http://www.api-network.com/main/index.php?apply=bulletin_events&webpage=default&menuID=homely&range=12&mfin= Recently added API Calendar items en-US Wed, 23 Oct 2013 12:00:00 +1000 Custom 2013 http://www.api-network.com/main/index.php?view=256&apply=bulletin_events&webpage=default Monash University, Caulfield Campus 6 December 2008 A symposium to mark the occasion of the 60th anniversary of doctoral education in Australia and celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Monash University.The phrase ‘doctoral subjects’ embraces both the kind and nature of research undertaken in Australia at doctoral level in humanities, arts and social science disciplines (that is, the subject or content of the work); and the kinds of subjects, in the sense of research subjectivities, produced through this work. Our aim with this symposium is ... Tue, 22 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +1000 Monash University, Caulfield Campus 6 December 2008 A symposium to mark the occasion of the 60th anniversary of doctoral education in Australia and celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Monash University.The phrase ‘doctoral subjects’ embraces both the kind and nature of research undertaken in Australia at doctoral level in humanities, arts and social science disciplines (that is, the subject or content of the work); and the kinds of subjects, in the sense of research subjectivities, produced through this work. Our aim with this symposium is ... http://www.api-network.com/main/index.php?view=255&apply=bulletin_events&webpage=default South Pacific Resort Hotel, Norfolk Island 9-17th October, 2009Papers are invited for a conference on Australian Literature to be held on Norfolk Island in October, 2009. While papers are welcome on any aspect of Australian writing, we are particularly interested in writing by and about the convicts, or any writing associated with Norfolk Island. Papers can be up to 30-minutes long, but there are strict limits on the number of papers we can accept (up to 20) as conference sessions will occupy only the mornings of the conference period. There will also be a ... Tue, 22 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +1000 South Pacific Resort Hotel, Norfolk Island 9-17th October, 2009Papers are invited for a conference on Australian Literature to be held on Norfolk Island in October, 2009. While papers are welcome on any aspect of Australian writing, we are particularly interested in writing by and about the convicts, or any writing associated with Norfolk Island. Papers can be up to 30-minutes long, but there are strict limits on the number of papers we can accept (up to 20) as conference sessions will occupy only the mornings of the conference period. There will also be a ... http://www.api-network.com/main/index.php?view=254&apply=bulletin_events&webpage=default The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia 20-22 July 2009Paratext and Para-booksBooks Post-production – Libraries, Reading, BooksellingPhantom Books, Lost Books and PiraciesLimits and Limitlessness in the Digital BookThe book has for centuries been a reassuringly definite artifact, although many aspects of its existence and circulation are quite intangible and its ultimate effects seem universal if not limitless.   Paradoxically, the physical variations in different copies of a book seem to ... Tue, 22 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +1000 The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia 20-22 July 2009Paratext and Para-booksBooks Post-production – Libraries, Reading, BooksellingPhantom Books, Lost Books and PiraciesLimits and Limitlessness in the Digital BookThe book has for centuries been a reassuringly definite artifact, although many aspects of its existence and circulation are quite intangible and its ultimate effects seem universal if not limitless.   Paradoxically, the physical variations in different copies of a book seem to ... http://www.api-network.com/main/index.php?view=253&apply=bulletin_events&webpage=default The Second Conference of the International Society for Cultural History Hosted by the Cultural History Project The University of Queensland, Brisbane Australia 20-23 July 2009The second conference of the International Society for Cultural History (ISCH) will address a broad series of questions pertaining to cultures of violence and conflict. For scholars across a range of disciplines the origins, nature, and impact of violence and conflict have been of fundamental concern, as highlighted by recent publications including Joanna Bourke’s Rape: ... Tue, 22 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +1000 The Second Conference of the International Society for Cultural History Hosted by the Cultural History Project The University of Queensland, Brisbane Australia 20-23 July 2009The second conference of the International Society for Cultural History (ISCH) will address a broad series of questions pertaining to cultures of violence and conflict. For scholars across a range of disciplines the origins, nature, and impact of violence and conflict have been of fundamental concern, as highlighted by recent publications including Joanna Bourke’s Rape: ... http://www.api-network.com/main/index.php?view=252&apply=bulletin_events&webpage=default The focus of the 30th Annual International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts is on time and the fantastic.  