Announcements

ANNOUNCEMENTS The Eleventh Annual Wichita State University International Conference on Foreign Literature is scheduled for April 7-9, 1994. The topic of the conference will be "Continental, Latin American, and Francophone Women Writers." Papers may be written in English, French, German, or Spanish. A one-page abstract must be postmarked by October 1, 1993. Complete papers (8-10 pages) must be postmarked no later than December 3, 1993. For further information, write to Ginette Adamson (French, Francophone, Italian, and German literatures), or to Wilma Detjens (Spanish and Latin American literatures), Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS 67260-0011. August 16 is this year's postmark deadline for applications for NEH Study Grants for College and University Teachers. The $3,000 Study Grants provide six weeks of support during the summer of 1994 for humanities teachers to undertake independent, full-time humanities study. For application information and guidelines, write: NEH Study Grants, Room 316, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20506, or telephone: (202) 606-8463. The new NEH Media Log is now available and is free while the supply lasts. This newly revised edition lists more than 800 film, television, and radio programs supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Each entry includes a brief description of the production, along with information on how to obtain a copy of the program. To receive a copy of Media Log, write Media Log, NEH Public Information Office, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Room 407, Washington, DC 20506. The Hemingway Western Studies Series at Boise State University announces The Rocky Mountain Artists'/Eccentric Book Competition. Authors and artists may submit publication proposals for multiple edition works relating to public issues of special concern to Rocky Mountain readers and viewers. Proposals specifying offset, copier, or silkscreen printing on commercial papers will be favored. Works may consist of text and/or visual content . Authors and artists whose works are selected for publication in the Hemingway Series receive $500 prize monies and standard sales royalties. Publication proposals should be sent SASE after 1 September 1993 to Tom Trusky, Editor, Hemingway Western Studies Center, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725. For further information, contact him at (208) 385-1999 (telephone), or 208 385-4373 (FAX). Siena College welcomes papers for its June 2-June 3, 1994, ninth annual international , multidisciplinary conference commemorating the 50th anniversary of World War II. The focus for 1994 will be 1944. Papers dealing with 131 topics relevant to the social, political, and cultural aspects ofthat period are welcome, as well as papers dealing with broad issues of earlier years. Deadline for submissions is December 1, 1993. Send proposals or write for information to: Professor Thomas O. Kelly II, Department of History, Siena College, 515 Loudon Rd., Loudonville, NY 12211-1462. "The European Legacy: Toward New Paradigms," is the topic of the Fourth Conference of the International Society for the Study of European Ideas (ISSEI), to be held August 22-27, 1994, in Karl-Franzens-Universität, Graz, Austria. Papers are being solicited for an additional workshop on "The European Legacy: The Ideals of Mankind," in literature, art, and philosophy , and how they interrelate with past, present, and future ideals. Abstracts of 150-200 words should reach the Workshop Chairs by October 1, 1993, completed papers by December 1, 1993. Selected papers will be published in the Proceedings and should not exceed 3000 words or ten doublespaced pages including Notes. For further information, contact workshop chairs M. E. Kronegger, Department of Romance Languages, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, or A. T. Tymieniecka, World Phenomenology Institute, 348 Payson Rd, Belmont, MA 02178; (617) 4893696 . The Louisiana Conference on Hispanic Language and Literatures, scheduled for February 10-12, 1994, and sponsored by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Louisiana State University, has for its topic "Theater and Society." Papers are invited for presentation in the following areas: Spanish peninsular, Spanish-American, Luso-Brazilian, and American Hispanic dramatic literatures, including all periods, topics, and themes related to drama in a social context in these areas. Completed papers should be sent by October 1, 1993, to Professor Joseph V. Ricapito, Louisiana State University, Department of Foreign Languages...