Subject: File: "FEMINISTSF-LIT LOG9904" ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 15:05:39 -0700 Reply-To: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature Sender: Feminist SF/Fantasy and Utopia Literature From: Laura Quilter Subject: Fwd: FEMINISTSF-LIT: possible spam from blansett@FIU.EDU Comments: To: feministsf@uic.edu, feministsf-lit@uic.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 16:43:35 -0500 >From: "L-Soft list server at University of Illinois at Chicago (1.8c)" > >Subject: FEMINISTSF-LIT: possible spam from blansett@FIU.EDU >To: lquilter@HOOKED.NET, Laura Quilter , > Christopher Shaffer > >The following message was submitted by blansett@FIU.EDU to the FEMINISTSF-LIT >list at LISTSERV.UIC.EDU. 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If this is the case, simply >forward this message back to the list with an explanatory note. > >----------------- Message requiring verification (123 lines) ------------------ >Received: from rottweiler.fiu.edu (rottweiler.fiu.edu [131.94.128.47]) > by piglet.cc.uic.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA47064 > for ; Thu, 15 Apr 1999 16:42:32 -0500 >Received: from solix3-128 (solix.fiu.edu [131.94.64.220]) > by rottweiler.fiu.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3/FIU) with SMTP id RAA10972; > Thu, 15 Apr 1999 17:42:17 -0400 (EDT) >Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 17:42:16 -0400 (EDT) >From: Lisa Blansett >X-Sender: blansett@solix3-128 >To: AMLIT-EARLY@LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU, GAYLIT-L@LISTSERV.KENT.EDU, > PHIL-LIT@LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU >cc: FEMINISTSF-LIT@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU >Subject: Extension of proposal deadline for Early Modern Culture Conference (Miami; 10/7-10) (fwd) >Message-ID: >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > >We will accept panel and paper proposals through 1 May 1999 for the >October 1999 GECMS Conference. Details from original posting follow. > >> >> ************************************************ >> CALL FOR PAPERS >> >> GROUP FOR EARLY MODERN CULTURAL STUDIES >> (GEMCS) >> >> Coral Gables, Florida October 7-10, 1999 >> >> http://www.frontiernet.net/~gemcs >> >> ************************************************ >> >> >> >>The Group for Early Modern Cultural Studies invites submissions for its >>seventh annual conference, to be held in Coral Gables, Florida, October >>7-10. GEMCS provides a forum for innovative and experimental inquiries >>into all aspects of early modern culture and society. The rubric of >>cultural studies enables us to encompass a variety of disciplinary fields >>and theoretical approaches, among them anthropology, art, history, law, >>literature, and music. Approaches include, but are not limited to, >>feminist, materialist, multiculturalist, gay and lesbian, historicist, >>disability-related, psychoanalytic, postcolonial, and ethnological >>analyses of European, American, Native American, African, Near Eastern, >>and Asian cultures. >> >>This year's theme is "Labor and Leisure, 1440 - 1840," and we seek >>proposals dealing with the social, economic, aesthetic, sexual, gendered, >>artistic, political, racial, and philosophic aspects of either or both of >>these spheres. We solicit works that investigate, discuss, challenge, or >>undermine the definitions and cultural manifestations of labor and leisure. >> >>We are particularly interested in proposals that address the following >>topics: >> >>*Working-Class Authorship *Saturnalia >>*Duelling *Hunting >>*Merchant and Industrial *Able-bodied workers/Disabled Non-workers >> Capitalism *Factory Life >>*Freak Shows, Oddities, and Other Forms of Bodily Entertainments >>*Literature and/as Work *Literature and/as Leisure >>*Revisiting Marxist Theories of Labor >>Rethinking Foucauldian Notions of Pleasure >>*Conspicuous Consumption *Crafts and Hobbies >>*Sex Work(ers) *Commerce and Trade >>*Leisure and Landscape *The Art of Leisure >>*The Invention of Leisure/Leisure Activities >>*Pornography and the Family * Games >>*Labor Relations *The Divisions(s) of Labor >>*The Psychology of Leisure *The Ethic of Work >>*Literature and Landscape >> >>In order to allow the greatest possible amount discussion, presentations >>will be limited to ten minutes. GEMCS actively seeks alternative format >>panels -- workshops, large panels, discussion groups, informal >>presentations. Workshops and seminars on innovative pedagogy and >>institutional politics are especially welcome. Once again, the conference >>will feature a series of critical debates on selected topics drawn from >>the conference theme as well as from contemporary academic concerns. Group >>leaders will facilitate discussions on topics to be announced shortly >>before the conference. >> >>One-page abstracts for individual papers must include NAME, AFFILIATION, >>E-MAIL and POSTAL address; proposals for panels must include one-page >>abstracts for each presenter, as well as the names, affiliations, postal >>addresses and e-mail addresses of ALL participants. Panels of 4-6 >>participants will be given preference. Participants will be notified of >>their acceptance to the conference by e-mail. >> >> >>Address all postal submissions by May 1, 1999 to: >> >>Lisa Blansett >>Department of English >>DM 461 A >>Florida International University >>Miami, FL 33199 >> >> >>Send all e-mail submissions by May 1, 1999 to: >> >>Pat Gill -- gill@wmich.edu >> >> >>****** Send only ONE abstract. Submit abstracts and proposals EITHER by >>post OR by e-mail. Do NOT use both means of delivery ****** >> >>Check the GEMCS website for conference info and updates. >