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The Future of English in Asia: Perspectives on Language and Literature April 19-21, 2013 The Chinese University of Hong Kong As English becomes progressively more multimodal and destandardized and as we look to a future where by 2050 Chinese “will have nearly triple the numbers of speakers that English has” (Ostler, 2003) it is important …

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The 2012 South Western Region Meeting of the Conference on Christianity and Literature will be held October 5-6 at Oklahoma Christian University in cooperation with Oklahoma Baptist University. The theme of the conference is “Theatrum Mundi: Faith, Representation, and Multiculturalism.” The keynote speaker will be Tony Award-winning playwright, David Henry Hwang , who will deliver …

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Call for Articles, Reviews and Interviews from TEXT MATTERS: A JOURNAL OF LITERATURE, THEORY AND CULTURE Published by the University of Łodź in Poland editor-in-chief: Dorota Filipczak No. 4 Special Themed Issue: Revisioning Paul Ricoeur and Julia Kristeva edited by Pamela Sue Anderson and Dorota Filipczak At first glance Paul Ricoeur and Julia Kristeva seem …

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SAMLA, 9-11 November Religious travel is found in many of the world’s greatest literary works, from the pilgrims going to Canterbury to Tripitaka collecting the sacred scrolls in India to Las Casas traveling around the New World to Dante ascending from Hell into Paradise–just to name a few well-known examples. Presentations on any topic related …

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Feminism in Academia: An Age of Austerity? Current Issues and Future Challenges 28 September 2012, The University of Nottingham Dear Colleagues, The Feminist and Women’s Studies Assocation (FWSA) and the Contemporary Women’s Writing Association (CWWA) are pleased to announce details of their collaborative event, ‘Feminism in Academia: An Age of Austerity? Current Issues and Future …

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