Open Topic
Chairperson: Barbara Basore McIver, Claflin Univ., Dept. of English and Foreign Languages, Orangeburg, SC 29115; bmciver@clafin.edu
Secretary: Jesús Tafoya, Sul Ross State Univ.

SOUTH CENTRAL AMERICAN DIALECT SOCIETY: Open Topic
Chairperson: Toni Francis, Univ. of South Florida, Dept. of English, 5013 E. 110th Ave, Tampa, FL 33617;
carib357@msn.com
Secretary:Pending

SOUTH CENTRAL AMERICAN NAME SOCIETY:CALL FOR PAPERS
Panel Topic: Cultural Assumptions: Literature, Race, and Naming
Papers should address the ways American writers use onamastic tropes to represent the color line, and/or the ways they challenge the linguistic basis upon which racial categories of names are built. Papers may focus on one author or work or may consider issues and problems that include a range of works. All proposals received by the deadline will be considered. Please email or send (postmarked by due date) 300-word abstracts by March 15, 2005 to: Chairperson: Candis Weiss, Jackson State Univ.,Department of English and Modern Languages Jackson State University 1440 JR Lynch Street Jackson, MS 39217; candis.weiss@jsums.edu
Secretary: Pending

SOUTH CENTRAL COLLEGE ENGLISH ASSOCIATION: Rounding up Interest in the Classroom: Texts We Love to Teach.
Proposals on any aspect of teaching literature in the college classroom. Papers may be pedagogical in nature, but we also welcome close readings and textual analyses useful to teachers.
Chairperson: Wendy Pearce Miller, Marian College, Fond du Lac, WI 54935; wpmiller@mariancollege.edu
Secretary: Judy Donaldson, Paul Quinn College

WOMEN IN FRENCH: International Rapports, International Connections
This session will address the importance of French women outside France and how and why French women turn to other cultures and/or to women from other cultures for their inspiration.
Chairperson: Sharon Nell, Loyola Coll., Dept. of Modern Languages & Literatures, Baltimore, MD, 21210; snell@loyola.edu
Secretary: Jeanine Alesch, Texas Christian Univ.

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