AFRICAN/AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE: Switching Currents of Hybridity On/Off. Many African Americans can claim more than one racial identity, creating hybrid identities. Papers are needed that explore characters that switch from one identity to another.
Chair: Juluette Bartlett-Pack, DeVry U/U of Phoenix, Dept. of General Education, Houston, TX 77041; jfbpack@yahoo.com
Secretary: Violet Bryan, Xavier U of Louisiana

AMERICAN LITERATURE I: LITERATURE BEFORE 1900: “Not that Foucault . . .” American Representations of Power from the Virgin to the Dynamo. The concept of Power changed during the nineteenth century as the sorts of power that humans could control dramatically expanded. Papers investigating changed, innovative, or problematic strategies that early American writers from the colonial periods to 1900 used to represent the relationships between humans and power are welcome. Please email 500 word abstracts.
Chair: Richard McLamore, McMurray U, Dept. of English, Abilene, TX 79602; mclamorr@mcmurryadm.mcm.edu
Secretary: Pending

AMERICAN LITERATURE II: LITERATURE AFTER 1900: Musical Currents in American Literature. This session welcomes papers that consider the rich interplay between music and literary texts.
Chair: Doris Davis, Texas A&M University-Texarkana, Dept. of English, Texarkana, TX 75505; doris.davis@tamut.edu
Secretary: Scott Peller, Wayne State U

APPLIED LINGUISTICS: Open Topic
Chair: Anxton Olarrea, U of Arizona, Dept. of Spanish, Tucson, 85721 AZ; olarrea@u.arizona.edu
Secretary: Linda McManness, Baylor U

AUSTRALASIAN LITERATURE AND FILM: Open Topic
Chair: Nicholas Birns, Eugene Lang Coll./The New School, Dept. of Literature, New York, NY 10003; birnsn@newschool.edu
Secretary: Belinda Wheeler, Indiana U Purdue U Indianapolis

AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND BIOGRAPHY: Open Topic
Chair: Amy Murphy, San Antonio Coll.; Dept. of English, San Antonio, TX 78212; acmurf232@hotmail.com
Secretary: Kacy Tillman, U of Mississippi

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND TEXTUAL CRITICISM: Open Topic
Chair: Rachel Hertz, U of Texas at Austin, Dept. of English, Austin, TX 78712; rhertz@mail.utexas.edu
Secretary: Justin Tremel, U of Texas at Austin

CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: Current Approaches to
Children’s Literature. This panel welcomes proposals for papers examining contemporary or ‘current’ and innovative approaches to children’s and adolescent literature. Methods might include concepts such as abjections, post-colonialism, multiculturalism, feminisms, or other applicable treatments.
Chair: Susan Stewart, Texas A&M-Commerce, Dept. of Literature and Languages, Commerce, TX 75429;
susan_stewart@tamu-commerce.edu
Secretary: Andrea Miller, Texas A&M Commerce

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE: Open Topic
Chair: Myra Salcedo, U of Texas-Arlington, Dept. of English,
Arlington, TX 76013; msalcedo@uta.edu
Secretary: Corrada Biazzo Curry, John Cabot U-Rome

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN ENGLISH AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES: Foreign Language Teaching
Chair: Wooseong Yeom, Dept. of English, U of Texas at Austin
1 University Station, Austin TX 78712; auden@mail.utexas.edu
Secretary: John Jones, U of Texas-Austin

ENGLISH I: OLD AND MIDDLE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE: Open Topic
Chair: George Klawitter, St. Edward’s U, Dept. of English, Austin, TX 78704; georgek@admin.stedwards.edu
Secretary: Jacob Blevins, McNeese State U

ENGLISH II: RENAISSANCE LITERATURE EXCLUDING DRAMA: Open Topic
Chair: Jacob Blevins, McNeese State U, Dept. of Languages, Lake Charles, LA 70605; blevinsjake@aol.com
Secretary: Raymond-Jean Frontain, U of Central Arkansas