The conference will be held in Orlando, Florida, from March 18 - 22, 2009 at the Orlando Airport Marriott Hotel. For more information and updates about the conference, please visit www.iafa.org.Topics include (but are not limited to):How audiences/communities construct their own folklore, legends, and urban legends Archiving and transmission of community folklore and legend How folklore, myth, and ... Tue, 22 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +1000 The focus of the 30th Annual International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts is on time and the fantastic.  The conference will be held in Orlando, Florida, from March 18 - 22, 2009 at the Orlando Airport Marriott Hotel. For more information and updates about the conference, please visit www.iafa.org.Topics include (but are not limited to):How audiences/communities construct their own folklore, legends, and urban legends Archiving and transmission of community folklore and legend How folklore, myth, and ... http://www.api-network.com/main/index.php?view=250&apply=bulletin_events&webpage=default 30th Anniversary Meeting! Southwest/Texas Popular and American Culture Associations February 25-28, 2009 Hyatt Regency Albuquerque Albuquerque, New MexicoPapers presently being sought for SHAKESPEARE ON FILM AND TELEVISION.  The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Associations Conference will again be held in beautiful Albuquerque, NM, at the Hyatt Regency downtown (http://swtxpca.org/documents/107.html) on February 25-28, 2009. We have previously had panels on the ... Tue, 22 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +1000 30th Anniversary Meeting! Southwest/Texas Popular and American Culture Associations February 25-28, 2009 Hyatt Regency Albuquerque Albuquerque, New MexicoPapers presently being sought for SHAKESPEARE ON FILM AND TELEVISION.  The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Associations Conference will again be held in beautiful Albuquerque, NM, at the Hyatt Regency downtown (http://swtxpca.org/documents/107.html) on February 25-28, 2009. We have previously had panels on the ... http://www.api-network.com/main/index.php?view=249&apply=bulletin_events&webpage=default Annual Meeting of the Society for Values in Higher Education Elmhurst College (Illinois) 22-26 July 2009The university is an institution that functions within a marketplace yet often finds itself in tension with the values of the marketplace. This tension has existed for centuries. In the 19th century, John Henry Newman famously grappled with this tension in The Idea of a University, a work that has shaped greatly the conversation about higher education in Europe and the United States. Newman juxtaposed university education to education in professional ... Tue, 22 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +1000 Annual Meeting of the Society for Values in Higher Education Elmhurst College (Illinois) 22-26 July 2009The university is an institution that functions within a marketplace yet often finds itself in tension with the values of the marketplace. This tension has existed for centuries. In the 19th century, John Henry Newman famously grappled with this tension in The Idea of a University, a work that has shaped greatly the conversation about higher education in Europe and the United States. Newman juxtaposed university education to education in professional ... http://www.api-network.com/main/index.php?view=248&apply=bulletin_events&webpage=default Workshop at the Department of Greek and Latin Studies, Philosophical Faculty of the Charles University in Prague August 24-26, 2009 The term miscellany is a wide one and can refer to a number of concepts. On the one hand, medieval catalogues of manuscripts often use the term miscellanea for the 'leftovers' impossible to classify in a simple way. Many of the miscellaneous codices might have originated in this way – by binding together various 'remaining' texts. On the other hand, a miscellany can be a very carefully designed codex with a clear idea ... Tue, 22 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +1000 Workshop at the Department of Greek and Latin Studies, Philosophical Faculty of the Charles University in Prague August 24-26, 2009 The term miscellany is a wide one and can refer to a number of concepts. On the one hand, medieval catalogues of manuscripts often use the term miscellanea for the 'leftovers' impossible to classify in a simple way. Many of the miscellaneous codices might have originated in this way – by binding together various 'remaining' texts. On the other hand, a miscellany can be a very carefully designed codex with a clear idea ... http://www.api-network.com/main/index.php?view=247&apply=bulletin_events&webpage=default