CFPs: Research Society for American Periodicals (ALA, 24-27 May 2007)

A set of Calls for Papers of potential interest to comics scholars. See also the RSAP's Resources for Research: Periodicals.

The Research Society for American Periodicals announces calls for papers for the American Literature Association annual meeting in Boston, May 24-27, 2007:

Contemporary Popular Magazines
The Research Society for American Periodicals invites proposals for a session on contemporary popular magazines. Topics may concern magazines individually or in categories (e.g., bridal, lifestyle, news), and may consider genres, departments, contributors, or editorial/textual practices. Please email a 250-word abstract along with a 2-3 sentence bio and any a/v equipment you might need to Judith Yaross Lee: leej@ohio.edu. Deadline for submissions is January 5, 2007.

19th Century Periodicals in Transatlantic Context
The extensive circulation of British periodicals in 19thC America and, especially later in the century, of American periodicals in Britain came to exert a profound influence on the development of the two nations. The Research Society for American Periodicals invites proposals dealing with any aspect of this subject, including individual periodicals, e.g. the Westminster Review; questions of shared concern, e.g. slavery/imperialism; cultural and literary influence, e.g. Punch and American humor; or individual writers, e.g. Henry James. Please email a 250-word abstract along with a 2-3 sentence bio to Robert J. Scholnick: rjscho@wm.edu.
Deadline 5 January, 2007.

Visual Culture in American Periodicals
The Research Society for American Periodicals invites proposals for a session on visual culture in American periodicals. Topics might include the development of illustrations in early periodicals, intertextual relations between verbal and visual texts, illustrators and writers as collaborators, reading advertisements, and cover art. Please email a one-paragraph abstract along with a 2-3 sentence bio and any a/v equipment you might need to Patricia Okker: okkerp@missouri.edu. Deadline for submissions is 5 January 2007.