ENGLISH III: RESTORATION AND EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY BRITISH LITERATURE: Open Topic
Chair: Ed Cameron, U of Texas - Pan American, Dept. of English, Edinburg, TX 78541-2999; cameroned@panam.edu
Secretary: Linda Belau, U of Texas - Pan American

ENGLISH IV: NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITISH LITERATURE: Cross Currents in 19th Century British Literature. Investigations of the various ideologies and issues confronted in nineteenth-century British literature.
Chair: Lynn Alexander, U of Tennessee - Martin, Dept. of English, Martin, TN 38238; lalexand@utm.edu
Secretary: Stephen Severn, West Texas A&M U

ENGLISH V: TWENTIETH-CENTURY BRITISH LITERATURE: Open Topic
Chair: Laura Long, Lynchburg Coll., Dept. of English, Lynchburg, VA 24501; long.l@lynchburg.edu

ENGLISH VI: GENERAL LINGUISTICS: Linguistic Undercurrents: The structure and use of language underlies most of what we do. Papers are invited on all aspects of language use: language and media, language and gender, etc.
Chair: Nancy Antrim, Sul Ross State U, Dept. of Languages and Literature, Alpine, TX 79830; nantrim@sulross.edu
Secretary: Patricia Smith, Fitchburg State Coll.

FILM: Open Topic
Chair: Lori Rowlett, U of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Dept. of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Eau Claire, WI 54702-4004;
rowletl@uwec.edu
Secretary: Pending

FOLKLORE: The Blues, The Bluff, and the Delta: Folklore and the Mississippi
Chair: Wanda G. Addison, U of Louisiana-Lafayette, Dept. of
English, Lafayette, LA 70501; louisianawanda@hotmail.com
Secretary: Cheryl Wiltse, Collin County Community Coll.

FRENCH I: LINGUISTICS AND LITERATURE TO 1600: Open Topic
Chair: Logan Whalen, U of Oklahoma, Dept. of Modern Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, 780 Van Vleet Oval, Rm 202, Norman, OK, 73019-2032; lwhalen@ou.edu
Secretary: Valerie Wilhite, U of South Carolina Aiken

FRENCH II: LITERATURE 1600 - 1850: Open Topic
Chair: Kristi Krumnow, U of South Carolina, Dept. of French, Columbia, SC 29208; kkrumnow@aol.com
Secretary: Logan J. Connors, Louisiana State U

FRENCH III: LITERATURE AFTER 1850: Ennui, Hysteria, Trauma: The Modern Discontents. This panel will explore currents in French literatures from 1850 to the present.
Chair: Melissa Bailar, Rice U, Humanities Research Center, Houston, TX 77005; melba@rice.edu
Secretary: Stuart McClintock, Midwestern State U

FRESHMAN ENGLISH AND ENGLISH COMPOSITION: Currents in First Year Composition. Where is composition - its theory and practice - at the current moment? Where and what are the sparks? What characterizes its steady flow?
Chair: Donna Dunbar-Odom, Texas A&M - Commerce, Dept. of Literatures and Languages, Commerce, TX 75429;
Donna_Dunbar-Odom@tamu-commerce.edu
Secretary: Lori Rios, Texas A&M - Kingsville

GENDER AND RACE IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY
LITERATURE: Changing Landscape of Women’s and Men’s Roles in 20th Century Literature. Submit abstracts that address the changing landscape in literature dealing with womanism, feminism, and masculinity in 20th and 21st century literature.
Chair: Violet Harrington Bryan, Xavier U of Louisiana, Dept. of English, New Orleans, LA 70125; vbryan@xula.edu
Secretary: Elizabeth Brown-Guillory, U of Houston

GERMAN I: LINGUISTICS, LITERATURE AND CULTURE BEFORE 1700: Open Topic
Chair: Caroline Huey, U of Louisiana - Lafayette, Dept. of Modern Languages, Lafayette, LA 70504; chuey@louisiana.edu
Secretary: Anja Moering, U of Texas at Austin

