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litsci-l-digest        Monday, August 22 2005        Volume 01 : Number
114



In this issue:

     CFP: The Slayage Conference on the Whedonverse (SC2), Gordon
College, Barnesville, Georgia, USA, May 26-28, 2006
     E-Poetry 2005

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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 15:30:08 -0400
From: "Davis R. Douglas" 
Subject: CFP: The Slayage Conference on the Whedonverse (SC2), Gordon
College, Barnesville, Georgia, USA, May 26-28, 2006


Fellow SLSA members,



Here's a cfp that will appeal to SLSA members interested in Buffy the =
Vampire Slayer and related texts: The Slayage Conference on the =
Whedonverse (SC2), Gordon College, Barnesville, Georgia, USA, May 26-28,
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2006.



Happy slaying,

Doug Davis

Asst. Prof. of English

Gordon College

CFP: The Slayage Conference on the Whedonverse (SC2), Gordon College, =
Barnesville, Georgia, USA, May 26-28, 2006

http://www.slayage.tv/SCW/SC2_CFP.pdf 

Rhonda Wilcox and David Lavery, coeditors of *Fighting the Forces: =
What's at Stake in Buffy the Vampire Slayer* and *Slayage: The Online =
International Journal of Buffy Studies* (www.slayage.tv), solicit your =
proposal for the second Slayage Conference: The Slayage Conference on =
the Whedonverse (SC2), sponsored by Gordon College and Middle Tennessee
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State University. This conference dedicated to the imaginative universe
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of Joss Whedon--the Jossverse or Whedonverse--will be held on the campus
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of Gordon College in Barnesville, Georgia, May 26-28, 2006. Roz Kaveney
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will deliver a keynote lecture. We welcome a proposal of 200-300 words =
(or an abstract of a completed paper) on any aspect of Buffy the Vampire
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Slayer, Angel, Firefly or the forthcoming movie Serenity, his comics =
(e.g. Fray), or any element of the work of Joss Whedon and collaborating
=
creators such as writer Jane Espenson, composer Christophe Beck, =
production designer Carey Meyer, actor Alexis Denisof, or director of =
photography Michael Gershman. We invite presentations from the =
perspective of any discipline: literature, history, communications, film
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and television studies, women's studies, philosophy, religion, =
linguistics, music, cultural studies, and others. We invite discussions
=
of the text, the social context, the audience, the producers, the =
production, and more. For a lengthy but not exhaustive list of possible
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topics, see www.slayage.tv; consider also consulting the =
work-in-progress Encyclopedia of Buffy Studies, also at the Slayage =
journal. All proposals/abstracts should demonstrate familiarity with =
already-published scholarship in the field^=D7in Fighting the Forces, in
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Reading the Vampire Slayer (both editions), in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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and Philosophy, in Slayer Slang, in Slayage, etc.

Papers are limited to a maximum reading time of 20 minutes. Send title,
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proposal/abstract of 200-300 words, and requests for AV (VCR/monitor, =
DVD player, overhead projector, and slide projector only) along with =
contact information: (1) name, (2) institutional affiliation (or =
notation that you are an independent scholar), (3) email address typed =
within the body of the message, (4) snail mail address, (5) telephone =
number. Submissions by undergraduates and graduate students are welcome;
=
however, undergraduate students should provide the name, email, and =
phone number of a faculty member willing to consult with them (the =
faculty member does not need to attend). Both the proposal/abstract and
=
the contact information must be included in the body of an email =
message; also include both the proposal/abstract and contact information
=
in a Microsoft Word or Rich Text Format attachment. (The attachment is =
optional; the inclusion of the proposal/abstract and contact information
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in the body of the email is required.) Please submit your proposals to =
wilcox.rhonda@gmail.com. (Please note that another person possesses the
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email address with the surname second. Please also note that this email
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is for conference business only.) If you wish to propose a prearranged,
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complete session of multiple presenters, make sure to include the =
contact information for all presenters.

Proposals must be submitted by October 31, 2005.

Slayage Editorial Board Members

David Lavery, Ph.D., editor; Professor of English, Middle Tennessee =
State University; coeditor of Fighting the Forces: What's at Stake in =
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Rhonda Wilcox, Ph.D., coeditor; Professor of =
English, Gordon College (Georgia); author of Why Buffy Matters: The Art
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of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Tauris, 2005, forthcoming) and coeditor of
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Fighting the Forces: What^=D2s at Stake in Buffy the Vampire Slayer =
Michael Adams, Ph.D., Professor of English, North Carolina State =
University,; author of Slayer Slang: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lexicon
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Stacey Abbott, Ph.D., Lecturer, Film and Television Studies, University
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of Surrey Roehampton; editor of Reading Angel Gerry Bloustien, Ph.D., =
Associate Professor in Communication Studies and Media Production, =
University of South Australia, Adelaide; author of Girl Making: A =
Cross-Cultural Ethnography on the Processes of Growing up Female Lynne =
Edwards, Ph.D., Chair, Communications, Ursinus College, Pennsylvania; =
author of The Other Sunnydale: Representations of Blackness in Buffy the
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Vampire Slayer (Lexington Books/Rowman & Littlefield, forthcoming); =
coeditor, Watcher Junior (soon-to-be-launched journal for =
undergraduate-level work) Greg Erickson, Ph.D., Director of Classical =
Music, Brooklyn Conservatory of Music (New York) Roz Kaveney, editor of
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Reading the Vampire Slayer (revised edition) Don Keller, editor of The =
Horns of Elfland Tanya Krzywinska, Ph.D., Reader, Film and Television =
Studies, Brunel University (London); author of A Skin for Dancing in: =
Possession, Witchcraft, and Voodoo in Film Elizabeth L. Rambo, Ph.D., =
Associate Professor of English, Campbell University (North Carolina) =
Jana Riess, Ph.D., author of What Would Buffy Do? The Vampire Slayer as
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Spiritual Guide James South, Ph.D., chair, Philosophy, Marquette =
University; editor of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy: Fear and
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Trembling in Sunnydale Sue Turnbull, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer in Media =
Studies, LaTrobe University (Australia); author of Bite Me: Narrative =
Structures and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.





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Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 09:59:20 -0400
From: "Charles Baldwin" 
Subject: E-Poetry 2005

Please circulate:

E-Poetry 2005: An International Digital Poetry Festival

Wednesday, 28 September - Saturday, 1 October 2005

Hosted by the Contemporary Poetics Research Centre (CPRC), Birkbeck 
College, London
& the Electronic Poetry Center (EPC), State University of New York,
Buffalo

E-Poetry 2005 is both a conference and festival, dedicated to
showcasing 
the best talent in digital poetry and poetics from around the world. 
E-Poetry combines both a high-level academic conference and workshop, 
examining growing trends in this young and emergent art form, with a 
festival of the latest and most exciting work from both established and

new practitioners.

The festival is scheduled to take place at Birkbeck College, University

of London, with performances at the ICA, Tate Modern and other
important 
London venues. There will be performances by numerous leading digital 
poets with guest appearances from major literary figures, as well as 
installations and exhibits throughout the week.

For further information regarding the festival, go to 
http://epc.buffalo.edu/e-poetry/2005 


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