The goal of this issue is to make a contribution to recent attempts to "de-colonize" early cinema and modern visual cultural studies. These fields have been very productive in film studies and cultural studies since the late 1970s, producing many groundbreaking works that introduce innovative historiographical methods and theoretical approaches. Yet their main discourses have rarely deviated from Euro-American contexts. In the same vein, the cinema's role and function in projects of imperialist expansions remains seriously understudied. Considering that since its inception ... Tue, 22 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +1000 The goal of this issue is to make a contribution to recent attempts to "de-colonize" early cinema and modern visual cultural studies. These fields have been very productive in film studies and cultural studies since the late 1970s, producing many groundbreaking works that introduce innovative historiographical methods and theoretical approaches. Yet their main discourses have rarely deviated from Euro-American contexts. In the same vein, the cinema's role and function in projects of imperialist expansions remains seriously understudied. Considering that since its inception ... http://www.api-network.com/main/index.php?view=246&apply=bulletin_events&webpage=default Reality Television Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Associations 30th Annual Conference Conference Theme: Reeling in the Years: 30 Years of Film, TV, and Popular Culture Hyatt Regency Albuquerque 330 Tijeras Albuquerque, NM 87102 24-28 February 2009The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Associations will hold their 30th annual meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on February 24-28, 2009. Proposals are now being accepted for panels on Reality Television. In keeping with this year’s theme, "Reeling in the ... Tue, 22 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +1000 Reality Television Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Associations 30th Annual Conference Conference Theme: Reeling in the Years: 30 Years of Film, TV, and Popular Culture Hyatt Regency Albuquerque 330 Tijeras Albuquerque, NM 87102 24-28 February 2009The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Associations will hold their 30th annual meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on February 24-28, 2009. Proposals are now being accepted for panels on Reality Television. In keeping with this year’s theme, "Reeling in the ... http://www.api-network.com/main/index.php?view=245&apply=bulletin_events&webpage=default The Coalition on the Public Understanding of Science (COPUS) has declared 2009 as the Year of Science. This event provides opportunities for discussion about issues currently facing our society, the role of science in addressing those issues, and the boundaries and intersections between science and other domains of human knowledge, including religion, economics, ethics and politics. Museums & Social Issues is currently seeking submissions and individuals interested in serving as advisors, reviewers, or authors for both issues of Volume 4. For a full Call for Papers for either ... Tue, 22 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +1000 The Coalition on the Public Understanding of Science (COPUS) has declared 2009 as the Year of Science. This event provides opportunities for discussion about issues currently facing our society, the role of science in addressing those issues, and the boundaries and intersections between science and other domains of human knowledge, including religion, economics, ethics and politics. Museums & Social Issues is currently seeking submissions and individuals interested in serving as advisors, reviewers, or authors for both issues of Volume 4. For a full Call for Papers for either ... http://www.api-network.com/main/index.php?view=244&apply=bulletin_events&webpage=default A two-day international conference to be held at Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, Kent, UK Saturday-Sunday 28-29 March 2009Keynote Speakers:Professor Warren Chernaik, University of London Professor Hugh Cunningham, University of Kent Professor Kimberley Reynolds, Newcastle UniversityBoth the history of childhood and attention to the child in literature are rapidly expanding areas of research. Childhood in its Time seeks to trace how the history of childhood in Britain is reflected, portrayed, ... Tue, 22 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +1000 A two-day international conference to be held at Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, Kent, UK Saturday-Sunday 28-29 March 2009Keynote Speakers:Professor Warren Chernaik, University of London Professor Hugh Cunningham, University of Kent Professor Kimberley Reynolds, Newcastle UniversityBoth the history of childhood and attention to the child in literature are rapidly expanding areas of research. Childhood in its Time seeks to trace how the history of childhood in Britain is reflected, portrayed, ...