GERMAN II: LITERATURE AND CULTURE FROM 1700 TO 1890: Open Topic
Chair: Yasser D. Djaezaerly, Sam Houston State U, Dept. of English and Foreign Languages, Huntsville, TX 77320; yasser@shsu.edu
Secretary: Pending

GERMAN III: LITERATURE AND CULTURE FROM 1890 TO PRESENT: Culture, Aesthetic, Text. What place is left for close reading and textual or aesthetic questions in cultural approaches? Must the latter subsume any close reading or not? Comparativist or interdisciplinary (anthropological, sociological) submissions are welcome. Topics could include Geertz’s New Historicism or Elaine Scarry's call for a return to aesthetics.
Chair: Larson Powell, Texas A&M U, Europ. & Class. Langs, TAMU 4215, College Station, TX 77843; lpowell@neo.tamu.edu
Secretary: Laura Sager, University of Texas-Austin

GERMAN WOMEN WRITERS: Currents and Current (Cross-) Connections among German Women Writers. Please submit abstracts via email.
Chair: Karin Schestokat, Oklahoma State U, karin.schestokat@okstate.edu
Secretary: Mariana Ivanova, U of Texas at Austin

HISPANIC LITERATURE WRITTEN IN THE UNITED STATES: Open Topic
Chair: Cida Chase, Oklahoma State U, Dept. of Foreign Languages & Literature, csc1937@okstate.edu
Secretary: Gwendolyn Díaz, St. Mary’s U.

INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES IN THE HUMANITIES: Open Topic
Chair: Thomas Bonner Jr., Xavier U of Louisiana, Dept. of
English, New Orleans, LA 70125; tbonner@xula.edu
Secretary: Christopher J. Krejci, Louisiana State U - Baton Rouge

IRISH LITERATURE: Currents and Chronology: Language and Myth(s) in Irish Poetry. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: What are the influences of language (i.e., use of Ulsterisms, Irish words and phrases as markers, etc.) on the reception of Irish writers and poets to a larger audience? Issues of the construction of an Irish feminine poetic by writers such as Ní Chuilleanáin and other contemporary poets? How did the practices of earlier Irish writers anticipate shifts in modern or contemporary Irish aesthetics? What does the use of Celtic and Norse mythology in modern Irish literature represent about the construction of a nationalist identity and literature? Possible authors include Seamus Heaney, Thomas Kinsella and Eleain Ní Chuilleanáin, but should not be restricted to contemporary authors. Abstracts/proposals should be of 500 words, with final papers suitable for a 20 minute presentation. Abstracts should be submitted by February 10, 2007.
Chair: Christopher Flavin, Southern Illinois U, Faner Hall 2380, Dept. of English, Carbondale, IL 62901; cmflavin@comcast.net
Secretary: Justin Parks, U of New Mexico

ITALIAN LITERATURE: The Italian Literature panel invites abstracts that meet the conference theme of “Currents” 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 (bilingual welcomed) of 250 words to the session chair by the DEADLINE February 14th, 2007:
Chair: Holly A. Schullo, McNeese State U; hschullo@yahoo.com
Secretary: Pending

LITERATURE AND POLITICS: Open Topic
Chair: Joshua Fenton, U of California - Riverside, Dept. of English, Riverside, CA 92521; fenton_jp@hotmail.com
Secretary: Jenna Wright, U of Tennessee at Martin

LITERARY CRITICISM AND THEORY: Currents in Literary Theory and Criticism
Chair: Victoria Smith, Texas State U-San Marcos, Dept. of English, San Marcos, TX 78666-4616; vs13@txstate.edu
Secretary: Gwendolyn Diaz, St. Mary’s U,

LITERATURE AND PSYCHOLOGY: Open Topic
Chair: John G. Morris, Cameron U, Dept. of English and Foreign Languages, Lawton, OK 73505; johnmor@cameron.edu
Secretary: Trish Robillard, U of Arkansas - Pine Bluff

