>From: "alsc" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: CFP: Personal Voice in Literary Criticism (3/31/06; ALSC, 
>10/13/06-10/15/06)
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>CALL FOR PAPERS
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>2006 ALSC Conference, San Francisco, California, October 13-15 2006
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>The Association of Literary Scholars and Critics (ALSC) invites proposals
>for papers and presentations to be considered for its twelfth annual
>conference to be held at the Hotel Sir Francis Drake in San Francisco,
>October 13-15, 2006. The conference program includes six panels and three
>seminars. A description of one of these nine session topics appears below,
>along with an e-mail address and other contact information for submissions.
>Please bear in mind that there will be many more submissions than can be
>accepted, and that the criteria may include not only the merit of the
>individual submission but the range and variety of a session's
>contributions. The pleasure of the chairs is to see how much stimulating and
>valuable work is being done, the pain to be able to accommodate only part of
>it in panel or seminar.
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>For a complete listing of session topics visit our website at
>www.bu.edu/literary.
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>Submission form and deadline. Abstracts no longer than a paragraph or half a
>page must reach the chair of the session by March 31. Except as explicitly
>stipulated otherwise below, they should be submitted only by e-mail, to both
>(1) the chair of the panel or seminar and (2) the Association's office at
>[log in to unmask] On the e-mail's Subject line please give your name and other
>information in the form, "ALSC 2006, [Name of Panel] abstract by [Your
>Name]."
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>Seminars
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>The 2006 ALSC Conference will feature a series of three concurrent seminars
>designed to increase participation of younger scholars in the program.
>Modeled on what has worked successfully for such organizations as the
>Shakespeare Association of America and the Modernist Studies Association,
>these three seminars will each be led by a distinguished member of the
>Association. 
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>Each seminar will have fifteen (15) guaranteed places, and each person
>accepted for a seminar will receive an official letter of invitation to the
>conference and will be listed in its program. Seminar participants will
>write brief position papers (2-4 pages maximum, double-spaced), and will
>circulate their papers to the other participants and read all the papers
>prior to the conference. The listing of the titles in the conference program
>should help participants obtain travel funding for the conference from their
>home colleges and universities. Senior scholars are eligible to apply for
>these seminars, but graduate students and junior faculty especially are
>encouraged to do so; and we hope that senior scholars and others will spread
>the word and encourage their graduate students and junior colleagues to
>apply. The three seminars will run concurrently. Those admitted as
>participants in each seminar will participate in the actual discussion, but
>anyone at the conference is welcome to attend one of the seminars as an
>auditor-not a participant-provided there is sufficient room. Details on
>submission of abstracts are given above and on the topics of the seminars
>below.
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>Association membership is required for participation in the conference.
>Student memberships cost $25. Standard new memberships cost $35. For details
>on how to join the ALSC, visit our website at www.bu.edu/literary. Secure
>online forms for membership application and conference registration are
>available there.
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>SEMINAR: The Personal Voice in Literary Criticism
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>Chair: James W. Earl (English, University of Oregon).
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>This seminar will discuss the use (and abuse) of the personal voice in
>literary criticism.  What limits on self-presentation should we observe in
>our critical writing?  When is the flagrantly subjective voice justified?
>When does literary criticism become opinion, personal essay, or belles
>lettres?  Who are the best (and worst) examples?  Anyone interested in
>participating should send an abstract to James W. Earl, Department of
>English, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403. ([log in to unmask])
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>Michael Gouin-Hart
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>Executive Director
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>Association of Literary Scholars and Critics (ALSC)
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>650 Beacon Street, Suite 510
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>Boston, Massachusetts 02215
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>Phone: 617-358-1990 / Fax: 617-358-1995
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>Email: [log in to unmask] / Internet: www.bu.edu/literary
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