MODERN DRAMA: Open Topic
Chair: Doug Norman, St. Edward’s U, University Programs, Austin, TX 78704; denorman@mac.com
Secretary: Hyunjung Lee, U of Texas - Austin

NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE: Open Topic
Chair: Rebecca Hooker, U of New Mexico, Dept. of English,
Albuquerque, NM 87131; hookster@unm.edu
Secretary: Stephanie Gustafson, U of New Mexico

PORTUGUESE-BRAZILIAN: Luso-Brazilian Literature and Culture. Papers that explore all areas and periods of Luso-Brazilian literature and culture will be considered. To present a paper please submit an abstract in English, Spanish or Portuguese of 300 words or less. Requests for the formation of special sessions organized around a specific topic, author or work will be considered. Abstracts must be submitted by March 15, 2007.
Chair: Maria Fernandez-Babineaux, Texas A&M U-Commerce; maria_babineaux@tamu-commerce.edu
Secretary: Pending

REGIONAL FICTION WRITERS: Open Topic
Original fiction by SCMLA members.
Chair: Tom Williams, Arkansas State U, Dept. of English & Philosophy, State University, AR 72467; tswillia@astate.edu
Secretary: Terry Dalrymple, Angelo State U

REGIONAL POETS GROUP: Open Topic
Original poetry by SCMLA members.
Chair: Holly Schullo, McNeese State U; hschullo@yahoo.com
Secretary: Pending

RENAISSANCE DRAMA: Shakespeare on the World Stage. This session invites proposals that explore any aspect of Shakespeare on the world stage including television and film.
Chair: James M. Palmer, Prairie View A&M U, Dept. of Languages and Communications, Prairie View, TX 77446; jmpalmer@pvamu.edu
Secretary: J. Caitlin Finlayson, U of Texas - Dallas

RHETORIC: Open Topic
Chair: Lori Rios, Texas A&M-Kingsville, Dept. of Languages and Literature, Kingsville, TX 78363; lori.rios@tamuk.edu
Secretary: Elise Flanagan, Texas A&M U - Commerce

RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AND METHODOLOGY: Open Topic
Chair: Hyongsup Kim, U of Texas - Austin; Dept. of Slavic and Eurasian Studies, Austin, TX 78712; hyoungsup@mail.utexas.edu
Secretary: Mark Hopkins, U of Texas - Austin

RUSSIAN LITERATURE: Open Topic
Chair: Anna Katsnelson, U of Texas at Austin; Dept. of Comparative Literature, Austin, TX 78712; anna_katsnelson@mail.utexas.edu
Secretary: Emily S. R. Liverman, U of Texas at Austin

SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY LITERATURE: Currents in Science Fiction and Fantasy. Isaac Asimov once wrote of Currents in Space, but the theme need not be that specific. It would be good if one or two papers matched the conference theme.
Chair: Joe R. Christopher, Tarleton State U, Dept. of English, Box T-0300, Stephenville, TX 76402; jchristopher@tarleton.edu
Secretary: Stephanie Gustafson, U of New Mexico

SHORT FICTION: THEORY AND CRITICISM: Musical Currents in Short Fiction. Given the conference theme, preference will be given to papers on prose rhythm generally or in rock or blues in short fiction.
Chair: Terry Dalrymple, Angelo State U, Dept. of English, San Angelo, TX 76909; terry.dalrymple@angelo.edu
Secretary: Paul Juhasz, Tarleton State U

SLAVIC AND EASTERN EUROPEAN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES: Open Topic
Chair: Magdalena Tarnawska, DePauw U, 400 S. Locust St, Greencastle, IN 46135; magdalenatarnawska@depauw.edu
Secretary: Joanna Madloch, Monclair State U

SOUTH CENTRAL ASSOCIATION OF DEPARTMENTS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND DEPARTMENTS OF ENGLISH: Open Topic
Chair: Dan Jones, Texas A&M U, Academic Affairs, 5201 University Blvd., Laredo, TX 78041; djones@tamiu.edu
Secretary: Pending

SOUTHERN LITERATURE: Open Topic
Chair: Phyllis Bridges, Texas Woman’s U, Dept. of English, Denton, TX 76204; pbridges@twu.edu
Secretary: Delores Zumwalt, Collin County Community Coll.

SOUTHWESTERN AMERICAN LITERATURE: Open Topic
Papers on any genre, focus on region’s culture.
Chair: William Brannon, Collin County Community Coll. District - Spring Creek, Dept. of English, Plano, TX 75074; wbrannon@ccccd.edu
Secretary: Delores Duboise, Texas Tech U

SPANISH I: LITERATURE BEFORE 1700: Open Topic
Chair: Linda Belau, U of Texas - Pan American, Dept. of English, Edinburg, TX 78541; lbelau@utpa.edu
Secretary: Paul Larson, Baylor U

SPANISH II: LITERATURE AFTER 1700: Open Topic
Chair: Jan Evans, Baylor U, Dept. of Modern Foreign Language, One Bear Place #97393, Waco, TX 76798; jan_evans@baylor.edu
Secretary: Jorge Zamora, Texas Tech U

SPANISH III: SPANISH-AMERICAN LITERATURE BEFORE 1945: Open Topic
Chair: Susana Perea-Fox, Oklahoma State U, Dept. of Foreign Languages, Stillwater, OK 74078; susana.perea-fox@okstate.edu
Secretary: Nuri L. Creager, Oklahoma State U

SPANISH IV: SPANISH AMERICAN LITERATURE AFTER 1945: Return to the ‘Boom’
Chair: Lucero Tenorio Gavin, Oklahoma State U, Dept. of Foreign Languages, Stillwater, OK 74078; glucero@okstate.edu
Secretary: César Ferreira, U of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

SPANISH V: LINGUISTICS: Open Topic
Chair: Lucia I. Llorente, Berry Coll. Dept. of Foreign Languages, Rome, GA 30149; lllorente@berry.edu
Secretary: Deborah Arteaga, U of Las Vegas

TECHNICAL WRITING: Open Topic
This session is particularly interested in papers that deal with issues of documentation and technical communication. We would also especially welcome papers from new scholars and graduate students.
Chair: Steven Severn, West Texas A&M U,
ssevern@mail.wtamu.edu
Secretary: Linda Gray, Oral Roberts U

WAR, LITERATURE & THE ARTS: A Symposium. This is a panel that weaves aspects of war within literature and the arts. The panel has an open topic and 500-600 words abstracts are welcome if received by 3/15/07.
Chair: Moira Di Mauro-Jackson, Texas State U, Dept. of Modern Languages, San Marcos, TX 78666; md11@txstate.edu
Secretary: Elizabeth Cawns, Louisiana State U

WOMEN OF COLOR: The Ebb and Flow of Music and Dance in Black Women’s Literature. Submit abstracts that address the role and function of dance and/or blues, jazz, gospel, and spirituals in
moving/advancing plot and theme in Black Women’s literature.
Chair: Elizabeth Brown-Guillory, U of Houston, Dept. of English, Houston, TX 77204-3013; ebrown-guillory@uh.edu
Secretary: Ravyn Wilson, U of Mississippi

WOMEN’S CAUCUS OF THE SCMLA: Now that you’ve come so far, Baby! Who were we? Who are we? And, who will we be? The activist phase of feminine/feminist faculty is who we were; now we’re senior professors. So what’s left for us and the new generation of women faculty?
Chair: Debra D. Andrist, U of St. Thomas, Dept. of Modern & Classical Languages, Houston, TX 77479; andrist@stthom.edu
Secretary: Christina Vick, Louisiana State U - Eunice

Allied Session Calls for Papers

ASOCIACIÓN de LITERATURA FEMENINA HISPÁNICA: Currents in Hispanic Women’s Literature
Chair: Sandra Herron, Collin County Community Coll., Dept. of Spanish, Plano, TX 75075; sherron@ccccd.edu
Secretary: Debra D. Andrist, St. Thomas U

CONFERENCE ON CHRISTIANITY AND LITERATURE: Open Topic
Chair: Rose M. Johnson, Dallas Baptist U, Dept. of English, Dallas, TX 75211; rosej@dbu.edu
Secretary: Rebecca Dark, Dallas Baptist U

THE EUDORA WELTY SOCIETY: Open Topic
Any aspect of Welty’s work, life, or critical reception is welcome. However, since Welty wrote extensively about the forces of time and the flow of life throughout the state, including the Natchez trace, papers related to the theme “Currents” are encouraged. Please send abstracts by March 30, 2007.
Chair: Delores Natale, Westminster Coll., Dept. of English and Public Relations, New Wilmington, PA 16172;
nataleda@westminster.edu
Secretary: Jean Griffith, Oklahoma State U

FLANNERY O’CONNOR SOCIETY: Fresh Critical Currents in O’Connor Studies. Papers will focus on emerging strains of critical thought in O’Connor studies, including those that explore O’Connor’s work in light of cultural studies, post-colonial studies, disabilities studies, history-of-the-book studies, and the like.
Chair: Mark S. Graybill, Widener U, Dept. of English, Chester, PA 19013; msgraybill@mail.widener.edu
Secretary: Noah Mass, U of Texas at Austin

GAY AND LESBIAN STUDIES CAUCUS: Queer Spaces, Queer Times
Chair: Alla Ivanchikova, U of Manitoba, 533 Tefler Street, Winnipeg, MB R3G2Y4; ivanchikova@yahoo.com
Secretary: Francisco R Pérez, Midland Technical Coll.

INTERNATIONAL COURTLY LITERATURE SOCIETY: Open Topic
Chair: Joseph Sullivan, U of Oklahoma, Dept. of Modern Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, Norman, OK 73019-2032;
jsullivan@ou.edu
Secretary: Rupert T. Pickens, U of Kentucky

SOCIETY FOR CRITICAL EXCHANGE: In keeping with the conference theme "Currents," this panel welcomes proposals for papers on the topic of currents, especially those that deal with “rivers” and “borders.” Topics might include, but are not limited to, literary aspects of currents and rivers (examples, rivers as borders, bodies of water in literature, currents and criticism, etc.).
Chair: Francisco R. Pérez, Midlands Technical Coll., Department of Humanities, P.O. Box 2408, Columbia, SC 29202; perezf@midlandstech.com
Secretary: Michelle Johnson Vela, Texas A&M U

SOUTH CENTRAL AMERICAN DIALECT SOCIETY: Open Topic.Discussing issues of dialect.
Chair: Cameron Hunt-Logan, U of South Florida, Dept. of English, Tampa, FL 33620; cameronlogan@gmail.com
Secretary: Michael Dressman, U of Houston

SOUTH CENTRAL AMERICAN NAME SOCIETY: Open Topic
Chair: RaShell Smith-Spears, Jackson State U, rashell.smith-spears@ccaix.jsums.edu
Secretary: Pending

SOUTH CENTRAL COLLEGE ENGLISH ASSOCIATION: Whirlpools, Riptides, Ripples: Teaching Theories in the College English Classroom. Keeping in the spirit of “Currents,” the discussion should be focused on the reaction of the students (or response) to the use of literary or rhetorical teaching theories in the College English classroom; making a connection to one or more of the “currents” metaphors.
Chair: Judy Donaldson, Paul Quinn Coll., Dept. of Arts and Sciences, Dallas, TX 75234; jdonaldson@pqc.edu
Secretary: Chris Bundrick, U of Mississippi

WOMEN IN FRENCH: Fluids. Going with the flow, swimming against the stream—fluids as a metaphor or theme. Blood, ink, and all other bodily and/or writerly fluids. Abstracts required by February 5, 2007
Chair: Jeanine Alesch, Texas Christian U, Dept. of Languages and Literature, U of Utah, 255 South Central campus Drive, Rm 1400, Salt Lake City, UT 84112; jeanalesch@yahoo.com
Secretary: Kristi L.Krumnow, U of South Carolina

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